Douglas B.

I had been looking for a specific model Mossberg shotgun for some time without finding one available anywhere. One day, during yet another online search Safegunshop.com showed up as having one.

An online message "popped up" asking if I had any questions to which I asked if they truly had the gun I was interested in. To which the response was yes, it was in stock adding that I could order it online which would complete the purchase and "lock-in" my selection. I thought it unusual their payment options were either bitcoin or Zelle no credit cards. I received a confirming e-mail the following morning advising me to let them know when I had the Zelle payment set up (as I told them I did not have a Zelle account). When trying to process the payment my bank required a name, address, and contact information in order to process the payment. After advising Safegun that I was ready and requesting the information required by the bank it took them several days to respond with some, but not all, of the required information. During that delay my frustration made me begin to question how valid this company and purchase may actually be.

After doing a fair amount of research and finding unfavorable reviews with BBB and other websites I tried to play them along and offered to make a COD payment if the gun was delivered to one of three FFL dealers to which I provided contact information.

After waiting an additional week, without further response, I sent them an e-mail canceling my purchase and informed them that because of their delay I was able to determine that they may be a scam which they proved by their lack of response (after reading that they frequently "ghosted" others that had fallen for their scam}. I had been saved by the research in looking at reviews and my bank.