I'm at a stand still I arranged to buy a rifle from someone on kauai went to the post office to get a usps money order for the amount for purchase paid extra to get the confirmation mail delivery and sent it.
I told the seller the money order was on its way and he removed the ad from armslist
The money order was undelivered the next day because seller was not home so.
He received the money order the next day at 835 am by picking it up at the post office and i waited till 730 pm to let me know he received payment only after I was trying to contact him all day being that I got a confirmation from usps at 835am. The seller said he would ship rifle soon and let me know the tracking number. 
The seller has not gotten back to me and now it's been 2 frustrating days and I don't know what to do the lady at the post office said is out of there hands.
CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT HERE

You can file a report with hpd.

Make sure you got copies of the money order and stuff.

I have all the records and receipts for the transaction and have the sellers name, address, and email address, and phone number to.

You can file a report with hpd.

Make sure you got copies of the money order and stuff.

HPD can't do shit. Contact the US Postal Inspectors office, Honolulu Domicile. Being that you used a postal money order it now becomes mail fraud.

HPD can't do shit. Contact the US Postal Inspectors office, Honolulu Domicile. Being that you used a postal money order it now becomes mail fraud.

I have the number to the postal inspector and am going to be calling them tomorrow morning the thing I don't understand is this guy gave me his info and had to show his ID to sign for the mail and then use it to cash the money order so it's not like he is using a fake ID or fake info why would someone try to do this?

Maybe the guy is just busy.  Sucks as an option and he should  communicate to you, but its a possibility.
At least you did it the right way and used a verifiable form of payment.
Hopefully it's not a scam and they using their grandmas name or something.

You can ship person to person without an FFL?

Maybe the guy is just busy.  Sucks as an option and he should  communicate to you, but its a possibility.
At least you did it the right way and used a verifiable form of payment.
Hopefully it's not a scam and they using their grandmas name or something.

You can ship person to person without an FFL?

My FFL dealer told me that we are in the same state and that we could do the transaction but it is kinda humbug. ... paper work has to be done on kauai and on oahu. ... so I just followed what the seller said he was going to do which was ship from his ffl dealer to my ffl dealer here on oahu.  If this guy is busy he could at least let me know what's going on and not just ignore me all together. Before I sent the payment the seller was constantly in contact with me asking me about purchasing the gun and would respond to any questions I had asap. Now that he received payment he does not reply at all. And no he didn't use a grandma name he used a name of ROBERT LONG

And to top it off he was saying he was running a small business of gun selling and wanted to show me he was trust worthy and all this other stuff, and wanted to build a good report of business.  He even posted more ads on armslist yesterday and today for other guns for sale.  So I'm clueless now

Shady deals man.

File with usps and they should take care of it. I think it could be mail fraud.

If you fly to kauai can you bring me back some kulolo. I pay you back!!!. 

Shady deals man.

File with usps and they should take care of it. I think it could be mail fraud.

If you fly to kauai can you bring me back some kulolo. I pay you back!!!. 

I wish I could laugh at a comment like that but as it is I'm out $950 of my hard earned cash

Who is his FFL dealer?

They must know who this person is 

Who is his FFL dealer?

They must know who this person is 

He never gave me the ffl dealer on his end

And to top it off he was saying he was running a small business of gun selling and wanted to show me he was trust worthy and all this other stuff, and wanted to build a good report of business.  He even posted more ads on armslist yesterday and today for other guns for sale.  So I'm clueless now

doesn't the 4473 state that buying/selling of firearms for livelihood/profit without an FFL is a no-no??

doesn't the 4473 state that buying/selling of firearms for livelihood/profit without an FFL is a no-no??

Idk all I know is I want a rifle or my money back

... not sure if I believe this whole situation...

... not sure if I believe this whole situation...

You want me to send you all my texts and emails from this situation and then I can send you pics of the money order and the confirmation letter I sent him

Nah... I'm just saying that it sounds pretty hard to believe, and that some pretty basic steps were omitted during your fact-finding process.

If you really did get scammed, my heart goes out to you and sorry to hear about your situation.

And always remember... caveat emptor.

YOU GOT RIPPED OFF. Copy and paste his ads and search them in google. You will see that they are all from gun broker   He used all the starting auction prices in his ads that's why it seems so cheap. If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.

Contact the proper authorities

Nah... I'm just saying that it sounds pretty hard to believe, and that some pretty basic steps were omitted during your fact-finding process.

If you really did get scammed, my heart goes out to you and sorry to hear about your situation.

And always remember... caveat emptor.

Do you think I would take time out of my day to post something like this. And as far as steps go I followed every one I know

I just goggled it and found the gun broker ad FML.

DPMS 308 Oracle RFLR-OC New In Box 7.62x51 NR

And then I found the armslist ad to