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Update from Coach Stop Farms
We heard from the owner of Coach Stop
Farms today.
Here's his email - good reading for all.
Hi Beware Bonnie -
Just wanted to let you know what it cost me to evict
Bonnie and Neil from the farm. Over $13,000 in lawyer
fees. Got my final bill yesterday, over $10,000. Absolutely floored
me.
A lot of this was extra, needless court appearances
because Bonnie and Neil did not have a lawyer with them
at the 1st court date then she bawled her way into Judge
McDermott and was able to talk him onto granting a
temporary stay of eviction. So, what should have been 1
court date and over turned into 3 and they got an extra
month living with out paying at the farm.
Please pass the word to everyone that unless they want
to lose their shirt, spent countless nights tossing and
turning, be vary, vary wary of these "people".
It's been over a year now and I'm still terribly in debt
and in the hole. I haven't been able to pay the farm
taxes, I lost a whole year trying to sell the farm and
I'm still cleaning up after them.
I was over this afternoon at the farm and an elderly
couple pulled in looking for Bonnie & Neil. Both in
their 70's, they had sold hay to Bonnie and Neil last
November and were paid with a bad check. They contacted
the State Troopers to press charges but Bonnie sent them
a certified check for a fraction of the amount owed
which, according to them, nullified the criminal charges
of passing a bad check and moved it to small claims
court. The Troopers couldn't press charges after they
received the partial payment. Looks like Bonnie and
Neil know all the loop holes that honest people wouldn't
know about.
The couple filed a small claims lawsuit in the Town of
Nelson, but Bonnie and Neil didn't show up. Hopefully
the couple will file suit again in the town of Java
where the Erickson's now live. I pointed them to your
website and they were very interested in learning more!
Everywhere I go I hear about people who have been taken
by Bonnie and Neil. I wonder how many other honest
people were taken? On a whim I posted a sign on the
front lawn of the farm. "Looking for Bonnie and Neil
Erickson?". "WWW.BEWAREBONNIE.COM".
I hope you don't mind!
Y'know what really hurts? I helped these creeps out all
summer, trying to make them successful. I helped hay, I
left them tools that weren't part of the deal, I left
them a good Stihl chainsaw so they could cut fire wood
for the winter which they never did - not 1 piece. I
came over one day with my hair clippers and gave the 2
boys a hair cut! From July until November I stopped by
almost every day looking for my past due rent. I was
trying to convert a barn into a house, paying the farm's
mortgage and insurance without reimbursement, living in
an old RV, barely getting by. Getting a new story why
they didn't have the money every time. Finally they
paid back rent in November. And then when they failed
to pay January's rent and I had to take them to court
they tried everything they could to extend the eviction
keep living living for free, at my expense.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised - I have heard many.,
many stories from people in tougher circumstances than
me who have been taken.
Well, hopefully the farm will sell soon and I'll be able
to pay my lawyers, the mortgage off and the taxes.
Thanks again for having you website!
John |