No GB or discount code has been approved by us, we the admins are the management of SCN it's a privately owned and managed site but openly free for the public to use and enjoy.
Some businesses seem to confuse an SCN member's contact with them as some kind of official sanctioning.
The above messages illustrate perfectly how when we are left out of the loop regarding organising Group Buys it leads to confusion. We have had past experiences of people being ripped off by scammers, group buys that supply poor quality products which only comes to light months later.
The pet one we really hate is people taking advantage of the site and it's members to make a quick buck, people who claim to be organising a GB for members benefits, only for us to find out they were getting a commission for bringing business to the product provider.
Which is the reason we prefer sticking with our tried and trusted sponsors who have made a long term investment in the site, forum and it's members. They all make what we feel is a fair annual contribution which goes toward paying exclusively for SCN and it's upkeep and nobody profits from it or takes a wage including the admins and mods. We also pass some of the sites excess funds when possible to good and worthy charitable causes.
