Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted July 1, 2025 Report Share Posted July 1, 2025 What would be the motive of a buyer, formerly in good standing, to nullify these auctions resulting in 7 "F" feedbacks for failure to pay? https://www.gunbroker.com/a/feedback/profile/1670267 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted July 1, 2025 Report Share Posted July 1, 2025 Dormant account was probably hacked by a troll. There are a LOT of mischief-makers trying to disrupt both GB and Armslist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted July 1, 2025 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2025 Dormant? The buyer was completing purchases as recently as April. The "mischief" might actually be a vendetta by the actual account holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68coupe Posted July 1, 2025 Report Share Posted July 1, 2025 An angry spouse? Karl, 68coupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricky9914 Posted July 2, 2025 Report Share Posted July 2, 2025 (edited) There have been many phishing scam problems on Gunbroker. In fact, Gunbroker has begun to implement two-factor authentication because of it. For those that don't know the scam, essentially, an email is sent to the seller appearing to be from Gunbroker, alerting the account owner of an unauthorized password change or any other type of attack on their account. They then provide a link to "log in" to their account to correct the issue. The link directs the person to a fake login page, appearing to be on Gunbroker, but it is not. Once the victim attempts to log in, they have actually provided the scammer with their login and password, which the scammer uses to access their account immediately and lock out the real account owner. Once in, they will either list valuable items with low prices, trying to entice a bidder to win and pay for the item (a Gunbroker account with lots of A+ ratings is a perfect target as it gets the bidders trust), or they will bid on expensive items and attempt to purchase them with stolen credit cards etc... Edited July 2, 2025 by tricky9914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted July 2, 2025 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2025 That type of scam doesn't seem to be applicable in this case as the registered buyer is placing an astronomical high bid to ensure they win the firearm auctions. All the sellers require FFL or FFL-03 license before completing the sale. No way to get around that for a a scammer. Where is the profit motive? The sellers are inconvenienced for having to relist the items with a notice that item is reposted due to non paying winner. If the purpose was shill bidding this might make sense even though the objective isn't to wind up becoming the winning bidder. When a Gunbroker Top 10 Seller lists consignment firearms at $1 with no reserve there may be some unscrupulous behavior by the actual owner of the consigned firearm not satisfied with how the bidding is going and bids it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted July 7, 2025 Report Share Posted July 7, 2025 Sad as unknown forces are spoiling things for everyone. I highly suspect (no evidence at all here) that elements that may be strongly anti-gun are behind this effort to muddle up the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don. Posted July 12, 2025 Report Share Posted July 12, 2025 On 7/1/2025 at 11:52 AM, Arthur Fliegenheimer said: What would be the motive of a buyer, formerly in good standing, to nullify these auctions resulting in 7 "F" feedbacks for failure to pay? https://www.gunbroker.com/a/feedback/profile/1670267 Your link goes to a login page. Are you trying to scam us, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted July 12, 2025 Report Share Posted July 12, 2025 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Don. said: Your link goes to a login page. Are you trying to scam us, LOL! That's not a login page; it's a record of the buyer/seller feedback ratings for the former member in question Edited July 12, 2025 by StrangeRanger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inertord Posted July 12, 2025 Report Share Posted July 12, 2025 7 hours ago, Don. said: Your link goes to a login page. Are you trying to scam us, LOL! You have to be logged into a Gunbroker User Account, to view an another user’s feedback ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don. Posted August 4, 2025 Report Share Posted August 4, 2025 On 7/12/2025 at 6:40 PM, inertord said: You have to be logged into a Gunbroker User Account, to view an another user’s feedback ratings. I told them to get bent several years ago. That won’t be happening again anytime soon. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68coupe Posted August 4, 2025 Report Share Posted August 4, 2025 2 hours ago, Don. said: I told them to get bent several years ago. That won’t be happening again anytime soon. ? There's probably a fun story there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don. Posted August 9, 2025 Report Share Posted August 9, 2025 (edited) On 8/4/2025 at 9:38 AM, 68coupe said: There's probably a fun story there... Not really. It was the last price hike that I was willing to pay, both selling and buying. The fees get pushed to the buyers ultimately. There’s no direct way to contact the site and it had morphed into egay/gunshow pricing, so I was done. Emailed them to close my account and shove it. Selling and buying directly through the forums is a better option, as it benefits all involved and doesn’t benefit junkbroker. Edited August 9, 2025 by Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted January 12 Author Report Share Posted January 12 Enterprising Gunbroker seller Atlas Collectible Firearms purchased this at RIA for $4200 in October 2025 https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/1049/1745/shostle-engraved-erfurt-artillery-luger-pistol-with-ivory-grips Then turned around on Gunbroker with penny starting bid for $22,500 in December 2025 to one of their frequent customers. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1143989916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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