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<blockquote data-quote="Rum River" data-source="post: 2344432" data-attributes="member: 16869"><p>Like everybody else, I prefer sticking with face to face. Sometimes I want something that just isn't available face to face.</p><p></p><p>Recently was going to drive from Minnesota to Long Island New York to do a face to face. New York is one of the states where the firearm has to be transferred by an FFL holder in the buyer's home state. For that reason the seller didn't want to risk his very-hard-to-get New York pistol permit as a consequence of what would have been an illegal face-to-face sale. (And I don't blame him!) The seller didn't want to ship and we parted on good terms. I then found that firearm on Gunbroker, did a buy-it-now via postal money order and everything worked out. The seller had a very high rating on Gunbroker so I took the chance.</p><p></p><p>Since then I bought another hard to find firearm via Guns International. GI does not have feedback ratings, instead GI has something called 'verified seller' status - meaning GI has vetted the seller to a certain extent. (I don't know how deep they dig.) I performed a lot of google searches on the seller's name and phone number that showed all the contact info was correct and the phone was a landline. Called the landline and talked with the seller for a half hour or more. Sent payment via cashier's check (a significant amount) and slept poorly until the firearm showed up with everything exactly as advertised.</p><p></p><p>In both of these cases I found examples of the firearms advertised that (for me anyway) just had too many red flags. Such as an impossibly low asking price, vague pictures, no inspection period, would only take venmo-type payment, etc.</p><p></p><p>YMMV</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rum River, post: 2344432, member: 16869"] Like everybody else, I prefer sticking with face to face. Sometimes I want something that just isn't available face to face. Recently was going to drive from Minnesota to Long Island New York to do a face to face. New York is one of the states where the firearm has to be transferred by an FFL holder in the buyer's home state. For that reason the seller didn't want to risk his very-hard-to-get New York pistol permit as a consequence of what would have been an illegal face-to-face sale. (And I don't blame him!) The seller didn't want to ship and we parted on good terms. I then found that firearm on Gunbroker, did a buy-it-now via postal money order and everything worked out. The seller had a very high rating on Gunbroker so I took the chance. Since then I bought another hard to find firearm via Guns International. GI does not have feedback ratings, instead GI has something called 'verified seller' status - meaning GI has vetted the seller to a certain extent. (I don't know how deep they dig.) I performed a lot of google searches on the seller's name and phone number that showed all the contact info was correct and the phone was a landline. Called the landline and talked with the seller for a half hour or more. Sent payment via cashier's check (a significant amount) and slept poorly until the firearm showed up with everything exactly as advertised. In both of these cases I found examples of the firearms advertised that (for me anyway) just had too many red flags. Such as an impossibly low asking price, vague pictures, no inspection period, would only take venmo-type payment, etc. YMMV [/QUOTE]
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