Hello everyone,
I would like to purchase 1 bitcoin off a reputable member of the community through Paypal at the current Mtgox rate.
The thing to worry about is not the reputation of the seller, but of the buyer You would need a much bigger track history of honesty and reliability before anyone reputable would trust you to pay for bitcoin with paypal.
It's hard to get that track record when I can't be given a chance.
You can get a chance, but you'll have to do it like everybody else. Go use coinbase, bitinstant, mtgox, etc. to purchase bitcoins, and do some individual trading with them. Then you'll have some sort of reputation and track record.
I just concluded my first coinbase transaction today, and at this point I think it beats all the alternatives. Sure it'd be great if I could whip out a credit card and buy bitcoins with it, but nobody can do that today, essentially. So if you really want a bitcoin, you'll have to work for it, friend. If you are not willing to put in enough work to learn how to use the system, you probably aren't worth taking an extra risk on (paypal).