I recently made my first online snake purchase since about 2012ish. I sent the full amount via PayPal about 15 min after agreeing to buy the snake. For some reason, PayPal sent the money as an echeck so it said it would take about 5 days to clear. Again, I haven't used PayPal since at least 2012 so maybe I just did something wrong, whatever. I took a screenshot showing that I sent the money, sent the screenahot to the seller, and told the person the date on which it said it would clear. I recently got a message that it had cleared and notified the person. I saw the next day that they had marked the snake as "back on the market due to nonpayment" (and this was time marked before the anticipated clear date that PayPal had given me) but it was, at the same time, marked as sold, which it had not been before. The website I found it on has it marked as being back on the market when it had previously been marked as "on hold". The seller has notified me that the money was received and we agreed on a ship date. I guess I'm just going to wait and see what happens, but I'm assuming there was just a bit of confusion for some reason and the deal is still on....stuff happens. The seller has been nice while communicating and I have no reason to believe that he/she has any bad intentions. It just seems to me that the confusion came about because the money was not available immediately. I've bought and sold snakes in the past, and even had people pay with money orders, which was a pain and took longer but getting paid is getting paid. I'm wondering if the increase in smartphone/technology that has happened in the past 6-7 years effects how fast buyers/sellers anticipate deals to go through.