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  • Report:  #170749

Complaint Review: Custom Imprint Designs - O'Fallon Illinois

Reported By:
- Swansea, Illinois,
Submitted:
Updated:

Custom Imprint Designs
1904B West Hwy 50 O'Fallon, 62218 Illinois, U.S.A.
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While Gary helped me by giving me a job when I was released from prison, He was also helping himself by hiring someone into his shop that has alot of knowledge in the embroidery field. I felt for along time that I was in debt to this man for the chance that he gave me and over time I began to realize that I have done alot to help Gary. Before I started working for him he was paying out $75.00 a design to have them digitized and this charge was passed on to the customer of the design, but when I started working for him he was still charging the customer $75.00, but I was doing the digitizing of the designs and Gary did not have to pay this money out any longer, on that point alone I feel that I paid this man back for giving me a job.

During the course of the 2 years that I worked for this man several of my paychecks bounced and while the amount of the paycheck was always covered, the overdrafts that this caused was never covered. I tried to find out why the checks bounced, but neither his bank or my bank would give me any information. The overdrafts that I incurred from this cost me over $800.00. I had to pay the bank for these, which caused me to miss paying other bills, which caused penelties on these bills which started a cycle that I am still trying to recover from.

On to the most important matter here!

By my own fault, I quit paying my child support payments for 3 months and when it was put in front of me about this matter, I tried to do the right thing by contacting the child support enforcment agency and giving them my work information. I asked them at the time if it was possible for them to just have it debited from my checking account and they told me no that it had to be garnished from my wages. I figured at the time that the garnishment would be sent, but that the checks would bounce. I did not even think that Gary would never even pay it at all. When I checked the State disbursement unit one month after the first garnishment was taken out I asked Gary about the support and he told me that he had sent the check and to have them call him and he will give them check numbers. On several occasions I was told that these check stubs existed, but I never got to see them. I do not believe that he paid the support. I showed him, on two occasions, my exwifes website to try to let him know that she is not just going to let the matter of the child support that is owed to the girls go away and say oh well guess I'm not going to get it. All he had to say about it is "I'll sue her!" And still after this no payments showed up at the ILSDU.

I finally stood up for myself against Gary when he decided that he can treat me anyway that he felt and quit my job.

And now it is time for me to stand up for my children that I have done nothing for, for the past 12 years. He kept the money due to my children and caused them to not be able to have the kind of Christmas that they deserve. He garnished $800.00 from my paycheck and there is still one more paycheck that I have not received that will have more garnished from it. He says that he sent the checks to the address that was in the garnishment letter, my exwife and me both received copies of the same letter and both of our copies had the correct address on them, why would anyone believe that his had a different one on it?

It is time for Gary Gaehle to pay the support that was garnished from my wages and to pay the fines that he has incurred for not paying it on time!

On a personal note in this matter, I hope that the fines are very high and they do not give him a break on them and I hope that he realizes what he is doing and finally pays the money that he owes to the girls. I really don't care if he ends up having to sell his equipment to pay this debt either.

Randell

Swansea, Illinois
U.S.A.


5 Updates & Rebuttals

Teri

Gridley,
Illinois,
U.S.A.
Custom Imprint Designs, Inc. - Notice of Pre-Trial Hearing

#2REBUTTAL Individual responds

Tue, June 13, 2006

NOTICE OF PRE-TRIAL HEARING 10:00 AM SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 MCLEAN COUNTY LAW AND JUSTICE CENTER 104 WEST FRONT STREET BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, 61701 HONORABLE CHARLES REYNARD PRESIDING ***** MOTIONS AND DOCUMENTS FILED BY PLAINTIFF, TERESA R. COLGLAZIER PRE-TRIAL MEMORANDUM PLAINTIFF RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' ANSWERS PLAINTIFF REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS PLAINTIFF REQUEST FOR INTERROGATORIES ****** ALL OF THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS INCLUDING NOTICE OF PRE-TRIAL HEARING WERE SENT VIA U.S. POSTAL SERVICE CERTIFIED MAIL / RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED ON MAY 16, 2006 TO DEFENDANTS. DEFENDANTS REFUSED SERVICES ON MAY 23, 2006.


