Has anyone used Gunbroker pay while doing an Auction? I need some training.

[Wildbillz]

Hi All
I signed up for Gunbroker pay and there are little or no instructions on how to use it. Anyone got a good grasp on it or is it just play with it till you can figure it out?

It looks like they are trying to get you to convert into a crypto before sending monies? Gunbroker could have done a lot better from what I have seen so far. I was hoping that it would be smooth like that other electronic payment service.

Oh Well
WB

 

[dh1633pm]

I haven’t found it to be an issue. Gunbroker already uses encryption on the site. I used it a couple time to no ill effect.

 

[FROGO207]

I found it easier to send a Postal Money Order last time I won anything. I just don't like using anything where money is floated on line through my computer and the possibility of theft.
I still don't have a pay pal account set up yet either. YMMV

 

[marsofold]

I have bought things from Gunbroker several times. One time I bought a rifle from a listing that was also a gunshop by verbally speaking my credit card number over the phone to complete the transaction. I got the rifle, but a then a big time problem surfaced. A week later my credit card company (Chase) contacted me to ask if I had purchased $450 worth of college textbooks in Utah. I replied NO, so they ate the charge and sent me out a new card with a different number. Apparently the gun shop had college aged kids working for them who were able to somehow get the number. Maybe the manager had written it down on a piece of paper. I would now consider PayPal funded via a credit card to be the safest option. Maybe OK to use a personal check (although checks have account numbers on them which makes me uneasy) so you have a receipt. I imagine that someone could cash a postal money order and claim they never got it. I don't have much faith in the post office.

 

[MAKster]

Gunbroker Pay is a goofy cryptocurrency thing. I would avoid that. I just bought a pistol a few weeks ago on Gunbroker and within an hour of winning the auction I received an email from an electronic payment processor that the seller used. All I had to do was enter my credit card number and the payment went through. Payment was instantly confirmed and he shipped it the same day. Seller never saw my credit card number. Money orders are a hassle and slow.

 

[Swing]

I've bought and sold on Gunbroker for a very long while. The few times I've tried to use their pay system it was a total train-wreck. At least two vendors I've worked with tell me it is absolutely worthless on the receiving end too. I've either paid via credit card over the phone (if the seller would accept it) or mailed off a money order (if they didn't).

YMMV.

 

[Wildbillz]

I've bought and sold on Gunbroker for a very long while. The few times I've tried to use their pay system it was a total train-wreck. At least two vendors I've worked with tell me it is absolutely worthless on the receiving end too. I've either paid via credit card over the phone (if the seller would accept it) or mailed off a money order (if they didn't).

YMMV.

Ya that's sort of what I am finding. I signed up for it hoping that it would work like Paypal seeing how so many guys want to use electronic payment. But you can't link a Credit card to it. It looks like you can add money from a bank account but I am not seeing how you can transfer it to another user yet. It looks like any money coming into your account will be in there Freedom Coin Crypto and you will have to convert back to USD to transfer to your bank after they take there cut both for using it and converting from FC to USD.

Gunbroker Pay is a goofy cryptocurrency thing. I would avoid that. I just bought a pistol a few weeks ago on Gunbroker and within an hour of winning the auction I received an email from an electronic payment processor that the seller used. All I had to do was enter my credit card number and the payment went through. Payment was instantly confirmed and he shipped it the same day. Seller never saw my credit card number. Money orders are a hassle and slow.

Agreed on the Crypto thing. Credit Card is great for a business, but as an individual selling there own guns? I don't have a way of taking a credit card.

WB

 

[-BrZrKeR-]

I have attempted to sell using gunbrokerpay and each time they decline the purchase saying its on my account. I contact their support and I am told there is nothing wrong yet buyer can not pay me for the gun. Then they pull out leaving me with the taxes that gunbroker says I can get credit. Yet I am unable to sell

 

[Scooter22]

I always use a USPS money order. I's what I,ve always done and has been fine. Just received a rifle today I sent the MO for last week. I,ve always used "cash" for firearm purchases. I don,t want a credit card data base with that info.

 

[stillquietvoice]

Was looking for a deported 98 mauser on gunbroker. Kept getting outbid. Decided to try bare parts. Bid on 5 item figuring I'd lose a few, I didn't, sent out 5 money orders. Most of the vendors preferred that type of payment. Haven't tried their payment option yet. This did arrive today though, a Bishop shorter stock for 98 large ring mauser

 

[Lo-Profile]

I've used the GunBroker checkout numerous times without issue. I've never had a problem with using it to pay for guns I've bought. But I do limit who I buy things from and am very picky with sellers. I'd prefer to pay maybe a little more with a highly reputable seller than with someone with lower feedback.
I will never buy from anyone using a payment app, PayPal or crypto.

 

[orionengnr]

Sold a gun or two a year or so back, bought a like number in the same time frame.

Signed up for and attempted to use GBPay to absolutely no effect. Very frustrating experience--many emails back-and-forth with GB, GBPay, and so on. Never again..

 

[gobsauce]

It's not crypto, it's encryption. Big difference. From what I can tell, it's like a wallet. You add cash to your wallet, and it's there for you to spend. This is "safe and secure "( I don't know about their security measures aside from encryption, which can be brute forced).

Think of it like a cash wallet in real life. You take money out of your bank account and put the cash in your wallet. It's then there for you to spend on , in this case, guns. You can use the cash in the wallet until you run out , then you withdraw more cash (or more appropriately, deposit into your wallet ).

When you buy something, instead of giving physical cash, you transfer money.

Instead of saying "I'm giving you 100$ for this gun ", you talk in code. Remember when ,as kids, we'd write our own languages (maybe that's just me )? Same principle, but instead of talking, the code is the money itself.