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Novak Loses petswarehouse.com, Files For Bankruptcy
An anonymous reader writes "Remember Robert Novak, the person who has filed several frivolous lawsuits in order to silence people who criticize his business. Well, Robert Novak has lost his domain (see here)in a countersuit filed against him, and has just filed for bankruptcy ."
Mwuhahahahahahahahah!
Karma's a bitch huh?
die by the lawsuit.
When will this happen to the RIAA?
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Do we see here proof that unethical corporate practices (sueing everyone) will eventually be the destruction of your business? I for one hope so.
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Ya see what happens to your business when you don't have a cute sock-puppet character on your side? Oh, wait... nevermind. They didn't make it either...
Cool...
Though, it's too bad that filing for bankruptcy doesn't mean that the frivolous lawsuits will end.
I don't think we've heard the last of Mr. Novak somehow.
Chaos, panic, disorder...my work here is done.
Seriously. This was one of the more common reasons he would sue. People would order fish, aquarium plants, rodents, etc. and they would arrive dead, not marked for paid-for weekend delivery, sent at slower than safe shipping speeds, not packaged to protect from temperature and normal handling, or even not delivered to the carrier the same day they were packaged!!!
For all of your pet purchases we've still got PETsMART.com and ePets.com where we can purchase pet-favorites such as the "Pet Stairs" for that pet that's just too lazy to jump ... and the "I Gotta Go Out Door Chime". Word has it that petswarehouse.com will be selling that last item on clearance rebranded as the "I Gotta Go Out of Business Door Chime" so keep your eyes opened.
"Petswarehouse.com" has long been a source of confusion in the marketplace. For many years a company known as "Pet Warehouse" (not "Petswarehouse") has been a trusted source of supplies for fish enthusiasts. Long before the .com retailer thing, Pet Warehouse was, IMHO, the best of the mail order catalogs. They were eventually bought out by "Doctors Foster and Smith" (www.drsfostersmith.com), but the good Drs continue to print the "Pet Warehouse" name on their catalogs because it's a well respected name. They even continue to operate via the same old tollfree number. I've been out of the hobby for years, but hopefully they're still good.
It's been a nuisance that Novak and his pathetic activities has brought confusion via a similar name. Good riddance.
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From the link:
Novak 3 involves a lawsuit against Novak as the result of a defamatory message that was posted claiming a Bar Complaint was pending on November 2001 against John Benn. A judgment has been rendered against Novak in that case.
So he's going off suing people because they are (I assume rightfully) complaining about his poor business practices in a public forum. Then he publicly defamates a LAWYER'S character and loses the whole business!!! What an ultra maroon! It's big time poetic justice that Mr. Benn will get his $50,000 settlement from the obliteration of the brand.
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Sounds like this place.
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Think of all the hilarious hate mail this guy must get on a regular basis. I want it!
Game... blouses.
HA HA
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I hope this idiot stays down this time. People like him make it harder for the rest of us to do business. As a guppy, and an Endler's livebearer breeder, this guy really pissed me off.
I can't wait to see how the rest of this works out, with his other suits.
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But this is slashdot. A slashdoter who didn't build his own computer is like a Jedi who didn't build his own lightsaber!
If only we could castrate him for being a dingus, to prevent him from breeding (assuming he hasn't already bred), and somehow deport him to a third world country that could use him for labor or meat (if he won't work), we'd be good off.
I hope that the bankruptcy court leaves him with the lifestyle of a crackfiend. I've known people whose business practices are like this guy's, and I have no sympathy.
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
Don't think for a minute that this means this guy is broke. He's likely just using the bankruptcy laws to shield himself from paying his obligation. The guy apparently abuses the legal system to sue everyone he can to make a buck, then when a law suit catches up with him he does this to not pay on the judgement against him. Pretty typical.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
"The love you take is equal to the love you make"
Methinks that Robert didn't make much in the way of love.
Karma baby....INSTANT karma if you will.
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon.
At least we still have petsovernight.com Pets Overnight
"Much work is lost, for the lack of a little more." -Edward H. Harriman
... that I could care less if something horrible happened them. He's on the list. Suing people who contributed to the defense fund? Insanity. The guy deserves whatever bad things happens to him. He's got a mighty huge karma hammer swinging towards him.
I've been following this story from the start, and it's been fascinating. Pets Warehouse is still up and operating. Novak switched over to a new domain shortly after the turnover of the domain was ordered, so he's managed to avoid any downtime despite losing his old domain. It's now located at Pets-Warehouse.com (Novak just added a dash). Maybe it'll soon be gone too, but Novak has been through a couple of bankruptcies already. I hope he's learned a lesson, at least.
Pets Warehouse.com
1550 Sunrise Hwy, Copiague, NY 11726
Phone: (631) 789-5400
I called, they're still open. The lady was kind of rude on the phone though. Anybody up for a class-action?
Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. --Nietzsche
His message board is still up, too. Wouldn't it be a shame if some dedicated Slashbotters decided to drop in and let his customers know about all this?
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1. The offense of persistently instigating lawsuits, typically groundless ones.
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3. Sale or purchase of positions in church or state.
What he's doing is illegal, he should be fined into oblivion or sent up the river to be married to some guy named Bubba.
And, while we're at it, let's get the RIAA up on charges too.
