mountainair26
Well-Known Member
Before I knew about Bayoushooter, I used to peruse the La sportsman classifieds and sometimes find good deals on hunting and fishing stuff. I even got a steal on a boat that turned out well. Never really had any problems as long as I used common sense, talked to the person before buying or selling, normal stuff anyone would do before meeting a stranger in a parking lot with cash and guns involved. I'll still use the site sparingly if I can't find what I'm looking for here, but now with even more caution and vetting who I'm dealing with. It's basically a coin flip on that site of dealing with an honest person or a scumbag now a days. Makes me very grateful for the safeguards put in place on Bayoushooter, although everything is always at your own risk and caution no matter what.
A few months ago I was selling a pistol and got some genuine sounding emails about it, like the guy knew what he was talking about and owned guns before, all that. I asked him to send me a picture of his ID after he called me from one number, but texted me from another. I run a background check on the name, turns out we have a convicted felon. Later I sold the pistol to a member here who's also on sportsman, and he told me about bayoushooter after I told him about sportsman.
Recently, I went to buy 100 rounds of ammo for a good price, not too-good-to-be-true, just a decent discount on some ranger t, so I thought why not. Same deal, talked to the guy before several times, looked into his profile as much as I could before hand, and I walked away from the deal with 70 rounds ranger t in a bag full of drug residue and a few corroded steal case rounds in the middle to weigh it down that I guess he thought would make me think it was closer to 100 for a while, I don't know. I like to think I'm not that big of a moron, but it's difficult to examine a bag of ammo closely in a parking lot, so I didn't notice the residue or the low-rounds until driving away.
But man, that guy just handed me a felony in a bag if I had gotten pulled over. Thanks a ton, not to mention the scam deal and having to ditch the whole bag in the trash ASAP once I realized it. And of course, he will not respond to any texts or emails. I'm just shocked from how he sounded on the phone initially to when the deal went down - I could be legally barred from owning a gun or hunting, or voting for life and a convicted felon if I hadn't thrown that bag away right when I noticed it. Hell, If I'd been pulled over leaving the parking lot. I mean, maybe I could prove it through texts or whatever, but it's just a bad thought and a shame someone would do that to somebody else to make so little cash.
Anybody else have any crazy classifieds-gone-wrong to share? Be careful out there.
A few months ago I was selling a pistol and got some genuine sounding emails about it, like the guy knew what he was talking about and owned guns before, all that. I asked him to send me a picture of his ID after he called me from one number, but texted me from another. I run a background check on the name, turns out we have a convicted felon. Later I sold the pistol to a member here who's also on sportsman, and he told me about bayoushooter after I told him about sportsman.
Recently, I went to buy 100 rounds of ammo for a good price, not too-good-to-be-true, just a decent discount on some ranger t, so I thought why not. Same deal, talked to the guy before several times, looked into his profile as much as I could before hand, and I walked away from the deal with 70 rounds ranger t in a bag full of drug residue and a few corroded steal case rounds in the middle to weigh it down that I guess he thought would make me think it was closer to 100 for a while, I don't know. I like to think I'm not that big of a moron, but it's difficult to examine a bag of ammo closely in a parking lot, so I didn't notice the residue or the low-rounds until driving away.
But man, that guy just handed me a felony in a bag if I had gotten pulled over. Thanks a ton, not to mention the scam deal and having to ditch the whole bag in the trash ASAP once I realized it. And of course, he will not respond to any texts or emails. I'm just shocked from how he sounded on the phone initially to when the deal went down - I could be legally barred from owning a gun or hunting, or voting for life and a convicted felon if I hadn't thrown that bag away right when I noticed it. Hell, If I'd been pulled over leaving the parking lot. I mean, maybe I could prove it through texts or whatever, but it's just a bad thought and a shame someone would do that to somebody else to make so little cash.
Anybody else have any crazy classifieds-gone-wrong to share? Be careful out there.