Update- after further digging, it seems that Mason Tomei is likely a stolen identity and the real guy has nothing to do with it. No shocker there, but everyone should be aware of that.
I wanted to wait to post this, giving him the benefit of the doubt, but I feel I need to make it known now, in case he is scamming and in the process of doing it to others. He responded to my ad looking for a specific rifle. I am always weary when getting replies to these and thought I had gotten enough info from him to ensure it was legit. However the communication has been sparse at best since money was sent and when he finally confirmed the rifle had been shipped he did not have a tracking number and hasn't responded to the request for which shipping company he used. All he said was that it was supposed to be delivered today. At this point I was pretty sure he was scamming and told him so, but he assured me it would be there today. Once again I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he still hasn't responded to requests for more info and I see his last activity as being in conversation with someone this morning, so I fear it is going to happen to someone else as well. I hope I am wrong and have to issue a public apology when I get a call from my FFL later today, but I had to alert everyone to the possibility.
I wanted to wait to post this, giving him the benefit of the doubt, but I feel I need to make it known now, in case he is scamming and in the process of doing it to others. He responded to my ad looking for a specific rifle. I am always weary when getting replies to these and thought I had gotten enough info from him to ensure it was legit. However the communication has been sparse at best since money was sent and when he finally confirmed the rifle had been shipped he did not have a tracking number and hasn't responded to the request for which shipping company he used. All he said was that it was supposed to be delivered today. At this point I was pretty sure he was scamming and told him so, but he assured me it would be there today. Once again I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he still hasn't responded to requests for more info and I see his last activity as being in conversation with someone this morning, so I fear it is going to happen to someone else as well. I hope I am wrong and have to issue a public apology when I get a call from my FFL later today, but I had to alert everyone to the possibility.
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