Mike's Custom Paint

UPDATE 12/16/2014: Mike's Custom Paint -- address (his mother's house) 1837 Mac Ct., Green Bay, WI. 54311 (Michael J. Koenig, Owner .. dob: 12/15/75). His cell phone is now back in service, although it goes to "record a message" (920) 621-3059. (NOTE: MICHAEL USED TO PLACE AN AD FOR HIS SERVICES IN THE GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE under SERVICE FINDERS. He used to state he was 'INSURED'. I strongly suggest you make him prove that if you are willing enough to disregard his public records and hire him to do any work for you. Koenig will likely hold to his previous policy of asking for half of the agreed-upon amount for his service UP FRONT….before he's actually done anything to earn it. DO THAT AT YOUR OWN RISK, as my experience with him is he took the $300 .. NEVER showed up again .. and DENIED owing me the money back and called my requests for this work to be done or a total refund HARASSMENT. Koenig further encouraged me to sue him in Small Claims Court THROUGH HIS COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY, Sara E. Jordan, as I asked him if he was now ready to re-pay the $300 downpayment for work HE NEVER DID. I told him and his Attorney it is not a Small Claims Case but, rather, a case I have now submitted to Brown County Investigators .. "Theft by Contractor" , a form of Fraud, I believe. NOTE: In Court today 12/16/2014 at 11:15 a.m. Michael Koenig made a statement to the Judge stating what an upstanding citizen he has become since the 2011 offense occurred…that he's gotten treatment…and steady employment. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD NO STANDING IN THAT HEARING TO TELL THE JUDGE OF HIS FRAUD TO ME PER THE SIGNED CONTRACT OF 9/4/2013 NOR COULD I ASK HOW A SELF-EMPLOYED OWNER WORKING HARD TO BETTER HIMSELF SOMEHOW WAS IMPROVERISHED ENOUGH TO WARRANT A COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY -- paid for by us Taxpayers. The presiding Judge today was actually a replacement - for some reason - for Judge Hinkfuss who had been the Judge on the Bench for all the other hearings in this matter. Now, it is at your own informed risk that you choose to hire this repeated CONVICTED FELON. And, if kindness in your heart for his new start drives you, at least consider asking him for references where you can see his satisfactory work at the same time you talk with his ex-customers…to be sure they aren't relatives or helpers in another possible scam.

BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY AND ITS OWNER, MICHAEL J. KOENIG. HE WILL CHEAT YOU! His date of birth is 12/15/75 ---- HE IS 38 YEARS OLD. HIS BUSINESS ADDRESS IS 1837 Mac Court, Green Bay, WI. 54311 --- WHICH IS HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE, who he lives with. HIS PHONE NO. IS (920) 621-3059. HE HAS NO SECRETARY THERE, ALTHOUGH A FEMALE VOICE ANSWERS THAT NUMBER STATING TO LEAVE A NAME & NUMBER. THAT CAN'T HAPPEN, THOUGH, BECAUSE...IF MIKE DOESN'T ANSWER HIMSELF OR DOESN'T WANT TO BE REACHED PERSONALLY, HE SETS THE PHONE TO: "THIS SUBSCRIBER CANNOT RECEIVE MESSAGES AT THIS TIME". I SAW HIS AD Tues. 9/3/13 IN THE 'SERVICE FINDER' OF THE GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE. I CALLED HIM AND MET WITH HIM AT MY HOME THE NEXT DAY Weds. 9/4 RE: PRESSURE WASHING AND STAINING MY DECK WITHIN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS...SINCE I WAS OFF WORK. HE REPRESENTED HIMSELF AS A QUALIFIED, EXPERIENCED PAINTER AND HANDYMAN, EVEN THOUGH HE'S A YOUNG OWNER. HE SAID HE WOULD BEGIN THE POWER WASHING ON EITHER Thurs. 9/5 or Fri. 9/6 ...AND...HE WOULD PICK UP THE 5-GALLONS OF STAIN I AGREED TO FROM FLEET FARM HIMSELF. THE FOLLOW-UP STAINING WOULD BE DONE IMMEDIATELY UPON MY CALL TO HIM STATING THE DECK IS DRY...WHICH, BARRING RAIN, WOULD BE MONDAY 9/9 OR TUESDAY 9/10. THE JOB WOULD BE DONE BY THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, PRESUMING RAIN WASN'T A FACTOR. MIKE STATED THAT WOULD BE DONE. HE WANTED HALF THE AGREED UPON PRICE OF $600 TO GET PAINT AND START ...WITH THE OTHER $300 PAYABLE UPON COMPLETION. I NORMALLY DON'T PAY ANYTHING BEFORE SOME WORK WAS BEEN DONE. HOWEVER, WITH TIME A FACTOR AND MIKE TELLING ME HE IS VERY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES & APPRECIATES BEING GIVING THE CHANCE BY PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH HE IS YOUNGER, I DECIDED TO TRUST HIM BY GIVING HIM $300 UPFRONT. I COME FROM A CONSTRUCTION FAMILY WHERE MY DAD HIRED AND TRAINED YOUNG GUYS, A NUMBER OF WHOM WENT ON TO OWNING THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. I'VE NEVER BEEN DUPED BEFORE BY A BUSINESS