To all those that are interested in opening your own retail store, do not open a dollar store, especially one from dollar store service aka discount retail store services. they are an absolute ripoff!! i opened mine with them a year ago and have regretted it ever since. everything about how they operate felt wrong but as a 1st time business owner i figured they knew what they were doing so i followed their lead not realizing the entire time they were just lining their pockets. they gave me bad advice on leasing the store space, on how to order merchandise, and what to do if sales started dipping. what i found to be their worst offense was the amount they spent building out my store! it was only after i closed my doors that i began researching how much drss spent on the fixtures and shelving as well as signage for indoor and out door. it was a ridiculous amount! display racks they could have purchased brand new for less than $300, they ended up spending nearly a $1000 for! almost all of the store shelvings were overpriced. even completely unnecessary items like indoor signage alone cost over $6000. why? why do you need to spend that type of money to build out a dollar store! overall all it probably cost around $20,000 just for all the shelving, displays, and fixtures, this isn't even including the merchandise! the merchanidse that were pre-ordered for us were crap. i had no say in what was to be ordered, even though it was my store. i opened my store in july of 2013. by the time i closed it the next following year, there were still items that had not been sold since they ordered it for me. no lie. now i practically have to give it away for free and still i don't think anyone would want it. there's so much more that i'd like to tell anyone who's interested in drss but i'll stop here. if anyone wants the real scoop on the drss process, please email me @[email protected].
i have never been so dissatisfied with a company before in my life. drss has pretty much ruined my dreams of ever owning my own retail store.
Do Not Do Business with this company. I was in the Finance division at this company the division that does all the work now let me break down how it goes down. You pay a deposit of 500 don't pay anymore than that they will let you in for 500. Here is the thing you can't get a loan with a 500 credit score but they want you to think that so they say we have credit repair well if you have a BK on your credit that's not 7-10 years old forget it your not getting approved but they will swear by there in house credit repair that's only one person who is backed up badly and he can't repair and BK so if that's the case don't waste your money or time. Then the loans that they get you actually you can get yourself. Multiple lines of credit cards with high interest rates that they want you to liquidate into your account. Most of the businesses fail becasue you need more than 20K in working capital to open and maintain a store but they don't care as long as they get there money. They will up sale you until you have no working capital and that is a shame. Site location is all about there comission so watch them they move very fast trying to find you a location and they always try to get you a bigger location than what you need or can afford. This company is horrible they make it seem like they are getting business owners money but in true fact it's the third party brokers that get you the money Seed Capital, Excel Funding , UFS thats who gets you the money not DRSS. IF you have to do business with this company stand firm and don't let them push you around. The owner is a rxxxxx republican who loves fox news so if you want to do business with the KKK here is your opportunity.
Previous DRSS Finance Person, please please please contact me. I would like to speak with you. Unfortunately I opened my store with DRSS a year ago and my doors are now closed. I would just like to chat with you about a few things, please email me [email protected]
Discount Retail Store Services Reviews
To all those that are interested in opening your own retail store, do not open a dollar store, especially one from dollar store service aka discount retail store services. they are an absolute ripoff!! i opened mine with them a year ago and have regretted it ever since. everything about how they operate felt wrong but as a 1st time business owner i figured they knew what they were doing so i followed their lead not realizing the entire time they were just lining their pockets. they gave me bad advice on leasing the store space, on how to order merchandise, and what to do if sales started dipping. what i found to be their worst offense was the amount they spent building out my store! it was only after i closed my doors that i began researching how much drss spent on the fixtures and shelving as well as signage for indoor and out door. it was a ridiculous amount! display racks they could have purchased brand new for less than $300, they ended up spending nearly a $1000 for! almost all of the store shelvings were overpriced. even completely unnecessary items like indoor signage alone cost over $6000. why? why do you need to spend that type of money to build out a dollar store! overall all it probably cost around $20,000 just for all the shelving, displays, and fixtures, this isn't even including the merchandise! the merchanidse that were pre-ordered for us were crap. i had no say in what was to be ordered, even though it was my store. i opened my store in july of 2013. by the time i closed it the next following year, there were still items that had not been sold since they ordered it for me. no lie. now i practically have to give it away for free and still i don't think anyone would want it. there's so much more that i'd like to tell anyone who's interested in drss but i'll stop here. if anyone wants the real scoop on the drss process, please email me @[email protected].
i have never been so dissatisfied with a company before in my life. drss has pretty much ruined my dreams of ever owning my own retail store.
Do Not Do Business with this company. I was in the Finance division at this company the division that does all the work now let me break down how it goes down. You pay a deposit of 500 don't pay anymore than that they will let you in for 500. Here is the thing you can't get a loan with a 500 credit score but they want you to think that so they say we have credit repair well if you have a BK on your credit that's not 7-10 years old forget it your not getting approved but they will swear by there in house credit repair that's only one person who is backed up badly and he can't repair and BK so if that's the case don't waste your money or time. Then the loans that they get you actually you can get yourself. Multiple lines of credit cards with high interest rates that they want you to liquidate into your account. Most of the businesses fail becasue you need more than 20K in working capital to open and maintain a store but they don't care as long as they get there money. They will up sale you until you have no working capital and that is a shame. Site location is all about there comission so watch them they move very fast trying to find you a location and they always try to get you a bigger location than what you need or can afford. This company is horrible they make it seem like they are getting business owners money but in true fact it's the third party brokers that get you the money Seed Capital, Excel Funding , UFS thats who gets you the money not DRSS. IF you have to do business with this company stand firm and don't let them push you around. The owner is a rxxxxx republican who loves fox news so if you want to do business with the KKK here is your opportunity.
Stay away from DRSS!!! You have been WARNED!!!
Previous DRSS Finance Person, please please please contact me. I would like to speak with you. Unfortunately I opened my store with DRSS a year ago and my doors are now closed. I would just like to chat with you about a few things, please email me [email protected]