I drove a log truck for Tim Buffy. He had three log trailers and one license plate for all three. When you would switch trailers you would have to switch the one plate. He had no license plate for the truck - he would change the purchase date on a doctered bill of sale every two weeks.
At the end of Dec he moved the logging company into Georgia. I refused to drive his truck in Georgia and quit on Dec 27,02. That was when I received my last paycheck. I deposited the check in my Regions bank account and wrote out bills and had 22 outstanding small checks out. His Company check - Kat Inc. Was drawn on Southtrust Bank. On Jan 3,03 I was informed by my bank that Kat Inc's check had bounced and my account was overdrawn -$289.00.
I called Tim who was not home and his wife Sue Ann spoke to me and was wanting to write me another check for what my pay was and not to include any bounced check charges on my behalf. I tried several times to contact Tim after that but he would not answer his Telephone.
I went to the district attorneys office and was given a form letter to send to Tim giving him 10 days to make good on his check plus $29 returned check fee. Tim did not respond until the very last 10th day. I took Tim to small claims court and was awarded a little over $700 for all the charges which I was charged by my bank. I was not ever contacted by Tim about anything. I tried to garnish his bank account but the account was in Kat Inc's name and not Tim Buffy.
I then did another small claim suit to add the name Kat Inc to the claim. I now have a judgement against Kat Inc for $927. Tim buffy finally called me the night before court and told me that he could not make it to court and that he had a paper to give to me so that he could get a continuance. He asked me if he could bring me the paper. I told him that all I wanted to talk with him about was when and how he was going to pay me what he owed me. He said he could not now. I asked when and got no response.
I offered to settle for property such as a car or a truck or whatever. He refused to settle. He feels that he does not owe me and is doing all he can to weasle out of it. I told him that night not to come to my home without a sheriff escort. He did not come. I also did a property search on Tim Buffy and found he bought two joining parcels of land in Pike county in 1994 and three months after buying it he put it in his wife Sue Ann's name only. I was told he owns land in bullock county also but have yet to check on it and it may be the same - in his wifes name only.
When I owe people I have to pay. This guy has made a bad mark on my credit history and my wifes also because we had a joint account. When all this had happened I gave my bank @ $280 which I really could not afford just to keep my account from going below -$500 because I had $500 gauranteed checking and did not want any checks making it back into the community. All the time Tim Buffy took the stand that he was not responsible for my checks bouncing. The courts say otherwise. My bank manager figured out my account and saw that if Tim Buffy's check had not bounced that even with 22 outstanding checks that I would have still maintained a positive balance. I would like to tell the whole world what a crook and thief Timothy Bernard Buffy is!
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