MATCO TOOLS Franchise Complaints

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• Sounds like you do all the b——.just go away, you could not make it as a dbr,if you spent as much time on your route as you do here,you would be in the top 100.

• sounds to me like the truth hurts matcoman.

• OH my,

  seems like it is past somebody’s bed time……….. talking gibberish :)

  Maybe the OBC doesn’t like hearing the TRUTH
  Maybe the OBC doesn’t like hearing that THEY are cheating their customers!
  …………because of Matco, the distributors are RIPPING OFF customers!!
  ………………..customers that COULD buy the EXACT same stuff – CHEAPER!!!!!!

  And while I’m on THAT note,,,,,,,,,,,,, DISTRIBUTORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY
  THAT STUFF CHEAPER TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  It starts with Matco – the lies begin there…………..

• Career Builder TODAY

  Matco Tools
  HQ: Stow, OH | Approx. 1,196 active jobs

  1196 ACTIVE JOBS???????????

  REALLY???????????

  Isn’t it AGAINST FTC laws to POST Franchise Opportunities as actual job offers??

  IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!

  HOW IS MATCO GETTING AWAY WITH ****FREE*** ADVERTISING??????????

  Shameful, advertising Franchise opportunities as JOBS OFFERINGS

  hmmmmm,, guess I’ll be busy tomorrow

• From the Career Builder description:

  “If you’re looking for a quality company that offers both stability and growth, then Matco Tools is it”

  ISN’T THAT FALSE ADVERTISING??????????

  Bet Todd, Richard, Tommy, Gary, etc. didn’t feel that ‘stability’

  I’d love to know exactly how they can say “GROWTH”………… out right lie

  Does anybody know the LAWS regarding FALSE ADVERTISING???

  FIRST, there are NO JOBS AVAILABLE……only franchises for sale
  SECOND, well EVERY word in their text is just a lie!!!!!!!!!

• all their advertising is free if you think about it.
  who pays for the truck and signage—- you
  who pays for the calendars—–you
  who pays to have the warranty tools returned—- you
  who does the warranty work——- you
  who makes all the phone calls to make all this happen –you
  who pays the yearly fees to be a dbr—you
  when it all falls through who pays—– you
  so in all actuality you pay for the advertising. thats the way i see it in my world.

  the last sentence translates to: no input or opinion required from any OBCer
  it would just be a fictitious statement. google it if you dont know what it means.

• NEW graphics that will be put on Matco trucks………

  Service, Trust, Results scrolled across the bottom of the truck……….
  WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!

  TRUST?????????? are you kidding me??????????????

  Get out your checkbooks distributors…………..
  YOU have to pony up and PAY for the new stickers on YOUR truck
  (so much for YOU being IN CONTROL)

  Matco is JUST LIKE A BAD MARRIAGE>>>>>>>>>>>>>
  they NEED counseling!!

  If you’re still in, best advice?
  Keep your mouth shut and nobody gets hurt!

  until Matco kicks YOU to the curb too

  BETTER BE BUYING THE NPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  (but YOU ARE in control………..as long as you pay that bill!)

• Right on Richard!!

  The ONLY thing dbrs are in control of is WRITING THE CHECKS

  Yep, the distributors can buy their own tickets to ride on the Bankruptcy Express :(

  DBRS Pay for everything
  and when all is said and done,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the distributor is bankrupt.

