WikidFranchise

ANALOGY: Human death that occurs under certain situations is investigated by a competently trained medical specialist. Franchises that do not achieve financial health can be studied in a similar manner.

WikidFranchise's risk indexing system suggests franchised and non-franchised business do not have similar risk profiles at all. The majority occur during the relationship when the danger is difficult to remedy.

1. 1 per cent of population are psychopaths
2. 1,001 ways to make your life miserable
3. 1/3 franchises do well, 1/3 break even & 1/3 lose money
4. 100 per cent of settlements have gag orders
5. 101 ways to terminate a contract
6. 1st generation of investors knowingly sacrificed
7. 2 per cent of valid claims make it to Trial
8. 20 terminations turn into 200
9. 30 different programs of kickbacks, shelf allowances and inside money
10. 4 per cent of population have been fraud victims
11. 40 per cent of franchisees have unsuccessful relationship with franchisor
12. 44 charges of professional misconduct
13. 5,000 new lawsuits per year in Ontario, Canada
14. 55 per cent of franchisees would not advise others to join their system
15. 75 per cent of new franchise systems die within 10 years
16. 80 per cent of food distributed by 2 vertically-integrated groups of companies in Ontario, Canada
17. 95 per cent of legal fees are paid by franchisors
18. A man in debt is so far a slave
19. Able to finance and sell negative cash flow franchise on crooked appraisals
20. Abolish the FTC Rule
21. Abuse inherent in modern franchising
22. Abuse of business, regulatory & political authority can destroy people
23. Abusive relationships of all kinds affects people deeply
24. Academic research
25. Academic scorn
26. Accept the new contract or you're terminated
27. Access to justice
28. Access to knowledge is a right
29. Accounting fraud
30. Accounting, creative
31. Activism over the internet
32. Activists
33. Ad hominem attack
34. Advance-fee fraud
35. Advertising fund buys franchisor’s assets
36. Advertising fund paid to executives
37. Advertising fund put into general franchisor's coffers
38. Advertising fund use disagreements
39. Advertorial
40. Advice from franchise lawyer only
41. Affinity fraud
42. Affordable, early and non-legal dispute resolution mechanism
43. Afraid to talk
44. Agree with proposed law or you get nothing
45. Air of desperation
46. Al Rosen
47. Alan Eagleson
48. Alberta Franchise Act, Canada
49. Alcoholism
50. Alien Tort Claims Act
51. Alpha Male attorney
52. Alternate dispute resolution, ADR
53. American Association of Franchisees and Dealers, AAFD
54. American Bar Association, Forum on Franchising
55. American Dream
56. American Franchisee Association, AFA
57. Anchoring and adjustment heuristic sometimes leads to very bad decisions
58. Anger
59. Anonymous: leaderless on-line resistance subculture
60. Anti-trust provisions not applied to franchising
61. Antitrust violations
62. Any pretence will do
63. Apologists
64. Appearance of government oversight
65. Appraisals grotesquely inflated
66. Appraisals, highest one chosen by lender
67. Appraiser and lender has cozy, repeat-business relationship
68. Appropriate franchise law
69. Arbitrate or litigate?: Franchisors will do what is in their best interests
70. Arbitration award overturned
71. Arbitration conceals facts from public
72. Arbitration decision can't be appealed
73. Arbitration firms have repeat business from franchisors
74. Arbitration is a private law that is much more influenced by money
75. Arbitration, heavy upfront fees
76. Arbitration, mandatory and binding
77. Arbitration, transparent
78. Architectural conservation
79. Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000, Canada
80. Arthur Wishart Amendment Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2010, Canada
81. Ask an experienced copper, regional banker or general lawyer what they think of franchising
82. Asking the fox if the henhouse is safe
83. Assault
84. Asset appraisals inflated
85. Asset-based lending
86. Assets put in spouse's name
87. Assets sold for fraction of cost or value
88. Assuming a busy store is a profitable store can be very dangerous
89. Attempt to pull down website/weblog/wiki
90. Attempts to rehabilitate image
91. Attorney seeds the destruction of his own client's case
92. Australia Franchise Act
93. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ACCC
94. Australian state franchise legislation, 2010
95. Authority and credibility of the state used to favor a specific corporation
96. Auto dealers did not help strengthen general franchise law
97. Award-winning franchisees
98. Awareness
99. Bad faith and unfair dealings
100. Badge of Authority persuasive technique
101. Bailiff throws equipment and supplies in street
102. Bait advertising
103. Ban corporate and union political donations
104. Ban disclosure requirements as they give investors a false sense of security
