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I was shut out of my AL account earlier today and had no idea why. I don't do anything I'm not supposed to there. I emailed asking what was the deal and received a generic response,
Welcome to the NEW Armslist.com. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to move forward and take the site in a slightly different direction. Fortunately, despite this, we are working hard to make the site MUCH better for law abiding Americans, and MUCH worse for those that are not law abiding Americans. Scammers have tried to prey upon Armslist users in the past, and while we may not eradicate their presence 100%, we will eradicate the vast majority. People have complained of impolite offers and communications from users with bad manners. That will be nearly eradicated with the new version of the site. And lastly, the financial, emotional, human, and other costs of the never-ending legal assaults on Armslist have made it impossible for us to keep the site free in the way it was in the past. Thank you for your support, and welcome to the new Armslist.com.
I emailed again to clarify if free accounts will still exist and if not, how to proceed. This is what I got.
Private Party users will now require a paid account to list and contact sellers on the site.
I'm glad AL is doing something about scammers. I guess they think by charging either 3.99 a month for payment through ACH- directly from your account or 6.99 a month for CC payment will fix the issue. I doubt that scammers will want to use direct ACH account info to pay, so AL will make more off of the CC payment. Problem is prepaid cards are readily available, no ID or tracking to see who purchased them (or stole them in many cases). So from my view, it will be business as usual for the scammers, while regular people will just stop using the site.
AL has been mostly garbage for years. Thank God for NWFA
Welcome to the NEW Armslist.com. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to move forward and take the site in a slightly different direction. Fortunately, despite this, we are working hard to make the site MUCH better for law abiding Americans, and MUCH worse for those that are not law abiding Americans. Scammers have tried to prey upon Armslist users in the past, and while we may not eradicate their presence 100%, we will eradicate the vast majority. People have complained of impolite offers and communications from users with bad manners. That will be nearly eradicated with the new version of the site. And lastly, the financial, emotional, human, and other costs of the never-ending legal assaults on Armslist have made it impossible for us to keep the site free in the way it was in the past. Thank you for your support, and welcome to the new Armslist.com.
I emailed again to clarify if free accounts will still exist and if not, how to proceed. This is what I got.
Private Party users will now require a paid account to list and contact sellers on the site.
I'm glad AL is doing something about scammers. I guess they think by charging either 3.99 a month for payment through ACH- directly from your account or 6.99 a month for CC payment will fix the issue. I doubt that scammers will want to use direct ACH account info to pay, so AL will make more off of the CC payment. Problem is prepaid cards are readily available, no ID or tracking to see who purchased them (or stole them in many cases). So from my view, it will be business as usual for the scammers, while regular people will just stop using the site.
AL has been mostly garbage for years. Thank God for NWFA