• i remember going to a sales meeting several years ago and my rm was there and told us to take advantage of the lower interest rates and refinance our homes to stay afloat in our business.
  i asked if matco was going to refinance my tool note to reduce my payments and was looked at like i had lost my mind.
  mike ramey told me that it was not matcos place to do that to help me. i see so much now that was so very well hidden before.
  those of you that refuse to see it are just as bad as they are.
  matco teaches you that if you want to make it as a tool dbr then you have to deceive the public to stay in business. when i say matco i mean the ones that i have been directly involved with on a regular basis. so all you obcs dont need to reply unless you know and can disprove the circumstances i am referring to. by the way , you cant.
  in the military you learn honor and trust. they are imbedded in you and with out them you cant survive, especially in a combat environment. you have to know that everyone is going to do the job they were trained to do the very best possible way so that all can go home at the end of the mission. thats trust, with your life.
  here there is no trust. its dog eat dog. lie, cheat and steal. i am so glad to not be a part of the matco family anymore. i would rather die alone in a ditch than to be surrounded by people that have shown so much lies and deceit to try to gain my trust just to rip me off and leave me with nothing. that is so wrong.
  but its okay. those with nothing to hide will be alright, they just might have to find a new job. those of you who i am talking about, give your heart to GOD because your ass belongs to us and Jerry. i hear that train a coming. time is running out. all aboard.

• Amen Richard, good points!

  Another excellent post was made on FB tonight:
  OnceBitten TwiceShy
  You know, you guys over there at Matco should really look at stepping up your game if you’re going to play at this. Cant you come up with something more original?
  “Its a hard business” = Its a failed business model whose time has come and gone and no longer fits in the world today.
  Matco makes Toolboxes. Danaher makes all the rest of the product. And they have many more distribution channels than your truck, at much lower price points. Gearwrench, Armstrong, GP, Fluke, you name it. Today’s customer is more street smart and gets on your truck with a smartphone to compare pricing and availability to what you offer.
  Matco takes their healthy margin, then you have to add yours, by the time your customer gets the tool, its marked up so much its a fools game. On the other hand, Danaher is selling the same tool through retail outlets at 25% of the cost you charge. Do you really think your “easy financing” options are going to make that much difference at that point? Wake up man.

• Danaher contact:
  Matt R. McGrew
  Vice President Danaher Corporation
  2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, D.C. 20006
  Telephone: (202) 828-0850
  Fax: (202) 828-0860

• Another churn & burn ?

  Just read this from Matco’s FB page. A customer likes his current distributor, yet he is told by the DM there will be a new one coming by ? This sounds VERY familiar.

  “Our Matco guy is pretty awesome Keith Decker Dothan,Al. we were just informed today by the district manager here that we will get a new one, yeah ok that will last about a week, we won’t buy from him…”

• he must have used all his credit up. the new guy has more credit, just saying how i see it. been there and done that.

• Once Bitten Twice Shy FORGOT…

  According to TIM GILMORE’S video “Matco is a GREAT decision in a bad economy”.

  So How is at a HARD business?

  Why would anyone HESITATE at the opportunity to become the next SUCCESSFUL Matco Distributor?

  I’ll tell you why MR. Gillmore, Mr. Willis, Mr. Swanson, Mr. Novak and Mr. Kramer. THE WORD IS OUT!!!

  Corrupt and Gutless Matco Managers BEWARE!!!

  Your bonuses are getting cut People are starting to realize even on your own FACEBOOK page that your company is a company of LIES and DECEIT. That you thrive off and succeed as a company off the backs of GOOD, HARD WORKING and AMBITIOUS people who put their credit and savings in your hands for the false opportunities you provide.

• A friend of mine in the trucking industry said the complaints against Matco remind him of the OTR over the road truck leasing scam in his industry.

  If you know anyone in the OTR trucking industry or anyone considering becoming an owner operator, please share the link below with them.

  It seems trucking companies offer new drivers a chance to become owner operators with no money down. The companies exaggerate the miles and income they’ll provide to get them to sign a truck lease agreement. The trucking company then extracts leasing and other fees from them until they fail, then they resell the truck to someone new.

  Some victims allege their default gets them blacklisted and keeps them from getting hired in the industry ever again. If true, it’s another pretty nasty way to prey on blue collar guys/gals willing to work hard to achieve the dream of business ownership.

  Beware the OTR Truck Lease Scam
  http://www.unhappyfranchisee.com/otr-truck-lease-scam/

  Thank God for the Internet and people willing to post thousands of comments to educate and warn others!

