“AR15.com, the popular and long-serving forum for all things AR-15, and by extension firearms related, has been acquired by the 2nd Adventure Group. AR15.com, set up way back in 1996, joined the 2nd Adventure Group family which includes Brownells, Big Springs, Crow Shooting Supplies, Sinclair International and W.L. Baumler Co. and is owned by Pete and Frank Brownell. An announcement post, shared on AR15.com on June 3, said the site will continue as it always has but is looking forward to new user interface improvements and a secured continued online presence.”
Back when I was in business as eguns.com, I used to pay a hefty sum to them to advertise and sell on their forum*. At that time, it was worth it, as it generated a good amount of traffic. I have not actively been selling in the business since around mid 2013 IIRC. But I still have a bunch of old inventory. I recently asked them if I could list some of it for sale on their forum, explaining the situation: I was no longer actively pursuing business and wanted to just list old inventory to clean out my basement, and would sell a good amount at or below my cost. I am basically selling as a private person though technically, any credit cards would be run through my business account (I still have the LLC as I use it for computer consulting and side iOS programming gigs). They said NOPE, you need to pay the business advertising fee in order to list (right, like I need more costs to sell my stuff at cost or loss). Anyway, I politely declined their offer. I will refrain from saying anything more…
*as I did on M4C, which was also well worth it, as the folks here know what they want and make good customers.
Never been a member there, have perused a few threads.
As Firefly points out that place is pretty much creepy as hell. It’s basically a forum inhabited by army surplus store weirdos, tacti-Fudds, and PSA tards. As if someone took a gun show, and turned it into a forum.
I just wanted to be able to post in their Retro and A2 sections, but since they don’t allow email addresses from “free” providers just getting signed up turned into a huge futile hassle.
As Firefly points out that place is pretty much creepy as hell. It’s basically a forum inhabited by army surplus store weirdos, tacti-Fudds, and PSA tards. As if someone took a gun show, and turned it into a forum.
Agreed, I tried several times but the vibe is strange over there.
I think that’s around the time I left, maybe even a little bit earlier. What a terrible forum it turned into. Every time a buddy would mention that site I made sure they knew I referred to it as Barfcom. I used it for sales only for a while and then when I realized 1) I wasn’t actually selling anything because of that forum and 2) the type of d-bags I was having to address from that forum I just gave up entirely. Eff that forum. I doubt this new ownership will change anything either. I’ve yet to see a single forum that was “bought out” become better and instead just about everyone took a major nose dive shortly thereafter. Barfcom will be no different. They’ll pump it for advertising as long as it drives sales #'s and then cast it aside like so much rubbish just like every other forum sell-out over the decades. Maybe Vertical Scope will buy it at that point. lol
I signed up there when I first got into firearms, back in 06 or so. Place seemed weird. Since it was my first time on a forum I wasn’t sure if it was me or them. Stuck around for about a month.