Mister & That Dang Woman's Catering

On 2/26/20 I contracted w/ Jennifer King (JK) of Mister and That Dang Woman Catering (MATDW) to deliver food for 3/28/20 wedding rehearsal dinner & paid $758.77 in full. On 03/19/20 the event venue cancelled event citing Covid. I trusted JK to reschedule the delivery of food and did not require a refund. Rescheduled for November 29, 2020. In July I texted JK stating that I had received no confirmation by either text or email of this date change. There was no response to my 11/19/20 telephone voicemail. On 11/29/20 delivery cancelled due to JK being exposed to Covid. I tried to reschedule for 12/19/20. King stated that she needed to check w/her husband & promised, "I'll get right back to you as soon as he gets back from the farm." No response in 8 days. On 12/07/20 I emailed & texted JK my desire to cancel the contract & get a refund citing pattern of communication failure. No response. I then called her to discover she had blocked my number. On 12/15/20 my husband called Jennifer & spoke with her reiterating our desire to cancel & get refunded. Jennifer said she would get back to him in a week. She did not. She blocked my husband's cell phone number as well. Demand letter sent 12/31/20 by certified mail. No response. Filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau of Willow Springs. King ignored the BBB's request for MATDW to resolve the issue and the complaint went unanswered. On April 28, 2022 I filed a small claims court action against Mister And That Dang Woman Catering LLC in the Johnston County Court . Court date was set for June 6, 2022 and the summons properly served by Johnston County Sheriff's Department. No one from MATDW appeared at the trial so the magistrate ruled in our favor. The next step was to have the Johnston County Sheriff's Department do what is called a "writ of execution" meaning a representative of that department makes contact to arrange payment. In working with the Johnston County Sheriff's Department I discovered that ours was not the only recent small claims court case that had also won a judgement against MATDW. Jennifer King paid half of the due amount and then waited until the absolute last day to pay all of it. The final amount paid was $1019.76 which included all of the court costs for filing as well as 8% interest. If you do have a claim against MATDW, North Carolina law requires filing the small claims summons in the county the LLC's owners reside which for MATDW is Johnston County. The Johnston County Clerk of the Court is very efficient and helpful and I suggest using the free computer to research the public records. I did and discovered that Jennifer King has an extensive public record of criminal convictions. From 2001 to 2016 she was arrested and convicted for felony larceny, writing worthless checks, possession of stolen goods, obtaining property under false pretenses, shoplifting, and embezzlement from her employer. King was imprisoned for the embezzling and later was convicted of violating her probation. Jennifer King ignored all requests to resolve the issue, blocked phone numbers, banned complaining customers from reviewing MATDW on Facebook, ignored even court summons in the likely hope that unhappy customers will find the process of getting their money back to be too daunting and give up and she keeps hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. Pursue justice otherwise she's learned a new way to steal money.