Gary

Highland,
Illinois,
U.S.A.
Owner

#3REBUTTAL Owner of company

Fri, May 26, 2006

First, I would like for Mr. Randell to read my rebuttal to his ex-wife's complaint. And while he is at it, look at the one sentance response that she replied with. And even today I received another 'certified mail' notification from Ms. Colglaizer. I ask the post office to return it to her and mark it "refused by addressee" because I am not going to waste my time, and get upset regarding her stupidity. And now I would like address the pack of lies that Mr. Abernathy has written as well. Had I known the truth about what you went to prison for he would never have gotten in the front door of my business, let alone an interveiw and ultimately an offer for employment. Again, see the statement under the complaint by Ms. Colglazier about the lie that Mr. Abernathy told me regarding the young lady he met on the internet that claimed she was 18 but wasn't and yelled foul play after they had sex. I honestly believed his story, as I know this type of sexual misconduct happens frequently with teens that age. And let's talk about the wages that I was paying him. I believe if I remember correctly when I agreed to hire him, an offer of wage was made by myself greater than what you indicated you would work for. He was willing to work for minimum wage which I believe at that time was around $5.50 or possibly even $5.85 per hour. Mr. Abernathy was hired at a rate of $6.50 per hour. Additionally, in the two years he worked for me, his pay was increased a total of $1.00 per hour yet this individual has the guts to complain about what I was charging my customers for the digitizing services. Where Mr. Randell came up with the figure of $75.00 per design that I was paying my vendor for the digitizing services before I hired Mr. Randell is another lie. I never paid more than $50.00 for any design to be digized by an outside vendor. And, while I think about it, what business is it of Mr. Randell, if I charged my customer $200.00 per design. Yes, I will admit that Mr. Randell did have possibly 3 or 4 paychecks that were returned by my bank. I'm not sure the reason for each occurrance but on two occassions I received checks from my customers that were returned for insufficent funds therefore causing my account to be short of funds. I would like to remind Mr. Randell that on each occassion, his check was made good with either a cashier check or another check and Mr. Randell was even allowed to take the check to his bank on company time to resolve the issue. At no time would Mr. Randell have ever paid $800.00 for fees to the bank because of his paycheck not clearing the account. The real issue here in my opinion iw that Mr. Randell wanted all the conveniences but didn't have enough smarts to figure out that there wan't enough money to go around. He wasn't out of prision and into his apartment more than a couple of weeks before he had internet, cable television, a computer and all the modern conveniences that the normal household had. It doesn't take a genious to figure out that working for $6.50 per hour you can't possibly pay rent, utilities and have all the modern conveniences. He wasn't in my employment more that a couple of months before he started getting phone calls from bill collectors. I wonder why. And then the real joke was the "girlfriend". Oh yes, he met here in a chat room on the internet as well. I can still remember how excited he was, and then it wasn't long before she was coming to visit for the weekend. If I remember correctly the weekend never ended and she was now living with him. Oh, and right she didn't have a job, and in my opinion never had any intention of getting a job. How could she, she was a diabetic. By the way Michelle, millions of people with diabeties work every day. That's because the take pride in themselves and their ability to make a living for themselves, not take advantage of someone trying to put his life back together and whatever handouts they can get from the government such as food stamps. And then Mr. Randell's complaint that he couldn't continue working for me because I was so difficult to work for. For his information I know of d**n few employers that would go without a paycheck just to keep their employees working. There were many weeks that I should have sent him home but I felt sorry for him and made sure he got a full 40 hour work week, if he was available to work 40 hours. Mr. Randell got started doing digitizing and had his web-site setup on the internet, for people to use his services for digitizing. Again a cost that he really could not afford, but I will give him credit for trying to make additional money to live on. And yes, Mr. Randell made it a point to tell me that he had the bank account where payments were deposited through "paypal" put in girlfriends "Michelle"'s name. I wonder why? To hide it from the State of Illinois Division of Child Support and having to pay additional child support to his poor deprived children that went without "Chirstmas" because of his "theieving employer". I wonder if Mr. Abernathy revealed that to the Illinois Division of Employment Security when he applied for unemployment? Again, because of his deadbeat employer so he claimed with the IDES. Interesting however that he told three customers, a delivery driver and a fellow employer that he was leaving the employment of the company because he could make a better living doing is digitizing business. In conclusion, I am still amazed that the parole board and the parole officers have their head stuck in the sand regarding Mr. Randell. Why wouldn't they immediately investigate what happened when an employee with Mr. Randell's background suddenly quite his job. I even called the parole board and requested that Mr. Randell's parole officer call me after Mr. Abernathy suddenly walked out. Not once did I here anything from his parole officer or the parole board. In addition, I wonder how did Mr. Randell get the license renewal on Michelle's vehicle (which Mr. Randell drove daily) without proof of insurance? That's right, they had no insurance because they couldn't afford it. That's why Mr. Randell took the long way home so he could avoid the possibility of being stopped by the police officer.


