What's the scam here?

[DDT951]

Well unfortunately I think there will be no resolution to this mystery, because at this point it's safe to say I've been ghosted. I haven't gotten any reply since asking about his reasoning, nor do I know what state he was in, but I suspect that the state would have been a big clue as to his intentions. Oh well, saves me the hassle of what would likely have turned into an even sketchier deal. Thanks everyone for the reasoned arguments, I saw some good ideas here. My best guess is that he was in a restricted state and was trying to slide something through on the sly.

It is bad enough being ghosted on dating apps.... but this person took it to a new low...... being ghosted buying a firearm....

[SouthPaw]

It is bad enough being ghosted on dating apps.... but this person took it to a new low...... being ghosted buying a firearm....

You haven't made, or attempted enough gun deals then.

[DDT951]

You haven't made, or attempted enough gun deals then.

I can handle (sometimes) being rejected by women (well as long as it doesnt cost me as much as the ex) but being rejected by gun guys... that hurts....I mean we all know what the gun show guy is....

[sic_semper_tyrannis]

It is bad enough being ghosted on dating apps.... but this person took it to a new low...... being ghosted buying a firearm....

If you spend any time on Armslist or national forums you will quickly learn that the ghosting, flaking, dumbasses, and just straight up sketchballs is just the way it is. I probably only reply to 1 in 4 pm's/emails I receive, because you learn to filter out the riffraff and Nigerian royalty right quick, otherwise you are just wasting your time. In this case I started the thread about, it actually started very promising, because the guy could write in unbroken English and even used rare punctuation like periods and commas. I thought I was dealing with an actual buyer! But you learn to not take any of it personally, because you will just stress yourself out. In the end I couldn't care less about the guy ghosting me, it lets me move on with my life and not have to suffer through a 15 message back-and-forth filled with asinine requests that ultimately ends in flaking anyway. I was just genuinely interested in the guy's endgame if he was legit, because it was a request I've never come across before and immediately struck me as odd.

The only place I never have to deal with constant flaking and douchebags is right here on good 'ol COAR. But the market audience and traffic here is extremely limited compared to other sites.