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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 5303201" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>The experiences of your friend were exactly the same as those experienced by a guy I know who had a Snap On franchise/sales contract. After overpaying to buy it from the previous holder commissions , support , tool quality went down and down with it went brand loyalty In the end he sold it for whatever he could salvage out of it.</p><p></p><p>The contract lugging of boxes for Fat Freddy is becoming a similar story. The ground contractors who believe that their salvation lies in hauling Express freight are only kidding themselves. They'll be hauling more boxes on near nonexistent margins and subjected to very stiff and punishing penalties for not making time commitments.</p><p></p><p>Once upon a time hauling B to B boxes for Roadway while not perfect it was something you could live with. But, when Fat Freddy and his lap dogs got a hold of it several Express employees told me that it would not be a pleasant experience...They were correct. </p><p></p><p>Two, three years ago FXG contracts were in hot demand but thanks only to contract flipping speculators and above market margins. Today, thanks to Fat Freddy having shifted the balance decidedly back in his favor both the margins and the speculators are long gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 5303201, member: 58386"] The experiences of your friend were exactly the same as those experienced by a guy I know who had a Snap On franchise/sales contract. After overpaying to buy it from the previous holder commissions , support , tool quality went down and down with it went brand loyalty In the end he sold it for whatever he could salvage out of it. The contract lugging of boxes for Fat Freddy is becoming a similar story. The ground contractors who believe that their salvation lies in hauling Express freight are only kidding themselves. They'll be hauling more boxes on near nonexistent margins and subjected to very stiff and punishing penalties for not making time commitments. Once upon a time hauling B to B boxes for Roadway while not perfect it was something you could live with. But, when Fat Freddy and his lap dogs got a hold of it several Express employees told me that it would not be a pleasant experience...They were correct. Two, three years ago FXG contracts were in hot demand but thanks only to contract flipping speculators and above market margins. Today, thanks to Fat Freddy having shifted the balance decidedly back in his favor both the margins and the speculators are long gone. [/QUOTE]
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