I don't often do this commenting in these types of threads and haven't been online here for some time. Personal/family issues- Just about done there.
I have done deals with the buyer and multiple occasions elsewhere. Have never had an issue- That is where my "Tanked" Sebenza came from that is pictured in the CRK sub. Not unusual for a collector to find other avenues to fill what they are after. In this case, facebook sales groups. He is in alot of them and has done many deals from what I have seen. Those same groups are also quick to call out people that scam or steal. Not sure I have seen him in any of those but then again, I have been out of many things for the last several months.
Also, filming openings isn't all that unusual anymore..there is a really big market out there other than the BF exchange- BF is still the best in my opinion, we look after each other..but people do adopt different strategies for protecting themselves. Choose to believe it or not.. Not personally my issue. I film outgoing packages of high value and if I don't know the seller but filming openings isn't out of the question either. IF everything went OK the quick video can be deleted- Why would you keep all of those? Pretty sure I read a few asking for proof of that..to prove that you got what you paid for at some undetermined time? That would be weird.
Some things I can say about the buyer- That photo he uses as a profile pic? Pretty sure that is what he pilots in the Marine Corps.
I don't know- The vid does seem a bit odd, but perhaps not too odd given that he is a pilot and used to being under alot more stress than a box of rocks and 800.00
This brings up another point- Being an officer in the military, I would imagine that the number of people willing to flush all that away for 800 is immeasurable as far as common sense goes. Ruining your name that is also well known for a part-time biz on sharpening and possibly a black mark in the future as a pilot? Seems pretty unreasonable.
These are my ramblings while I had a few minutes- I say nothing of the seller because I don't know them at all and I am definitely not posting this to say he send a box of rocks either..I do humbly admit that I got a chuckle out of Rockinstead- needed the laugh- they have been few and far between.
Anyway, there is alot of hands the packages go through between buyer and seller. Always plausible that neither had a hand in this.