MATCO TOOLS Franchise Complaints

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• NEVER BUY MATCO TOOLS FROM THE LONG ISLAND DISTRIBUTOR MICHAEL LINSEY. HE WILL STAB YOU IN THE BACK AND TAKE WHAT IS RIGHTFULY YOURS.

• As Phil Collins would say "There's no reply at all" "No reply at all."

• " I want those who committed crimes against me, my family, my state and hundreds of thousands of franchisees to be held ACCOUNTABLE for their CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR!!!"

  And what is your strategy for changing things, Todd A. Peterson?

  Repeating the same thing a thousand times on the same blog?

  Quoting Phil Collins?

  I think everyone gets it. You got screwed.

  Matco/Danaher are a bunch of crooks. Established.

  Nobody is policing franchising or protecting franchisees. Agreed.

  Your wish for less government came true and the Republican 1%ers are free to suck every last dollar from the middle class (who will keep voting them in). Got it.

  So what is your plan to enact change? Have you gotten involved with the state-by-state efforts to change franchise laws? Have you started a PAC?

  Isn't the real problem that franchisees don't take any action, that they just whine about the injustice but never DO anything about the situation?

  You are smart enough to have uncovered the fraud and the corrupt system...
  What are you doing about it?

  Or is this all you got?

• You know! I love every damn one of your questions! Now... My question is what the HELL can I do about it if noone is doing ANYTHING about it? I told you. I have talked to my State Reps, State Senators, State Governor, Attorney Generals office, Local Prosecutor and just what the HELL am I going to do if no one wants to do anything about it? I think I could easily be called a franchisee expert and I should have TONS of attorney's calling me to speak out against franchisors but yet my phone doesn't ring. Why? Cause I am crazy? Cause I don't know what I am talking about? I don't make sense? Or is it because attorney's know all about the franchise fraud and have made the PAC, as you stated early, against franchisees? I say to HELL with the FTC... They don't do anything for American tax payers so do away with the office. I say to HELL with the FBI. Who are they protecting? It damn sure is not the American people! Why are billions of dollars being pumped into this franchise industry as trickle down economics? How does an Arkansas franchisee secure a loan for his franchise from a bank in Atlanta, GA. where that bank receives MILLIONS of dollars each year through the New Market Tax Credit? (Trickle down economics) (Pump and Dump)

• Todd -

  Maybe you have no case.

  Maybe you are the client from hell that no one wants.

  Maybe the guys at MATCO are outsmarted you.

  Maybe all you have left is to rant on Unhappy Franchisee.

  You could take it over to Bluemaumau.org and find a new group to rant to.

• Bluemaumau.org and this site are the same. Owned by the same guy I believe. [ADMIN Note: This is incorrect. Sites are independent of each other and have different owners.]

  I don't know what good comes from any leadership in this country anymore. A bunch of Hancocks who know exactly what is going on but won't do a damn thing about it. What am I supposed to do? Mortgage my assets to go to war with felons?

  In America felons are supposed to have their rights taken away for committing these types of acts against the American people. But if no one cares if felons commit felonies and hold them accountable for their actions we get an America where CRIMINALS roam free to commit whatever crimes they wish to commit against the American people. Sad to say there are a LOT of felons working for Matco doing Danaher's bidding at the American tax payers expense.

  It is a shame when criminals roam free because an investor signs a contract that was never honored by his franchisor while the legal world hides behind an Arbitration Clause. Maybe one day I will do some GOOD! I have not signed that BULL SHIT separation paperwork Matco and attorneys want you to sign that deems the franchisee responsible for the failure of their franchise and silences them in a court of law by giving Danaher / Matco the rights to your franchise story!

  Every attorney I have hired or talked to says I have to mediate with Matco. Why? Mediating gives Matco the power to hide their fraud! I signed a contract which Matco never upheld and breached from DAY ONE! My District Manager knew it and I knew it. My only fault was taking the SHIT route Matco gave me and making a successful franchisee route out of it with hard work, good customer service and the approval of my District Manager before he was terminated. My new Matco Regional Manager (Tim Novak) had to threaten me with the loss of my franchise if I didn't surrender shops after his puppet boy (Rick Pena) could not convince me to do so.