  Thanks for keeping the conversation loud and alive!

• Attention all Matco Tools Distributors:
  Matco is pleased to announce an exciting development in the continuation of the Matco
  Tools brand transition. The new graphics for your mobile stores that feature the new
  logo and brand promise, Service. Trust. Results., will be available in the second quarter,
  following the 2012 Matco Tool Expo.

  Somebody had a sense of humor……….
  a pic was sent to me of an actual Matco truck

  HIS sign on the side of his truck?
  >>>>>>>>>RUST……….It’s what we build into every Matco toolbox :)

• Hope everyone has a safe and happy President’s Day weekend.

  Remember the great accomplishments of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

  I would say that Washington’s greatest accomplishment was being the Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution in defeating the British Empire. Washington put his military career on the line so that future Americans not yet born could live in a great nation, the United States of America.

  Lincoln’s achievements–saving the Union and freeing the slaves–and his martyrdom just at the war’s end assured his continuing fame. No small contribution was made by his eloquence as exemplified in the Gettysburg Address (Nov. 19, 1863), in which he defined the war as a rededication to the egalitarian ideals of the Declaration of Independence, and in his second inaugural address (Mar. 4, 1865), in which he urged “malice toward none” and “charity for all” in the peace to come.

  AND REMEMBER OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER

  It is important to remain vigilant and continue to voice our concerns. It is important we NOT be fooled by the absence of the OBC and their vile posts. They may not be POSTING but
  rest assured, THEY ARE READING…………… and they ARE still there.

  We HAVE won some battles but, the WAR isn’t over.

  We need to let others know the REAL Matco …………………

• I am issuing a challenge to Matco! Prove what your advertisements say involving the Vetfran Program and the opportunities for our soldiers to succeed as Franchise Owners utilizing your “BUSINESS MODEL”. Surely you can summon a FEW Distributors (who entered through the Vetfran Program) and encourage them to POST their stories of Franchise SUCCESS with their BUSINESS PARTNER (Matco).

  Come ON Matco just name 10 out of the 100s you claim to have as SUCCESSFUL Franchise Distributor.

  I bet I can name 2 that Failed to every 1 you come up with.

• sure is quiet of late. is it the calm before the storm or what. we are still here MATCO. just wanted to reassure you that we are on a mission and it will be accomplished. you done took care of the wrong people the wrong way.
  i hear that train a coming, wooo hoooo , all aboard.

  here we go on our way to stow.
  there is no place else to go.
  you took all our money
  and some lost their honey
  it makes for a very sad day
  and for that you need to pay
  how about all the vets, who
  you seemed to have taken advantage of too
  how in the world do you sleep at night
  after putting up such a dirty fight
  we all hope and pray
  that the courts will make you pay
  so as you lay down to sleep
  remember, soon it will be your turn to weep
  as we say its time to turn out the light
  remember, we have only begun the fight

  I love this country and all it stands for and i have faith that all will be made right because you people dont want to go to jail. there are so many different charges here. i hope that your lawyers are pretty good. jerry has already spanked your butts already. so he has some experience and apparently some morals too. yall could learn a little from that alone. have a nice day. im going to.

• ATTENTION: You can now view Tim Gilmore’s Matco Franchisee Ad(EDITED VERSION) on Matco Tools Facebook Page. THE FALSE SURVEY HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE!!!

  That’s right! See the video where Tim Gilmore (President of MATCO TOOLS) claims “Matco is a GREAT DECISION in a BAD economy and even better in a Good one.”

  Look at all the lies Tim Gilmore (President of Matco Tools) can sell you too and see for yourself that we here at unhappyfranchisee are just bitter Distributors who couldn’t hack it in the Franchise world. Because Tim Gilmore would never lie to pad the pocket of Danaher and its Wall Street investors.

