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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Hey Todd you are the one obsessing over me. I am just stating facts, Matco never paid for any drag race I attended, attended 6 last year. 6 the year before couldn't do that as a dm.
Your the one going on the Internet looking for pics of me, I am just telling you I ain't that kind of a guy.
Guest you and I both know the defender sight was designed to get everyone off this potty party.
Here is another click and paste in which Matco#1 will do anything to defend Matco anywhere regardless of known situation.
Justin HooverMatco Tools
I filled out the entire form to open a franchise with the promise of a free 88 tooth ratchet. That was a load of crap. Since then I have found other sources for tools. I have lost a lot of confidence in Matco.
LikeUnlike · · September 4, 2011 at 7:27pm · Md Oconn likes this..
David Blankenship I don't understand your complaint. Not everyone gets approved for a franchise. Matco gave you a free tool just for trying. What is so bad about that? The last I checked, nobody else did anything like that.
September 7, 2011 at 3:56pm ·
LikeUnlike.Justin Hoover That's the problem, I never got the ratchet. The whole thing is off putting. Why tell me that your going to do something as simple as give me a ratchet and not follow through. What am I to come to expect once I agree to open a franchise. If I tell someone I'm going to do something I follow through. It's called trust and being trustworthy
September 7, 2011 at 4:52pm ·
LikeUnlike.Justin Hoover At this point they can keep the ratchet. I'll chalk it up as a lesson learned. I bought a ratchet from Snap-On, not because I needed it, just because. I like it, its my new go to ratchet. Something good did come of this. My Snap-On guy is cooler than I thought.
September 7, 2011 at 5:14pm ·
LikeUnlike.Richard Navarette MATCO stand for Mostly All Tools Come Overseas!!!!
September 7, 2011 at 7:34pm ·
LikeUnlike.Richard Navarette MATCO SUCKS!
September 7, 2011 at 7:34pm ·
LikeUnlike.Walter Frederick Richard,Snap On is called called Pop Off a lot.Look through my father's toolbox at work,his Snap On sockets are worn right out.It was withing 6 monthes and his dealer would not replace them under warranty.Said anything worn out is not cover...ed.Snap On now has to check boxes of broken tools sent in for a reason.One ex dealer decided to mix rocks with broken tools and did not get away with it.Most of Snap On's equipment is junk,their jacks are since they are made by Lincoln known for leaking leaving a puddle on the floor.Snap On's impacts are junk too.See More
September 7, 2011 at 8:53pm ·
LikeUnlike.David Blankenship Justin, you need to contact the DBR that you have been working with & see what's the holdup. I do know that you need to complete all the process to get the ratchet. There are some people that filled out the application & that was it. They never returned phone calls or e-mails so they dont qualify. I don't know your situation so I'm guessing.
September 8, 2011 at 11:18am ·
LikeUnlike.Justin Hoover David, thank you for your concern. Really thank you, but at this point its water under the bridge. What's done is done. I've found a new tool source. Everything is good.
September 8, 2011 at 5:07pm ·
LikeUnlike.Tom Wilhelm Justin, GOOD choice. I LOVE Matco Tools as far as boxes and tool quality. But TRUST ME, you do NOT want to be in business with them!
September 10, 2011 at 4:35pm ·
LikeUnlike.Jason Neil Tom, why so negative towards being a distributor?
September 13, 2011 at 10:13pm ·
So tell us how you turned Justin Hoover into a MATCO guy!!! Looks to me like you just GAVE UP!!!
Todd seriously looks like you are obsessed with me, I told you I am married
Todd:
That IS funny.
Just like here, MATCO#0 will dispute anything that challenges the Matco status quo and then, when it's too obvious or absurd to deny, he either changes the subject or pretends it wasn't said.
Is it possible that some robotic division of Danaher is creating androids and replacing the distributors on the Old Boys Club (soon to be the ORC)?
Guest, maybe if Debbie, Tommy, Todd and you all repost all of your reports that you have done already you will put it over the 3000 mark.
Guest you have nothing to dispute! Just because Todd can't make it on a route with 325 doesn't mean, me, and others can't.
"Guest, maybe if Debbie, Tommy, Todd and you all repost all of your reports that you have done already you will put it over the 3000 mark."
Not necessary. The Old Farts Club will come on around midnight with their budweiser-infused wisdom to pat each other on the back a few dozen times and drive the comment count up.
MATCO#0, it's good you aren't counting on those DM bonuses for signing up new dbrs, since I think 2012 is gonna be a tough years for Matco franchise sales. Thousands of comments on the complaint thread, virtually none on the defender's thread, youtube videos, well-publicized Matco lawsuits, etc. etc.
Kickbacks and bonuses will be tougher to come by this year for the OBC DMs.
And now that you admit that you don't even get comped race tickets... jeez. If I were selling Snap-on, Mac or Cornwell franchises, I'd print the address of this 3000 comment thread on my business card and paste it into every email.
What'll you change your name to next year when Entrepreneur makes Snap-on #1 after they read all these complaints? MATCO#2of2?
Matco#1
No I will get their just doing what I do best. Investigating, speaking the truth and letting people who attack and condemn others be destroyed by their own accounts.
I believe Stow, OH will get a kick out of this comment I found!!!
Cory KnoxMatco Tools
bought an mdtech plus. started reading strange, she sent it away, they sent it back and said it was a new one, but serial number is the same. Love matco tools but not picky on the customer service.
LikeUnlike · · December 4, 2011 at 7:05pm ·
David Blankenship I would guess it's new internals in the same case since it's serial number tracked for warranty.
December 4, 2011 at 7:16pm · LikeUnlike.Cory Knox still doing the same thing thoughj
December 4, 2011 at 7:33pm · LikeUnlike.Conrad Edwards Jr ha no surprise
December 4, 2011 at 8:16pm · LikeUnlike.Jason Neil buy a fluke!
December 4, 2011 at 11:19pm · LikeUnlike.Conrad Edwards Jr nothing beats a fluke
December 5, 2011 at 9:41am · LikeUnlike · 1.David Blankenship Something definitely wrong then. I've never had one come back still bad.
Matco#1 advice for Cory Knox is to buy a fluke! Who OWNS Fluke? SNAP-ON
I can honestly say in my 6 1/2 years as Matco Distributor I may have sold one Fluke meter because I refused to stock my competitors tools.
However I did stock test leads, Digital read out conversion kit upgrades, batteries and fuses and test lead ends that were purchased from FLUKE. So I could reach Snap-On customers by servicing their tools and at a cheaper price than Snap-On.
I definitely didn't send them to my competitor or stock my competitions tools when Matco made a good meter at a cheaper price.
Todd, hate to break the bad news to you DANAHER owns fluke, shoot you lie about something like that. Man you are getting desperate.