I met Steve and Marti Bolles (owners of Merchants Barter Exchange) at a Christian networking event 4 months ago. They professed to be born-again Christians like myself and I believed them. Today, my bank account is almost empty and my VISA card has over $17, 000 of unauthorized purchases on it. Someone stole my identity and ripped me off. The ONLY people I gave my banking and credit card information to was a sales rep at MBE that Steve asked to call me. I was interested in buying one of their "franchises" but abandoned when I could not... read full review »