“I felt that if I didn't take the action while the business was still open, I wasn't going to get my money.”ĭougherty says he put roughly $16,000 into the business when it opened. John Dougherty, a former Timeless Treasures investor, is no longer owed money. On that list is Anne Walker and the landlord of the building where Timeless Treasures operated. In a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filing obtained by KSBY, Bowengardner's debt adds up to nearly $370,000.īowengardner names more than 50 companies, agencies and people as creditors. However, these court proceeding are delayed because Bowengardner is filing for bankruptcy. If ruled in favor of Walker, Bowengardner might have to pay upwards of $30,000, which includes insufficient funds fees, late fees and interest. Healy, Megan The case Walker filed with the Labor Board tacks on insufficient funds and late fees that Bowengardner could owe. So, Walker took legal action and has a pending complaint with the State of California’s Labor Commission. Walker did get paychecks from her boss, Bowengardner, after she quit, but each one bounced. “Something was about a week late and then the next one was a little late too and it built up and built up,” said Walker. She quit, she said, after going nearly three-and-a-half months without pay. Walker said she couldn’t answer these questions. “Every day if not multiple times a day, there were people asking where were, if they had been lost in the mail or asking why their check bounced,” said Anne Walker, a former Timeless Treasures employee. “There was never enough funds to cash the check.”ĭavis is not the only one looking to recoup missing payments. The property’s landlord evicted Timeless Treasures owner Andrea Bowengardner in May for owing more than $40,000 in back rent, according to bankruptcy documents. He says his painting sold within the contract's time frame, however, his options for collecting that money are drying up. Items not picked up within 15 days of item expiration become the property of TTHC (Timeless Treasures Home Consignments) and may be sold or donated at the sole discretion of TTHC.” At the expiration of the contract, unsold merchandise must be picked up within 15 days, unless alternative arrangements are made. Unsold merchandise will be marked down 15% after 15 days, 30% after 30 days and 50% after 50 days. No item may be retrieved from the store prior to the end of the 60-day period. The Timeless Treasures contract, which each consignor signed, reads, “The contracted term for all merchandise is 60 days. He says his Timeless Treasure’s online consignor portal showed he was owed $287.50 for a limited edition Christian Lassen painting he brought in to the store. "When the store did not reopen is when I started to get antsy about it,” Davis said. The store’s website informs customers the business is closed for good, after its voicemail said it was moving locations. Timeless Treasures Home Consignments did business at 4554 Broad Street for nearly three years, but after the shop suddenly closed its doors in May, former employees and customers have come forward saying they never got paid and never got their items back. Instead, the transaction left Milton Davis without a penny or a painting. When one Arroyo Grande man brought in his high-dollar art to Timeless Treasures Home Consignments in San Luis Obispo, he expected to strike gold.
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