Texas gun trader?

[Lonesome Dove]

Thinking of placing an add here can you tell me the good the bad and the ugly of this site? I've looked around a few times but never placed an add or bought anything.

Thank ya

 

[Shady]

if you price it fair it will sell
if you want a bill of sale 2/3 the board will not look at the add.

List where its located.


edit doh thought you were listing it here lol.

that gun site prepare your angus for no shows low ballers and all kinds of strange requests lol but my first 2 items still apply

 

[TreyG-20]

Yes you will have to weed through the responses to find a legitimate buyer. I use it often, but it can be frustrating. About the first 5 responses you will get is asking if it still available. You reply yes and then never here back from the person who asked. Lots of lowballers also. Everyone thinks they should get something for half the price you list it for. Just have to have your BS meter working at full charge. I won't even respond to half the messages. People won't read your ad and ask questions already covered in your ad. All they see is pictures and a price.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Says there is a small one time charge to sell. I'm fine with that but it doesn't list the cost. Do you know what it is?

 

[craigntx]

/\/\ thats a new policy

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Yeah and I've been trying to register but it doesn't like me. Maybe tomorrow?

 

[craigntx]

Maybe a different browser

 

[majormadmax]

Or sell on here, and greatly increase your odds of the firearm going to a legitimate buyer!

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Or sell on here, and greatly increase your odds of the firearm going to a legitimate buyer!

Sometimes the buyers just aren't here.
Placing where there is more traffic seems to be better though you have to deal with more unlikely buyers.
I've sold things in just hours on other sites but I'm no longer willing to ship out of state.

 

[TreyG-20]

I've never been charged to use Texas gun trader. Unless you want to upload more than 2 pictures. Armslist does charge though.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

I've never been charged to use Texas gun trader. Unless you want to upload more than 2 pictures. Armslist does charge though.

Says it's a new deal to attempt to keep out the scammers and sort. I guess it will ring uo when i punch my card in.

 

[RoadRunner]

I have bought, sold and traded several times on Texas Gun Trader. I have never had a problem with any of the buyers, sellers or traders.

The 2 things that I don't like about the site is the scammers and the idiots. The idiots are those people that post messages warning others about the scammers, telling about their bad experiences and griping about the prices some sellers ask for their things. Some people, idiots, just don't understand the difference between a classifieds site and a forum.

It seems like the owner of the site doesn't care about the scammers and the idiots, he does nothing to stop them.

ETA, there is no fee for selling.

 

[Rhino]

The site can be very useful when used as intended. I've had success both as a seller and as a buyer.

 

[no2gates]

I've bought and sold a few on texas gun trader. All the sales were fine.
Some of the purchases I tried to make from scammers just wasted my time.

 

[MTA]

Make sure you fill it out right or @ZX9RCAM is coming for you


Edit: I didnt read. I have bought and sold hundreds of times on Texas gun trader. I just always follow my rules: 1. No habla espanol or ebonics. 2. Dont meet after dark 3. Dont meet anywhere that isnt a parking lot in a good part of town

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Make sure you fill it out right or @ZX9RCAM is coming for you

Not over there....

 

[MTA]

Not over there....

In my defense, I have a 10 month old baby so my brain is mush guess I need to wake my ass up and learn to read

 

[GasGuzzler]

There is a small fee now. Not sure how much but it's like $10 or something. I have bought more than I have sold there.

I too am just as frustrated with the IDIOTS that post scammer warnings as much as the scammer posts.

So the average person cannot tell that an original Python NOS/NIB listed for $1000 with no location by someone that joined that day and whose IP address comes back as New Jersey is a scam?

 

[grumper]

Will ya take a broken barska scope, 3 chickens, a rusty rake, and a midget in trade?

 

[BuzzinSATX]

I had a gun for sale on this forum for a week. I posted it on TX Gun Trader on Tuesday afternoon and had full price cash in hand at 1100 the next day.

Yes, I got a couple crazy barter offers, but easy enough to decline.

It cost me $0 and a few minutes of my time.

I’m thinking about selling another gun and if I do, I’ll post it here for a few days and if no bites, then put it on The Trader site. I generally sell for a fair price so they go fast on that site…typically in a day or two.