So everyone pretty much knows that my relationship with Kodiak Motorcycles ended abruptly about four months ago. I worked out payment arrangements with them to get my deposit money back as well as the money that I paid for parts/service on my bike that weren’t performed.

All has been going very well, payments have come in on time or at the most 1-2 days late. They are down to the FINAL PAYMENT and I cannot get a return email/text/call. Payments have been due on the 16th. As of today, they’re 13 days late. The owner said he would meet me on my side of town this past Saturday around 11am. I talked with him on the phone that morning and he said he wouldn’t be there until around 3pm. I was heading out of town but my roommate was going to be around, so I told him to leave the money with him.

Not one single word has been heard from them since then. NUMEROUS text messages and emails have been sent. I just sent one final email letting them know I’d like to be paid in the next 24 hours. What’s the likelihood of me receiving that money? Slim to none.

I made a joke when things fell apart that their new web guy will need to bring his A-game to keep up with what I’m going to be doing on the next shop’s website. The other owner of the company sent me a message a couple weeks ago wanting to know where my A-game is. If I don’t receive payment in the next 24 hours, they’re going to see what my A-game is all about: I’ll make things go viral on the Internet.

So stay tuned, kids. If I don’t receive payment, I’ll have LOTS of stories to tell. I agreed that as long as I got paid, I wouldn’t go down this road. This is my “friendly reminder” that I’d like to be paid. Then again, it may be worth $500 for the world to know the truth.