Be very wary of KBS Corporate. I met one of their ...

Be very wary of KBS Corporate. I met one of their Directors at a Holiday Inn in January, who ran through a very slick presentation, valuing my business at a figure that nearly made me choke on my Latte. He also ran through the costs involved, assuring me that the upfront cost you pay them won t even cover their marketing costs for the first 6 months. Very tempting I thought.

I asked them to contact me about a month later, as I wanted to talk to my Accountant first to see what they made of it. They told me that the value was EXTREMELY optimistic (which I did think myself), and warned me that they were just trying to get the upfront costs out of me by grossly inflating the valuation. When KBS eventually contacted me, I emailed them back saying I won t be taking it any further, and showed them the Accountants letter. I was then bombarded by a number of phone calls and emails from different people within KBS, all of which I ignored. Finally, I was emailed by another Director, pleading with me to give them a chance. I went back to him asking for their valuation in writing, as up until this point it was only verbal.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, was the last I heard from them.