105. Ban fast food toys
106. Ban gag orders
107. Ban junk food
108. Ban mandatory arbitration in franchise contracts
109. Ban waivers of legal rights
110. Bandwagon effect
111. Bank account access by franchisor
112. Bank Act, Canada
113. Bank alerts franchisor of problem franchisee
114. Bank allows franchisor to take money from franchisee's account over the lending agreement limit
115. Bank calls in debt
116. Bank card skimming fraud
117. Bank CEO's pay
118. Bank fails to inform Privacy Commission of breach
119. Bank fraud
120. Bank has a higher standing as creditor than fraud victims
121. Bank of Montreal, BMO
122. Bank of Nova Scotia, Scotiabank
123. Bank pays franchisor with franchisee's funds
124. Bank presents offer with material facts missing
125. Bank refuses to provide mandatory documents
126. Bank renegotiates loan with greater personal guarantees than allowed by law
127. Bank stock price seemingly impervious to scandal
128. Bank sues person they gave documents to
129. Bank sues person who reported privacy violations
130. Bank violates federal privacy laws
131. Bank won't finance deal because they know something you don't
132. Banker says franchised is less risky than independent business
133. Bankrupt is bankrupt whether you put $1 or $1 million in at first
134. Bankruptcies, several
135. Bankruptcy
136. Bankruptcy lawyer going bankrupt
137. Bankruptcy was inevitable the moment the contract was signed
138. Bankruptcy, both franchisee and spouse
139. Bankruptcy, first the company and then you personally
140. Banks
141. Banks allegedly mastermind fraud
142. Banks are industry cheerleaders
143. Banks as fraud victim
144. Banks collude
145. Bar associations
146. Barfblog.com: the straight goods on food safety
147. Bargaining
148. Basic legal standards inapplicable to franchisees
149. Be your own boss
150. Beggars can't be choosers: take what you're given and shut up
151. Believe and Succeed mantra
152. Bernard Madoff-type scheme
153. Best to leave the country for awhile
154. Betrayal
155. Beyond the Tipping Point
156. Bias: Fundamental attribution error (overvalue personality versus situation)
157. Bias: Illusory superiority (overestimate positive and underestimate negative traits)
158. Big Auto
159. Big Franchising
160. Big Grocery
161. Big Grocery's food safety record
162. Big Oil
163. Big Pharma
164. Big Tobacco
165. Blackmail
166. Blame the victim (Just-world effect)
167. Blame themselves
168. Blocking for the industry
169. Blogs
170. Blogs: most effective means to justice
171. Blue chip
172. Bob “Bhupinder” Baber
173. Bootstrapping the assets of a corporation
174. Boycott
175. Boycott jurisdiction that has pro-franchisee policies
176. Brand backlash: franchisees suffer because brand owners screw up
177. Branding mumbo jumbo
178. Breach of contract
179. Breach of duty
180. Breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing
181. Breach of trust
182. Bribery
183. British Franchise Association, BFA
184. Broken relationships, ruined lives and alienated children
185. Build up the business so they can take it
186. Bullshit baffles brains
187. Bullying
188. Business Development Bank of Canada, BDC
189. Business model had never created adequate investor returns
190. Buy local products
191. Buying a job
192. Buying an existing outlet even riskier than a new one
193. Buying co-operatives
194. Buying efficiencies never make it to franchisees
195. Call for a public enquiry
196. Call for franchise law
197. Call for state to investigate their undue influence
198. Call to investigate refusal to enforce their code of ethics
199. Can’t sue
200. Can’t talk to media
201. Canada Small Business Financing Act
202. Canada Small Business Financing program
203. Canada: An unwise place to investCanada: An unwise place to invest
204. Canada: white-collar crime haven
205. Canada-U.S. relations
206. Canadian Alliance of Franchise Operators, CAFO
207. Canadian Broadcasting System, CBC
208. Canadian competition rules a farce
209. Canadian Franchise Association, CFA
210. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, CIBC
211. Canadian securities regulation weakest link into North American capital markets
212. Cancer
213. Cannibalization of sales
214. Cannon fodder
215. Can't afford to sue
216. Can't buy local producers' products
217. Can't buy lower priced products
218. Can't collect on court decision
219. Can't sue: must arbitrate as defined by franchisor
220. Can't talk to politicians
221. Career Limiting Move, CLM
222. Casinos used to launder money
223. Catastrophic sales decline
224. Cat's-paw: being used unwittingly to do another’s bidding
225. Caveat emptor canard
226. Celebrity endorsement
227. Central commissary
228. Centralized order taking system problems
229. CEO pay package
230. Change in store format
231. Changes in established franchisor policy results in termination
232. Chapter 11
233. Character assassination
234. Charade of public consultations
