Today I was searching the internet for some gunpowder, BE-86 to be exact. I ran across several sites, most of them reporting very high prices (of course) but all out of stock. You know the ones, Powder Valley, Brownell's, etc. Anyway, there were several (many) that were offering to sell the powder for SUBSTANTIALLY less than the major suppliers. Only problem was they wanted me to get a Venmo account to make the payment. Saying they wouldn't accept credit cards.
I have never had a Venmo account and declined to order anything from any of these companies, but it got me to wondering if that was a reliable method to pay for something like this.
Personally, I could sense SCAM written all over the place on these sites since a lot of them were very similar, even though they all carried different names.
None of these sites said anything about the item being "In Stock", and some of them went so far as to say "Special Order".
So what do you guys think?
Some quick searches pretty much told me that you SHOULD know the person that you are sending money to, but that's about it for advice.
I have never had a Venmo account and declined to order anything from any of these companies, but it got me to wondering if that was a reliable method to pay for something like this.
Personally, I could sense SCAM written all over the place on these sites since a lot of them were very similar, even though they all carried different names.
None of these sites said anything about the item being "In Stock", and some of them went so far as to say "Special Order".
So what do you guys think?
Some quick searches pretty much told me that you SHOULD know the person that you are sending money to, but that's about it for advice.