Defend & Protect Veterans From Predatory Franchisors: Fundraisers That Need Support!

Here is your opportunity to make a difference in the lives of Veterans and military families who put themselves on the line to protect the American Dream.

The rights and financial well-being of United States military Veterans are under an unprecedented attack by a failing, predatory franchise seller named JDog Franchises, LLC.

And while JDog Junk Hauling and JDog Carpet cleaning may be the most blatant examples, there are many others who are targeting and selling high-risk, high-failure rate franchises disguised as safe & profitable investments.

We have launched three fundraisers to help defend and protect the Veterans who put their lives on the line to defend & protect our freedoms.

Support Completion of “The JDog Franchise Report:  An Urgent Call to End the Exploitation of Veterans in Franchising”

“The JDog Report:  An Urgent Call to End the Exploitation of Veterans in Franchising” provides a compelling, informative case study and a call to action for individuals, organizations and governments agencies including the FTC, the SBA, the Veterans’ Administration, the IRS, Senate Subcommittees on Veterans and more.  It provides a solid, documented overview that enables for veteran advocates, veteran aid agencies, veteran legal service organizations, private attorneys and prosecutors to get up to speed quickly to aid JDog franchisees and other Veteran franchisees in need.

The JDog Report will provide a concise but thorough briefing and source material to facilitate accurate national & local media of a problem facilitated, in large part, by “fake news.”

Finally, The JDog Report provides Veterans, military families and other opportunity seekers education, insights and guidance on how to find the best, and avoid the worst, franchise opportunities, the need for professional due diligence of franchise & business opportunities, and the consequences of trust without adequate scrutiny.

“The JDog Report:  An Urgent Call to End the Exploitation of Veterans in Franchising” is currently a 50+ page draft in the final editing & fact-checking stage.  Your contribution will accelerate completion and widespread distribution for maximum impact. 

Corporate & non-profit sponsors and individual contributors of $250 or more will receive a pre-publication preview and exclusive updates on the Franchise truth for Veterans initiative.

Contribute to “The JDog Report:  An Urgent Call to End the Exploitation of Veterans in Franchising”

URL:  https://gofund.me/0b0abca6

Franchise Truth & Franchise Truth for Veterans Initiative

The predatory JDog Junk Hauling franchise – which has resulted in over 300 Veteran franchise terminations – is just the tip of the iceberg.

There is currently no meaningful oversight or enforcement of franchise laws over the claims & representations franchise sellers tell trusting Veterans & other opportunity seekers.

Some of the most predatory franchise sellers are allowed to pass off high-failure rate  franchise investments as “Veteran-Friendly” franchises by virtue of their inclusion of deceptive “Best Franchises for Veterans” lists or endorsements by seemingly reputable organizations, like the International Franchise Association’s VetFran program.

Our initial analysis of more than 100 franchises currently promoted to Veterans through the VetFran program revealed that approximately 25% have 3-year franchisee turnover/attrition rates of more than 50%.

That indicates that a high percentage of Veterans being encouraged to invest in these “Veteran-Safe” franchise opportunities will not only lose their investments, savings, credit ratings, & perhaps their homes, some may lose the security clearances that gave them access to the good-paying government and contracting jobs they had prior to their franchise investment.

Contributions to the Franchise Truth & Franchise Truth for Veterans initiatives save countless Veterans from under-informed investment decisions.  Our initial objectives are:

1) To identify & publicize which Veteran-seeking franchises have the highest turnover/attrition rates; To publish fact-based Worst Franchises for Veterans rankings to undermine paid hype & disinformation directed at Veterans, and

2)  Provide free training, instruction & insider guidance for Veterans & other opportunity seekers that cuts through the sales hype & provides a simple system for evaluating the stability and turnover/attrition rates of any franchise opportunity.

3)  To establish a website that informs, educates and advocates;  that provides true, accurate, hype-free information to Veterans and other opportunity seekers, as well as sellers, brokers, advisors & publishers of content related to Veterans in franchising.

4)  To urge every Veteran or other opportunity seeker to seek expert, unbiased analysis, due diligence and guidance from expert franchise attorneys & unaffiliated consultants (NOT franchise brokers masquerading as “free” consultants)

Contribute to:  Franchise Truth & Franchise Truth for Veterans Initiative

URL:  https://www.unhappyfranchisee.com/support-franchise-fairness/

THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.  WHAT DO YOU THINK?  SHARE A COMMENT BELOW.

Documentation & More Information:

Franchise Warning: JDog Junk Hauling for Veterans (Index)

JDOG Franchise Dream Ends in Veteran Suicide, Double Homicide

What Every Veteran Should Know About the JDog Franchise

JDog Franchise News & Discussion Newsletter Sign-Up

PETITION to Save Veteran-Owned Small Businesses NOW

List of JDog Franchisees With Closed or Failed Franchises – UPDATED

OPEN INVITATION:  Unhappy Franchisee extends an open invitation to all those discussed to provide corrections, explanations, clarifications and/or rebuttals.  We will correct factual errors & alternative views fairly.  Anonymous or signed comments are welcome below or can be emailed in confidence to UnhappyFranchisee[at]Gmail[dot]com. 

Sean Kelly is an independent investigative journalist with 35 years of franchise industry experience.  Since founding UnhappyFranchisee.Com in 2006, his reporting has exposed & shut down several predatory franchise & investment schemes.  Sean Kelly is a franchise watchdog who prompted and aided the FBI investigation that shut down the 165-victim multi-million-dollar NY Bagel franchise scam and landed perpetrators Dennis Mason & Joseph Smith in federal prison.  Sean was featured in the ABC Four Corners expose of 7-Eleven wage theft in Australia and has served as an advisor to Dateline NBC.  He has withstood bullying, intimidation & frivolous lawsuits as high as $35M and never lost.  His crack editorial staff and fact checkers include Chick, Gem, Red, Pru & Joanie the Rescue Chicken.

Contact the author at UnhappyFranchisee[at]Gmail[dot]com

This initiative is dedicated to the memory of my father, Raymond J.Kelly, who served with the U.S. Navy during WWII and piloted a landing craft in the Normandy Invasion, D-Day, at Utah Beach… and my brother Paul, who served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam.  Two honorable men that are deeply needed and dearly missed.

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