235. Charity without hustling customers and franchisees
236. Check kiting
237. Chief Counsel, IFA
238. Child labour
239. Childhood obesity
240. Churning (serial reselling)
241. Civil actions are never heard before a jury in Canada
242. Civil service refuses to answer request for information
243. Class action lawsuits are an unproven form of remedy
244. Class action lawsuits benefit lawyers, not franchisees
245. Class action lawsuits forbidden in contract but allowed by Courts
246. Class action only as good as the lawyers involved
247. Class-action dead end
248. Class-action lawsuits: lawyers take majority of risks & spoils
249. Clinical depression
250. Close store if staff unionizes
251. Close ties: IFA & CFA
252. Co-branding
253. Co-branding forces untried/loser business model onto existing franchisees
254. Co-branding promise works out for franchisors
255. Co-branding: hitching future to a dying star?
256. Code of ethics, a joke
257. Code of ethics, almost never enforced
258. Coerced waiver of jury trial
259. Coerced waiver of legal rights, self
260. Coerced waiver of legal rights, self & descendants
261. Coerced waiver of punitive damages
262. Cognitive Dissonance: stress caused by holding 2 contradictory opinions at 1 time
263. Cognitive fluency: what is seen simpler, is perceived to be more true
264. Collaborators
265. Collective bargaining
266. Collective bargaining used in franchise agreements
267. Comedy
268. Comments on article are interesting
269. Commercially reasonable exercise of discretion
270. Commission with investigation, publication and enforcement powers
271. Communities ban franchises
272. Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, CCAA
273. Company man
274. Company-owned stores given preferential treatment
275. Competence
276. Competition Act, Canada
277. Competition Bureau
278. Competition rulings
279. Complaint letter to franchisor's trade association
280. Concept is a fad
281. Confidence by the public is a necessity for any commercial activity
282. Confidence game
283. Confidence in judiciary eroded
284. Confidentiality agreements masks opportunism
285. Confidentiality provisions help all parties except the majority of franchise investors
286. Conflict of interest
287. Conflict of interest, trustee/consultant
288. Congressional Hearings, United States, 1997
289. Conspiracy
290. Conspiracy to commit fraud
291. Conspiracy to hide the true nature of events in order to avoid detection
292. Conspiracy to market and sell a doomed to failure franchise
293. Conspiracy to use unlawful means
294. Contempt for democracy
295. Contempt for the law
296. Contempt of court
297. Contingency fees
298. Contracts across systems are virtually the same
299. Contracts seen as unenforceable or void
300. Controlling, trapping or defeating the franchisee
301. Converted managers into franchisees
302. Convicted felon
303. Convicted fraud artist
304. Convicted of spousal assault
305. Cooperative business model
306. Cooperative purchases by franchisees
307. Cooperatively owned franchise system
308. Corporate governance
309. Corporate stores competing with franchisees
310. Corporate stores get better deal than franchisees
311. Corruption
312. Cost of doing business
313. Cost-benefit analysis
314. Costs of scandals
315. Counterfeiting
316. Coupon programs (forced) destroy franchisee margins
317. Courage
318. Court decision favorable to franchisees
319. Court decision never covers all franchisee's loses
320. Courts extremely picky about shoddy disclosure practices
321. Courts misunderstand relationship
322. Courts refuse to renegotiate any business deals
323. Credence good
324. Credence good fraudulent expert
325. Credence goods: taking advantage of the innocents
326. Credibility
327. Credit card fraud
328. Credit note system
329. Crime enabled by solicitor:client privilege
330. Criminal charges
331. Criminal interest rates
332. Cross-default provisions (lose one store, you lose them all)
333. Crown corporation
334. Cruellest lies are often told in silence
335. Cult-like activities
336. Culture means much more than $ to some people
337. Cultural louts
338. Current franchisees can’t talk freely
339. Customer list control moves from franchisee to franchisor
340. Cyber-bullying
341. Danger to self or others
342. Darrell Donafon
343. Dave Michael & Tony Fammartino
344. David and Goliath story
345. Deadbeat systems exported oversees to the unsuspecting
346. Deanne de Leeuw
347. Death
348. Death threats
349. Death wish
350. Death-spiral financing
351. Deborah Williams & Richard Welshans
352. Debt is nullified
353. Debt traps
354. Deceit
355. Deceptive business practices
356. Deceptive marketing practices
357. Deemed reliance
358. Definition of what is a franchise is very broad
359. Defrauded more than once
360. Defrauding the public
361. Dehumanization
362. Delaware-based corporation
363. Delay costs economy millions and millions
