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Scam Email Threat: "Congratulations, the item is yours. Please pay now"

We have recently recieved multiple reports that Users are receiving fraudulent messages from someone pretending to be GunBroker.com. These emails stating that the user won an item, and need to send money to an "agent". They may ask you to send money in cash, or send via Western Union or Money Gram. These notices are NOT from GunBroker.com.

You can always double check the validity of items you have won by logging onto GunBroker.com and going to My GunBroker > Buying > Won.

• You will be required to log into GunBroker.com in order to see Buyer/Seller contact information (address, phone, etc.).
• GunBroker.com emails will not include links to 3rd party services to pay for your item. All transactions require the user to log into our site.
• GunBroker.com will not give you a name of a third party agent to accept payment
• GunBroker.com does not send out "second chance" offers.
• GunBroker.com emails will not include links to 3rd party services to pay for your item. All transactions require the user to log into the site.
• And Remember, ... GunBroker.com does not send out "second chance" offers.

Click here for further information on Suspicious Looking Emails.

Click here to view the GunBroker.com February 2012 Newsletter.

GunBroker.com is working to help you find just the items you are looking for. The new search results page has a number of features designed to help improve your searching experience.

Narrow Your Search

The new Narrow Your Search box allows you to focus on exactly the type of item you are looking for without having to ever leave the search results page. This box allows you to refine your search using convenient checkboxes to select exactly the type of items you want. Simply check the boxes you want and click the search button. You can even refine your search terms right on the page.

BuyNow! Items

Finding items that are available to BuyNow! is easier than ever with the new search results page. This page now has three tabs for the items returned: All Items, Auctions and BuyNow!. With these three tabs users can separate the items by purchase format if they wish. Now when you look at the BuyNow tab you can find things you can immediately purchase instead of having to bid. Also, items on the BuyNow tab show sorted by Price as the default to help you find the best deal on what you are looking for.

Categories

Looking for items within a specific category is available via the "Subcategories" list on the left-hand side of the search results page. This list shows you the categories that contain the most matches to your search terms by category allowing you to go directly to the type of item you are looking for.

Advanced Search

We have also made many improvements to Advanced Search. Here are some highlights.

Completed Items

GunBroker.com has changed the way users search for completed items. If you are looking to search completed items, it is now only available via the "Advanced Search" page. You can access Advanced Search by clicking the black "Advanced" button in the header of the page. When you get to Advanced Search, Completed Items is the second tab on the page.

This change is the first step in improving searching on completed items. More changes will be made in the future to improve this function for you.

Item Number

Item number searching is no longer a separate advanced search function. Searching by item number has always been available simply by typing the item number into the search box. This eliminates the need for a separate search feature.

Seller Name

Search by Seller has now been improved to allow you to search not only seller and timeframe but now all the advanced search features including keywords, condition, and pricing. This will allow you to more quickly find what you are looking for.

Click here to view the GunBroker.com January 2012 Newsletter.

GunBroker.com Offers Payment Alliance International Services

Payment Alliance International was the first to create a complete Shooting Sports Payments Package and will process credit & debit cards in a storefront, wireless or e-commerce environment.

While other card processors have walked away from the firearms/shooting sports industry, Payment Alliance International has embraced it. We work with thousands of FFLs and industry professionals and are also endorsed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), National Rifle Association (NRA), National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW) and Single Action Shooting Society (SASS).

Learn more at http://www.gopai.com/gunbroker/.

Click here to view the GunBroker.com December 2011 Newsletter.

GunBroker.com is making important changes to the web site that you need to know about. The changes impact the site-wide page header, the home page and the category names. The Search Results page is also changing. Please read the FAQs below for the details on the important changes.

See Updated Home Page And Web Site Header for details.

See Categories renamed for easier use for details.

To preview the new search results page, click the "New Search Results Page" link that appears above the current search results grid when you search.

GunBroker.com, the world's largest internet auction site for firearms and related accessories, reported a 25.4% increase in 2011 Cyber Monday sales activity over 2010, signaling a strong final month for online sales of hunting and shooting sports equipment.

"The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Cyber Monday online sales were up approximately 18% from a year earlier, but we are happy to report that GunBroker.com performed far better than average with an increase of 25.4% over Cyber Monday in 2010," reported Don Hall, GunBroker.com Chief Operating Officer. "We are confident that this bodes very well for the purchase of new and used firearms and accessories by GunBroker.com's nearly 2,000,000 registered users for the balance of the year," Hall said.

GunBroker.com recently announced a major update to its home page to accommodate a significant increase in "Showcase" Listings which alternate on the home page of the popular website.

An increasingly important force in the marketing of firearms and related hunting and shooting sports equipment, GunBroker.com was named SHOT Business Company of the Year at the 2011 SHOT Show and was recently named the Official Internet Auction Site of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, USA Shooting and the USA Shooting Foundation.

Hunters, target shooters, collectors and friends and family members looking for that special holiday gift for the outdoorsman may view and bid on the more than500,000 items currently posted on GunBroker.com at www.GunBroker.com

About GunBroker.com

GunBroker.com is the world's largest online auction site for firearms and hunting/shooting accessories. Launched in 1999, GunBroker.com is a secure and safe way to buy and sell firearms and hunting/shooting accessories that promotes responsible gun ownership. Aside from merchandise bearing its logo, GunBroker.com does not sell the items listed on its website, rather, third-party sellers list items on the site and Federal and state laws govern the sale of these firearms and other restricted items. Ownership policies and regulations are followed using licensed firearms dealers as transfer agents.

GunBroker.com Named Official Internet Auction Site of USA Shooting and USA Shooting Foundation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--GunBroker.com, the world's largest Internet auction site for firearms and accessories, has been named the Official Internet Auction Site of USA Shooting and the USA Shooting Foundation in a partnership that will feature a special edition of firearms that will be available exclusively on the popular auction site.

"USA Shooting has benefited from several special auctions on GunBroker.com in recent years and we are truly excited about the potential to expand our relationship as we prepare for the 2012 Olympics in London," announced Buddy DuVall, Executive Director of the USA Shooting Foundation. "GunBroker.com has become an increasingly powerful marketing force in the shooting sports community and USA Shooting is excited about the potential of channeling GunBroker.com's energy and creativity in support of our Olympic shooters," DuVall said.

"GunBroker.com has been privileged to partner with USA Shooting on several projects in the past and we very much look forward to this new and expanded relationship," commented Steve Urvan, GunBroker.com founder and CEO. "We know that USA Shooting has exciting fundraising and promotional plans in place as the team prepares for the 2012 Olympics in London and we are excited to be part of those plans."

Among the new GunBroker.com-USA Shooting partnerships being planned is a special "Supporting Our Olympic Shooters in 2012" auction site on GunBroker.com where all the listed firearms will benefit USA Shooting. Plans call for a series of specially engraved guns produced in partnership with major firearms manufacturers. In addition, one special edition of 100 guns will be produced and made available exclusively on GunBroker.com.

GunBroker.com was also recently named as the official Internet auction site of the National Shooting Sports Foundation and has been the official Internet auction site of the Hunting Heritage Trust since 2008.

About USA Shooting:

USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995. USA Shooting's mission is to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the U.S. and govern the conduct of international shooting in the country. Check us out on the web at www.usashooting.org and on Twitter at twitter.com/USAShooting.

Click here to view the GunBroker.com November 2011 Newsletter.