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So, I got fooled by someone who was listed as a Texas Guntrader "Gold" seller on his profile. The guy claimed to live in Edcouch Texas (near Weslaco) and I did most of my interaction with the seller via text and email due to me having a busy week, THIS proved a bit costly for me, the guy was Listing a Bushmaster ACR and was throwing in a Redfield scope, an angled foregrip, a laser sight, and a bipod, all for $1450 (now I have seen ACR's on other forums go for $1600 so this seemed somewhat legit and I Have ALWAYS wanted an ACR and was desperate enough to "sell the farm" to get one). The guy had texted me that at first we could meet in Alice but later changed his mind cause he claimed to be a commercial truck driver and was on-call for this past weekend. So I made plans to meet him in McAllen at a shooting range to close the sale.
The seller then contacted me and said that one other buyer wanted to close out the deal earlier than Saturday and that he was looking to close this deal fast and asked me if I was willing to make a deposit (here comes dumbass move on my end), I agreed since again, saw that he was a Gold Seller on his profile, so he asked me to send the funds to his "wife" since he was on the road til Friday.
We agreed to meet in McAllen at the range at 11am Saturday, so I make the drive down there, and I get to the range . . . waited an hour, all the while texting and not getting a response. By Noon, I was beyond pissed, and I remembered he gave me an address when he gave me his "wife's" name for the Western Union money gram.
I make the drive to Weslaco, and a lady by the name that was given to me comes to the door she is in a wheelchair, I tell her I was supposed to meet her husband to close out the rifle deal and she shakes her head in confusion and says that "I knew he wasn't being legit with me".
I find out this guy is someone she met on the internet, and they have only been talking on there, he asked her to do some "favors" for him to send money to places for him, she has never met the guy face to face.
In the end, I found out that he also ripped off another guy for $1,450.00 aside from me, since he may have been trying to sell the same bogus ACR to another buyer. So I am going to try and get ahold of that guy (he's in Tennessee) and see if I can him to put a stop payment on that check or trace it.
I have all of the "wife's" information, phone numbers, emails, copies of checks and her driver's license and will be taking everything to the Police, I am out $700 and I sold both my rifles recently to fund this ACR purchase, so I am gunless for the time being which is a big kick in the nuts, not to mention the $100 for putting gas in my car for this 8 hour drive I did this past Saturday.
The Ripoff in question removed another ad he had on Guntrader for a .308 DPMS and has since turned off his cellphone. IF you guys see an ad for either of those guns or ANY Gun from Edcouch, let me know.
I don't know if I will find this guy, the address that he had given to the "wife" was an empty $4 million house in Houston, and the name she gave him isn't generating a face.
I will be working at the SAXET show this weekend at the Bullitproof Arms table, need to recoup some funds to save up for my ACR, gonna try and buy new so at least I know it's actually available.
But I wanted to share with you guys and gals so you won't get caught up in this crap like I did.
Take Care Friends
- John
The seller then contacted me and said that one other buyer wanted to close out the deal earlier than Saturday and that he was looking to close this deal fast and asked me if I was willing to make a deposit (here comes dumbass move on my end), I agreed since again, saw that he was a Gold Seller on his profile, so he asked me to send the funds to his "wife" since he was on the road til Friday.
We agreed to meet in McAllen at the range at 11am Saturday, so I make the drive down there, and I get to the range . . . waited an hour, all the while texting and not getting a response. By Noon, I was beyond pissed, and I remembered he gave me an address when he gave me his "wife's" name for the Western Union money gram.
I make the drive to Weslaco, and a lady by the name that was given to me comes to the door she is in a wheelchair, I tell her I was supposed to meet her husband to close out the rifle deal and she shakes her head in confusion and says that "I knew he wasn't being legit with me".
I find out this guy is someone she met on the internet, and they have only been talking on there, he asked her to do some "favors" for him to send money to places for him, she has never met the guy face to face.
In the end, I found out that he also ripped off another guy for $1,450.00 aside from me, since he may have been trying to sell the same bogus ACR to another buyer. So I am going to try and get ahold of that guy (he's in Tennessee) and see if I can him to put a stop payment on that check or trace it.
I have all of the "wife's" information, phone numbers, emails, copies of checks and her driver's license and will be taking everything to the Police, I am out $700 and I sold both my rifles recently to fund this ACR purchase, so I am gunless for the time being which is a big kick in the nuts, not to mention the $100 for putting gas in my car for this 8 hour drive I did this past Saturday.
The Ripoff in question removed another ad he had on Guntrader for a .308 DPMS and has since turned off his cellphone. IF you guys see an ad for either of those guns or ANY Gun from Edcouch, let me know.
I don't know if I will find this guy, the address that he had given to the "wife" was an empty $4 million house in Houston, and the name she gave him isn't generating a face.
I will be working at the SAXET show this weekend at the Bullitproof Arms table, need to recoup some funds to save up for my ACR, gonna try and buy new so at least I know it's actually available.
But I wanted to share with you guys and gals so you won't get caught up in this crap like I did.
Take Care Friends
- John