Gary

Highland,
Illinois,
U.S.A.
Owner

#4REBUTTAL Owner of company

Fri, May 26, 2006

First, I would like for Mr. Randell to read my rebuttal to his ex-wife's complaint. And while he is at it, look at the one sentance response that she replied with. And even today I received another 'certified mail' notification from Ms. Colglaizer. I ask the post office to return it to her and mark it "refused by addressee" because I am not going to waste my time, and get upset regarding her stupidity. And now I would like address the pack of lies that Mr. Abernathy has written as well. Had I known the truth about what you went to prison for he would never have gotten in the front door of my business, let alone an interveiw and ultimately an offer for employment. Again, see the statement under the complaint by Ms. Colglazier about the lie that Mr. Abernathy told me regarding the young lady he met on the internet that claimed she was 18 but wasn't and yelled foul play after they had sex. I honestly believed his story, as I know this type of sexual misconduct happens frequently with teens that age. And let's talk about the wages that I was paying him. I believe if I remember correctly when I agreed to hire him, an offer of wage was made by myself greater than what you indicated you would work for. He was willing to work for minimum wage which I believe at that time was around $5.50 or possibly even $5.85 per hour. Mr. Abernathy was hired at a rate of $6.50 per hour. Additionally, in the two years he worked for me, his pay was increased a total of $1.00 per hour yet this individual has the guts to complain about what I was charging my customers for the digitizing services. Where Mr. Randell came up with the figure of $75.00 per design that I was paying my vendor for the digitizing services before I hired Mr. Randell is another lie. I never paid more than $50.00 for any design to be digized by an outside vendor. And, while I think about it, what business is it of Mr. Randell, if I charged my customer $200.00 per design. Yes, I will admit that Mr. Randell did have possibly 3 or 4 paychecks that were returned by my bank. I'm not sure the reason for each occurrance but on two occassions I received checks from my customers that were returned for insufficent funds therefore causing my account to be short of funds. I would like to remind Mr. Randell that on each occassion, his check was made good with either a cashier check or another check and Mr. Randell was even allowed to take the check to his bank on company time to resolve the issue. At no time would Mr. Randell have ever paid $800.00 for fees to the bank because of his paycheck not clearing the account. The real issue here in my opinion iw that Mr. Randell wanted all the conveniences but didn't have enough smarts to figure out that there wan't enough money to go around. He wasn't out of prision and into his apartment more than a couple of weeks before he had internet, cable television, a computer and all the modern conveniences that the normal household had. It doesn't take a genious to figure out that working for $6.50 per hour you can't possibly pay rent, utilities and have all the modern conveniences. He wasn't in my employment more that a couple of months before he started getting phone calls from bill collectors. I wonder why. And then the real joke was the "girlfriend". Oh yes, he met here in a chat room on the internet as well. I can still remember how excited he was, and then it wasn't long before she was coming to visit for the weekend. If I remember correctly the weekend never ended and she was now living with him. Oh, and right she didn't have a job, and in my opinion never had any intention of getting a job. How could she, she was a diabetic. By the way Michelle, millions of people with diabeties work every day. That's because the take pride in themselves and their ability to make a living for themselves, not take advantage of someone trying to put his life back together and whatever handouts they can get from the government such as food stamps. And then Mr. Randell's complaint that he couldn't continue working for me because I was so difficult to work for. For his information I know of d**n few employers that would go without a paycheck just to keep their employees working. There were many weeks that I should have sent him home but I felt sorry for him and made sure he got a full 40 hour work week, if he was available to work 40 hours. Mr. Randell got started doing digitizing and had his web-site setup on the internet, for people to use his services for digitizing. Again a cost that he really could not afford, but I will give him credit for trying to make additional money to live on. And yes, Mr. Randell made it a point to tell me that he had the bank account where payments were deposited through "paypal" put in girlfriends "Michelle"'s name. I wonder why? To hide it from the State of Illinois Division of Child Support and having to pay additional child support to his poor deprived children that went without "Chirstmas" because of his "theieving employer". I wonder if Mr. Abernathy revealed that to the Illinois Division of Employment Security when he applied for unemployment? Again, because of his deadbeat employer so he claimed with the IDES. Interesting however that he told three customers, a delivery driver and a fellow employer that he was leaving the employment of the company because he could make a better living doing is digitizing business. In conclusion, I am still amazed that the parole board and the parole officers have their head stuck in the sand regarding Mr. Randell. Why wouldn't they immediately investigate what happened when an employee with Mr. Randell's background suddenly quite his job. I even called the parole board and requested that Mr. Randell's parole officer call me after Mr. Abernathy suddenly walked out. Not once did I here anything from his parole officer or the parole board. In addition, I wonder how did Mr. Randell get the license renewal on Michelle's vehicle (which Mr. Randell drove daily) without proof of insurance? That's right, they had no insurance because they couldn't afford it. That's why Mr. Randell took the long way home so he could avoid the possibility of being stopped by the police officer.


