Selling ammo on Armlist. Buyer wants all listed.

Not if it's cash and face to face

If it's a good deal I wouldn't be to concerned. If not, be concerned. I'm not sure transferring a bunch of ammo in front of a police station is such a good idea. I get that you wouldn't be doing anything wrong. But still.

So, you have ammo listed and someone wants all of it? I’d sell it to them just like I would anything else.

Since you’re only doing this face-to-face and you’re only accepting cash, I can only think of two ways he could take advantage of you: First, if he pays you with counterfeit money. And second, if he just outright robs you.

Orion8472 said:

rskent, true. Any suggested area?

I have a list of 9mm ammo that totals about $1040

Don't know if the guy just wants to buy a lot of ammo or if he's a dealer [because I'm selling for a bit lower price than you can get at the stores]. Perhaps a gun show seller? Speculation.

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Who cares? Dealer money is as good as shooter money.

Orion8472 said:

True,.....hence, what should be my game plan? Get a counterfeit money pen and meet in a Wal-Mart parking lot?

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Require $100 bills. Get a money pen. $5 or less. Check for a hologram, the stripe that says the denomination, and whatever else is on bills.

I always hate to require anything of buyers, but lately I have been requesting $100 bills from buyers for expensive things...so I only have to check one or two types of notes.

If it’s more than a few hundred dollars, I won’t be happy about checking/counting $20s and $10s. I simply wouldn’t accept anything less than $100 bills for a $1000 item.

Well I don't consider $345.00 as a red flag or even a large amount of money.

9mm FMJ can be found on sale at $10.00 / box of 50 rounds. So $345 figures out to be 34.5 boxes / 1,725 rounds. The Lady and I shoot a average of 250 rounds when we go to the range. This means that is only enough ammo for 7 trips to the range. Of course hollowpoints and other premium ammo costs more so the round count can be much less and fewer trips to the range. You don't list what you are selling but the buyer believes he is getting a good deal.

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Well I don't consider $345.00 as a red flag or even a large amount of money.

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Me, neither. That's not a lot at all. Most guns sold on ArmsList probably go for more than that.

If I don’t feel right about an inquiry, I get their name and look them up on Facebook to see what kind of person they are.
If I get a bad vibe, I tell them I decided not to sell.

If you want to do the deal in public, a bank, grocery store, or another retail place should be good. You could also ask your local PD if they would mind if you used their parking lot, but as someone already said, $300 is not really much ammo.

Some of the local PDs in my area encourage people to use their parking lots for Craigslist deals. I'm sure same goes for Armslist deals too. It's safer for all involved.

Orion8472 said:

rskent, true. Any suggested area?

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Offer to deliver, maybe.

Are your boxes factory sealed, if so let him pick one randomly to inspect. Have the pen to check bills, go armed and having backup with good situational awareness is a plus.

During the .22lr shortage I made some decent money selling crap ammo(thunderbolts) to Armslist customers.

rskent said:

Offer to deliver, maybe.

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Worse than being robbed in public is walking into a trap.

rskent said:

Offer to deliver, maybe.

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Sorry but meeting an unfamiliar individual that you are already unsure about on his turf sounds like a bad idea.

Wally world or a mall parking lot would be my choices. Somewhere with lots of people and cameras.

Where ever you end-up meeting, take a friend and have them watch from inside the vehicle so that they are less of a perceived threat.

That amount of ammo would not raise any caution flags for me. Meeting a stranger with the ammo and receiving cash would cause me to exercise some caution though. I would meet in a public place and probably take a buddy along. And would be carrying. I recently sold a heavy tool on Craigslist. We agree to meet at a point half way between our homes, on a Lowes parking lot. I was carrying and since the tool was very heavy I felt justified taking a bubby along. Turned out to be totally uneventful, just like I planned.

Your selling price is changing. Post 1 you said $345 now you are saying $1040. What price are you selling it for?

But then again I don't even consider $1040 to be red flag issue. You must not shoot much or you would not be selling your ammunition (or a reloader). Using the previous base price of $10.00 a box of 50 rounds that comes out to about 5,200 rounds. For .223 / 5.56 at .30 cents each that is only 3,466 rounds. Many AR fans will tell you that it is not difficult to shoot up that much ammo.

There are several companies that primarily sell ammunition in bulk quantities. SGAmmo is one that I generally use. He may like to do a lot of shooting, is just stockpiling for future use or events or trying to beat shipping costs from buying over the Internet. I have a friend that only buys ammo with cash as he does not want businesses and the government to know what he is buying. You would get really excited if you saw my mancave. Heck I am about to order about $1,000 worth of just powder and primers.

You have three choices; sell all of it to one buyer, sell it by the individual box or just forget the idea.

It is a buyers market that may change a lot on November 8th.

Orion8472 said:

Is this something that's too good to be true? I'm selling a lot of 9mm ammo on Armslist and there is a guy who is wanting all I have listed. It's a lot of ammo too...like $345 worth. He says he wants to see all the ammo I have for sale.

I will only deal face to face and cash, probably in front of the city police department or such. Should I be concerned?

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... isn't this why you have it listed on Armslist, though?

huntsman said:

Are your boxes factory sealed, if so let him pick one randomly to inspect. Have the pen to check bills, go armed and having backup with good situational awareness is a plus.

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This sounds like the recommended procedures for a mob drug deal, not a $345 ammo sale.

I’m not saying the OP shouldn’t be careful, but I think people are taking this a little too seriously. It’s just a $345 transaction and it’s just ammo, not firearms. It’s unlikely the guy is going to risk jail time by trying to rob the OP or pass him fake money for just $345 worth of ammo. But if the OP wants to be extra careful, all he needs to do is check for counterfeit bills and do the sale in a police parking lot, or some other safe place.