I am new toValued members, we are having a hard time keeping the spammers, scammers and con artists in check. If any one of you even sniff a little stench let the mod group know ASAP. Folks at this point I/we/mods would say unless you know the person or it is a known reputable business we suggest keeping all transactions to a "face to face " cash only basis. It is only a suggestion but buyer beware, we are being hammered constantly by these dirtbags.
We do not want to limit legit new contributing members with post counts but if any of you folks with some ideas on how we can help discourage these jokers please chime in.
I am new to Oklahoma Shooters and being a member on few other sites like AR15.com, ZIdaho, Washington Arms Collectors, etc. and I have seen much of the same type of scamming of members there also. I truly believe in FTF as the best way of doing business between members but there is some danger in doing trades that way also. I will post on a blog sometime what happened to me. Doing business in front of a Police Station is good unless some LEO walks over and asks what's up and out comes CWP and ID and then maybe the gun your buying from the other guy is stolen (happened to a friend of mine). The other guy bought it at a Gun Show in Centralia, WA. It took awhile to resolve that one. I always set up a meet and either a friend or one of my (Armed) sons, daughters or my wife go with me and I pick a place in my area like Sportsman's Warehouse, Cabela's, Wally World or a populated Strip Mall. Must have either a CWP or a Idaho DL. FTF is great but the person who wants to buy/sell/trade lives a hundred or so miles away? I have never had a problem with doing it this way and I was able to find the firearm I wanted to, buy ,sell or trade one. I am willing to ship/receive after we seal the deal I want a IM, post in the thread, email message and phone number so I can talk to buyer/seller. I wait about three days and then call buyer/seller/ trader and verify his FFL is/was being sent my FFL by Fax or a Blue over and then I wait. I have only had bad deal with one site: ARMSLIST. And have found out over the years there have been many others ripped off there.Valued members, we are having a hard time keeping the spammers, scammers and con artists in check. If any one of you even sniff a little stench let the mod group know ASAP. Folks at this point I/we/mods would say unless you know the person or it is a known reputable business we suggest keeping all transactions to a "face to face " cash only basis. It is only a suggestion but buyer beware, we are being hammered constantly by these dirtbags.
We do not want to limit legit new contributing members with post counts but if any of you folks with some ideas on how we can help discourage these jokers please chime in.