GP...the land of the never ending surprises....
Had some ammo listed years ago...guy supposedly a farmer from two hours away met up with me at a Bass Pro not that close to me but I thought I'd do him a favour. It was about 7PM at night, in December, I think. Guy wanted to "check fitment" with my factory 9mm in his gun. I am like, what do you mean check fitment. He wanted to make sure he can chamber a round. I said, if your gun is a 9mm, it will work. He said can he try chambering it in the parking lot - he has the gun in the car. I said absolutely not - are you nuts?
I asked what gun he had. He said it was a Cz Evo 3 Skorpion. I said that has been banned since 2020. He just looked at me and said he shoots it all the time at his club. I asked what club, since the CFO can shut it down if ever they show up and see now-prohibs being shot at a CFO-approved range. He declined to name his club and it was at that point I wondered if something was up. I should have checked his PAL then and there, but I have gone through many transactions on here and on GP and checked the PAL at the tail end usually right before we do the deal (which is typically preceded by chit chat). I asked him when he got his Evo 2 Skorpion and he said 6 weeks ago. Huh? Again I reminded him it was banned - no way he would be able to buy it in Canada. He said he didn't - he mail ordered it from the US. I said that's not possible - in the US they send it to an FFL and you get it from there. He said well he lives in a border town so maybe they gave him an exception. I brought out my phone and showed up the OIC link on the PS site of the Canadian government showing him his gun is banned. He said, oh, a bunch of people at his (unnamed) club shoot them.
It was then that I decided to ask for his PAL. He then did this routine of patting down his bum and said to his wife "dear, did you bring my wallet?" She (looked like Ivanka Trump - the first wife), said "no, I thought you had it".
I told him I couldn't sell him the ammo, at which point he got upset and started making borderline racist remarks towards me. I told him my ad clearly said PAL required and I will check. He said he drove all this way for nothing. I said, I guess you did - sorry you had to do that but I am not going to sell ammo to someone who can't produce a PAL. I swear I was going to get mugged, or attacked right then and there, and stuffed into his cadillac SUV.
Another time...also on GP, some guy sold me a JR Carbine, and after the transaction, he said do you want to look at some other guns he had for sale (in the back of his trunk no doubt). He popped his trunk open and there was an AR in there. I pointed at it and said, "you know that's banned right?" He said, yes, but he is hoping to make a quick sale. I said, not to me you won't and suggested he be careful as I could have been a cop and he would have been busted.
One other time, and yes on GP again - and this one was wild - met another GP person and his girlfriend near the 519 area. I mention the girlfriend as that will be relevant shortly. Guy bought a bunch of 7.62x39 Barnaul off me. He gave me the money - I typically don't count it with most people, if they have a good buying/selling record - I figured that is ballsy if someone I meet was going to short change me then and there. Never had a problem except once when I sold an IBM server on Kijiji like 18 years ago. Anyways, guy was $110 or $120 short. I don't remember what. He went back to his car and then came back. Told me if I am interested, his girlfriend (who looked like a greyer haired Rosemary Barton) would "service" me in his car for 15 minutes. If you can actually believe it, I actually did not put two and two together. I said, "I don't need any help" before I stopped mid sentence, and was like "absolutely not". Even if she did not look like an overpaid CBC anchor, I would have declined.
Other than all being on GP, what did the above three people have in common? Surprise - they were 0 feedback / 0 rating members on GP.
Not surprised to see people trying to unload now-prohibited firearms on GP.
Moral of the story and mental note to self - , buy and sell on CGN (and I know I am a hypocrite for saying that since I just sold something on GP this afternoon, but the buyer was a 14 five-star buyer, so it was all good.
