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Bad Guy Either Tim Koppenhofer is a thief or Bob Martin is!

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The is the last of the debts that I am owed and since my last BOI post brought about a positive resolution hopefully this will too!

In May of 2008, I sold Bob Martin roughly $5,000 worth of adult animals. This included my adult male Salmontine, adult female albino and a few other animals. Bob paid me a bit here and there but within a few months still had a balance of $1700. Because Bob was local and also a police officer, I was not worried. Well, things dragged out for 2.5 years and the $1700 is still owed!

I contacted him this past fall demanding the money and was then informed that a few months after buying them from me, Bob consigned them to Tim Koppenhofer of Special K Reptiles. Bob informed me that Tim had basically stiffed him for the money.

I have copied the emails from me to Bob which also includes a response from Tim agreeing to the debt and stating that he would be paying asap. I don't care who pays this but it needs paid immediately. I realize ultimately my deal is with Bob and I will take him to small claims as he lives 10 minutes from me. But, if Tim Koppenhofer would honor his obligations OR come on here and confirm with proof that he paid Bob, then we will at least have some clarification as to where the money is at.

Here are the emails:

Bob,

I know I've past your due date but I am still working on this and this is the communication I received from Tim today.

Officer Bob Martin
University of Illinois Police Department

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From: Tim Koppenhofer [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:00 AM
To: Martin, Robert Keevin
Subject: RE: boas

Hey Bob i am sorry I either did not receive the e-mail or I just missed it- Sorry!

i am still waiting for the insurance payout from my daughters insurance! Her funeral expenses have put me back a whole lot! As soon as I receive funds I will send you the balance!

If I get lucky and sell something before I will try to send you something

Thanks & Merry Christmas
Tim

> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:28:35 -0600
> Subject: boas
>
> Tim,
>
> Haven't heard back from you regarding my email below. Please advise.
>
> Officer Bob Martin
> University of Illinois Police Department
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Martin, Robert Keevin
> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:01 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: boas
>
> Tim,
>
> I need to close out the account I have with Bob Woodard regarding the snakes I've given you. At this point $1700 remains to be paid. I'm not sure what the status is on the snakes, ie. what's been sold, what's being used as we haven't talked much in the year since you took them nor have I been keeping tabs on what's gone across kingsnake.com as I've been out of snakes since then. In any case get back to me with some sort of time line on paying this off please.
>
> Officer Bob Martin
> University of Illinois Police Department
>
 
Let me also add that as of the last correspondence from Bob Martin (just a week ago) was that Tim has ignored all of Bob's emails requesting payment.
 
It would also appear from reading Tim's response that he sold the animals and used the money for other expenses. While I can't comprehend losing a child, it was also not his money that was being used. Tough times = tough decisions....I understand but it's been a year and he's obviously making other transactions. It's time to wrap this one up!
 
Well Bob owes you the money plain and simple his debt with you should be settled no matter what.
 
Bob,
I'm going to have to ask you to redo this with one person named in the title.
Since your transaction was with Bob Martin, that would seem to be the appropriate choice.
You can still ask Tim to respond, about his part in things...but consider which one of them is the focus when selecting the new title.

I've locked this thread, and will leave it in place to allow you to copy/paste into a new one.
Hope you get everything sorted out, and your money paid in short order.
 
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