help w/ purchase on gunbroker

[pooizle]

need some advice. I recently won the bid a rifle I've been looking over a year for and needless to say I was stoked. Now I'm starting to feel a little uneasy, I got sketched out at first when I looked the business up on google and it barely popped up just a yellow pages ad and the seller seems to have 2 business's about a mile apart with the same name on the same street with the same phone# but when I looked on google maps the locations don't seem to be there. I really want the item but seller only accepts money orders and I dont want to be ripped off what do u guys think

[edgerly779]

I do deals on gunbroker and lots of sellers want usps money order. Not a red flag at all the seller can take that money order to any post office and cash. What is his feedback on gunbroker?

[bsg]

i agree with edgerly779. money order payment (especially USPS) is a very common method of payment required by many sellers on Gunbroker.

the feedback rating of the seller is a good indicator for potential outcome of the sale. i look for duration of time that the seller has been a member of Gunbroker, and also look at the actual feedback given by past buyers.