Gary

Highland,
Illinois,
U.S.A.
Owner

#5REBUTTAL Owner of company

Fri, May 26, 2006

First, I would like for Mr. Randell to read my rebuttal to his ex-wife's complaint. And while he is at it, look at the one sentance response that she replied with. And even today I received another 'certified mail' notification from Ms. Colglaizer. I ask the post office to return it to her and mark it "refused by addressee" because I am not going to waste my time, and get upset regarding her stupidity. And now I would like address the pack of lies that Mr. Abernathy has written as well. Had I known the truth about what you went to prison for he would never have gotten in the front door of my business, let alone an interveiw and ultimately an offer for employment. Again, see the statement under the complaint by Ms. Colglazier about the lie that Mr. Abernathy told me regarding the young lady he met on the internet that claimed she was 18 but wasn't and yelled foul play after they had sex. I honestly believed his story, as I know this type of sexual misconduct happens frequently with teens that age. And let's talk about the wages that I was paying him. I believe if I remember correctly when I agreed to hire him, an offer of wage was made by myself greater than what you indicated you would work for. He was willing to work for minimum wage which I believe at that time was around $5.50 or possibly even $5.85 per hour. Mr. Abernathy was hired at a rate of $6.50 per hour. Additionally, in the two years he worked for me, his pay was increased a total of $1.00 per hour yet this individual has the guts to complain about what I was charging my customers for the digitizing services. Where Mr. Randell came up with the figure of $75.00 per design that I was paying my vendor for the digitizing services before I hired Mr. Randell is another lie. I never paid more than $50.00 for any design to be digized by an outside vendor. And, while I think about it, what business is it of Mr. Randell, if I charged my customer $200.00 per design. Yes, I will admit that Mr. Randell did have possibly 3 or 4 paychecks that were returned by my bank. I'm not sure the reason for each occurrance but on two occassions I received checks from my customers that were returned for insufficent funds therefore causing my account to be short of funds. I would like to remind Mr. Randell that on each occassion, his check was made good with either a cashier check or another check and Mr. Randell was even allowed to take the check to his bank on company time to resolve the issue. At no time would Mr. Randell have ever paid $800.00 for fees to the bank because of his paycheck not clearing the account. The real issue here in my opinion iw that Mr. Randell wanted all the conveniences but didn't have enough smarts to figure out that there wan't enough money to go around. He wasn't out of prision and into his apartment more than a couple of weeks before he had internet, cable television, a computer and all the modern conveniences that the normal household had. It doesn't take a genious to figure out that working for $6.50 per hour you can't possibly pay rent, utilities and have all the modern conveniences. He wasn't in my employment more that a couple of months before he started getting phone calls from bill collectors. I wonder why. And then the real joke was the "girlfriend". Oh yes, he met here in a chat room on the internet as well. I can still remember how excited he was, and then it wasn't long before she was coming to visit for the weekend. If I remember correctly the weekend never ended and she was now living with him. Oh, and right she didn't have a job, and in my opinion never had any intention of getting a job. How could she, she was a diabetic. By the way Michelle, millions of people with diabeties work every day. That's because the take pride in themselves and their ability to make a living for themselves, not take advantage of someone trying to put his life back together and whatever handouts they can get from the government such as food stamps. And then Mr. Randell's complaint that he couldn't continue working for me because I was so difficult to work for. For his information I know of d**n few employers that would go without a paycheck just to keep their employees working. There were many weeks that I should have sent him home but I felt sorry for him and made sure he got a full 40 hour work week, if he was available to work 40 hours. Mr. Randell got started doing digitizing and had his web-site setup on the internet, for people to use his services for digitizing. Again a cost that he really could not afford, but I will give him credit for trying to make additional money to live on. And yes, Mr. Randell made it a point to tell me that he had the bank account where payments were deposited through "paypal" put in girlfriends "Michelle"'s name. I wonder why? To hide it from the State of Illinois Division of Child Support and having to pay additional child support to his poor deprived children that went without "Chirstmas" because of his "theieving employer". I wonder if Mr. Abernathy revealed that to the Illinois Division of Employment Security when he applied for unemployment? Again, because of his deadbeat employer so he claimed with the IDES. Interesting however that he told three customers, a delivery driver and a fellow employer that he was leaving the employment of the company because he could make a better living doing is digitizing business. In conclusion, I am still amazed that the parole board and the parole officers have their head stuck in the sand regarding Mr. Randell. Why wouldn't they immediately investigate what happened when an employee with Mr. Randell's background suddenly quite his job. I even called the parole board and requested that Mr. Randell's parole officer call me after Mr. Abernathy suddenly walked out. Not once did I here anything from his parole officer or the parole board. In addition, I wonder how did Mr. Randell get the license renewal on Michelle's vehicle (which Mr. Randell drove daily) without proof of insurance? That's right, they had no insurance because they couldn't afford it. That's why Mr. Randell took the long way home so he could avoid the possibility of being stopped by the police officer.


