Who has buying experience with Gun Broker.com

[Jeff R]

I have bought 5 guns off GB. All shipped to my local FFL guy. 100% satisfaction.

[Soundguy]

They were recently bought out too...

[Mytmousemalibu]

Bought 2-3 off GB before, all "buy it now" options. I have no complaints, its been a good experience for me.

[Bmi48219]

Several purchases, never had a problem. If I’m interested in an item I check their number of sales, if it’s a business I check their local BBB, also any feedback from previous buyers. I look in the local phone directory for name, address too.
Also message them through GB. Usually more than once. Ask questions. If the answers are wonky I pass. The urge to buy can cloud your better judgement. Later you think ‘I should have known’.

[David2011]

The only issue I've had was with a seller being a real jerk when the cashier's check got lost in the mail. I sent two out for separate GB purchases at the same time and the other one arrived as expected to a different seller. In retrospect, GB was the saving grace in the dispute. It wasn't even a high dollar item; just a barrel for a S&W Model 10. I even offered to get a second cashier's check and he wouldn't even respond. He reported me as a bad faith buyer. I ended up making a package of all of the communications we had including his nastygram e-mails, a copy of my stub of the cashier's check and sent it to Gun Broker. They immediately saw where the real problem was and revoked the complaint that the seller had made.

[jsizemore]

Finding a low budget model 10 that functions correctly is a sweet dream. On line, would be near impossible. If you want to buy one for a fixer upper, than your dream will come true. I wouldn't buy one that I can't hold in my hands before I lay down my money.

[nicholst55]

Gun Broker used to be fairly safe. In the past year or two, however, following a change of ownership, they have become Scammer Central. Older, dormant accounts are routinely being hacked and used by scammers. That way, they get the original owner's trading history (and positive feedback) to use to their advantage. Gun Broker's current owners don't seem to care, either, as long as THEY get paid.

My advice is to stick to well known sellers. Ask lots of questions. Speak to the seller on the phone before buying. Ask for detailed photos, like a picture of the seller holding the gun in one hand, and his drivers license in the other. It's too easy to photoshop things like a slip of paper with your name and email address into an existing picture - I've seen it done. Avoid sellers with either NR (No Rating) feedback, or a low feedback score. Read their recent feedback - if it's all from one person, run away! Finally, if a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is! For example, if a seller with no or low feedback is listing a $3-4K gun for a third of that value, it's a scam, 99.9% of the time!

One final note: many people think that people never move. They say 'well, the auction says that he's in XX state, but the area code of his cell number is from YY state - he's a scammer. Not necessarily. My phone number uses a Maryland area code, which is where I originally signed up for cell service when I returned to the States from South Korea in 2012. I used to live in Arizona and now live in Texas, with that same Maryland area code phone number. Ain't modern technology wonderful?