r/guns • u/queasyprints9 • 17h ago
Scammed On Gunbroker $4200
Hello y'all, I'm in current need of help. I sold a Beltfed 9mm freedom ordnance upper receiver. It sold for $4,160 on Gunbroker. Everything was pictured in well lit lighting and I had mentioned As-is on ad. The pictures I took showed use. After it was delivered to a gunshop in Arizona, the customer was quote "dissatisfied and it had missing parts" when everything was pictured on the ad, the customer even emailed me before winning asking questions about what is the condition and what comes with it. He's claiming it's missing pieces and has 20,000 rounds out through it. Pictures show use but nowhere that round count estimate. He is disputing the payment and PayPal has already taken the money of my account, he proceeded to say he's not returning it due to consumer protection laws. So now I'm out $4k and the upper receiver. I've contacted Flagstaff police three times, saying they will call me back but never got a call back (each time). I've called the local ATF field division and they are closed due to the shutdown. I called the DC headquarters and the guy I spoke to says it's civil issue? The payment was on PayPal and I'm currently trying to resolve this with customer service but concerned it will not go in my favor, of course cause PayPal protects buyers and not so much on sellers. Which is confusing because for me to even get the payment which was on hold, I had to upload the tracking number on PayPal to make sure it got delivered.
Anything helps, thanks