Gary

Highland,
Illinois,
U.S.A.
Owner

#6REBUTTAL Owner of company

Fri, May 26, 2006

First, I would like for Mr. Randell to read my rebuttal to his ex-wife's complaint. And while he is at it, look at the one sentance response that she replied with. And even today I received another 'certified mail' notification from Ms. Colglaizer. I ask the post office to return it to her and mark it "refused by addressee" because I am not going to waste my time, and get upset regarding her stupidity. And now I would like address the pack of lies that Mr. Abernathy has written as well. Had I known the truth about what you went to prison for he would never have gotten in the front door of my business, let alone an interveiw and ultimately an offer for employment. Again, see the statement under the complaint by Ms. Colglazier about the lie that Mr. Abernathy told me regarding the young lady he met on the internet that claimed she was 18 but wasn't and yelled foul play after they had sex. I honestly believed his story, as I know this type of sexual misconduct happens frequently with teens that age. And let's talk about the wages that I was paying him. I believe if I remember correctly when I agreed to hire him, an offer of wage was made by myself greater than what you indicated you would work for. He was willing to work for minimum wage which I believe at that time was around $5.50 or possibly even $5.85 per hour. Mr. Abernathy was hired at a rate of $6.50 per hour. Additionally, in the two years he worked for me, his pay was increased a total of $1.00 per hour yet this individual has the guts to complain about what I was charging my customers for the digitizing services. Where Mr. Randell came up with the figure of $75.00 per design that I was paying my vendor for the digitizing services before I hired Mr. Randell is another lie. I never paid more than $50.00 for any design to be digized by an outside vendor. And, while I think about it, what business is it of Mr. Randell, if I charged my customer $200.00 per design. Yes, I will admit that Mr. Randell did have possibly 3 or 4 paychecks that were returned by my bank. I'm not sure the reason for each occurrance but on two occassions I received checks from my customers that were returned for insufficent funds therefore causing my account to be short of funds. I would like to remind Mr. Randell that on each occassion, his check was made good with either a cashier check or another check and Mr. Randell was even allowed to take the check to his bank on company time to resolve the issue. At no time would Mr. Randell have ever paid $800.00 for fees to the bank because of his paycheck not clearing the account. The real issue here in my opinion iw that Mr. Randell wanted all the conveniences but didn't have enough smarts to figure out that there wan't enough money to go around. He wasn't out of prision and into his apartment more than a couple of weeks before he had internet, cable television, a computer and all the modern conveniences that the normal household had. It doesn't take a genious to figure out that working for $6.50 per hour you can't possibly pay rent, utilities and have all the