OWNER WHO ADVERTISES IN THE 'SERVICE FINDER' SECTION OF THE PAPER. **I MADE A FOOLISH, STUPID ERROR**. MIKE DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THURSDAY 9/5 AND DIDN'T CALL, ALTHOUGH HE HAD SAID THURS. OR FRIDAY. HOWEVER, WHEN HE WASN'T AT THE HOUSE FRI. 9/6 BY NOON AND HADN'T CALLED, I CALLED HIS NUMBER AND WAS ABLE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE SAYING TO CALL ME RE: HIS ARRIVAL TIME. HE RETURNED MY CALL AT 1:30 p.m. HE STATED HE WASN'T COMING UNTIL ANOTHER DECK JOB HE HAD WAS READY TO POWER WASH SO HE COULD DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I SAID HE AGREED TO DO MY JOB THURS. OR FRIDAY AND HE HAD MADE NO MENTION OF TYING MY JOB TO ANOTHER JOB......WHICH I WOULD NOT HAVE AGREED TO BECAUSE I CLEARLY STATED TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE. HE TOLD ME IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M TELLING HIM HOW TO RUN HIS BUSINESS. I SAID I'M TELLING HIM TO DO THE WORK AS HE PROMISED. HE SAID HE'D COME THE NEXT DAY, SAT. AT 8:00 A.M. AND HE HUNG UP . HE DIDN'T SHOW SATURDAY AND HE DIDN'T CALL. I CALLED HIM MONDAY, SEPT. 16 AT 7:30 a.m. AND AGAIN WAS ABLE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE ASKING HIM TO CALL ME AND TELL ME WHEN HE WAS COMING, SINCE HE DID NOT SHOW UP SATURDAY AS HE STATED. HE CALLED ME BACK AT 8:35 A.M. STATING HE COULDN'T WORK FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME AND HE'D BE GETTING A CERTIFIED CHECK FOR $300 AND SENDING IT IN THE MAIL. I SAID THAT'S FINE AND, IN FACT, I COULD COME GET THE CHECK AND SAVE HIM THE MAILING EFFORT. HE SAID HE'D MAIL IT AS HE TOLD ME AND HUNG UP. WHEN I DIDN'T GET THE CHECK IN THURSDAY, 9/19 MAIL, I DROVE TO THE BUSINESS ADDRESS (which turned out to be his mother's house where he lives) for 5 pm. anticipating his return from work within that hour. He did pull into his driveway at 5:30 p.m. He asked what I was doing at his 'home' and I said I've come to your business address to get the $300 he hadn't mailed out. He said he'd mail it when he mails it. I said I'm there and I'll save him a stamp by him giving me a check now. He said he DOESN'T HAVE A CHECKING ACCOUNT. (Really...a business that doesn't have a checking account.) I handed him the original of a letter I had written up with a self-addressed stamped envelope. It stated the envelope was for his convenience in refunding my $300 downpayment; and, since Green Bay is overnight delivery, I would expect the repayment by Monday 9/23. MIKE SAID JUST GO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO....I SAID I EXPECT HIM AS A BUSINESS OWNER TO EITHER DO THE WORK OR REFUND MY MONEY PROMPTLY. HE AGAIN SAID JUST LEAVE AND DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. DUE TO HIS ARROGANT BEHAVIOR, IT OCCURRED TO ME TO LOOK HIM UP ON THE COMPUTER. SO, I TYPED IN: WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT...BROWN COUNTY-- CASE SEARCH to check him out. ON THE NEXT SCREEN, I ENTERED HIS NAME: MICHAEL KOENIG and pressed 'SEARCH'. ...28 CASE NUMBERS CAME UP.....ABOUT 5 OF WHICH WERE CASES DISMISSED WHEN THEY WERE COMBINED WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME OFFENSE. MICHAEL J. KOENIG IS A CONVICTED FELON ...TWICE OVER. HE HAS NUMEROUS SMALL CLAIMS JUDGMENTS DOCKETED AGAINST HIM THAT HE HAS NOT PAID OFF FOR YEARS. HE'S BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF BATTERY--- OF OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER LICENSE SUSPENSION (6 OFFENSES) ---OF ILLEGAL DRUG USE ETC. This explains to me why he isn't paying me back...he couldn't care less if I got a Small Claims Judgment against him, as he doesn't pay them off anyway. MICHAEL JUST HAD FELONY DRUG CHARGES FILED AGAINST HIM ON SEPT. 13, 2013. THAT MAKES ME SUSPECT THAT HE NEVER INTENDED TO DO ANY WORK FOR ME....THAT HE WAS JUST CHEATING ME OUT OF CASH FOR HIS PERSONAL USE. WITH HIS SUCCESS IN RIPPING ME OFF, MIKE PROBABLY FEELS EMBOLDENED TO DO SO AGAINST OTHERS. LOOK HIM UP FOR YOURSELF....THE INFORMATION IS THERE FOR ANYONE TO READ. AND, MOST OF ALL, BEWARE MIKE'S CUSTOM PAINT. NOTE: ON SEPT. 16 AND TO THIS DAY, MICHAEL HAS REMOVED HIS AD FROM THE 'SERVICE FINDER' SECTION OF THE GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE. WHILE MY $300 MAY BE LOST, I GET SATISFACTION OUT OF KNOWING THAT, SHOULD HE APPLY FOR A JOB, HE'LL HAVE TO PUT A CHECK MARK IN THE BOX ASKING "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY"...WHEREAS, AS A BUSINESS OWNER....MOST ANYONE LIKE ME WOULDN'T EVEN THINK OF ASKING THAT QUESTION. I EXPECT HIS NEXT 40 YEARS OF LIFE TO BE FILLED WITH THE KARMA FROM HIS PAST AND PRESENT BEHAVIOR.