posted by admin on Jan 18
GunBroker.com is by far the largest person-to-person online gun auction site for
hunters, sport shooters, gun collectors, knives & swords, air guns, archery and
accessories. Hitwise, an independent traffic rating service, ranks GunBroker.com as the 3rd largest
site in their United States ‘Shopping and Classifieds - Auctions’ category based on
monthly average market share. Quantcast ranks GunBroker.com in their top 1,500 largest sites of any
kind based on US unique monthly visitors.
What is GunBroker.com?
GunBroker.com is an auction site where sellers can list items for sale and potential
buyers can browse the listings and bid on the items. If you bid on the item and win it,
you and the seller contact each other and make arrangements for payment and delivery of
the item you won. We are very much like the classified ads in a newspaper in that
individual sellers post the items for sale and individual buyers purchase the items.
Unlike classified ads, the auction manages the sale process, provides a convenient form of
communication between buyer and seller, and offers rich, varied, and up-to-date
information on the item being sold (often including a picture).
An important note: Aside from hats, shirts, and other promotional merchandise bearing
our logo, GunBroker.com does not sell any of the items listed on this auction site. We feel that
selling items and running the auction would be a considerable conflict of interest,
especially when managing feedback or transactional disputes.
Can I buy or sell here?
Anyone who is legally allowed to own an item is
allowed to buy or sell it here. There are laws regarding the sale and transfer of
firearms, ammunition, antique guns, knives, and many of the other items for sale here. Our
Buyer’s Tutorial contains information on how to buy
items legally. Our Seller’s Tutorial contains
information on how to sell items legally.
You must Register with us to bid on or sell
items. Registration is free, safe, and private. We do not share your registration
information with any third party for marketing purposes and we do not send you junk email -
please see our Privacy Policy for details. Click here to proceed to our our registration form.
Sellers - Please read our Seller’s Tutorial
for information on how to sell an item through GunBroker.com.
Buyers - Please read our Buyer’s Tutorial
for information on how to bid on and buy an item through GunBroker.com.
What does it cost?
You can Register to use
our site free. There are no fees to bid on or buy an item (of course, you must pay for the
item itself). Sellers can place basic auction listings free of charge and there are no
fees for basic listings unless the item sells. When placing an auction listing we offer
some optional services for which we do charge a small fee. Please refer to our Fees page for full details on our fees.
GunBroker.com is committed to your safety. We are the only shooting sports
related online auction that offers Buyer’s Protection
to protect the buyer from being ripped off by a seller. No other shooting sports auction
or classified ads (in print or offline) provides any form of protection against fraud.
We are committed to the safety and privacy of your personal information. Our Privacy
Policy explains how we safeguard your personal information and how we keep it safe from
hackers and thieves.
Complaints about a buyer being defrauded by a seller are extremely rare at GunBroker.com due to the
steps we take to keep potentially malicious users off this site. In spite of our excellent
track record and our Buyer’s Protection, there are
several suggestions we make to guard against problems:
- Always check the seller’s feedback rating before placing a bid on an item. You can use View User Feedback located on our For Sellers or For
Buyers pages. - Pay by credit card if possible. Credit cards give you specific legal rights in the event
there is any problem with the transaction. - If cannot or do not wish to use credit cards, pay by US Post Office money and send
payment by US Mail. This way, the Post Office is a strong resource in case of any
problems. - For items whose cost exceeds the limit of our Buyer’s
Protection ($500), we strongly urge you to consider using an online Escrow Service. For a
reasonable fee, they will hold your payment until you receive your purchase, then will
forward payment to the seller. - You should think twice before using electronic payment systems like PayPal. With these
services not only do you typically do not have any rights if the transaction goes bad, and
you also lose your ability to file a mail fraud claim because you are not ‘mailing’
payment. Plus we have hear a lot of horror
stories, especially about PayPal.
