I Was Scammed by An Online Weapon Store! What Shou

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Getting scammed has become a bigger issue today than it ever was in the past due to the way we conduct everyday transactions now. It’s much harder to scam somebody using a brick and mortar style of dealing. However, when the customer doesn’t know what they have till they have it, is a completely different story. A lot of shady sites out there will present the deal of a lifetime to you and you might even be tempted to buy into them. A classic case in point is online weapon stores of which there is an abundance out there, each trying to undercut the last. It’s because of this huge variety and extremely low prices that we tend to buy into such scams but there are ways to avoid getting scammed online.




If It’s Too Good to Be True, It Probably is
Some scams are easier to spot than others. These are the ones that are presenting absurdly low prices for the thing you are looking for. Take, for example, that you found an excellent price for a handgun on an Online Weapon Store but then you see an ad for the same model of handgun but $100 cheaper than what the original site was offering it for. If the original value of the gun is significantly higher than the price the advertised website is offering then it probably is indeed a scam. When presented with a case that you aren’t sure could or could not be a scam, it’s often best to check the prices with other vendors and see how it stacks up against them. If it proves to be an outlier, then it most likely is a scam.

Look for Reviews, Check the Sites Reputation
A lot of Online Weapon Stores are aware that the best way to gain a potential buyers trust is with reviews and that’s why you’ll often see that they have cherry-picked reviews on the website to show you how reliable and trustworthy they are. Unfortunately for them, however, there are also independent review websites (like google reviews) that you can use for a better picture of whether a site can be trusted or not. If the average rating of the site is less than or around 3/5 stars then it probably isn’t the best place to be purchasing something from. Good websites will have reviews somewhere between 4 and 5 stars and though it may have some criticisms about it, there will mostly be positive reviews to read.

Return Policy and Payment Methods
Though reviews can gain the trust of an Online Weapon Store in your eyes, your credit card details aren’t something you want stolen during any online transaction. Therefore, it is wise to ensure that a safe payment method is present for transactions for that website. Alternatively, setting up a pin/code verification for online transactions is also another way to add security but having details stolen can be troublesome in itself. Furthermore, what is the websites return policy? Are they going to give cashback? What is the time that they allow you to test the handgun? These are all important questions that you should have the answer to before you buy a gun from a website so that it insures you from a faulty weapon. Perhaps you don’t exactly like the feel of the handgun you just purchased, in that case as well you may want a refund. However, in the latter case you may have to pay a small restocking fee.