  Watch Tim Gilmore’s video and see if you can see where the lies fall. ITS in the EYES!

• Good evening gentlemen!

  I’m sorry, I’ve been out of town and away from my computer. I may have been gone a few days, but I certainly HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN!!!!!!!!!!!

  Matco MAY be resting easy, MAY be thinking THIS has all gone away

  ……………IT HAS NOT…………. MAKE NO MISTAKE

• right on Richard!!

  right on Todd!!

  Matco MUST CHANGE their “sales” pitch to lure more suckers

  Matco MUST STOP the LIES

  Matco isn’t going to do it on their own,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, so I guess WE HAVE A JOB!!!!!

• i invested over $150,000.00 in matco tools and lost it all and was left with owing $42,000.00 in debt and bad credit. i also invested in a good lawyer to recoup my losses. im pretty sure i will get a better return for my money with the lawyer. MATCO, do you remember the big smiley face on all the wal-mart bags, well its fixing to be us.

• ***FIRST ANNUAL MATCO TOOL DISTRIBUTOR’S ASSOCIATION MEETING****

  *************Being held in Las Vegas this weekend! February 25-26*********

  I don’t want to publish our itinerary as I fear there are those that may try to disrupt our efforts! It is OUR chance to get together, meet, and seriously effect change!!!!

  Please email or call me and I will fill you in on the details.

  Look forward to seeing you there!!!!

• Career Builder JOB BOARD today:

  Matco Tools
  HQ: Stow, OH | Approx. 1,197 active jobs

  WHEN DOES IT END?????????

  WHEN IS MATCO GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT’S LIES??

  It is ILLEGAL to ADVERTISE a Franchise as a JOB POSITION on an employment site!! WHO is Matco PAYING to get around this law???????????

• why is tim gilmore posting a video of how he got where he is when it is not where he is at. hello. do they not have the money to make an updated one.
  the video says alot of things with no proof to go with it.
  major independent brand my ass. a boxtop company at best. rides on the back of others including its dbrs
  advertising- who is making the payments on the rolling billboards. who is doing all the warranty work for no compensation. who is paying the fuel bill to keep that billboard rolling.
  no overhead fees, again my ass. they are just labeled under a different name
  financing, we were always told that matco did not make any money on psa accounts. i have never known matco to do a damn thing that they didnt make money on, including its dbrs, heavily. 19% plus, you do the math. looks like it to me.
  dm’s and rm’ suck, a bunch of yes men till you need them. then its all excuses and bs. they never deliver unless it makes them money. i am still owed credits that i will never see. dont worry , Jerry will get them for me. thanks mike and brandt. i wonder where yall will go to work next. its not going to be pretty. i guess its my turn to give huh.
  i have never been to expo. never could afford to. i was always tried to be tricked into going as it would help my business. my ass. you cant make chicken soup out of chicken poop, terry taught me that.
  would rather keep current dbrs instead of losing current ones, yet to be proven.

  MATCO is so full of lies and deceit that it isnt funny. they have taken advantage of so many people that it isnt funny and they arent going to like how all this is going to come out. so who are they going to blame then. time will tell.
  put on your padded britches because your a fixin to get your ass spanked,

  CAN YOU HANDLE IT, IT’S YOUR TURN. SPANK SPANK SPANK

• Matco! When are you going to take care of the customers who want your tools in the routes that are not being serviced by DISTRIBUTORS on your Facebook Page!

  It seems that you have a large demand but are having a hard to getting NEW SUCKERS to sign up for your LIES! CHUMPS are not coming as easy these days are they Matco. Looks like the word is out and people are starting to realize that Tim Gilmore’s PLEA for NEW MEAT isn’t getting the call!

• Never seen A VICE PRESIDENT (Now President) make a video and release it to a Facebook Page where no one else who DISAGREE’s with it can let unsuspecting people who have GOOD credit and EQUITY in property know what MATCO is REALLY all about. Must be nice having a place where no one can have an objective opinion and you can tell whatever LIES and INACCURATE information you choose to tell.

