This company send out notices and forms acting as though they are an official branch of the government. they are very clever in notifying the business owner, providing a form, with instructions for payment, and a deadline. No where did it mention that it was a third party agency. worse they charge 150 bucks to do something that costs only 34 dollars at the county recorder. I stupidly sent in the form (crossing off another thing on my to do list), sent in the check, which they cashed, but they never did the renewal! Now i see that they are indeed scammers. This should be illegal.
they also were very smart to ask for a check payment and not a credit card, as this could easily be disputed.
I got another notice today from them saying in caps "IMPORTANT: FINAL NOTICE FOR FICTIOUS BUSINESS NAME RENEWAL APPLICATION" . It sounds pretty offical doesn't it. Again, nowhere did it say that it was acting as a third party intermediary to help my business with the filing. It looks official when in fact they aren't, and they didn't even perform the service which i grossly overpaid.
Stay away from this company! Someone should really file a class action lawsuit.