I'm not looking at any buying group or drop shipping group as a big company. If they are from the states and had not choice but to remain in turkey hospitalized that is not good. The medical system is definitely different there than the states.

I linked my personal account to my business account and it works amazing there is one prime monthly fee. One thing to keep in mind though is that if you have amazon student it may affect your student status.

Well so much for The Buying Group, seemed like the only one that wasn't losing things, until now. 0 for the last 2. I even (stupidly) gave them a second chance, but 2 in a row? Cmon.

At least I didn't lose money overall. Guess I will stick to giftcards.

There's a Whatsapp buyer of random stuff called 'DCB'. Story short, I agreed to sell him ~$12,000 worth of product. He had a meticulous routine that I followed, but upon delivery, he informed me that the cashout price would be reduced due to alleged scratches on the item. Naturally, I asked for photo evidence as my own photo evidence was free of said scratches. He refused, publicly distorted the narrative and of course blames me for asking that they provide evidence for their claim to pay less for an agreed upon payout. Without the giant "he said 'she said,'" I responded to the group chat comment he made identifying how he purposefully distorted the message.

Rather than engage, provide evidence for his claim to reduce his agreed upon payout, he says I have the burden to provide photo evidence that the item wasn't damaged upon packing up the item, and subsequently removes me from his channels. Save yourself the headache and don't engage with those who can't feign basic concepts such as forming trust in an anonymous buyer/seller exchange to the tune of 5 digit transactions.

What this post says is crystal clear :o:
If you wish to lend someone you don't know over the internet a five figure sum of money in the form of disposable merchandise, without credit check, collateral or any other form of protection, then there is a very good chance of getting the short end of the stick at the conclusion of the "deal".

IMO, take whatever he will give you and accept the fact that you've been fleeced. My biggest concern in the above wouldn't be that he didn't live up to his supposed end of the deal, but that he doesn't take all of your money and leave you holding the proverbial empty bag. :mad:

Would you let us know if you got at least some of your money out of this? Please do so, becasue DPs are invaluable to others thinking about playing the game.

That's not really my message. The guy's 'vetted' but it's among certain factions that don't care about fairness or transparency. He's likely to pay, though my question is at what price -- and honestly, more importantly, his method of communication and approach is childlike and a recipe for errors due to being inept moreso than overtly malicious. There's a lot of pride among so many people in this community and they're the most obnoxious part it.

So please let us know when he pays and at what discount, if any. As noted, DPs are valuable ;)

Anyone else use Dealandrunner not receive their payment from the 15th? First time I've had this happen with them and it's a pretty significant amount for me.

Sorry to hear. I can personally attest to this. DCB is the worst, and everyone should stay far away from him. He has burned a lot of bridges and I know a handful of people who won't do business with him. He's super shady and will always screw you to make a few extra bucks. I don't know why people still do business with him.

Pointsmaker Has Not Paid Requests Made Almost 30 Days Ago
 

Is anyone else having the same issue with Pointsmaker owing them lots of money requested for payout almost one month ago? Very frustrating and made worse when they buy e gift cards and post they will not even give the option to request payment for 3 weeks. That means they can be holding thousands of dollars for another 4 weeks beyond that making you go dry for almost two months while they have your money to use. I recommend looking into other groups with faster payouts than 4-7 weeks.

All BGs basically suck now. The glory days are over. It was great when they bought everything from Amazon at cost. Even better was Prime Days and Black Friday when they would offer commissions on items. I’d take off work and just buy on Amazon all day.

But the groups got bigger and the groups realized they could skim more profit off the top and ask for 2-3%. They justify it because “you’re getting 5% with your Amazon card!” when in actuality, most of us just wanted to hit SUBs, not grind 5% profit on our Amazon card (although it was a nice passive income stream). Going through the risk of lost packages, returns, and scan-in delays (and payment delays) is not worth a 2-3% fee to meet a signup bonus, especially when gift card reselling eliminates a lot of that risk for basically the same fee.

As someone who has sent $500k to BFMR and likely into the millions with TDB (now BuyingGroup), PM, MYS, and MaxOutDeals, I gave up earlier this year. It was a nice 4 year run. But gift card reselling is just much easier and has been very profitable this year with Pepper.

How are you able to at least turn a profit with Pepper if the savings are points that can only be spent on more gift cards. I tried maximizing by using Staples $200 VGC at Pepper but the payment fails. Is there enough profit with the amex bus card?

It's not just gift cards they are delaying payment on. Even Amazon and Dell purchases that Pointsmaker received a month ago and I requested payment on a month ago have not been paid out. It is crazy that I need to pay my credit card bill before Pointsmaker pays me. Moving forward, buying group.com is the way to go since they pay within 1-3 days from when the request is made and they do not purposely wait a month to confirm receiving items as a stalling tactic which Pointsmaker does.

Simple, sell the gift cards you generate from point redemptions. You’ll take a loss but if you’re smart it’s more around 1%, plus you get gift cards instantly and don’t have to wait for BGs (shipping and scanning).

What buying group do you use? I am using Aligned Incentives currently but the resale of points earned gift cards from Pepper is more than 10%. What am I missing?