I have been a Signworld owner. After 3 years and over $200K (SBA loan, 401K and more) of trying to keep my head above water I have shut the business down and am filing bankruptcy.
What you read is true about this company and I will tell you why. Ken Kindt does not care!
Once my business was opened I felt as if I was living on an island just like Ken. Only mine was deserted. Void of help. Oh there were sales hot lines and some coaching but not the help most of the owners needed. I never saw Ken again. He never visited my store and did not contact me for over a year. And then after that never again.
All the reports I have read on this site are true. It is a Rip Off. Being a christian man I can only feel sorry for this man and those that gather around him. He truly is a devil.
I have lost so much I am not even able to begin to tell the kind of mark he has left on me. From my money to my health the impact has been almost devastating.
His failure was my expectation - that he truly understood his business and knew the type of people it took to make them successful. His greed for money overshadowed his need to screen prospective franchisees and NOT weed out those that would not qualify for a success. I believe he was smart enough to see the failures before hand. He just did not want to tell you.
His qualifications were - if you have the money - then you qualify. Oh yea, you get a nice Daddy loves you and will take care of you speech. But after the money is deposited in his account it's over.
I have heard from other owners over the years and have been saddened that my story is not unique, but more of the norm.
I do not write this with vindictiveness, because I have forgiven. I write this for those who are thinking of joining the Sign World team.
Consider yourself Warned.
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