BEWARE of a Nicholas Benevivia, do not sell or deal with him

[david_ma]

I have worked out my differences with Nicholas Beneviva, refunded $200 and he closed his dispute on paypal. We are now in good terms. Always appreciated and thank you. @mods please close this thread

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

I think we should post the whole comment. And you stated these weren’t your frags but you had them in your tank for months growing? I asked for replacement with shipping your corals back. I purchased 625$ worth of coral snd asked for refund on half the order, the dead corals snd kept the ones that were fine. I don’t really understand how I did anything wrong? The photo above is 30 minutes after receiving coral snd before making assumptions I gave benefit of doubt to seller. He immediately jumped to I was a scammer snd not doing anything about it. That’s what’s wrong with the industry, shady resellers trying to turn a buck and not for the hobbies. Also, I kinda ask you remove my wife and specially minor kids from the post as they have nothing to do with our transaction and I’d ask for them to be removed, they’re minors. Thank you.

 

[david_ma]

Yes please post all the messages. Thats the account you messaged me from so thats where i know you from.
Let other reefers and vendors know who you are, so this doesnt happen to them. Ive been selling/trading over here on reef2reef close to a decade so fellow reefers can tell you if ive ever shipped “fresh cuts” which is what you claimed. The funny thing is the frags i sent you were posted here on reef2reef over a month ago lol. It is therefore impossible for them to be fresh cuts. Heres photos of what he got, emailed saying they died lol. We both know what happened, you felt guilty for buying corals and was simply trying to scam me.
OTHER REEFERS PLEASE BE WARE AND HAVE A GREAT DAY

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

I am, my name is on the facebook and the same on r2r. Those are the photos represented. These are the photos of the corals I received.

 

[DHill6]

You really shouldn’t have posted pics of his family, that’s exactly why I won’t belong to Facebook.

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

You really shouldn’t have posted pics of his family, that’s exactly why I won’t belong to Facebook.

Agree. Completely unacceptable, my children are minors and have nothing to do with any of this. I respectfully asked for those photos. But as you can see from photos above, respect isn’t a thing for this guy.

 

[david_ma]

You really shouldn’t have posted pics of his family, that’s exactly why I won’t belong to Facebook.

This kid is completely trying to scam me and thats the only photo i have of him. Anyway, I edited that. I’m guessing he’s done it a few times. Nobody enjoys being taken advantage of, I’m simply letting others know so it doesnt happen to them.

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

I’ve never done it before and posted vendors That i do business with. Now you on the other hand have people in my inbox and commenting on the post that this is your common practice. Seems routine for you, not me. Again, nice try scammer.

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

You deserve the warning. You’re known for this. You’re a local hack who now took his scamming nation wide. Buyers beware!

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

And you blocked me on Facebook so I couldn’t dispute our situation any further. Common scammer practice.

 

[david_ma]

I’ve never done it before and posted vendors That i do business with. Now you on the other hand have people in my inbox and commenting on the post that this is your common practice. Seems routine for you, not me. Again, nice try scammer.

Bahaha thats funny, after trying to scam me, you go and look for the 1 vendor

 

[david_ma]

Anyway, I believe from now on it should be pretty hard for you to scam any sellers out there. We both know you have these corals in your tank. GMK, LSOH, fairy f, heps…. If he ever tries to sell later. I’ve literally sold 100’s of zoas, at least 40 different buyers here. Never once.

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

Anyway, I believe from now on it should be pretty hard for you to scam any sellers out there. We both know you have these corals in your tank. GMK, LSOH, fairy f, heps…. If he ever tries to sell later. I’ve literally sold 100’s of zoas, at least 40 different buyers here. Never once.

I posted 3. And btw i didn’t order lsoh so you can’t even get your lies straight. I ordered fairy fart, hepp, gmk and rainbow eclipse. You don’t even know what you have or should I say you claim to have. And btw the 3 I listed. Certified and reputable.

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

Anyway, I believe from now on it should be pretty hard for you to scam any sellers out there. We both know you have these corals in your tank. GMK, LSOH, fairy f, heps…. If he ever tries to sell later. I’ve literally sold 100’s of zoas, at least 40 different buyers here. Never once.

These people say otherwise

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

These are the corals in my tank. Look like a shipwreck. Thank you.

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

And if I tried to scam I’d ask for refund on the full 625$ order not the 325$ in dead corals you sent. I was willingly reasonable with paying for the corals that were alive even though your local reefers all say your Godzilla’s are really king kings so I guess as they mature we should find out really. But that can be for a later dispute I guess

 

[david_ma]

Heres the answer to that. Bottom line, you are a scammer, I work hard for what I have, its not my problem that you felt bad for buying corals, trying to steal from others. I have never shipped fresh cuts to anyone in past 5 years of doing this and NO ONE ELSE SHOULD GO THROUGH THIS. I am not here to collect my money, simply making sure THIS DOESNT HAPPEN TO ANY OTHER FELLOW REEFERS, period! I believe you wont be trying it for a while now. Thank you

 

[Blue Collared Aquatics]

Heres the answer to that. Bottom line, you are a scammer, I work hard for what I have, its not my problem that you felt bad for buying corals, trying to steal from others. I have never shipped fresh cuts to anyone in past 5 years of doing this and NO ONE ELSE SHOULD GO THROUGH THIS. I am not here to collect my money, simply making sure THIS DOESNT HAPPEN TO ANY OTHER FELLOW REEFERS, period! I believe you wont be trying it for a while now. Thank you

I purchased 3 of these. 2 on a rock and one on a plug. These photos are again misleading. I also was not trying to collect money back I just wanted I paid for. You don’t even know the supposed frags you were supposed to send me lol. I offered to send back to you and also requested to be replaced not refunded. You refused both so I had to file a claim. I hope no one has to get scammed by you again. Locally anymore or nationwide. Seems to be a pattern with you.

 

[david_ma]

I purchased 3 of these. 2 on a rock and one on a plug. These photos are again misleading. I also was not trying to collect money back I just wanted I paid for. You don’t even know the supposed frags you were supposed to send me lol. I offered to send back to you and also requested to be replaced not refunded. You refused both so I had to file a claim. I hope no one has to get scammed by you again. Locally anymore or nationwide. Seems to be a pattern with you.

Yea after you cut or removed the zoas off the plugs.
Believe in karma, I know and you know you have these zoas in your tank. After all, $320 isnt much, i simply know you are trying to scam. Again, its not about that $320, OTHER REEFERS BEWARE SO IT DOESNT HAPPEN TO YOU. Very healthy, well opened, more than a month zoas that he’ll claim “died and are fresh cuts”.
Its time for sellers not to any longer be afraid of paypal claims and stand up against scammers who try to take advantage of the system, designed for honest people. I will start with this kid.