[Duce]

I should add here that as fellow members of Forums with shared interests, we tend to place faith and trust in other members that 99.99% of the time is justified.

I will say that this forum is simply not what it was even 2-3 years ago. Used to be that everyone here was a M14 enthusiast; I just don't get that feeling anymore. Further, when the format changed and the buyer/seller feedback (now "Reviews") was disabled, I can't help but think that's when the scammers really started to show. Not that it was all 100% peachy prior to that, but at least there was a way to get a feel for the generally anonymous person you were dealing with on the other side. And while the Reviews section is now back, it's not 100% functional as I don't think any new reviews can be added--at least as far as I can tell, maybe I'm wrong on that.