  I applaud you Mr. Gilmore!!! Hide behind your facebook page and subject more people to your LIES and FALSE STATEMENTS. You are a TRUE hero to our SOLDIERS who have FOUGHT for our Country and then get suckered in to your LIES and FALSE Advertising. Investing and losing what little money they have left after they pay their bills. Stick your chest out and wave an AMERICAN flag high and then do nothing as your management sits on their hands after promising route surveys. Reject your world-class support when someone drives all the way to STOW, OH to AMICABLY discuss their FALSE TERMINATION.

  I think you have little man syndrome. Because you know their is someone bigger. I love it when little men play GOD with peoples lives. Especially when it comes to soldiers. YOU KNOW the guys who actually SERVED THEIR COUNTRY.

  Go ahead Mr. Gilmore tell them how Todd A. Peterson, Richard Brannies, Michael Gatewood, Charles Roberts, James Bunch and Warren Lawson are just morons who served their country and could not be successful because they refused Matco’s WORLD CLASS SUPPORT and BUSINESS MODEL.

  Tell everyone we were given VIABLE routes with which we FAILED because we are losers.

  But be careful Mr. Gilmore their are soldiers above who have COLLEGE DEGREES and 20+ years experience serving their COUNTRY. Did I mention that some of them are even DISABLED VETS. I think one of them even has a BRONZE STAR.

• Still waiting on all those guys who entered through the VETFRAN PROGRAM and LOVE their Matco Tool Franchises to post some positive stories. Waiting! Waiting! Waiting!

• Watch the VIDEO on Matco Tools Facebook page and see Mr. Gilmore’s eyes squint and close completely when he says those words “UNMATCHED SUPPORT”.

  I don’t think anyone FEELS comfortable lying.

• EVERYONE THAT IS ON FACEBOOK – ATTENTION!!!!!

  GilmoreLIES
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prdw4CKSX7E
  A recruiting video for Matco Tools quotes a US Department of Commerce study that NEVER existed.

  POST MY VIDEO

  COPY AND PASTE TODD’S OBJECTIONS – MATCO CANNOT BLOCK EVERYONE
  Todd A. Peterson on February 22nd, 2012 9:55 am
  Never seen A VICE PRESIDENT (Now President) make a video and release it to a Facebook Page where no one else who DISAGREE’s with it can let unsuspecting people who have GOOD credit and EQUITY in property know what MATCO is REALLY all about. Must be nice having a place where no one can have an objective opinion and you can tell whatever LIES and INACCURATE information you choose to tell.
  I applaud you Mr. Gilmore!!! Hide behind your facebook page and subject more people to your LIES and FALSE STATEMENTS. You are a TRUE hero to our SOLDIERS who have FOUGHT for our Country and then get suckered in to your LIES and FALSE Advertising. Investing and losing what little money they have left after they pay their bills. Stick your chest out and wave an AMERICAN flag high and then do nothing as your management sits on their hands after promising route surveys. Reject your world-class support when someone drives all the way to STOW, OH to AMICABLY discuss their FALSE TERMINATION.
  I think you have little man syndrome. Because you know their is someone bigger. I love it when little men play GOD with peoples lives. Especially when it comes to soldiers. YOU KNOW the guys who actually SERVED THEIR COUNTRY.
  Go ahead Mr. Gilmore tell them how Todd A. Peterson, Richard Brannies, Michael Gatewood, Charles Roberts, James Bunch and Warren Lawson are just morons who served their country and could not be successful because they refused Matco’s WORLD CLASS SUPPORT and BUSINESS MODEL.
  Tell everyone we were given VIABLE routes with which we FAILED because we are losers.
  But be careful Mr. Gilmore their are soldiers above who have COLLEGE DEGREES and 20+ years experience serving their COUNTRY. Did I mention that some of them are even DISABLED VETS. I think one of them even has a BRONZE STAR.