364. Delay delivery to price fix
365. Delusional or magical thinking
366. Democracy: 4 wolves and 1 sheep decide what's for dinner
367. Denied expansion for inappropriate reasons
368. Deny expansion because of media, political or association involvement
369. Deposit money not refunded
370. Designed to fail as franchise investment
371. Desperate to sell any franchise for any price
372. Detrimental reliance
373. Development agents really just mini-franchisors
374. Development deal collapses before risk shifted from initial investors to sub franchisees
375. Development deal hyperbole
376. Dickhead franchisees
377. Difference between appraised and market value equipment and leaseholds funds fraud
378. Different deals for different dealers
379. Difficult to trust again
380. Difficulty in maintaining long-term relationships
381. Digital advocacy
382. Dire warnings unsubstantiated with data
383. Disabled veteran
384. Disbarred
385. Disclosure document certificate
386. Disclosure document is deficient
387. Disclosure document is so deficient it is ruled no disclosure
388. Disclosure document must be registered and valid
389. Disclosure document must disclose all material facts
390. Disclosure document must include third party contracts (suppliers)
391. Disclosure document: best franchisor selling tool
392. Disclosure document: one, bound and delivered at the same time
393. Disclosure documents never given
394. Disclosure documents not given within proper timeframe
395. Disclosure laws do not reduce fraud
396. Disclosure laws: 10 per cent solution
397. Disclosure laws: false sense of security
398. Discount programs destroy retail margins but boost wholesale profits
399. Discrimination
400. Disgraced attorney
401. Disgruntled
402. Dispute resolution
403. Dispute resolution means franchisee goes broke
404. Disputes heard on franchisor’s home turf
405. Dissent
406. Divide and conquer
407. Divorce
408. Do the old franchisees get the same deal as the new ones?
409. Do what we say or we'll sue you
410. Documents changed without authorization
411. Dog and Pony show
412. Don’t buy any franchise?
413. Don’t owe your lawyer money
414. Don't owe your franchisor money, ever
415. Don't use a brand name franchise lawyer
416. Drive them out of business
417. Drive-thru
418. Drop the lawsuit and we’ll give you what you want
419. Drug distribution
420. Due diligence
421. Due diligence cannot predict or prevent post-sale franchisor opportunism losses
422. Due diligence cannot stop a predatory franchisor in the future
423. Due diligence is irrelevant
424. Duty of care
425. Duty of utmost good faith
426. Duty to maintain a safe workplace
427. Duty to Sovereign
428. E. coli
429. Earnings claim made
430. Easy credit fuels worthless system sales
431. Easy to sell around a disclosure document
432. Economics
433. Economics of monopoly (not free market)
434. Economies of scale promise
435. Edgar Allan Poe
436. Emails, unauthorized sent to franchisees
437. Emails, unauthorized sent to suppliers
438. Embezzlement
439. Emboldens industry bottom-feeders
440. Emotional collapse
441. Employee payments threatened
442. Employee retaliates against food manufacturer by tampering with retail food products
443. Employee retirement funds evaporate
444. Employees misclassified as franchisees or independent contractors
445. Encroachment (too many outlets put in territory)
446. Encroachment, internet
447. Endorsed mediation program, in 5 years used zero times
448. Enron-like scandals
449. Entire agreement clauses
450. Envy
451. Epiphany
452. Evergreen renewals
453. Everything’s got a crack in it: that's where the light comes in
454. Eviction cheaper and faster than termination
455. Evidence in court proceedings is destroyed
456. Evil: the exercise of power to intentionally harm people
457. Evils of the system defined in 1971 (Grange Report)
458. Exclusive territory endangered
459. Excuse du jour
460. Excuse du jour, tight credit
461. Executives create their own golden parachute
462. Exempt from Ontario franchise law obligations
463. Expand with another store across the street or we’ll sell to new franchisee
464. Expands too quickly
465. Exponential increase in franchise bar services ($ and influence)
466. Expropriation without compensation
467. Externalities: cheap business decision when someone else pays
468. Extortion
469. Extreme losses call for extreme remedies
470. F.T.C. Public Comments, United States, 1997
471. Faggot
472. Fair dealings: treat assets as if they were their own
473. False assumptions, multiple
474. False earnings claims
475. False hope
476. False sense of security: doing pre-sale due diligence
477. False success claims
478. Family donates labor to keep franchise going
479. Farce
480. Fast food is addictive
481. Fat tax: raising the cost of bad food choices
482. Fear mongering
483. Fear mongering to clients increases industry fee market
484. Fear of bankruptcy delays the hard decisions
