(FranchisePick.Com) “One would think that the UPS franchise owners would have generated a lot of support from fellow business owners… But I’ve found the UPS store owners to be a tough group to love.”
I have posted extensively on the struggles of The UPS Store franchise owners, who claim they have suffered a raw deal […]
(FranchisePick.Com) Do you believe that The UPS Store franchise has a flawed business model and unfair system that, even when diligently and faithfully implemented, is likely to fail?
This and its companion post (The UPS Store Franchise: Follow the System and Succeed!) constitute a challenge I proposed to both sides of the debate.
Believers […]
(FranchisePick.Com) Do you believe that The UPS Store franchise has a solid business model and support system that, when diligently and faithfully applied, will provide franchise owners an attractive return on their investments? Can you give an example?
This and its companion post (The UPS Store Franchise: This Dog Won’t Hunt!) constitute a […]
(FranchisePick.Com) A while back I asked: Is The UPS Store a Good Franchise Opportunity?
The 60+ responses from franchise owners were mostly negative, along the lines of:
“The Ups store franchise is a scam”
“UPS is a unique franchise as it is the only one I know of that directly competes with the owners of the stores.”
“It […]
(FranchisePick.Com) As we begin to wrap up the first year of blogging at FranchisePick.com, I’ve made a list of the companies and posts that prompted the most comments from FranchisePick.Com readers.
#1 Snappy Auctions Franchise: 600+ Reader Comments
Most-commented Post:
Is Snappy Auctions a Great Franchise Opportunity? April 20th, 2007 - 601 Comments
#2 iSOLD IT Franchise: 590 + […]
(FranchisePick.Com) The cautionary franchise tale of the Mail Boxes Etc. franchise and The UPS Store franchise continues. The UPS Store franchisee group Platinum Shield Association’s lawsuit against parent company UPS has been certified as a class-action lawsuit by a California court. A separate The UPS Store franchisee association, the Brown Shield Association, was filed against […]
(FranchisePick.Com) In its recent Open Letter to UPS Store Owners, the UPS/MBE franchise owner group called the Brown Board Owner’s Association detailed 12 serious issues and concerns that it is trying to get its franchisor, shipping giant UPS, to address. (The BBOA is not affiliated with another franchisee group, the BSA, […]
(FranchisePick.Com) According to a story in the Orlando Sentinel, UPS Store owners are angry.
In fact, more than 200 owners of UPS Stores across the country have filed a complaint against UPS and its franchiser, Mail Boxes Etc.
[Graphic: The UPS Store franchise banner]
In a filing in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the franchise owners said that […]
(FranchisePick.Com) In the 70’s, a classic Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercial showed a nun and a normal guy walking briskly, happily, and unknowingly toward a streetcorner collision. Bizarrely (in retrospect), one of them was eating out of a jar of peanut butter and the other was eating a chocolate bar. Hilarity […]
A proposed class action complaint filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court charges that shipping giant UPS (NYSE:UPS) routinely uses an inaccurate measurement system that causes thousands of franchise store owners to be back-charged for higher shipping rates.
According to the complaint, franchise owners measure packages in their stores, they charge the customer […]
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