MATCO TOOLS Franchise Complaints: Have you had any dealings with MATCO Tools or the MATCO Tools franchise? Please share a comment about your experience – good or bad – below, as well as advice for those considering investing in a MATCO Tools franchise.
Also read: FRANCHISE LAWSUIT Alleges Matco Tools Scam, TD Bank Fraud
We received the following franchise warning about the MATCO TOOLS franchise opportunity. According to commenter “TOMMY CHEUNG” :
“STAY AWAY FROM MATCO TOOLS. THEY WILL SELL YOU A BILL OF GOODS,WHICH IS NO GOOD.
“RUMOR HAS IT ,MATCO MAKES MORE MONEY SIGNING NEW FRANCHISES THAN THEY DO TAKING CARE OF THEIR CURRENT ONES.
“DARYL PRITCHETT AND MIKE RAMEY WORK TOGETHER TO SIGN YOU UP AND THEN KICK YOU TO THE CURB. I AM WORKING ON A LAWSUIT AGAINST MATCO, HOPING TO TURN IT INTO A CLASS ACTION SUIT. YOU MAY CONTACT JERRY MARKS AT MARKS AND KLEIN LAW FIRM AT [redacted], IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
“I INVESTED ALOT OF MONEY IN MATCO AND AFTER 3.5 YEARS THEY SHUT ME DOWN. WHEN THE ECONOMY SLOWED IN 2008,THEY PUT ME OUT OF BUSINESS.
“I ALSO SPOKE TO A PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE, WHO CALLED ME, AND STATED THATS THE WAY MATCO DOES BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM MATCO TOOLS AND RUN LIKE HELL WHEN YOU SEE THEM. I REPEAT DO NOT BUY OR INVEST IN MATCO TOOLS…”
Marks & Klein is a legitimate franchise law firm that often represents franchisees in lawsuits against their franchisors, but we haven’t verified with them whether a lawsuit against Matco Tools is in the works or not.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS MATCO TOOLS A GOOD FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY, A FAIR FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY OR A FRANCHISE SCAM?
If you’ve had dealings with Matco Tools, please share a comment below.
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These comments were made a few days ago on Professional Distributor's page
Disgusted
Non-Matco products? Wake up. EVERYTHING Matco calls their own is a non-matco product. They only exception being the boxes. Probably why you see hundreds of Matco DBR's at the ISN show don't you think?
guest100 posted the below in response
Disgusted
You failed to mention the Matco dbr's at the ISN expo have their travel/hotel expenses completely paid for by ISN, not like the Matco expo where the dbr will pay more than DOUBLE the listed room rates and DOUBLE occupancy and it is mandatory that you book through Matco and stay at their hotel or you are not allowed into expo...
And to top it off the deals at expo are so meager that even many of the exhibitors are complaining about slow orders. Many of the exhibitors are not happy about how they are getting reamed by Matco to attend their expo.
NOW I ASK YOU
AND I SERIOUSLY WANT AN ANSWER............
Hasn't anyone questioned the pricing policies at Expo????????
I can tell you from PERSONAL experience, the first Expo I attended,
AT THE URGING OF MY DM, DESPITE THE FACT I HAD ONLY BEEN A DISTRIBUTOR FOR A FEW MONTHS
I wondered then, how Expo was cost effective??
After all, the "deals" SUCK - the pricing breaks were SO nominal my husband wanted to pass
We decided to go, ONLY because WE wanted a vacation in Mexico :)
yes,they really do need to inerview debbie, ask her if Matco added to hr route, ask her if she only worked 4 days a week,closed fridays. ask her if Matco tried o do anything else to help her.if they tried to help her i would guess most out there got offers of help but only wanted to do it there way and failed, not lies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh how sorry I feel for you..........
"Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt"
I did NOT receive any additional customers for my route, for it I HAD, I would have had someplace to go on Fridays....................
Really, now, I have NO DOUBT............
Of course
Matco ROUTINELY sells NON viable routes.....................
So, what does it really matter, what half ass, lame, sorry excuse for help they "say" they give a year later????????????
I'll tell you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, doesn't matter a damn bit!
Too little, too late
ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN SOLD A NON VIABLE ROUTE IS SCREWED
Half ass, lame, sorry excuses for help mean NOTHING a YEAR into your franchise as TOO MUCH MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN LOST
ALL ACCORDING TO MATCO'S NEFARIOUS PLAN...................
oh an BTW, shall I speak slower or in shorter posts??
Apparently, some can only respond in one, two, or three lines
AND REPEATING - ALWAYS - THE SAME DROLL , PITIFUL, SORRY, BORING MONOLOGUE
Of course, the REASONS for such childish retorts...............
THERE ARE SOME REAL ISSUES THAT MATCO AND THEIR MINIONS SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO FACE
Easier, of course, to stomp their feet, and shout out
'SHE DIDN'T DO HER JOB!"
Of course, easier, than facing FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which, BTW, will be EXACTLY what happen when Matco's feet ARE held to the fire!
THIS will not end until JUSTICE is served.
so, LEAD, FOLLOW, or get the HELL out of my way
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YOU CAN POST THERE TOO!!!!!!
Matco Tools Is NOT a good opportunity for anyone. The currently are in litigation for SBA LOAN FRUAD, FRANCHISE FRAUD, accused of "churning" distributors. The whole store can be found in the more than 4000 angry comments on:
https://unhappyfranchisee.mystagingwebsite.com/matco-tools-franchise-complaints/comment-page-86/#comment-102890
http://www.gaebler.com/Gaebler_Contact.htm
EMAIL THEM, CONTACT THEM, TELL THEM ALL ABOUT THE
SCAM THAT IS MATCO
Matco Tools Is NOT a good opportunity for anyone. The currently are in litigation for SBA LOAN FRUAD, FRANCHISE FRAUD, accused of “churning” distributors. The whole store can be found in the more than 4000 angry comments on:
https://unhappyfranchisee.mystagingwebsite.com/matco-tools-franchise-complaints/comment-page-86/#comment-102890
You should not be recommending them on your site!
http://www.empleoscb.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobResults.aspx?ncc="Matco+
Mobile Tool Sales / Franchise Distributor 950 results
YEP, the Spanish speaking job page,
Matco doesn't want to miss any market for 'marks'