modern conveniences. He wasn't in my employment more that a couple of months before he started getting phone calls from bill collectors. I wonder why. And then the real joke was the "girlfriend". Oh yes, he met here in a chat room on the internet as well. I can still remember how excited he was, and then it wasn't long before she was coming to visit for the weekend. If I remember correctly the weekend never ended and she was now living with him. Oh, and right she didn't have a job, and in my opinion never had any intention of getting a job. How could she, she was a diabetic. By the way Michelle, millions of people with diabeties work every day. That's because the take pride in themselves and their ability to make a living for themselves, not take advantage of someone trying to put his life back together and whatever handouts they can get from the government such as food stamps. And then Mr. Randell's complaint that he couldn't continue working for me because I was so difficult to work for. For his information I know of d**n few employers that would go without a paycheck just to keep their employees working. There were many weeks that I should have sent him home but I felt sorry for him and made sure he got a full 40 hour work week, if he was available to work 40 hours. Mr. Randell got started doing digitizing and had his web-site setup on the internet, for people to use his services for digitizing. Again a cost that he really could not afford, but I will give him credit for trying to make additional money to live on. And yes, Mr. Randell made it a point to tell me that he had the bank account where payments were deposited through "paypal" put in girlfriends "Michelle"'s name. I wonder why? To hide it from the State of Illinois Division of Child Support and having to pay additional child support to his poor deprived children that went without "Chirstmas" because of his "theieving employer". I wonder if Mr. Abernathy revealed that to the Illinois Division of Employment Security when he applied for unemployment? Again, because of his deadbeat employer so he claimed with the IDES. Interesting however that he told three customers, a delivery driver and a fellow employer that he was leaving the employment of the company because he could make a better living doing is digitizing business. In conclusion, I am still amazed that the parole board and the parole officers have their head stuck in the sand regarding Mr. Randell. Why wouldn't they immediately investigate what happened when an employee with Mr. Randell's background suddenly quite his job. I even called the parole board and requested that Mr. Randell's parole officer call me after Mr. Abernathy suddenly walked out. Not once did I here anything from his parole officer or the parole board. In addition, I wonder how did Mr. Randell get the license renewal on Michelle's vehicle (which Mr. Randell drove daily) without proof of insurance? That's right, they had no insurance because they couldn't afford it. That's why Mr. Randell took the long way home so he could avoid the possibility of being stopped by the police officer.

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