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September 28, 2016
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This is getting really bad! I was looking at 1890’s on armslist, on the second page the same rifle is offered for sale in two locations from 2 different sellers. One has a description and one does not. One has shipping and one does not. Pricing is $50 less on the bogus ad. I’ve only bought a couple rifles off armslist but both were from verified vendors. Be mighty careful on this site…….. These two ads are only 4 listings apart!!
This one says no shipping but a bit further down on the page shipping is listed at $30
This ad is the (maybe) real one.
Erin
May 23, 2009
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Hell they both maybe bogus listings. Who only post three pictures of an engraved gun? And not hardly show the engraving.
Ain’t no telling what is a foot here!
Maverick
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November 7, 2015
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Probably same seller; click on “other listings”. Maybe we haven’t found the “real” seller yet.
Mike
April 2, 2016
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I have purchased guns from Arms list but I stay completely away from anything but a preferred seller. For example I seen a 43 Bee with several boxes of ammo and brass sell on Gun Broker and shortly after it was listed 3 times in a row all different locations and a week later listed again. If there is a gun I am interested in I will ask for a picture of the gun on top of a local paper showing the current date. You normally will not hear back.
October 29, 2019
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I list guns on Gunbroker, and have had my photos and ad information stolen at least twice and posted elsewhere. The only reason I found out is that potential buyers noticed and contacted me. I see that some sellers have a water mark from GB on their pics. I don’t know how to do that, but it would be nice if it happened as part of posting your ad there. Some sites seem to attract these flaky, fraudulent people.
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There’s a lot of fraud going on over on Armslist. I saw a Winchester shotgun for sale there that had sold a year before on a different gun website. The seller on Armslist used the same photos and the same description word-for-word as the one used in the auction a year ago. The asking price on Armslist was a quarter of what the gun actually sold for a year ago. The seller on Armslist was not a preferred Armslist seller.
September 28, 2016
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I was going over Gunbrokers list of sold 1890’s, the original ad for the rifle was posted there and the rifle was sold. I don’t know if 2 different scum bags posted fraud ads or 1 really stupid one posted it twice hoping to get better “coverage” on the same site 4 listings apart. I sent both of them messages calling out their blatant attempts at thievery along with some strongly worded accusations. No reply of course.
Erin
March 20, 2009
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Both are not real. I commented on a similar occurrence a few months back. Notice how the location is repetitious. As in Baltimore, Baltimore. This fool does this ALL the time and has been doing so for a few years now. They are both fake adds.
Michael
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November 1, 2013
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twobit said
This fool does this ALL the time and has been doing so for a few years now.
If he’s getting away with it, & actually collecting, then he’s a crook, but no fool. What I don’t understand is HOW he gets away with it, unless he’s being paid in cash or, more likely, a money order. Paypal would shut him down after the first complaint.
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