485. Fear of poverty
486. Fear, distrust, hate and contempt
487. Federal insolvency laws used to shirk legal claims
488. Fee reduction always has a catch
489. Fee surprises at settlement time
490. Feeble enforcement and prosecution
491. Fell in love with the concept as a consumer, bought the franchise
492. Feudal relationships
493. Few barriers to entry
494. Fiduciary duty
495. Financial failure of first franchisee a material fact to the second
496. Financing with 401k money is totally reckless
497. Fine young cannibal
498. First we kill the lawyers…
499. Fixing sporting events
500. Follow the money: franchising re-distributes (not creates) wealth
501. Food criticism
502. Food poisoning causing injury or death
503. Food pulled from retail shelf (health hazard)
504. Food safety
505. Food supply security concerns
506. Food tampering
507. Food trucks
508. Forced couponing
509. Forced onto public assistance
510. Forced ordering
511. Forced to invest in unproven concept
512. Forced to sell
513. Forced to spend on renovations
514. Forgiveness
515. Forensic accounting
516. Forgery
517. Formal parliamentary public hearings
518. Fox to guard the henhouse (self-regulation)
519. Framing: people tend to reach conclusions based on the 'framework' of a situation
520. FranchiseFool
521. Franchise agreements are so complex, they are breached the moment they're signed
522. Franchise agreements create a License to Lie, Cheat & Steal
523. Franchise agreements virtually non-negotiable
524. Franchise agreements: Masterpieces of deceptive wording and artful omission
525. Franchise banker
526. Franchise bar dream client
527. Franchise bar provides plausible reasons
528. Franchise bubble will crash much harder (non-franchised)
529. Franchise business model perfectly suited to enable massive fraud
530. Franchise consultant
531. Franchise Commissioner
532. Franchise consultant goes AWOL
533. Franchise Council of Australia, FCA
534. Franchise investors deprived of information
535. Franchise law being ignored
536. Franchise laws protect franchisors, not franchisees
537. Franchise relationship sticks franchisee with legal liability
538. Franchise Sector Working Team
539. Franchise show
540. Franchised store converted to corporate store
541. Franchisee abandons their investment
542. Franchisee advisory group (lap-dog)
543. Franchisee gets cents, franchisor many $
544. Franchisee is pawn in massive fraud
545. Franchisee leader
546. Franchisee repudiates loan
547. Franchisee revolt
548. Franchisee, independent contractor or employee?
549. Franchisee-on-franchisee opportunism
550. Franchisees accused of lying
551. Franchisees are frequently the canary in the fraud mine
552. Franchisees are practice clients that help keep the lights on until franchisor clients show up
553. Franchisees are pawns in insolvency flip
554. Franchisees buy franchise system
555. Franchisees covered under consumer protection laws
556. Franchisees dragged into complex legal dispute their franchisor created
557. Franchisees' equity destroyed in unrelated part of trademark system
558. Franchisees have no say on new brand
559. Franchisees invited to switch to competitor's brand
560. Franchisees more willing to speak up
561. Franchisees move to buy system
562. Franchisees not the only ones at risk
563. Franchisees' law firm advertises it serves only franchisors
564. Franchisees' spouses speak very powerfully
565. Franchisees viewed as children
566. Franchisees viewed as employees
567. Franchisees who appear to have lost their mind
568. Franchisees who are related to franchisor have advantage
569. Franchises aren’t selling
570. Franchises sold hard directly to those who have just lost their job
571. Franchising a crown corporation
572. Franchising is much more profitable to head offices than corporate stores
573. Franchising is the most lucrative form of commercial lending
574. Franchising Opportunism paper
575. Franchising practiced the same, worldwide
576. Franchisor abandonment
577. Franchisor association not trusted by franchisees
578. Franchisor association not trusted by politicians
579. Franchisor association not trusted by professional journalists
580. Franchisor association public relations machine
581. Franchisor association still maintains fiction of representing franchisees
582. Franchisor bankruptcy
583. Franchisor cash flow cut by franchisees acting as one
584. Franchisor cashs out
585. Franchisor changes personal names
586. Franchisor chooses to do nothing when told of investor losses
587. Franchisor controls both wholesale costs and retail prices
588. Franchisor controls retail prices
589. Franchisor corporation created to fail
590. Franchisor corporations designed to keep franchisee fees but shirk liabilities
591. Franchisor cuts off supplies
592. Franchisor defaulting on their debt
593. Franchisor fails and consumers lose millions
594. Franchisor financing: faster in, out & resold (serial bankrupts)
