https://gunsarizona.com/
That was my favorite buy/sell site. I have recommended it here at least 4 times. Had made a few sales there before the armslist change and I generally just liked to check the sales and see what prices were and oogle over guns. I love the format.
Recently I listed an ad for the gun I have on the for sale board here. It was three four days of scammers and weirdos. I liked the old backpage better now. Here was the weirdest of the reach outs and I had three of them.
Guys would write and ask questions about the gun. They were all vague generic questions and then I would get .. can you send me pictures ..where I would tell them the ad had 7 pictures. They would claim not to remember what ad it was since they had looked at so many and ask me .. "what is it your selling again"
When I would write back and say I would pass They would write back and say they had cash they just need to know what gun it was. ..
Have you ever written or called someone on an Ad not knowing what you were writing or calling about ... yea neither have I. Had three people do this?
Didn't know what to make of it and I don't want to cast any disparagement on gunsarizona or its staff because they cant monitor every communication and shouldn't but ... it seemed like maybe people were just looking to buy guns, any guns and more than one. Could be just for resale here or in other states but something didnt smell right.
Then I received an inquiry from another guy who also didn't seem to know what he had written me about or what I was selling. I had one email written as contact on the site but when I responded I responded from a little used email account I keep just for such things. So they write to me on the email in the ad and I respond though this other email account. After I realized he too was off I said no thanks and I got two more emails from other people to the little used account only he had.
So .. tell me... because my antennae are carefully tuned but maybe a little over zealous. Am I just being paranoid and there is a reasonable explanation?
My other sales on gunsarizona were simple. "Hey I am interested in your ______" "is it still available"
"yes it is" " will you take $_____" No but I will take $____" great when can you meet"
Time given... done! meet the guy he goes over it and sale made.
I pulled the ad after about 4-5 days. Bummer
Its not like anything in my life will change if I dont sell it. I would like to sell it but its not like I wont be able to buy groceries. Just the first time out here in 16 years with all the selling and buying that I have done that I had so much weirdness. Maybe armslist is on to something with their pay as you go policy maybe I just am a little sensitive to bull$hit havimg grown up in the Bull$hit capital of America
That was my favorite buy/sell site. I have recommended it here at least 4 times. Had made a few sales there before the armslist change and I generally just liked to check the sales and see what prices were and oogle over guns. I love the format.
Recently I listed an ad for the gun I have on the for sale board here. It was three four days of scammers and weirdos. I liked the old backpage better now. Here was the weirdest of the reach outs and I had three of them.
Guys would write and ask questions about the gun. They were all vague generic questions and then I would get .. can you send me pictures ..where I would tell them the ad had 7 pictures. They would claim not to remember what ad it was since they had looked at so many and ask me .. "what is it your selling again"
When I would write back and say I would pass They would write back and say they had cash they just need to know what gun it was. ..
Have you ever written or called someone on an Ad not knowing what you were writing or calling about ... yea neither have I. Had three people do this?
Didn't know what to make of it and I don't want to cast any disparagement on gunsarizona or its staff because they cant monitor every communication and shouldn't but ... it seemed like maybe people were just looking to buy guns, any guns and more than one. Could be just for resale here or in other states but something didnt smell right.
Then I received an inquiry from another guy who also didn't seem to know what he had written me about or what I was selling. I had one email written as contact on the site but when I responded I responded from a little used email account I keep just for such things. So they write to me on the email in the ad and I respond though this other email account. After I realized he too was off I said no thanks and I got two more emails from other people to the little used account only he had.
So .. tell me... because my antennae are carefully tuned but maybe a little over zealous. Am I just being paranoid and there is a reasonable explanation?
My other sales on gunsarizona were simple. "Hey I am interested in your ______" "is it still available"
"yes it is" " will you take $_____" No but I will take $____" great when can you meet"
Time given... done! meet the guy he goes over it and sale made.
I pulled the ad after about 4-5 days. Bummer
Its not like anything in my life will change if I dont sell it. I would like to sell it but its not like I wont be able to buy groceries. Just the first time out here in 16 years with all the selling and buying that I have done that I had so much weirdness. Maybe armslist is on to something with their pay as you go policy maybe I just am a little sensitive to bull$hit havimg grown up in the Bull$hit capital of America