  Tell me why a NEW Regional Manager (Tim Novak) threatens a franchisee who is working 80 hours a week and purchasing $7000 per week average in tools from Matco? That is almost twice the amount required to be at 100% the Matco average. Why would Matco who is business for franchisees to achieve this kind of success through their hard work able to be threatened by a BRAND NEW REGIONAL MANAGER? A BRAND NEW REGIONAL MANAGER who hires a SNAP ON competitor of Todd Peterson to become a District Manager in Texas when that SNAP On competitor just filed bankruptcy within the last 6 months?

  Why would Tim Novak let a failed Snap On competitor of mine take over the very customers he FORCED me to surrender after two other people failed in that route in three years? Why would Tim Novak allow a failed Snap On franchisee to be given MORE CUSTOMERS on his route than the previous two failed investors?

• Make no mistake! There are criminals in my claims! Tim Novak, Rick Pena and Anthony Kramer are ALL criminals. They should have already been brought before a Judge by an attorney but the legal world uses an Arbitration Clause to let criminals roam free. Tim Novak threatened me with the loss of my franchise if I didn't surrender shops to put a new franchisee in business. Rick Pena used lies and false information to try and convince me I had violated my contract and acted unprofessionally as a franchisee. Anthony Kramer created FALSE DOCUMENTS to support a false termination for "Good Cause", lied to me ALL the time and allowed my franchise to fail after promising me help on three separate occasions over a year and a half. Management listened to my story only to terminate me in violation of the Arkansas Franchise Practices Act.

  You call me a RANT! I call myself an American! A true AMERICAN! Who will speak out at the CORPORATE criminals who use the American people as a piggy bank to fund their criminal intent! If there is ANY ATTORNEY in this country with a spine and some back bone please contact me! I am sick of calling and trusting scum bags like Jerry and Rob who help scum bag franchisors hide their fraud from the American people. Every year Matco churns investors in their Ponzi Scheme. When I lost over 50% of my customers from 2007 to 2009 Matco stayed right on pace finding just enough new investors to replace the ones that left. Just like they do every year. Between two to three hundred leave the Matco franchise system every year. WHY?

• "I call myself an American! A true AMERICAN!"

  Yes, Todd Peterson, you are a true right-wing American. You complain about the lack of federal regulation, evil corporations and the International Franchise Association and then you support the very same political party they do.

  There are two political parties in this country. You support the one that protects the stranglehold of the 1%ers and big corporations and their exploitation of American workers. Take a look at who the IFA is in bed with. Bet its the same party you support:
  http://influenceexplorer.com/organization/international-franchise-assn/39fa1c15b3b84caebb7dd8c97156ae00

  Instead of supporting the only party that might promote more government oversight of franchising, you try to undermine them with idiotic anti-Obama, Obama isn't a citizen, birther, racist, Obama Salutes With the wrong hand, Obama is a Muslim, Clinton's caught in Sex Scandal BS and nonsense.

  In a Democracy people get the government they deserve. You got scammed because you helped create the scam. Sorry, but you got what you deserved.

  By the way, what do you think about the recent decision regarding the proposed regulation of franchisors' ability to terminate franchisees without good cause? Oh, that's right, you are too busy being a true AMERICAN to participate in the American political process.

• So we are supposed to support the Democrats because of your silliness.

  The Democrats are not business friendly to any size business.

  They are not for private sector business growth.

  They are for growth of government and government control through carbon & energy policy, health care, EPA rules, regulations and interference, taxation and tax policy.

• Todd A. Peterson:

  Hancock is right. You should stop talking like a bloody Democrat, stop calling for "government and government control" of franchising. Stop calling for regulations, interference, and taxation. Those things cost money (read: taxes)

  Be PROUD of the sacrifice you and and other MATCO franchisees have made to stimulate the economy and support job creators like Danaher. You and Matco contributors are TRUE AMERICANS.

  The money you paid to MATCO was not lost. It was spent on contributions to the IFA, who funneled it to lobbyists and elected Republican officials to keep franchising unregulated and free from interference. It was used to support the sales reps and hard working people who promote the Matco franchise opportunity to next year's "contributors," including returning Veterans whom they care very deeply about.

  It was used to pay franchise attorneys who then stimulated the local economies and supported Mercedes and Jaguar dealers, country club and resort employees. And it went to the investors and to top Matco and Danaher who could then use it to send their kids to private schools your kids could never get into anyway.

  Keep sending out that "Obama is a Muslim" propaganda on Facebook and keep supporting the same people the IFA uses to kill legislation that would make Matco and Danaher behave differently. Don't think of it as getting scammed... think of it as supporting your party!