James Orta?

He has albino ball pythons listed on kingsnake, but I can't find any information about him. Anyone done business with James Orta before? He's asking me to pay through friends and family on paypal and that seems suspicious.

Guessing this might be the same James Orta
Account: jamesorta
Albino Ball Python Ad:
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=601745

Regardless of Good vs. Bad guy... don't send people money for business transactions (pythons) via "friends", period. If the snake was $130, the seller should have built that Paypal fee into his/her asking price and listed it at $135 instead.

Looks like it. Here's the kingsnake ad for reference: http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.p...=32&de=1160929

Definitely found it weird that someone offering a flat shipping fee would complain about paypal fees. You end up eating more with flat shipping in most cases.

Thanks Robert Walker.

Originally Posted by the_rotten1

You end up eating more with flat shipping in most cases.

True

Originally Posted by the_rotten1

Thanks Robert Walker.

No problem.

PayPal Purchase Protection is designed to cover buyers in transactions for goods and services. Personal payments fall outside of this coverage.



Misclassifying a transaction makes it impossible for PayPal to offer you protection. When making a purchase, in order to be covered by Purchase Protection, the transaction has to be correctly labeled as a purchase. That way the terms of the transaction are recorded correctly, and the seller can be held responsible for the delivery of goods. In a personal payment, there is no record of an agreement to deliver goods.



Buyers can help ensure protection from fraud by scrutinizing abnormal requests. When someone asks you to do something out of the norm, it's important to think about whether or not they can explain the legitimacy of the request. What legitimate purpose does a seller have for asking a buyer to misclassify their payment?



There are plenty of possibilities for a lack of legitimacy. Is he doing this to circumvent fees that a seller pays to receive payment? Is he doing this because it would be reportable income and he doesn't want it recorded? Is he doing this to deprive you of your purchase protection in the event that the item doesn't arrive or arrives broken?



Asking yourself questions like this can help you make informed choices to avoid risky transactions.