Beware of Alphex Firearms

[dblman]

Dear friends,
Like everyone else, I too am constantly looking for powder.
On Jan 25 I thought I had found a reasonable buy on an 8# keg of StaBall from an internet company named ALPHEX FIREARMS.
So I purchased the powder as per their instructions by using PayPal as my payment source.
As soon as payment was received, guess what, they disappeared. No phone, no email, no text, just gone.
Please pass this along that others won’t get ripped off by these crooks.
Thanks,
Mike Mills

 

[jimbires]

man I hate to see this . it seems to be happening more often too .

Mike , did you use friends and family ? or did you use the other type payment option ? the reason I ask , I think paypal helps with being scammed on the regular payment , not friends and family .

paypal probably won't help you either way on this purchase , they are very anti gun .

 

[dblman]

Used friends and family as they requested. These guys are professional crooks. Please do not use anything other than a credit card for online purchases. A good co. like Amex. will take care of fraudulent charges for you.

 

[Axl]

Beware of:
ANY website selling components that you have never herd of
That has stuff in stock that nobody else has for most of a decade.
That doesn't take credit cards.
Buying ANYTHING gun related using paypal.
NOT remembering that if it sounds too good to be true it IS.

 

[BillLarson]

Dear friends,
Like everyone else, I too am constantly looking for powder.
On Jan 25 I thought I had found a reasonable buy on an 8# keg of StaBall from an internet company named ALPHEX FIREARMS.
So I purchased the powder as per their instructions by using PayPal as my payment source.
As soon as payment was received, guess what, they disappeared. No phone, no email, no text, just gone.
Please pass this along that others won’t get ripped off by these crooks.
Thanks,
Mike Mills

Thanks for the warning...

 

[3chester]

Dear friends,
Like everyone else, I too am constantly looking for powder.
On Jan 25 I thought I had found a reasonable buy on an 8# keg of StaBall from an internet company named ALPHEX FIREARMS.
So I purchased the powder as per their instructions by using PayPal as my payment source.
As soon as payment was received, guess what, they disappeared. No phone, no email, no text, just gone.
Please pass this along that others won’t get ripped off by these crooks.
Thanks,
Mike Mills

That outfit listed Blackhorn 209 for sale at normal prices, when everywhere else was, out of stock for months. Sent the add to kid in the family, that. was looking for it for his CVA. He's about 1/2 my age, knows internet stuff, goes Yep, that's a Scam site!

 

[dblman]

Only cost me 300.00 to figure them out.

 

[WildRose]

Dear friends,
Like everyone else, I too am constantly looking for powder.
On Jan 25 I thought I had found a reasonable buy on an 8# keg of StaBall from an internet company named ALPHEX FIREARMS.
So I purchased the powder as per their instructions by using PayPal as my payment source.
As soon as payment was received, guess what, they disappeared. No phone, no email, no text, just gone.
Please pass this along that others won’t get ripped off by these crooks.
Thanks,
Mike Mills

File a claim with Paypal ASAP.

 

[WildRose]

Fraud Alert from Hodgdon as well.

Fraud Alert – Hodgdon

hodgdon.com

 

[HuntingBronco]

Sorry you got scammed. In addition to avoid Alphex, if Paypal doesn't support 2A and all things associated, people in our community should simply not use PayPal, for anything. Sorry for your loss. I wonder if VISA/Mastercard/Amex take similar positions on fraud protection?

 

[Handymike]

Dear friends,
Like everyone else, I too am constantly looking for powder.
On Jan 25 I thought I had found a reasonable buy on an 8# keg of StaBall from an internet company named ALPHEX FIREARMS.
So I purchased the powder as per their instructions by using PayPal as my payment source.
As soon as payment was received, guess what, they disappeared. No phone, no email, no text, just gone.
Please pass this along that others won’t get ripped off by these crooks.
Thanks,
Mike Mills

I looked at them a week or so ago for Remington 209 shotshell primers. Almost did the deal but decided to double check, glad I did. Still looking but not with them

Mike

 

[cvixx]

File a claim with Paypal ASAP.

PayPal won’t do anything if it’s F&F. Pay the extra 3% and be safe. I speak from experience.

 

[cabelasken]

Sorry you got scammed. In addition to avoid Alphex, if Paypal doesn't support 2A and all things associated, people in our community should simply not use PayPal, for anything. Sorry for your loss. I wonder if VISA/Mastercard/Amex take similar positions on fraud protection?

This is happening more and more. I just had my credit card replaced with a new one. The fraud was caught by the credit card company. About 6 or 7 years ago, my Cabelas card was hacked for 5 purchases at a Cabelas store and I notified Cabelas and was refunded the $3500. When I called them to report the purchases, It was obvious they knew who the party was and when I later asked if they prosecuted the party, they said they probably wouldn't.

 

[mbse20]

A couple years ago I got ripped off in a very similar fashion. Took me a few months but I got the money back by filing a fraud claim with the credit card I had linked to my paypal account. Credit card company was great, PayPal sucked. Haven't used PayPal since.