Just had a very questionable gun selling experience. Any advice?

[Sandaholic]

I remember the days when you could trade your own private property for money with nothing more than a handshake and maybe a BOS if you felt like it.

It is a little maddening that those days are gone for many Americans.

 

[shybladder]

I still can't believe the part he gave u 100$ without knowing where u live? Seems awful generous to me. He couldn't take your word for it that those were his guns if he wanted them? And if he wanted them that bad to follow u out, why in the hell didn't he go grab money at a bank and buy them right there?

 

[Mike97124]

It was already mentioned but it might not hurt to stop in at a bank and ask them to check the bills. I can see a scam where someone gives you two fake $50's, waits awhile in hopes you spend them, then comes back and cancels and you do the right thing and give his money back, but now with legitimate $20's or something. I've read that a lot of bogus bills come up the I5 corridor (along with other unsavory things), so you never know.

The one reason he couldn't get the money from the bank may be that he has a limit on how much he can withdraw in a day. My bank has a $200 limit per day and I rarely carry my checkbook any more so I couldn't cash a check although I could probably do a bank check... if there was a branch around the area.

Better to be a bit paranoid than walk in and get blindsided.

Mike

 

[shybladder]

Not too hard to walk into a bank and withdraw $700. Something is shady here. Watch yourself and don't spend those 50's

 

[Doublesunder]

OMG people!!! It wasn't very long ago you could sell a firearm without a background check. Everyone is an instant criminal now ???

 

[Alexx1401]

OMG people!!! It wasn't very long ago you could sell a firearm without a background check. Everyone is an instant criminal now ???

Sadly gun owners in WA and OR allowed this. We shall see soon enough if enough gun owners have yet learned anything. Not sure yet as I still see a lot of gun owners who are still mad Hilary did not win.

 

[AMT]

OMG people!!! It wasn't very long ago you could sell a firearm without a background check. Everyone is an instant criminal now ???

No, just a lot more people trying to scam and get something for nothing. Morals are a thing of the past anymore. People just have to be more cautious now-a-days.

 

[Doublesunder]

I agree , you had to use some common sense in buying or selling. Something the state has no grasp of.

 

[Doublesunder]

The state has insinuated everyone purchasing a firearm is a criminal and guilty until proven otherwise.

Its amazing how many firearms were sold back and forth between people. Without issue I might add.

 

[jbett98]

Am I understanding this correctly, that both individuals (seller and puchaser) must pay background fees?

I hope I'm mistaken.

just the buyer pays whatever the FFL is charging to process the background check and the $10.00 OSP fee.

 

[Flopsweat]

It was already mentioned but it might not hurt to stop in at a bank and ask them to check the bills. I can see a scam where someone gives you two fake $50's, waits awhile in hopes you spend them, then comes back and cancels and you do the right thing and give his money back, but now with legitimate $20's or something. I've read that a lot of bogus bills come up the I5 corridor (along with other unsavory things), so you never know.

The one reason he couldn't get the money from the bank may be that he has a limit on how much he can withdraw in a day. My bank has a $200 limit per day and I rarely carry my checkbook any more so I couldn't cash a check although I could probably do a bank check... if there was a branch around the area.

Better to be a bit paranoid than walk in and get blindsided.

Mike

If you have ID and remember your social security number you won't need your checkbook. They will tell you if they don't have enough cash on hand but $700 is not a difficult amount usually. If you want 5 figures or more they may need a day or two advance notice or they may offer to contact another branch nearby and see if they can cover it between the two of them.

 

[history]

NoLime,
Im hoping that you did NOT give a total stranger your address where he probably knows there are more firearms in storage.
Please say no....

 

[11Charlie]

7' tall and mistaken for Sasquatch?
@SKrueger ain't shady at all.

Shady maybe but I am only 6'8"

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

I remember the days when you could trade your own private property for money with nothing more than a handshake and maybe a BOS if you felt like it.

still doin it.

 

[Jonnyuma]

"Sadly gun owners in WA and OR allowed this. We shall see soon enough if enough gun owners have yet learned anything."

Well... OR had it illegally passed as an "emergency measure", IIRC. An out of control legislature forcing it's will on the people.
WA voted for it.

 

[slimmer13]

Shady maybe but I am only 6'8"

Like a fat girl? Warm in the winter, shady in the summer?

 

[SUPER X]

Sorry, IMHO something sounds amiss where an individual walks out behind you from the LGS to offer to purchase, at your asking price, w/o consummating the deal right then and there, yet gives you two fiftys as collateral and now has your name, number, where you work, and yes, even perhaps your home address so your brand new buddy can meet up there to consummate this deal!

NO, never, of course not, I do not see a thing out of place or out of the norm with this very strange meeting as I am sure it happens all the time.

Did you see the 'big man' in the LGS shopping while you were there? Standing close enough to hear your conversation with the shop owners/clerk?

a sidebar: what does having a OR concealed have to do with purchase of a handgun when ATF says there is no exemption in OR?

Shop owners get P.O.D when some one moves in on their deal .

I still can't believe the part he gave u 100$ without knowing where u live? Seems awful generous to me. He couldn't take your word for it that those were his guns if he wanted them? And if he wanted them that bad to follow u out, why in the hell didn't he go grab money at a bank and buy them right there?

100. Dollars was to show he was not BS . It used to be common back when Americans would operate to a your word ment something standard.

 

[Grimm]

Sounds like the same shop that offered me less than $400 for my 229 and 6 mags that I'd purchased there a year earlier. Haven't been back since..

 

[Boboclown]

100. Dollars was to show he was not BS . It used to be common back when Americans would operate to a your word ment something standard.

Oi, if I give my word then its done.

 

[11Charlie]

Like a fat girl? Warm in the winter, shady in the summer?

Like a large Oak tree!!