• you can also send a MESSAGE to every person (almost every person) that posts a comment on Matco’s facebook, just message them with Todd’s comments

  I am…………

  Todd A. Peterson on February 22nd, 2012 9:55 am
  Never seen A VICE PRESIDENT (Now President) make a video and release it to a Facebook Page where no one else who DISAGREE’s with it can let unsuspecting people who have GOOD credit and EQUITY in property know what MATCO is REALLY all about. Must be nice having a place where no one can have an objective opinion and you can tell whatever LIES and INACCURATE information you choose to tell.
  I applaud you Mr. Gilmore!!! Hide behind your facebook page and subject more people to your LIES and FALSE STATEMENTS. You are a TRUE hero to our SOLDIERS who have FOUGHT for our Country and then get suckered in to your LIES and FALSE Advertising. Investing and losing what little money they have left after they pay their bills. Stick your chest out and wave an AMERICAN flag high and then do nothing as your management sits on their hands after promising route surveys. Reject your world-class support when someone drives all the way to STOW, OH to AMICABLY discuss their FALSE TERMINATION.
  I think you have little man syndrome. Because you know their is someone bigger. I love it when little men play GOD with peoples lives. Especially when it comes to soldiers. YOU KNOW the guys who actually SERVED THEIR COUNTRY.
  Go ahead Mr. Gilmore tell them how Todd A. Peterson, Richard Brannies, Michael Gatewood, Charles Roberts, James Bunch and Warren Lawson are just morons who served their country and could not be successful because they refused Matco’s WORLD CLASS SUPPORT and BUSINESS MODEL.
  Tell everyone we were given VIABLE routes with which we FAILED because we are losers.
  But be careful Mr. Gilmore their are soldiers above who have COLLEGE DEGREES and 20+ years experience serving their COUNTRY. Did I mention that some of them are even DISABLED VETS. I think one of them even has a BRONZE STAR.

• Todd is RIGHT

  Ever watch that show “Lie to Me”

  Gilmore exhibits ALL the mannerisms of somebody that is telling a LIE!

• you watch to much tv, just because it is on tv does not make it real,get a life out there you all are nuts.

• The Truth,

  How matco screws people has nothing to do with t.v. We all have a life and a family and its not with matco, because you are not family with matco, you are just a temporary number who will be replaced.

  Lets get this right, you are saying hundreds who have been wrongfully terminated by matco are nuts an matco would not terminate for any reason and the president of matco,Tim Gilmore, wasn’t caught in a lie, right?

  The truth, YOU ARE LIVING A LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  In the alleged lawsuit, it say;s matco provided false numbers to T.D bank to get distributors approved, is that a lie?

  IF YOU THINK MATCO IS HONEST, THEN HUNDREDS OF US OUT HERE ARE FOOLS AND LIVING A DREAM,RIGHT? WRONG MATCO WILL SCREW YOU AND MANY MORE TO PAD THEIR POCKET, THEIR DISTRICT AND REGIONAL MANAGERS ARE LIARS, AS WITH TIM GILMORE.

  The Truth, come join us on this train to stow and JERRY AND THE GANG CAN HELP YOU TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!WE WONT LEAVE YOU OUT IN THE COLD THE WAY MATCO DOES.

• Has anyone sent messages to schmaucher racing on how matco does business, just to get the message out? I have sent numerous messages to them to checkout this site and other matco complaints.

  ALSO REMEMBER TO POST ANYWHERE,EVERYWHERE, AND ESPECIALLY ON CRAIGSLIST, I HAVE HIT NUMEROUS CITIES, INCLUDING PRESCOTT VALLEY, WHERE MY FRIEND , DON LIVES, WITH HIS LEMONADE STAND.

  craigslist- everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Yes! I did! That is where this response came from. I truly believe Tony, Antron and all the other sponsored drivers don’t have a clue to what has been done to us and the lengths Matco will go to cover it up.

