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ripnbst

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How safe is it as a buyer to send someone a money order for a gun on armslist? Thinking about sending a money order to a guy in Edmond for a firearm.(I'm in Tulsa) I offered to drive down there to meet him for an FTF deal but he declined and would prefer to send to my FFL.

I am a little leery because he doesn't want to meet FTF even though I am willing to drive to meet him. In the event I decide to go through with this and send him a Postal Money Order, how safe am I from this scenario:

Seller receives my money order, goes and cashes it, never ships me anything. Lets assume they show a fake ID when showing ID to cash the Money Order. Will I be refunded my money if I never get the item shipped to my FFL?

EDIT to add: I did some research and most stuff I found was the safety of the seller, not much on protection of the buyer.
 

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It sounds like a screw job waiting to happen. Like kroberts mentioned, offer to send it to the FFL and maybe even a 2% gratuity for his trouble in brokering the sale, but not directly.
 

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No way, no how assuming you don't know him from Adam.

He might be fully legit, but if he's not willing to consider your risk, then it's not a good deal.
 

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You are correct in the thinking of the system protects the seller and not the buyer. It is a federal crime to if you use a postal money order and they burn you, but good luck getting your money back. I would stay clear of this, if he wants to deal through an FFL I would offer to drive down, meet him and you can both go to a local FFL and have the transfer done. I try to stay away from people who don't want to have FTF transactions.
 

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