595. Franchisor guarantees franchisee debt
596. Franchisor has right to buy outlet before anyone else
597. Franchisor held personally liable
598. Franchisor in hiding
599. Franchisor insolvency
600. Franchisor insolvency, intentional
601. Franchisor is wholesaler and retailer
602. Franchisor keeps best sites for corporate storesFranchisor keeps best sites for corporate stores
603. Franchisor knew they were selling money losing concepts
604. Franchisor must approve new buyer
605. Franchisor negligent in not protecting tradename
606. Franchisor offers to help its franchisees go independent
607. Franchisor overcharges for required products
608. Franchisor owns more than one system (subsidizes dog from cash cow)
609. Franchisor picks up stores for a song
610. Franchisor refuses to negotiate
611. Franchisor refuses to return franchisees' calls
612. Franchisor responsible for a safe workplace
613. Franchisor sells out
614. Franchisor sells to competitor
615. Franchisor sues candidate franchisee for not taking store
616. Franchisor takes back high-volume store
617. Franchisor takes franchisee store, gives to relative
618. Franchisor takes franchisee store, resells to new dealer
619. Franchisor takes franchisee stores
620. Franchisor takes store and converts to corporate
621. Franchisor trade association confirms franchisor opportunism is appropriate
622. Franchisor tries to break franchisee association "union"
623. Franchisor tries to take store without legal authority to do so
624. Franchisor was once a franchisee
625. Franchisor will appeal decision to gain time
626. Franchisor withholds rent
627. Franchisor's associate
628. Franchisors push for weak national franchise law
629. Franchisors want the minimum regulation they can get away with
630. FranWhack: a system that is not investment-worthy
631. Fraud
632. Fraud financed by rigged appraisals used equipment & leaseholds
633. Fraud is widespread
634. Fraud mushrooms when regulation is dropped
635. Fraud on the public purse
636. Fraud victims changed deeply and often not for the better
637. Fraud victims many times do not step forward
638. Fraud, renovation
639. Fraudster accountant
640. Fraudster banker
641. Fraudster broker
642. Fraudster finance expert
643. Fraudster franchisor
644. Fraudster lawyer
645. Fraudster real estate
646. Fraudulent conversion
647. Fraudulent conveyance
648. Fraudulent inducement
649. Fraudulent misrepresentation
650. Fraudulent non-disclosure
651. Fraudulently selling fraud insurance
652. Free academic materials
653. Free riding
654. Freedom of information legislation
655. Freedom of religion
656. Freedom of speech
657. Free-fall in fast-food industry worth
658. Frenzied lobbying
659. Fugitive from justice
660. Fundamental human rights inconsistent with industry practice
661. Funding for advocacy groups if you toe the line
662. Futility of taking legal action
663. Gag order (confidentiality agreement)
664. Gag order muzzles self & descendants
665. Gag order used to conceal criminal wrongdoing
666. Gag order, court-mandated
667. Gambling
668. Gangland-style execution
669. Gender discrimination
670. Gender identity
671. General counsel
672. General disclosure worse than no disclosure
673. Get promises in writing
674. Good faith + fair dealings = false hope
675. Good faith, fair dealing
676. Good faith, fair dealing implied in United States law
677. Good money after bad
678. Gosh, we've never heard of that problem
679. Gouging on supplies
680. Government as system’s ultimate liar
681. Government corruption
682. Government guaranteed loan approved extremely quickly
683. Government guaranteed loan disbursed before disclosure document seen
684. Government guaranteed loan disbursed before franchise agreement seen
685. Government guaranteed loan filled out by sales agent
686. Government guaranteed loan made without proper security
687. Government guaranteed loan misapplied
688. Government guaranteed loan program very attractive to fraud
689. Government guaranteed loans
690. Government guaranteed loans used a great deal in franchising
691. Government guaranteed loans, abolish program
692. Government guaranteed loans, massive loan defaults
693. Government guaranteed loans: program loses $1, franchisee families lose $10
694. Government inquiries into franchise abuse allegations
695. Government investigation
696. Grand larceny
697. Grange Report
698. Greed
699. Greenwashing: insincerely claiming to be environmentally friendly
700. Gripe sites
701. Gross margin controlled by franchisor
702. Guilt: pain caused by doing what you know to be wrong
703. Gullibility
704. Hacktivism: internet social justice activists
705. Half-truths
706. Happy serfs
707. Harassment
708. Harold Brown
709. Hates publicity
710. Have needed more statistics for +30 years
711. Head lease advantage
712. Health consequences
713. Health insurance gone
714. Hefty severance packages
