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Aggie_engr wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:23 pm An update on my situation, I called again yesterday and told the gun store employee I read some not so favorable reviews about them and that if they didn’t intend to complete the transaction then I would move on, report them to gun broker and leave a review reflecting my experience. All of a sudden I FINALLY get a call today from the owner saying the person who normally handles shipping of firearms is on vacation and they’re also undergoing an ATF audit. How much of that is true is anyone’s guess but it seems he got my message and my rifle was shipped out today. Shipping was a little high at $59, but I just wanted to get it over with and didn’t push back on it. Take care yall and thanks for the advice!

Aggie_engr wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:43 pm I know this is somewhat of an old thread but I’m going through a similar situation with a gun broker auction I recently won on July 28th. Since winning the auction I’ve had ZERO contact from the seller, a gun shop out of Sarasota, FL, and I’ve been calling daily to try and move things along. Well the owner of the shop is the only one who handles gun broker sales so every time I call I get an employee who tells me the owner is busy or not in at the time. They have my FFL info but I’ve yet to even be able to pay for the rifle since they won’t update the shipping cost.

Well I poked around in their reviews and found numerous people had very similar experiences with this seller. This one review in particular is what I believe to be the case, "DON'T BID! Runs "No Reserve" auctions w/shipping TBD. If not pleased with SOLD $$, Seller won’t enter the shipping costs = you can't get auction item you WON. Emails and calls ignored. GB is of no help."

With that being said, is there any recourse available to make the seller complete the transaction? Tomorrow will be one week and I feel like I’m just getting the run around.

Sidro wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 5:31 am 03Lightningrocks there is a lot of sellers running price up on guns that are on Gunbroker. Six months back or so I bid on a gun with no reserve and a buy now format. I won the bid ($350 lower than buy now price) and next morning went to make pay arrangements to find it had sold to someone else. Apparently someone bid after closing time and got it. Buyer was new to the site.
Next day same gun according to description, pictures and serial number is up for sale again same as first time. Same thing happened to another person trying to buy the gun( different first time buyer than mine). They were $250 short of buy now price. Next day gun is back same price format and runs 7 days to end of bid and sold for $20 some odd dollars lower than buy now price.
Doing a little research with BBB and on other forums found this scenario was not uncommon with this high ranked seller as several other people had same happen to them or gun with wrong serial number delivered to them and being told that was gun they bought and not the gun in the pictures clearly showing sn.
I watched both of the auctions to the closing time and know there was no bidder other than myself and the other buyer at the end of auction time.
Crooks are everywhere and some have good ratings.

RPBrown wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:41 am I bid on a little .22 rifle Saturday. The bids were supposed to close yesterday afternoon. I just checked my status and although I am still High bidder, they extended the bid date for another 7 days

texas yankee wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:27 am "suspicious that the seller used a secondary account to push the bid higher." - I've bought and sold a few guns on Gunbroker, and I wonder about that, too - the thing is, IF the seller is using a secondary account just to bid the price higher, if the secondary bidder actually wins the auction (bids too high and no one else bids over his bid), then the GB fees would still be due on the sale, right?

As to the taxes and fees, for the guns I sell, I always make sure to clearly state that BUYER PAYS SALES TAX and BUYER PAYS ACTUAL SHIPPING.

Jose_in_Dallas wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 5:26 pm I was in the same boat with eBay many years ago. Playing up on the bidding and overpaying for what I got caught up on. Now a days, when I see something I want, I set a maximum price I'll pay for something and leave it at that. I've bid on stuff that I suspected was being driven up by a friend of the seller. The way I see it, if you don't fall into the trap of overbidding, you don't lose. And just maybe, just maybe, the "friend" who's bidding up the price will win and the buyer loses out on selling it.

RPBrown wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:14 am A couple of years ago I was bidding on (2) Savage 99’s. I figured I may have a chance by bidding on 2. One of them I won for $800.00. The other that ended a few hours earlier I was the high bidder until 1 minute before the end. My bid was $875.00. At exactly the 1 minute mark (I was watching) a new bidder (6 day member) bid $1100.00. I too was very suspicious of that.
I was extremely happy with the one I got at $800. And it has dropped 2 nice bucks since then.plus there is some sentimental value to me for that particular model. My mother had given me one that belonged to my grand dad when I was 15. That was my only rifle until I was 40ish. Since I hunted on the family property I left it at my mom and dads house. Came up at Christmas one year and planned to go hunting while I was there. My rifle was missing. No one seemed to know anything about it. A year later dad told me my brother had stolen it along with his favorite rifle and some other things and pawned them. For the longest time, brother and I fought every time I was around him to the point I stopped going. He finally turned his life around, paid me what he got for the rifle (not near what it was worth) and we have somewhat mended fences.
I know this one is not the same one but the sentiment is there.

carlson1 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:09 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:19 am It is the 4". I only bid 600. I was hoping with it ending on Christmas Eve I might get lucky and catch someone sleeping. I just got outbid. If I had the funds, I might have gone to 675. Not going to do it but it may go for a pretty good price. I have sold a few guns on GB and sometimes it seems like people get worked up on "WINNING" the bid and over pay. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/919237416

Yep that is me and my wife has grounded me from Gun Broker. That thing about being a good “looser” never fit my personality.

Tex1961 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:39 am Years ago my FIL and I went to a police gun auction in Baytown. The place was packed with a lot of everyday blue collar guys looking for a deal. At that time I subscribed to the Blue Book of gun values and brought it with me. There had to have been over. 200+ guns there. Anyway we walked though and jotted down any that had any interest, noted condition, etc. and went back to our chairs. Did a quick check on values, etc. on each and got ready for the auction.. Needless to say within 30 minutes we pretty much got up and left. Those guys got all caught up in the bidding and were paying new and more than new prices on everything..

I've been to several different auctions since then and can understand getting caught up in bidding wars, but whew.... You gotta be informed before you decide to bid on something like a firearm.... People also forget about taxes, shipping and FFL charges. That can easily add up to $100.00 on your purchase..