-R
I think the self-storage business has gotten too specialized. First you could rent a storage area for your stuff, then your boat, then your car...
Animals are not sentient. First of animal. Humans are considered animals, therefore you are already wrong. If you are speaking of other mammals, you've obviously never had a pet. The definition of sentient is: 1 : responsive to or conscious of sense impressions 2 : AWARE 3 : finely sensitive in perception or feeling #1 speaks for itself. The reactions of a dog are not random, he will greet you with affection, growl at those he doesn't recognize and many other responses to stimuli. #2 Does a dog know it exists? As much as any two year old child. The reactions of both are incredibly similar. #3 Again dogs are incredibly sensitive to their surroundings. They know when you are upset, when they have done something wrong, and so much more. Based on your response you obviously have never spent time with something you didn't eat. I would recommend you do, it's a rewarding experience. :)
I love my cats, but if there was some kind of a famine and I couldn't get any food, I'd grill and eat those motherfuckers without a second thought. Because if they were starving, they'd probably try to eat me if they could!
What definition of sentience are you using? m-w.com says:Animals aren't aware? Animals don't respond to sense impressions? More to the point, if animals don't have human-like emotions, they certainly are faking it really well. They're probably not exactly the same as human emotions, but they seem pretty close.
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First- disclaimer: IANAL, my wife is. What does that make me and my legal advice? WORTHLESS!
That being said:
At the discretion of the judge, based upon how frivolous the suit was, they can award attorney's fees.
In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
I meant to say "other animals" or something like that.
Second, we need a clear definition of what is sentience. Let's toss out the PETA definition since using their rules would include insects and possibly even plants.
So what is sentience? My personal definition is the ability to ask a simple question, "why am I here". Note that the ability to answer this question is not necessary (humans have been arguing this point for a rather long time without success). Sentience is the ability to wonder about things beyond "food, shelter, reproduce" - sadly, a large number of humans haven't evolved beyond this.
A few members of the ape family have shown some rather interesting sentient-like behavior, but as I said in my previous post - it is only hints.
Despite my arguing against animal sentience, I am not promoting cruelty to animals. I am very much against any type of cruelty to animals of any sort. I stopped eating veal after learning of the conditions in that industry (and I love veal!).
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Some may remember the deal discussion forum Fatwallet.com from when several retailers sued them because users posted Black Friday sales fliers ahead of time. They also got sued by a guy named Todd Short, who was running a fraudulent scheme where he was selling laptops, claiming you would pay him now and get your laptop several months later. Users did, never got their laptops, and posted their experiences on the forum. The forum, along with a user who created a website, got sued by Todd. Later, he declared bankrucy.
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This guy it nuts and way out of his mind. As I recall, one of the big differences between the DSM III and DSM IV was the omission of the Passive Agressive Personality Disorder. Here are the criteria I could find:
o Resist fulfilling their given responsibilities through procrastinating, "forgetting," sulking, or being argumentative
o Protest, without justification, that unreasonable demands are being placed on them
o Seem to work deliberately slowly or to do a bad job on tasks that they do not really want to do
o Obstruct the efforts of others and fail to do their share; are uncooperative
o Resent useful suggestions from others concerning how they might be more productive
What I am getting at is Novak's actions are the most extreme example of passive agressive behaviors I have ever heard of. Maybe he has a personality disorder is is Psychotic out of his mind. He is using the court system as part of his psychopathology. Because of the grand scale of this, his case could easily be published in a major Psychiatric journal. Is there any way to force him to undergo a Psych eval ???
A judge doesn't necessarily grant full protection from creditors if he/she determines, possibly from information provided which indicates spending it all and declaring bankruptcy was the plan all along, that this is in bad faith.
I've heard people suggest getting a pile of credit cards, max them out, then declare bankruptcy. Well, you can imagine the credit card companies have heard of this strategy, too, and have means to collect on debts, i.e. you are saddled with a payment plan which requires you to pay them back over time. Less kindly creditors are known to employ collection agents. It's probably a bad idea to lend your car to someone who has recently filed for bankruptcy.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
If the LORD didn't want us to eat animals then why did he make them out of Meat?
...for a judge to order him to never file another civil suit again? It really angers me to see someone abuse the system like this with no real repercussions.
Sadly, I don't think so, it would probably hurt his rights to much. But maybe he could be fined for each abuse?
Random fact from my memory: I'm not sure, but I think in ancient Greece sue-happy people who lost their case got automatically banned from court after a few attempts, they could never sue again...
Any business when too risky, reduces entry into the field. 10 years ago the concern was who is delivering babies in small towns? This was due to excessive malpratice lawsuits for less than perfect babies. It had to be the doctor's fault, make him pay, he has insurance, yada... Doh, the insurance rates went out of sight to cover the increased risk. Small physisians simply could not afford it and left the small town practice, or simply stopped delivering babies to drop the high insurance premium.
The problem has not improved. With managed healthcare, not only is the risk high, but the potential earnings are down with extreme workloads.
This is one of the great reasons I went into electronics instead of the medical field. A failure is limited to replacement cost, not pain, suffering, potential income over lifetime etc. The pay is better for a surgeon, but the risk kept me out of the field.
So tell me, where is the next generation of doctors comming from?
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