A guy has almost 900 sales with a perfect record so I didn't think much about scams. There was one feedback that said sent money and never received gun just a week earlier. The feedback changed to as described but slow in shipping. Leaving feedback at two weeks was a little fast to me but they said he wouldn't answer phone or emails. I had sent him an offer 4 or 5 days earlier and hadn't heard from him. Finally I heard from him (same time feedback was changed), he apologized - said he had been ill. He is 77 so that didn't seem unusual. He accepted offer and said to Zelle payment to some woman that didn't have same name. The first women had gone by that name earlier (daughter I assumed). then said she wouldn't be back for a few days and gave me another name and email I asked a few questions because something didn't quite feel right. I asked him about a response that said FFL received and to send payment. My FFL was closed that day and the day before. Waited until next day and checked with my FFL - they never received request. I asked to talk to him to clear things up and about FFL. He got rather agitated saying he had never not completed a deal or had anyone question him. Said I had given him FFL information in earlier email and all he had to do was call them. His response wasn't out of line from an old fart that had all that positive feedback but he still wouldn't talk with me. Anyway, I got $1K transferred with Zelle and was blocked. he kept giving me other email addresses and names to try and they would all fail. I offered to get a cashiers check and drop it in priority - would have gotten there faster even if $1K a day did go through. No, he wanted to do it with Zelle. Finally today he gave me information for some other guy to do a bank transfer - name, address, account and routeing info. Again it was to someone else in a different town in Fredericksburg, VA??? All the phone numbers I could find for him had been disconnected. The number on FFL is quiet for a long time then a recording says Hatfield's leave a message. That message does sound like a 77 yr old man. He owned Hatfield's Hardware and Sporting Goods store but that closed years ago. FFL doesn't expire until 2025. Am I just being paranoid or does this sound scamish to others. I'm 70 so I do like to give people the benefit - especially when they have been doing business for over 20 yrs. with only positive feedback. Anyway, if anyone has any knowledge or opinions let me know. I've already sunk a thousand and don't want to throw away another $1600 if it is a scam.
Thanks,
Ed
Thanks,
Ed
