Possible Scam Gun Seller

[mousegunner]

Warning Regarding This and Other Internet Sellers.
1. If the business does Not Take Visa, MC, Discover, it is probably a scam. Zelle, Bitcoin ONLY run away.
2. Always check listed location via Google Maps
3. Check Scam tracker listings. Here is Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker: https://www.bbb.org/scamtracker

4. Finally, guys, don't be IDIOTS. Stick with companies that have been in business, that answer the telephone, that have a visible storefront.

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I found a Rock Island 1911 in .40 that I've been looking for. Only $498.10 but while the website looks o.k. there's a couple of things that make me suspicious.

No credit card payment options are listed, Paypal, Zelle, Walmart, Bitcoin are accepted. They list a street name but no number. On their FAQs1 (?) page it does say you can use a credit card but why not mention in their payment options? Also the price seems a little too good but I'm not up to speed on Rock Island product pricing.

I was in that town last weekend and I would have gone but hadn't seen this listing till yesterday. I was actually within a few miles of that street but exact address unknown since no number is shown.

Still need to look at this closer, send an email, make a phone call and see what I can find out. Maybe I'm wrong but what do you guys think so far on what caught my eye?

Update, BBB shows comments from people that were scammed out of money from this business so I guess I'll have to keep looking.

 

[DngBat7]

Somebody asked almost the same question last week. When accepting those forms of payments, It’s a scam.

 

[Artisan]

Ran across another www.primers12.com, after doing some research, the satellite image show a residential subdivision and the county lists it, as a 3 bedroom, 1 bath house. The whole site, looks like a web-page , I would have tried to build 25 years ago. It's either coming from the Caribbean or an Africa nation. Most scams of this type, are generated from these countries. The better made sites, come from the eastern-block of Europe. Have to be vigilant, when cruising the world-wide-web these days.

 

[RiflePainter]

Its really sad that there are so many people that are scamming. Even more so that its in our "gun community" which is a close knit group.

 

[jelenko]

Its really sad that there are so many people that are scamming. Even more so that its in our "gun community" which is a close knit group.

I don't think these scammers are part of our community. They are random bad guys trying to poach.

 

[Big Mc]

I found a Rock Island 1911 in .40 that I've been looking for. Only $498.10 but while the website looks o.k. there's a couple of things that make me suspicious.

No credit card payment options are listed, Paypal, Zelle, Walmart, Bitcoin are accepted. They list a street name but no number. On their FAQs1 (?) page it does say you can use a credit card but why not mention in their payment options? Also the price seems a little too good but I'm not up to speed on Rock Island product pricing.

I was in that town last weekend and I would have gone but hadn't seen this listing till yesterday. I was actually within a few miles of that street but exact address unknown since no number is shown.

Still need to look at this closer, send an email, make a phone call and see what I can find out. Maybe I'm wrong but what do you guys think so far on what caught my eye?

Update, BBB shows comments from people that were scammed out of money from this business so I guess I'll have to keep looking.

You made the right call. Keep looking. Just my two cents Tommy Mc