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A comprehensive google search will show that there are a lot of places that show primers in stock (powder too). Last week I found about 10 before I grew bored and quit looking. They all have the same common factors.
I don't believe that any of them have any brick and mortar footprint whatsoever and if a physical address is (only rarely) displayed it shows up on google earth/maps as just a small residence.
ALL of them require a $200 minimum purchase and NONE of them take credit cards. They ALL require payment by Zelle, Cash App or Bitcoin or various other new age payment methods that I have never heard of. One of them did have Apple Pay as an option and one of them listed Paypal. Bitcoin and Zelle seemed common to ALL of them.
They all have different store names but their websites all looked strangely similar, like they were all the same but with a different name and colors and font. Locations ranged from Arizona to Kansas to Maine and lots of other states. I'm guessing you can set up a "business" online and have nothing in stock and no physical location and stuff your customers buy gets drop shipped from whomever is behind this type of setup.
It may be totally legitimate, or it may not. I have no idea but I was not tempted to order anything and none of my acquaintances were tempted to try it either after I showed them.
 
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The sites you have found are the scam ones that have popped up in the last year and a half to two years.

First sign is they have primers and powder to sell and don't run out within a few hours, especially given the prices. Second is they don't take credit cards.

If you want to do some research on your own you can take a look at how long the address for the site has been registered, where it will usually be a few months at most.
 
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Yep, a lot of scams on the NET right now. They are taking advantage of the loaders who are desperate for components and not really thinking clearly.

If it sounds too good to be true it usually isn't true at all. Never ignore that little voice in your head that says, "Watch out".
 
The old saying applies to primers.
If its too good to be true, IT IS!
 
Smolt Smython said:
A comprehensive google search will show that there are a lot of places that show primers in stock (powder too). Last week I found about 10 before I grew bored and quit looking. They all have the same common factors.
I don't believe that any of them have any brick and mortar footprint whatsoever and if a physical address is (only rarely) displayed it shows up on google earth/maps as just a small residence.
ALL of them require a $200 minimum purchase and NONE of them take credit cards. They ALL require payment by Zelle, Cash App or Bitcoin or various other new age payment methods that I have never heard of. One of them did have Apple Pay as an option and one of them listed Paypal. Bitcoin and Zelle seemed common to ALL of them.
They all have different store names but their websites all looked strangely similar, like they were all the same but with a different name and colors and font. Locations ranged from Arizona to Kansas to Maine and lots of other states. I'm guessing you can set up a "business" online and have nothing in stock and no physical location and stuff your customers buy gets drop shipped from whomever is behind this type of setup.
It may be totally legitimate, or it may not. I have no idea but I was not tempted to order anything and none of my acquaintances were tempted to try it either after I showed them.
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DON'T DO IT !!!
 
Legitimate sellers will accept major credit cards. If all they accept is digital currency such as Bitcoin, Dogecoin, etc., then they are likely scammers. It's difficult to track these digital currencies and I doubt many legitimate sellers would want to take a chance on the value volatility of such currencies.
 
The protection Congress provided for Credit Cards users is just outstanding!
Way to go Congress!
That’s One in a Row!
I’ve been buying Silver.
Did not get delivery of 2 - $50 coins.
After a fair amount of back and forth,
I did get a refund from eBay.
 
I hate these online businesses, if you want to call them that. I recently found a business that is a clearing house for small firearm dealers that can't or won't use listing sites to sell firearms. Payment for the firearm goes to the clearing house then goes to the dealer except sometimes it doesn't. You never contact the seller but the seller ships directly to your FFL. Lots of fail here and lots of complaints if you google the business.

It seems that this clearing house has very little knowledge of firearms and only goes by a description from the dealer. They never see the firearm in question and just handle order.

I just informed them about a questionable item they had listed and they took it down. Hmmmmm.
 
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Skeptical

I, too, was mesmerized by the number of online sites purporting to have lots and lots of primers for sale. They demand payment via Zelle or others and a $200 minimum. That's a cash transfer, as I understand it. I don't believe a legitimate, honest retailer would do business that way. Has anyone had any success with dealing with these people?
 
Don't do it!

shil said:
I, too, was mesmerized by the number of online sites purporting to have lots and lots of primers for sale. They demand payment via Zelle or others and a $200 minimum. That's a cash transfer, as I understand it. I don't believe a legitimate, honest retailer would do business that way. Has anyone had any success with dealing with these people?
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SCAMS! PERIOD!
 
cmj8591 said:
It doesn't matter how much primers are selling for because I have no money left after paying the IRS guy in Pakistan to keep the police from coming to my house to arrest me.
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Cripes! Must be the same guy I talked to!:eek:
 
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