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Bad Guy Philip Vena buy-axolotls.com

Phil the only way you would have a leg to stand on is if you had paid for overnight shipping and all of the axolotl came in dead, neither of which happened.....and you received a full refund, isn't that fraud?

...Pretty sure that's the definition of fraud. :\

Also, I know I'm probably beating a dead horse at this point, but it's in the BOI rules that no posts are deleted, so your oh-so-NOT-A-JOKE threat is kinda moot, and also makes me wonder what post you're accusing him of removing and where? Certainly not here, as it's pretty impossible:

This is NOT A JOKE. What Happens Next I Under Your Control.

This is a false statement. As you know from the post that you removed. You have 30 days from today April 30, 2015 to May 30, 2014 remove this link;

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=455000

Should you decided not to remove it, After May 30, 2014 I will then take legal action against you. To have the Court make you remove it. I will also ask the Court to issue penitiles and damages you have cause me.

This is NOT A JOKE. What Happens Next I Under Your Control.

And... -snicker- "penitiles". How anyone can sound threatening with that word is beyond me.
 
Paypal ruled in my favor for this dispute.

This is NOT A JOKE. What Happens Next I Under Your Control.

Paypal Ruled in my favor for this dispute.
Chris Van Aken PP-002-927-971-128

Chris Van Aken of Chameleon Cans does not guarantee live arrival.
I have the pictures that shows that Chris Van Aken of Chameleon Cans did not put air in the shipping bags.

Should you decided not to remove this post, On or before May 30, 2014 I will then take legal action against you. To have the Court make you remove it. I will also ask the Court to issue penitiles, damages, and for you to pay for my court cost you have cause me.

Word of advice you are not a court of law.

This is NOT A JOKE. What Happens Next I Under Your Control.

Philip Vena
Founder of Buy-Axolotls.com

We Protect Axolotls
www.Buy-Axolotls.com
4531 Cornell Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515-2609 USA
(Near West Side of Chicago)
Phone: 1-630-390-7070 (Landline)
Email: [email protected]
 
This is NOT A JOKE. What Happens Next I Under Your Control.

Paypal Ruled in my favor for this dispute.
Chris Van Aken PP-002-927-971-128

Chris Van Aken of Chameleon Cans does not guarantee live arrival.
I have the pictures that shows that Chris Van Aken of Chameleon Cans did not put air in the shipping bags.

Should you decided not to remove this post, On or before May 30, 2014 I will then take legal action against you. To have the Court make you remove it. I will also ask the Court to issue penitiles, damages, and for you to pay for my court cost you have cause me.

Word of advice you are not a court of law.

This is NOT A JOKE. What Happens Next I Under Your Control.

Philip Vena
Founder of Buy-Axolotls.com

We Protect Axolotls
www.Buy-Axolotls.com
4531 Cornell Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515-2609 USA
(Near West Side of Chicago)
Phone: 1-630-390-7070 (Landline)
Email: [email protected]

Love all the spelling and grammatical errors in your little "THREAT." :rolleyes:

NOTHING on this board is deleted, so have fun with that veiled threat there buddy.

Also, you have YET to prove anything other than you stole from this man. How many of the animals died? Why did you buy from him if he didn't have a Live Arrival Guarantee? Why did you request 2 day shipping, instead of next day arrival? That seems to me like you weren't exactly thinking correctly there.
 
Philip, you really are going about this all wrong. Tell us what happened (what's your side?).

Take a minute and search some posts for legal threats. They never work here. Tell us how you have been wronged.
 
Would never do business with Philip after reading this thread. As everyone else has stated, no posts are deleted here on the BOI.

Just incase you don't know, "penitiles" is spelled penalties, use your autocorrect if you ever want to be taken seriously.
 
It's possible he has some courtroom experience. It appears a Philip Vena, from IL, sued his own family in the past.
 
Just to recap ... YES, the OP only ate $30.00. That being said ....

First threat by Phil Vena, post #30, 4-30-14.
This is NOT A JOKE. What Happens Next I Under Your Control.

You have 30 days from today April 30, 2015 to May 30, 2014 remove this link ...I will also ask the Court to issue penitiles and damages you have cause me.

Second threat by Phil Vena, post #44, 5-2-14.
This is NOT A JOKE. What Happens Next I Under Your Control.

Paypal Ruled in my favor for this dispute.

