I had a member here PM me about a WTB ad I posted. At first he said he knew a guy that had what I wanted and would supply a phone number. When I called, it was him. He sent me some pics over the phone only. He wouldn't email them. It looked like he was standing across the room when it took the pics. It wouldn't show the serial number, or more importantly to me, the brand. He also wouldn't send a pic of the paperwork.
I told him I was very interested but he lived 2 hours away. He assured me I'd like it. So I asked him to bring it to my bank, I'd look at it in the parking lot and then we could go inside, do a notarized bill of sale and I could pay him in whatever form he'd like; cash or cashier's check. Here's the catch, it was a machine gun. No matter what, I wasn't leaving with it. I didn't think he'd feel comfortable with me bring him a cashier's check and I didn't feel comfortable traveling with that kind of cash to an unknown place. It was a $23k or 24k purchase.
He told me if I wanted it, I had to bring cash and come alone because he didn't want anyone else to know where he lived with all his stuff (back in the woods somewhere). As stupid as this sounds, I probably still would have done it except then he said he wouldn't give me his address. He'd give me a location and then when I arrived to call him and he'd give me directions from there over the phone. That's when I
So am I the nutjob here? I asked him to meet me at the bank. He could bring 30 friends if he wanted. He could meet somewhere else in the city like a gun store and then send the gun home in another car while we then drove to the bank. The gun didn't even need to be present. I wasn't taking it anyway.
Now I understand some gun owners, especially machine gun owners, are real tin foil hat wearing nut jobs, but I'm not driving 2 hours until I hear banjos by myself with >$20k cash. Oh, he wouldn't give me his full name either. But he would provide references if I wanted them. References? John Wayne Gacy had references.
He still works the classifieds here.
I told him I was very interested but he lived 2 hours away. He assured me I'd like it. So I asked him to bring it to my bank, I'd look at it in the parking lot and then we could go inside, do a notarized bill of sale and I could pay him in whatever form he'd like; cash or cashier's check. Here's the catch, it was a machine gun. No matter what, I wasn't leaving with it. I didn't think he'd feel comfortable with me bring him a cashier's check and I didn't feel comfortable traveling with that kind of cash to an unknown place. It was a $23k or 24k purchase.
He told me if I wanted it, I had to bring cash and come alone because he didn't want anyone else to know where he lived with all his stuff (back in the woods somewhere). As stupid as this sounds, I probably still would have done it except then he said he wouldn't give me his address. He'd give me a location and then when I arrived to call him and he'd give me directions from there over the phone. That's when I
So am I the nutjob here? I asked him to meet me at the bank. He could bring 30 friends if he wanted. He could meet somewhere else in the city like a gun store and then send the gun home in another car while we then drove to the bank. The gun didn't even need to be present. I wasn't taking it anyway.
Now I understand some gun owners, especially machine gun owners, are real tin foil hat wearing nut jobs, but I'm not driving 2 hours until I hear banjos by myself with >$20k cash. Oh, he wouldn't give me his full name either. But he would provide references if I wanted them. References? John Wayne Gacy had references.
He still works the classifieds here.
