
Carolyn of Brooklyn, NY on Jan. 22, 2002
My boyfriend bought a franchise through NBDS, Inc. expecting to make a lot of money. It cost him $15,000.00 down and a monthly charge of $300.00 taken from his account each month. I am a sales rep for him.
We got involved in September 2000 and went for 5 days training in Texas to prepare us for the Electronic Payment Option business. We came back with a lot of books and reference materials. We quickly began setting up the business and started going after leads. We spent more money on supplies and advertising and put many hours of work into this business. We haven't made any money yet.
I believe we were misled about the amount of success there is in this business and the only ones making money are the higher ups of NBDS. We were recently contacted by someone from California who was at training with us, and he gave up his primary business to make this work and he hasn't made any money either.
Going into business is always perilous. Those who are enticed into a business they know nothing about don't have a very good chance of success, as Carol and her boyfriend are learning.