^^^this
I've sold a bunch lately and bought some stuff too. Generally meet in a gun store and take care of business in the parking lot. I may be one of the lucky few, but in 15-20 transactions in the last 5 months, all have ran smooth.
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Someone used my pictures from a Gunbroker auction to attempt a scam on Armslist.
A couple of months ago I went back and forth with a person selling a BCM EAG bnib for I think $1,500. I knew it was fake from the start but I thought I would mess with them. I was one state away and wanted to meet face to face and told them I had cash in hand. They replied that they couldn't meet ftf because they were going to Tennessee for awhile. I told them that my family could meet them in Tennessee because they were going right through there on vacation (which they were). That's when the e-mails stopped. :nono:
you guys scare me, just made 2 purchases last week and hope to get my items. They are not thousand dollar purchase but few hunderds for PMAG rebuild and a rail
That particular chick holding the rifle definitely made me look twice... :ph34r:
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I stay local on armslist. Hard to trust more than that when there are no safeguards and no recourse.
I do FTF only with Armslist. I've gotten some good deals, but you have to sift through all the BS to find the good stuff (i.e. the $1K+ Carbon-15).
The best thing you can do is open up lines of communication. There are usually several e-mails between myself and potential buyer/seller that helps to establish if this is a scam or a legit sale.
We call that; "marketing"