  If they knew the truth what could they do?

  Would they do anything about it?

  First thing that would have to happen would be they would have to LISTEN!

  Do you think Matco would want them to LISTEN!

  I would love to talk to Antron Brown or Tony Schumacher and be able to prove (which I can) what Matco has done with my success and then the extent they went to to terminate my Franchise.

  ANY takers???

• thetruth,

  The truth is TIM GILMORE (PRESIDENT OF MATCO TOOLS) will say ANYTHING to get another person to sign up as a Matco Franchisee and laugh all the way to the bank when they have done it. Knowing they will be given an UNVIABLE route to start with.

  Why would TIM GILMORE remove part of his original video if he were not caught in an outright LIE?

  Why is TIM GILMORE still allowed to lie when he states that “Matco is a GREAT DECISION in a bad economy and even better in a GOOD one.”

  If you are seeing more people leave your Franchise than signs up to start are you doing well in a BAD ECONOMY?

  Is it okay for the President of the COMPANY to lie about it?

• According to the internet the paragraph below enables Matco to claim its BOGUS #1 Ranking on Entrepreneur m Magazine:

  Franchisors are judged by an independent auditor and measured by a set of objective, quantifiable criteria, including financial strength and stability, growth rate, and size of the system. Also measured are the number of years the company has been in business, the length of time it’s been franchising, startup costs, litigation, percentage of terminations and whether the company provides financing. Those companies that receive the highest cumulative scores join the prestigious Franchise 500.

  So my questions are:

  1) How can a company who has not grown in 5 years be a #1 Franchise?

  2) If a company Terminates or has Franchisees leave the system because they couldn’t make money with the UNVIABLE routes they were given. How can they be considered a #1 Franchise?

  3) If a Vice President (Now President) has to FALSIFY a RECRUITMENT video just to get UNSUSPECTING INDIVIDUALS to get involved in his MALICIOUS Franchise opportunities. How can they be considered a #1 Franchise?

• After 2 weeks I finally got that phone call with Beth Solomon.

  After leaving several messages and a couple of emails Beth Solomon (Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Industry Relations.) has informed me that a few Franchisees who don’t succeed in the Franchises offered doesn’t make the Franchisor a bad opportunity for all. She assured me that she would look into it but would not give me her time to explain the extent or show her (Since I have proof) that Matco will do anything they want including violating IFA rules and FTC rules in an effort to terminate those whom they choose to leave regardless of individual success.

  I pointed out Veterans like Michael Gatewood, Richard Brannies, James Bunch, Charles Roberts and myself whom feel differently but she again told me there was not much she could or would do.

• Why does Vetfran, a program founded by the IFA (International Franchise Association) and led by Don Dwyer Sr., exhist?

  Because it is influenced by our Government?

  Why would Matco give away $5000 LIST COST in free hardline tools to new Veteran’s who enter into Franchises? ($5000 list product, minus 40% profit margin, minus mark up when sold to a Distributor=< than $2000 Matco cost)

  What does Matco get?

  The IFA has partnered with the White House Joining Forces Initiative, the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in this unprecedented recruitment effort. Our members are setting company targets through the VetFran program, which offers recruitment tools and solutions as well as outreach to veterans. With the enactment of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, a veteran unemployed for over a month yields a tax credit to employers of $2,400. If a veteran has been unemployed for over six months, the credit is $5,600. The credit is $9,600 for hiring a veteran disabled in a combat zone who has been out of work for more than six months. The bill passed the House and Senate without opposition.

  Isn't Richard Brannies, James Bunch and others Disabled Vets.

  How do they fell now that I have exposed the TRUTH about BIG Corporations who promise and don't deliver their Franchise opportunities and are allowed to PROFIT at the expense of those who served their COUNTRY?

• Who was Don Dwyer Sr.?