715. Hepatitis
716. Heuristics: rule of thumb decision making that can sometimes result in catastrophe
717. Hidden agenda
718. Higher profit than sales growth
719. Higher short-term ROI to franchisor when churned (versus royalties)
720. Hindsight Bias: tendency to view the past as more predictable than it was
721. History is often re-written by the winners, aided by the unaware
722. Honesty
723. Hope springs eternal in the hearts of the delusional
724. Horatio Alger story
725. Horror stories are merely anecdotal
726. Hostage taking
727. House Debates, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada
728. House negro
729. How much cash you put in at 1st is irrelevant
730. Hubris
731. I did drugs because I was sad
732. I loved the product so much, so as a fool I bought a franchise
733. I own the assets but the franchisor controls them
734. Ideas once outrageous are now considered normal
735. Identity
736. Identity as a competent, logical and non-greedy person shattered
737. Identity theft
738. If it doesn't jingle, it doesn't count
739. Ignore advocates and they’ll go away
740. Ignores court orders
741. Illusion of government oversight
742. Imbalance of information and power
743. Immigrants as prey
744. Immunity from being sued
745. Impertinence
746. In business for yourself, not by yourself
747. In protective custody
748. Inattentional blindness: we fail to see what is right before us
749. Income guarantees
750. Income tax evasion
751. Incompetent or predatory: for the small business investor, the outcome is the same
752. Indemnification provisions
753. Indentured servants
754. Independence
755. Independence, forced
756. Independence, profits go up
757. Independence: time to break the chain
758. Independent businesses much higher profit than franchised ones
759. Independent businesses survive longer than franchised ones
760. Independent franchisee association
761. Independent franchisee association betrayal
762. Independent franchisee association funded by franchisor
763. Independent franchisee association's directors terminated after franchisee's suicide
764. Individuals with a very successful career history
765. Industry “Better Business Bureau”
766. Industry Canada
767. Industry in disrepute
768. Industry likes this regulator
769. Industry research lacks independent verification
770. Industry third party attacks
771. Ineffective marketing
772. Inexcusable actions
773. Infamous trademark system
774. Influence-peddling
775. Inherited money targeted
776. Initial public offering, IPO
777. Injunction sought to halt termination
778. Inside job
779. Insider betrayal
780. Insight into self
781. Insolvency
782. Insolvency strips employees' severance payments
783. Insolvency trustee, consultant and auditor same firm
784. Insolvent system renamed and sold to a relative
785. Integral part of the deception
786. Integration clauses
787. Intentional franchisor insolvency creates huge fees for legal, accounting, consulting firms
788. Intentional interference with economic relations
789. International Franchise Association, IFA
790. Internet anonymous posters protected
791. Internet enables consumers to complain more and sooner
792. Internet franchise-sales hype
793. Internet information sharing
794. Internet offshore gambling vulnerable to crime
795. Internet, franchisor competes against franchisees
796. Intimidation through lawyers
797. Investment made during stressful life event
798. Investments in franchising will stop & be lost if law passed
799. Investor confidence crushed, no trust or buying
800. Investors steered to specific attorney
801. Iowa Franchise Investment Act
802. It's not about the money
803. Jackpot justice
804. Jealously guarded monopoly on the provision of legal services
805. Judge-made law: case law, applied common law principles
806. Jumps bail
807. Jury trial very rare in Canada
808. Just a few bad apples
809. Just World delusion: people get what they deserve in life
810. Justice
811. Justice delayed is justice denied
812. Justice works best in the light of day
813. Kidnapping
814. Kill the messenger
815. Kleenex system: tradename born to die quickly
816. Knew, or could have reasonably been expected to know
817. Knowledge management
818. Knowledge: more pre-sale knowledge does not prevent opportunism during
819. Konstaninos “Gus” Boulis
820. Krispy Kreme stock model in the making?
821. Labor cost minimization consequence
822. Labor unrest
823. Landlord accepts much less now or franchisor pushes franchisee and he gets 0%
824. Landlord betrayal
825. Landlord extorted through insolvencyLandlord extorted through insolvency
826. Language shortcomings create a vulnerability
827. Lapdog journalism
828. Largest and oldest multi-store franchisees fail
829. Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law
830. Laws belong to citizens not to self-interested gatekeepers and their captured clients
831. Lawsuit is frivolous, without merit and will defend vigorously
