This is a Bit Disturbing

[chicharrones]

Rental home? Perhaps the solution to the mystery is coming together. Very interesting.

 

[bannockburn]

Tinker

Or as they say in the "whodunits": the plot thickens!

 

[LoonWulf]

This has become one of the more common scams ive seen on gun auction and classified sites.
I havent seen any of my pictures reused, but ive found multiple listings of the same gun more than once.

Again it highlights the importance to being an informed buyer.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I think an equitable solution would be for you to snag his pics off the net and list his guns for sale. Seems fair.

 

[Guitarmike]

Where did you see the picture? Was it actually on a Gunsamerica listing? It may be a case of simple "pawn reselling." How it works is this:

-Seller sees a good deal on a gun in the pawn shop (which usually do not let you take pictures.) This can also be an online ad/etc.
-Seller grabs a pic from the Internet and lists the gun (which they do not own) for sale.
-Seller sells the gun, then buys it from the shop to ship to buyer.

So no initial investment, only a bit of effort and profit. The only problem is that sometimes the buyer notices it isn't the same gun. Works well with new plastic, less so with 100+ year old rifles that someone is looking for a specific feature on.

This is a well used tactic on Amazon. They find something they can make at least 5% on and create a listing for it. If it sells they buy the cheap one and ship it to their seller. Seems like a tough way to make a buck but it is what it is.

 

[Rshooter]

Always wondered why some people covered up the serial numbers on their guns.

 

[warnerwh]

I'd appreciate knowing what became of this ad. Did Gunsamerica contact you? Thanks

 

[Double Naught Spy]

So, what did Gunsamerica have to say?

 

[SteadyD]

I'm looking forward to seeing the outcome of this. Best of luck.

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

Gunsamerica asked for a link to the listing- which I don't have as i found the photo googling images of TW Stake shotguns. Without the listing information there wasn't much they could do.

 

[armoredman]

Just for grins and giggles I checked for FDE CZ BREN 805s for sale, and lo and behold, one of my pictures of my rifle comes up with an Armlist watermark! But, when I went to Armslist, the sale had been removed with a message, "The community has spoken! This listing has been flagged as spam. This listing is either inappropriate for ARMSLIST or has been posted to multiple locations/categories."

 

[TarDevil]

This happened to me several times when I was selling airplanes. Phantom brokers would copy all my photos and list my airplanes at ridiculous prices. You would think someone sharp enough both to fly AND afford a plane would know you can't buy a $90,000 valued C182 for 1/3 that price, but these scammers would get deposits to "hold" these planes they don't own.

 

[DT Guy]

Checking my Craigslist history, I've flagged 1,700+ listings over the last several years, primarily in motorcycles and musical instruments (two things I sort of prowl for in my spare time.) Red flags:

• Priced at *well* below market value-'stupid' cheap
• Multiple listings of the same items
• Grammatical or syntactic mistakes in titles and listings
• One of several 'known' photos (a specific burgundy Honda Goldwing Trike, for instance, has been used in 300+ listings) that are associated with fraud sellers
• Non-local phone numbers
• Email addresses embedded into photos (to facilitate spam-botting listings without filling out contact information)

These folks may try to get deposits, account information or other scams, but oftentimes they are simply harvesting email and phone info for spammers; they're the front end of the worldwide spam engine we all enjoy so much.


Larry

 

[jmorris]

It’s some crook that found a photo and posted it for sale.

Not unlike this bridge I found on Craigslist. I am in the process of buying it now, all the seller needed was my bank account information so we could complete the transfer.



Buyer beware....

 

[buck460XVR]

A whole lotta strange going on.....especially the exact same linoleum floor thing. If the gun is still in your possession and the serial number not compromised, I don't see anything to worry about, other than being careful about what I post on the internet in the future. One thing I have seen in many local ads for "guns for sale", is folks posting pictures they found on the internet to represent a gun they have for sale. It may be the gun in the found picture is in better shape than the one they are selling, or they just are too lazy or inept to post their own. I contacted a fellow just about a year ago about a SxS shotgun after seeing his gun for sale in the local "for sale or trade" site. When I saw the gun in person, it was obviously not the gun in the pic and the seller freely admitted so. He was another ol' fart like me with few computer skills and wasn't really trying to dupe anyone as he had his gun priced accordingly to it's condition and not the condition of the gun in the pic. Still I doubt this is what is happening here........

 

[CoalTrain49]

It’s some crook that found a photo and posted it for sale.

Not unlike this bridge I found on Craigslist. I am in the process of buying it now, all the seller needed was my bank account information so we could complete the transfer.

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Buyer beware....

That's not the real bridge, you've been scammed. The real bridge is in Lake Havasu, AZ.

 

[Sunray]

"...stolen from there..." Not likely. In IE, you can copy any picture, including the one posted here, with no fuss. You can in Firefox too. Nothing posted on the internet anywhere is secure.