Ahh missed out on a 'deal of the year'...Who snaged that SIG of the EE last night?

Actually it is the 'Troll Patrol' that nails those thieving SOB's most of the time. Regardless it a team effort imho and we all need to raise concerns in the appropriate fashion.

daBear said:
Sounds like another bogus post. I have seen a few that use the photo from Gunbroker etc for US guns and are nowhere near legit. The mods are pretty good at spotting that stuff and yanking before somebody gets conned.
I wouldnt feel so bad about missing out. I expect you are better orr.
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Back to the original question on the post...was the ad on the EE a scam? I saw it and was tempted but I didn't think it was a con because the guy had a decent trader rating. Was it a scam?
 
IM_Lugger said:
Can't believe it...:(

Checked the EE forum last night about midnight and there was a new for sale post with only 15 views for a stainless SIG P226 for only $600!!! :eek:

I send a PM with a few questions*, a minute after the post was edited "sold" and shortly after deleted by the mods...I never got a reply...:(

I would've (or should've) said "I'll take it" rigt away, but was a little suspicious because the price was so low and the photo posted was a 1"x1" that was actually linked from some US website :confused: so maybe I just didn't get burned...


Anyways felt compelled to share the little story...
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I wonder why a recently posted ad like that would be yanked that quickly when some ads I've seen with sold guns are there forever. Maybe the mods can't mention when they find one that is a phony. Or possibly if the seller realises they made a mistake they can quickly appeal to the mods for it to be deleted.
 
This thread is pretty funny. Some of you guys need to take off the tin foil hats and give your head a shake.:)

I am the purchaser. Deal is straight up.:pirate:
 
This thread is pretty funny. Some of you guys need to take off the tin foil hats and give your head a shake.:)

I am the purchaser. Deal is straight up.
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:( great, just when I convinsed myself I didn't miss out :(
 
tritium4ever said:
The simple solution to making sure things are legit is to require photos with the name of the poster somewhere in it (usually written on a piece of paper).. I've seen this at other forums where there's a buy and sell section trading in expensive items, and it works rather well.
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Good idea...I think this should be implemented.
 
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