  Don Dwyer Sr. is the owner of the Don Dwyer Group. Which is a group of Franchise opportunities for those who are seeking to be owners of their own business.

  Why would Don Dwyer lead the Vetfran initiative in Congress?
  He was a Franchisor.

  What does anyone who knows Don Dwyer think Mr. Dwyer would say of BIG Corporations who use VETFRAN to target Veterans with their Unprofitable and Maliciously misled Franchisee Opportunities if he was still alive?

  You take a GOOD thing! Let the government get involved and look what happens!

  Big Corporations PROFIT off of Failed Veteran Franchises and NOONE CARES!!!

• If you are a Veteran and are thinking about Franchising. PLEASE! Do your homework!

  1) Call the people on the UFOC. Ones who have FAILED and are ACTIVE.

  2) Read your UFOC front to back and KNOW IT.

  3) If it seems unfair and lopsided. IT IS!

  4) Pay an Attorney a little money to research your Franchise. Make sure that attorney is not BIAS.

  5) The best way to find out about a particular Franchise is Internet Research.

  6) Any Franchisor that has to entice you with incentives to invest. BEWARE!!!

  7) If you turn your ear to my advice about Matco. You deserve what you get!!!

  8) Run from the Matco Franchise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Any Vice President (Now President) who makes a Recruitment Video and then edits it and still lies on it. Is not worth investing your money in.

  Watch the VIDEO and see Tim Gilmore’s eyes squint when he says those words “Unmatched Support”.

• Found this on Matco Tools Facebook Page:

  Hi Carl, I tried but Im done.Im not paying for a rusting toolbox.I have paid close to 5000.00 for 1 1/2 years use,You have seen that I waxed and did take care of this Matco toolbox but its rusting you have the pictures and came out to Auto Dynamics of Largo and saw it for yourself.
  I will be stopping payment on this Box, also I need you to have Bob Auld pick it up the week of 2/26 2012.

  I feel that having paid 5000.00 for 1 1/2 years use your company Matco has done very good considering you sold me a Defective toolbox,but I will not pay any more than I have.In Auto Dynamics of Largo there is another Matco box that the paint has failed on and is a yellowish color what ever problems your company has I will not trust another from Matco. If life was fair I would want some money back.I have replaced the box with a Montezuma that costs 6400.00 It is 75.5 tall and 110 inches long.

  Kenneth M Darby

• TODD

  WHAT THE HELL!!
  Matco did not replace the toolbox, mine have always been replaced with new then I sell the old rustbucket with no warranty per Matco…

  Is that the new policy now??

  I dont read Spacebook so I am out of the loop…

• I have also noticed it is common policy for the toolbox plant to ship out damaged boxes and carts then wait for the dbr to call it in…I have had numerous boxes/carts shipped out to me with the cardboard packaging perfect when I receive it and not useable when opened…when I refuse to pay for them Matco pawns them off to other dbr’s at a small discount…

• Does anyone here hold real jobs or do you just sit around and bitch about what lousy decisions you’ve made for yourself?

• Tax Payer

  I paid mine! As far as I know I am an American. I was BORN here. I have my birth certificate here. I don’t have a TAX SHELTER in the CAYMAN ISLANDS. So, if you are pissed that I have time to sit on my computer and look up FACTUAL information about our Government and Big Corporations who seem to have a stronghold on our Government. Backing programs like Vetfran who after speaking to Beth Solomon seem to not be interested in only promoting Matco’s Malicious and False opportunity but getting those soldiers gathered and served for their CHURN and BURN Franchise Opportunities. TOUGH SHIT!!!

• We are all tax payers unlike matco , who screws American Tax payers out of miilions as alleged in a lawsuit.

  Tax Payer, YOU MAY HAVE NOT BEEN SCREWED BY MATCO, BUT YOU WILL AND WHEN THEY DO CALL JERRY MARKS, UNLIKE MATCO WE WONT KICK YOU TO THE CURB, WE WILL HELP YOU.