I've sold a few things here, I do my best to communicate effectively because school gets in the way of things. I generally try to pay the shipping, but that literally has never worked, the members here are far too kind for that. Hell, I sold two CZ-52 mags to a member, but because he paid the shipping , he sent me a bunch of .358 projectiles FOR FREE.I don't think I would buy something from a member here unless I interacted with them a long time or other people told me who they were and knew they had been a contributing member a long time. Anyone else would be too much risk. I think GunsInternational is the best way to go but you generally don't get good deals and then you are paying quite a bit for shipping and FFL fees. I did get lucky on a M1903A3. These things are going from 1500-2500 these days and the guy was selling it for 900 for whatever reason and included shipping, so another 50 to pick it up from my FFL. I have purchases items on Gunbroker but not firearms, so I don't know what they do do hold sellers accountable. GI verifies sellers by calling them directly and you pay 18 to post a listing for 3 months.
I think I've bought once and that was rad. The dude works at Snap-on, and I got really confused because the box said it came from Snap-on. We had an excellent conversation about his job and how it compares to what I do.
THR and it's members are just awesome.