Online Dealers Question

[redgun]

Has anyone here purchased firearms from online dealers like this ? No location , name , phone number or address given , only msg , chat or email . I am not saying that they are not legit , I am just asking if anyone has had any experience in these types of dealers. I am skeptical of this type of thing. I think I will stay local for the record.

 

[Jstudz220]

Where do you even find something like this? If it looks like $hit and smells like $hit it’s probably $hit. Personally I’d steer clear of anything online that’s not a reputable dealer.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Give me the site. I can help.
Just did this behind the scenes for someone on here looking for a gun. Showed him that it was a vacant lot in the city. Fake as hell. He was surprised and relieved.

Or just do EZ check on their FFL.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

So everyone can learn....

Hes talking about this website :
www.coltgunshop.com

They are the same idiots as these :

Account Suspended

Self explanatory on the stupidity. See the same web page template.

 

[falshooter]

Check out Louisiana Sportsman website.
The greatest deals on the inter-webs...
Scammers heaven. No FTF... send the money and we'll send the product.. There's one on there advertising machine guns , no paperwork..sent to your home...WTF

Garands ..$499
all matching K98..$400
Scar 17h, NIB 4mags..$2100
Pre lock S&W md 29...$500
etc, etc, etc....

Get the picture

 

[hunter5567]

A dead giveaway about these sites are the fact that they don't take credit card payments and payment is through Cashapp, Zelle, Bitcoin, etc. No provision to select a FFL dealer to receive the firearm or they say you can add your FFL dealer after you pay for the "so-called firearm".
There are lots of sites purporting to be Marlin/Ruger/S&W, etc. firearms sales sites. I wouldn't be surprised if these sites were operated by the chinese government to get free money out of Americans.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Check out Louisiana Sportsman website.
The greatest deals on the inter-webs...
Scammers heaven. No FTF... send the money and we'll send the product.. There's one on there advertising machine guns , no paperwork..sent to your home...WTF

Garands ..$499
all matching K98..$400
Scar 17h, NIB 4mags..$2100
Pre lock S&W md 29...$500
etc, etc, etc....

Get the picture

Yup, we advertise on Sportsman, and get some customers from there, but the classifieds are the wild wild west. The site owners know it and intentionally dont moderate them.

 

[falshooter]

Here's just 1 example of scammers..
Gunbroker add; https://www.gunbroker.com/item/919302404

Louisiana Sportsman add;https://app.louisianasportsman.com/...gle_ad&id=1019866&cat_code=HU&subcat_code=HU3

 

[Xeon64]

One way to check for scams is to right click on the image and search Google for the image. Google will compare images from billions of sites and return ones that match. You will often find the same exact ad on multiple site across the USA by doing this.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Even easier is to stop with the technology part. No email, no text, no snapchat.....CALL the person. That will tell you everything. Scammers wont talk on the phone.

 

[falshooter]

They do talk on the phone ... and now they have your number. With your # they have access to other info about you

I never call