I have the pictures that shows that Chris Van Aken of Chameleon Cans did not put air in the shipping bags.

Should you decided not to remove this post, On or before May 30, 2014 I will then take legal action against you. To have the Court make you remove it. I will also ask the Court to issue penitiles
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You want to be taken seriously? Stop posting the same empty threats (even after correcting your April 30, 2015 error.)

You want to be taken seriously? Stop posting the same the same threat of "penitiles" and uncorrected syntax.

I have the pictures that shows that Chris Van Aken of Chameleon Cans did not put air in the shipping bags.
Your prior post said "bag", singular, one bag. Now it's "bags? Plural?

You got pictures/photos of shipped bag(s) with no air? You want to be taken seriously? THEN POST THE PHOTOS!

Here's a news flash for you, Phil. The BOI Terms of Service are clearly outlined; posts are not deleted. A court of law would easily see that BOI terms are clearly laid out and your participation, contributions and admissions are voluntary, subject to the rules/regulations set forth in writing and visible to all those who choose to participate.

Phil, you really think an attorney would advise you to proceed with a law suit over $195.00 that you, Phil, tried to (if not illegally) unethically recover? You really think a court of law would actually hear such a petty and groundless case? You really want the rest of us to believe that?

If so, on what grounds, Phil?
 
Just to recap ... YES, the OP only ate $30.00

I thought that the OP had posted that he did in fact get charged back the full amount?

This is from the OP earlier in the thread...

Only 15-20 were "stolen" from me but the remaining 40 were "stolen" from PayPal. Regardless of the lack of proof I have, there is plenty of evidence that the axolotl were stolen from PayPal as the complete $195 was refunded to Mr. Vena. He ended the deal with 40-60 axolotl and $195.

So if I'm reading it right, Philip got the full refund, plus the animals, so that would mean that he got the animals for free. And he is still complaining and posting veiled threats about "penilites" and such... Seems as though he got what he wanted, except now there's a bad guy thread about him...And rightly so.
 
Previously:

It is a bummer of a situation but we only lost $30. Paypal disputed the rest after Mr. Vena decided to notify his credit card company and withdrew the purchase. Not sure the correct language there with the credit card company hold. If PayPal paid him the extra $165 then he owes that amount to PayPal.
 
Right, but that came before the quote that I posted...

I'm confused now, as OP said that it was only $30, and then he said it was the full $195.

OP, which is it? Did Philip get the full refund, or only a partial? The way you worded 2 different posts is making it hard to understand this.

If Philip did get the full refund, please post the updated Paypal screenshot showing that the full amount was refunded.
 
I inferred that he had received the whole payment back from his post. After I paid him $30 for the "missing ten," he filed a claim through his credit card company. This is the email I received from paypal.
 

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How can Philip say PayPal ruled in his favor? Also, if you do offer live arrival guarantee (I don't do FB), then his statement about you not having a live arrival guarantee is false (too).

I understand the overnight/ 2-day, but his statement, as he worded it, would be false (libel?)
 
The millisecond I see any party threaten legal action against the poster of any bad guy thread for libel I automatically side with the OP. So regardless of what the buyers story here is I feel hes already lost any support he was going to get from anybody here.
 
Oh Phil Vena. Back to his old tricks

Threatening legal action? Thats the first trick in his bag of tricks. I don't know whats worse that, or his proclamation that you can keep axolotls in untreated tapwater with chlorine in it. This guy is ridiculous. Seriously stay away from Phil Vena. He tried to buy axolotls wholesale from me years ago and i wouldn't sell to him. We only wholesale to honest resellers.
 
This is A JOKE. What Happens Next I Need To Control.

This is a true statement. As I know from the initial post. I have 30 days from today April 30, 2015 to May 30, 2014 to prove my case;

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=455000

Should I decided not to prove it, After May 30, 2014 I will be labeled guilty. To have the Court have mercy on me. I will also ask the Court to issue an order of payment for damages I have caused.

This is A JOKE. What Happens Next I Need To Control.

Philip Vena
Founder of Buy-Axolotls.com

We Protect Axolotls
www.Buy-Axolotls.com
4531 Cornell Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515-2609 USA
(Near West Side of Chicago)
Phone: 1-630-390-7070 (Landline)
Email: [email protected]

Are you sure it shouldn't read like this?^^^^^
 
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