Are there any franchise owners in the house? I am considering starting a MAC Tool franchise and being an independent distributor and I would be picking up an established route. Start up costs would be around $50k for tools, and $50k+ for a truck, the franchise fees are $3,000. I have the funds to do this mostly in cash, so little to no financing, my wife has a job; there is our second source of income and insurance What should I look out for, what questions should I be asking, and what income should I look forward to if I were to apply myself full time. I have sales experience, good business sense, have worked at dealerships, and wrench my own car so walking and talking tools should not be an issue. My concerns are the things I do not know to ask. Any advice and thoughts, come on GD gurus, how about it? A Mac Tools franchise provides you with everything you need to take the road to success. Mini player download. As a Mac Tools franchisee you can be your own boss and fulfill your dream of starting your own business, whilst receiving the full support of the Mac Tools franchise team. I cant imagine it's the best business to get into. I only wrenched for 7 years but let me count our drivers. 3 Snap On drivers 4 Matco drivers 2 Mac drivers 1 Cornwell driver Seems like a lot of turnover to me. In my opinion though, all of the Snap On drivers were douches who sucked at sales, they expected the brand to sell for them. The Matco guys weren't very good at sales either, seemed to me though what really killed them was their prices were the same as Snap On or more, and their brand name just isn't as good. The first Mac driver was around for years before I started working there, I wouldn't say he was a great salesman or anything but he came in, showed us what was hot/on sale real quick, took care of any warranty stuff and was on his way to the next shop. He didn't dick around for a hour hoping someones wallet would spill open. I wouldn't of done business with his replacement though. The Cornwell guy is top notch. Great salesman and to top it off he didn't price his tools like they were Snap On. Guy would bend over backwards to take care of you. I still have his number and call him up when I need stuff just because I'd rather do business with him than order online. Originally Posted By armoredsaint: i always wondered how hard is it for those traveling salespeople, mac tools has a corp office here in town too.The biggest hassle is probably getting dead-beat mechanics to pay off their tools. I heard that quite a bit from the guys who showed up at the shop. One guy I worked with 'was joining the army' so over the course of a couple months he sold his truck brand tools off to the other guys and eventually quit. Come to find out he stopped paying the dealers and they couldn't find him to try and collect and all the tools were gone so he couldn't repo them(I mean, maybe he could of repo'd them from the guys in the shop who bought them but I'm gonna guess that's not the move you make when those people are your customers as well.) Anyways, I came to find out this guy ended up not joining the army, got a job on the other side of town and cut off contact with just about everybody he knew. That information got relayed to the dealers and dude is royally fucked now. Originally Posted By bmarshall1: Are there any franchise owners in the house? I am considering starting a MAC Tool franchise and being an independent distributor and I would be picking up an established route. Start up costs would be around $50k for tools, and $50k+ for a truck, the franchise fees are $3,000. I have the funds to do this mostly in cash, so little to no financing, my wife has a job; there is our second source of income and insurance What should I look out for, what questions should I be asking, and what income should I look forward to if I were to apply myself full time. I have sales experience, good business sense, have worked at dealerships, and wrench my own car so walking and talking tools should not be an issue. My concerns are the things I do not know to ask. Any advice and thoughts, come on GD gurus, how about it? View Quote Get the franchise disclosure document. Contact at least 10 of the folks that fell out of the system in the past year. Find out why they fell out, what the problems are etc. These folks will be your very best way to answer the question you are asking here. These folks did not make it and will know what to look out for. Call the franchise owners that are near you that are still in the system.
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