Oh, and it doesn't seem to end. I went scope shopping yesterday, didn't go well but I won't rant about that. I saw a few I might be interested in so I decided to cash the U.S Post Office money order the guy sent me for the .17 I sold.

These things are worthless! My local post office said they would be happy to cash it, but they don't have that kind of money ($300) and probably won't, they just don't pull that much in on a daily basis. My bank didn't want to touch it because they said they are easy to forge and they have been burned a few times recently on them.

I drive to the next town about 15 miles away to a bigger post office and wait in line for 15 minutes to find out they can't cash it either. Maybe at the end of the day if I come back. Sure, it's only 30 miles out of my way, what do I care? I finally got my bank to cash it, but they said they would treat it like a personal check, if it doesn't clear the money comes out of my account to cover it. Which means my rent will not get paid.

I did it anyway, and went and got a scope (for a gun I haven't even received yet). I probably shouldn't have though, I should have cashed it and sat on the money to make sure it cleared. Or maybe drove to Toledo to find a bigger post office? Just what a pain the A#@ this is. I have no reason to think the guy will screw me, but I have no reason to believe he won't either. I really don't know him from Adam.

I started to get really nervous earlier. There is a potential for me to really get screwed here. I could be out the 300 dollars, which would really be 600 bucks because I shipped the gun. I would be out the money, plus the gun. And I sent both my guns and maybe I will get the other in return, then again maybe I won't. Then I'm out that as well, plus all the postage and transfer fees. That is over $1500 dollars I could get screwed out of.

Even if this goes off without a hitch and the guy is as honest as I believe him to be I will still NEVER buy or sell a gun over the internet again. Just too much hassle and stress involved. I have enough stress in my life without this. For now on if you want to buy a gun from me we are doing it face to face with CASH or I will just keep it.

And this has absolutely nothing do with the guy I am trading with. So far he has been honest and prompt and we have shared emails and photos and he has helped me with some of the stuff I didn't understand. And he has excellent ratings on Ebay and Gunbroker. He has given me absolutely no reason to doubt or distrust him, and I am in now way implying that. I am just insecure and nervous is all. That is just who I am.

Paul