I can logon but can't edit anything and they want $6.98 a month fee before I can edit anything. I only use ArmsList for face to face local stuff...scammer Buyers can still contact Sellers for free though.

I just listed a scope on there last week and didn't see anything like that.

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Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
I just listed a scope on there last week and didn't see anything like that.

They just started 2-3 days ago....I have a listing on there and was going to pull it and place it on the Classifieds here and can't delete without paying

I guess I'll leave mine up forever then. I'm not paying to delete.

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Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
I guess I'll leave mine up forever then. I'm not paying to delete.

I am not going to pay either but according to Classified rules an item can't be cross posted...if someone can figure out a way to edit for free please let me know

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Originally posted by SummersAtTheLake:
I can logon but can't edit anything and they want $6.98 a month fee before...Buyers can still contact Sellers for free though.

Unfortunately that’s not the case. Arms list now requires a paid account in order to contact the seller.

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Originally posted by Phred:

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Originally posted by SummersAtTheLake:
I can logon but can't edit anything and they want $6.98 a month fee before...Buyers can still contact Sellers for free though.

Unfortunately that’s not the case. Arms list now requires a paid account in order to contact the seller.

Looks like a buyer can contact a "premium/paying" seller but unless a sellers pays then contact is not permitted

I guess that I’m done with armslist.

Looks like the jumped the shark: https://www.armslist.com/blog/news

Guess I won't be wasting any more time browsing over there.....

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Originally posted by Hawgster:
I guess that I’m done with armslist.

Ditto

Armslist to go the way of Photobucket.

Yeah, I’m not paying money to deal with idiots who think that their guns go up in value and want to give you their old hi point plus a 6 pack of beer for your sig..

I noticed it yesterday. In AZ, the site has become nothing more than a place for gun shops and pawn shops to list their wares, very few individuals anymore.

Wow, and here I thought Armlist was full of scammers and other threats and lucky to have people there participating at all.
I've always thought of them as a no go and never considered buying or selling there ever.

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Originally posted by 83v45magna:
Wow, and here I thought Armlist was full of scammers and other threats and lucky to have people there participating at all.
I've always thought of them as a no go and never considered buying or selling there ever.

I have did a bunch of face to face deals on ArmsList and never had a problem with the meet....you had to weed out the scammers though.

Did Armslist charge any fees at all, before they started this new monthly fee?

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Originally posted by 12131:
Did Armslist charge any fees at all, before they started this new monthly fee?

Not that I'm aware of, and I've made a LOT of purchases through that site by contacting individual sellers.

Edit: I was waiting for something like this to happen, but was hoping they'd limit fee's to high volume posters like pawn shops.

I've had to weed out a lot of scammers on Armslist, but have otherwise had good experiences there. If they'd do something about the scammers, it could be worth paying a nominal annual fee. But they need to offer increased value before charging anything. I guess this is what's needed to get a better gun classified going soon. Business prevention departments are rampant in every business.

I know nothing about Armslist myself, but people complain about scams and nonserious offers all the time. Could this be a way of reducing them?
Just curious.

I've had really good luck with Armslist in the past, but don't have much use for it any more, so I'm not too broken up about this.

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Originally posted by 83v45magna:
Wow, and here I thought Armlist was full of scammers and other threats and lucky to have people there participating at all.
I've always thought of them as a no go and never considered buying or selling there ever.

Buying/selling on Armslist before wasn't that bad. No worse than Craigslist, and only marginally worse than Facebook Marketplace.

You used basic common sense to weed out of the scams (like sticking to face-to-face local deals for cash), and took steps to make the FTF meet safe, then just understood that there would be a certain percentage of tire kickers, window lickers, low-ballers, and no-shows that you'd have to deal with, as with any classifieds system out there.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Did Armslist charge any fees at all, before they started this new monthly fee?

Not for basic buying/selling by individuals. But dealers could pay for fancier accounts to have their ads promoted, add extra photos, etc.