Armslist rip-off

ithacaartist · 07-07-2016, 11:57 PM

Yup, these ads make a body feel like he found one of those WWII pennies made of copper instead of steel! But the experience turns out to be yet another example to prove the rule that if it seems too good to be true... I got all stirred up about a Navy in just about this price range on Armslist a few years ago. Fortunately, I hadn't sent $ when my dealer found their FFL to be a phony. I also found the same pics listed on two other sites--one of those was the real owner, who listed it for considerably more. Reporting the situation to everyone from the website to the BATFE yielded no detectable results. I had nibbled at the juicy bait, but dodged the hook.

07-07-2016, 11:57 PM	#7
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	Yup, these ads make a body feel like he found one of those WWII pennies made of copper instead of steel! But the experience turns out to be yet another example to prove the rule that if it seems too good to be true... I got all stirred up about a Navy in just about this price range on Armslist a few years ago. Fortunately, I hadn't sent $ when my dealer found their FFL to be a phony. I also found the same pics listed on two other sites--one of those was the real owner, who listed it for considerably more. Reporting the situation to everyone from the website to the BATFE yielded no detectable results. I had nibbled at the juicy bait, but dodged the hook. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894