The first time I encountered Cheaper Than Dirt they were advertising 9mm for $135/1000. Wish I'd bought more than  1,000! Of course they're no longer "cheaper than dirt".

Then there's the huge influx of scammers advertising cheap powder, primers, etc. to bilk innocent folks out of their money these days! 
Since the shortages started there are some very sophisticated scam sites popping up who advertise having things we all want, and at prices that are low enough to be very appealing too! Yesterday while reloading for my .40-50SS I noticed my supply of 4198 powder was getting down to less than 2 lbs.! 
So I searched the internet and found a place called "Springfield Firearms Supply" that listed H4198 for $30 a pound, and their "chat line" told me they covered the hazmat fee! Sounded too good to be true, so I did a search of their physical address in Basalt, Co. and then another search of "tenants at this address", but they didn't show up as a tenant. I also did a street view, and it's a small building with a half dozen tenants, so no way they could have a large enough space to conduct even a modest business there.
At that point I dropped any thought of pursuing a purchase as my gut told me it's a scam.

And their payment options were:

-zelle
-venmo
-apple pay
-google pay
-pay pal friends and family
-bank transfer
No credit card option you can dispute.

I had a similar experience trying to get 30-06 for an M-1.  They wanted zelle for payment. It wouldn't go through and my wife talked to our bank and they said you should only use that for people you know personally. 
The price on the ammo was a really good price.
I guess the old adage:  If it seems too good to be true . . .
still holds.

  Well put John, I'm with you!

marlinguy wrote on Jan 9^th, 2023 at 3:08pm:



2 years ago there was a fake Remington website a friend of mine sent me a link to some guns that were too good to be true. the same thing as you said the payment methods were suspect as well as the contacts correspondence.

Thankfully I have had enough common sense to not get involved with a scammer.
I have I paid to pay what one might call a premium price to keep on shooting yes.
But with only those that I have learned to just trust over the past 23 years. 
I have also probably shared more primers than I ever had to borrow while even knowing full well that I might also run out. 
And I have also never had more than 5000 at a time but I also had allot of very serious competitive friends who would also share with others during those times.