EX-32.906CERT

                                  CERTIFICATION

      Barry R. James, Chief Executive Officer, and Thomas L. Mangan, Chief
Financial Officer of the James Advantage Funds (the "Registrant"), each certify
to the best of his or her knowledge that:

      1. The Registrant's periodic report on Form N-CSR for the period ended
December 31, 2004 (the "Form N-CSR") fully complies with the requirements of
Sections 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

      2. The information contained in the Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Registrant.

Chief Executive Officer                         Chief Financial Officer
James Advantage Funds                           James Advantage Funds


/s/ Barry R. James                              /s/ Thomas L. Mangan
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Barry R. James                                  Thomas L. Mangan
Date:    March 8, 2005                          Date:    March 8, 2005


A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the James Advantage Funds and
will be retained by the James Advantage Funds and furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") or its staff upon request.

This certification is being furnished to the Commission solely pursuant to 18
U.S.C. ss. 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR filed with the
Commission.