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I usually do not buy high dollar items remotely - at least not from a private seller.
I did about a month ago - but it was from a very well known and respected NWFA member with whom I had dealt with before.
After some back and forth (originally, the seller was to meet FTF, but travel 200+ miles to do so), it was decided that he would ship the gun to a local FFL (Lucky Sporting Goods), then I would pay him via Zelle.
There were a few hiccups after I took delivery; I learned that my CU would only let me pay a small fraction of the amount owed (they had a daily and transaction limit), so it took some scrambling on my part to get him the $ I owed him promptly - I finally wound up using PayPal for the balance and then everybody was happy.
I got a very fine (seems ANIB) SIG 226 in .40 with a Mk25 slide/barrel kit in 9mm and an SRT for a quite reasonable price, he got his $ within an hour of me taking delivery. The FFL did not act as a broker for the $ amount, just the gun and the BGC - which he would have had to anyway.
I did about a month ago - but it was from a very well known and respected NWFA member with whom I had dealt with before.
After some back and forth (originally, the seller was to meet FTF, but travel 200+ miles to do so), it was decided that he would ship the gun to a local FFL (Lucky Sporting Goods), then I would pay him via Zelle.
There were a few hiccups after I took delivery; I learned that my CU would only let me pay a small fraction of the amount owed (they had a daily and transaction limit), so it took some scrambling on my part to get him the $ I owed him promptly - I finally wound up using PayPal for the balance and then everybody was happy.
I got a very fine (seems ANIB) SIG 226 in .40 with a Mk25 slide/barrel kit in 9mm and an SRT for a quite reasonable price, he got his $ within an hour of me taking delivery. The FFL did not act as a broker for the $ amount, just the gun and the BGC - which he would have had to anyway.