Quote Originally Posted by coreydelong View Post
Here-in is my dilemma.... He paid by PayPal right? The evil of all evils!!

I hate PayPal as a seller for the one reason that if the buyer does not like the even just the color of the snake when they get it, they can file a claim, get their money back and you are out the snake and money- believe me, it happens. Despite all your emails and documentation, PayPal is all for handling the money again and getting 3-5 days more interest off it while issuing a refund to the buyer.

Paypal's official policy is that their claims handling excludes the sale of live animals. I haven't run into this myself, but I have seen it come up time and again where a buyer gets stiffed after paying through Paypal and they ask here on the forums what to do about it, the general response is "Paypal MIGHT help, but they don't offer buyer protection on animal sales." They'd probably just as soon not get involved in animal transactions, likely for the reason you're describing, it's too easy to be less than honest about what it means to be a "satisfied customer" when you're talking living things rather than dry goods.