832. Lawsuit that would crush whole sector
833. Lawsuits just a cost of doing business
834. Lawsuits, class action
835. Lawsuits, group
836. Lawsuits, individual
837. Lawyer alert: advise only prospects with adequate legal due diligence budgets or risk being sued
838. Lawyer drops client
839. Lawyer for franchisor found liable for court costs
840. Lawyer tampers with documents
841. Lawyering up without 2nd opinion is a trap
842. Lawyers becoming religious
843. Lawyers being threatened with lawsuits for speaking out
844. Lawyers can serve franchisors or franchisees, never both
845. Lawyers issue threatening letters
846. Lawyers must be stripped of self-regulation
847. Lawyers sued by franchisor
848. Lawyers threaten to get Code of Ethics complaint letter withdrawn
849. Lawyers threatening franchisee advocates
850. Leaderless Franchise Network, LFN
851. Leader's defeat used to bully revolting franchisees
852. Leadership development
853. Learning is an assault on non-thinking stupors
854. Lease controlled by franchisor
855. Lease margins are an important source of franchisor revenue
856. Lease obligations make franchisees pay even if not in business
857. Leasehold improvements worth next to nothing
858. Legal fees big part of total loss
859. Legal fees unpaid
860. Legalized extortion
861. Legitimate Businessman's Social Club
862. Lender's due diligence not done properly
863. Lending duty
864. Lending duty never enforced via regulation or litigation
865. Lending is subject to expert fraud because it is a credence good service
866. Lending risk much lower
867. Les Stewart
868. Lesser of two evils
869. Libel chill
870. Lies, damn lies and statistics
871. Life savings gone
872. Like a medieval marriage
873. Lipstick on a pig
874. Listeriosis
875. Listing fees and inside money
876. Live by the lawsuit, die by the lawsuit
877. Living off the avails of prostitution
878. Loan forgiven for franchisor executive
879. Loan pushing
880. Loan repudiation
881. Loan servicers and brokers attracts fraud
882. Loan sharking
883. Loan-broker fraud
884. Loans to be paid but no asset received
885. Lobbying power
886. Local suppliers with no shelf space
887. Localwashing: insincerely claiming to source products locally
888. Location chosen by franchisor
889. Lorn Austin, Lorne Austin, Lawrence Austin
890. Loser pays court costs
891. Losing money hand over fist
892. Loss Aversion: people dislike losing much more than winning (the same $)
893. Lost homes
894. Love money
895. Low investor confidence
896. Lower quality franchisees
897. Loyalty program
898. Ludicrous demands
899. Mad as hell not going to take it anymore
900. Mail fraud
901. Malfeasance
902. Mandatory membership in associations
903. Manipulate stock prices
904. Marketing advisory council, national, franchisee
905. Mask of respectability
906. Massive defaults
907. Material facts were not disclosed
908. Material risks cannot be accurately determined before you sign
909. Materially misleading information
910. McBooze
911. McCruelty
912. McDonald’s not so lily white
913. McDonald’s of…
914. McDonald's less willing to be the poster boy for industry success/failure
915. McFat
916. McJob
917. McLaw: toothless legislation designed to protect the dominant parties
918. McLibel
919. McStumble
920. Media informs trade association their member is a convicted fraud artist
921. Media is not interested in some stories
922. Media is sued
923. Media outlet "puts on" the franchise industry
924. Mediation
925. Mediation: information gathering that aids the destruction of valid legal claims
926. Mental health destroyed
927. Mergers and acquisitions
928. Mergers and acquisitions: nearly half fail financially
929. Military pension will delay financial collapse
930. Military pension will subsidize the intentionally-designed deadbeat outlet
931. Minimum wage increase opponents
932. Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, Ontario
933. Misleading advertising
934. Misrepresentations
935. Model of de-regulated free-marketeers
936. Modern franchising is fundamentally undemocratic
937. Mom-and-Pop franchisees at greatest risk
938. Money influencing public decision-making
939. Money laundering
940. Money pit franchise
941. Money swears
942. Monopoly or near-monopolies creates sub-optimal capital allocations
943. Moral Hazard: a party insulated from risk behaves differently than if the full risk were present
944. More one-sided information leads to greater deceit
945. Mortgage fraud
946. Most lucrative form of commercial lending, franchising
947. Mould
948. Multi unit carrot
949. Multiple corporations protect majority shareholders' interests
950. Multiple voting shares
951. Multi-tradename franchisors are often the most ruthless
952. Murder
953. Must arbitrate disputes, cannot litigate
954. Must buy entirely useless goods and services
955. Must buy only through franchisor (tied buying)
956. Must lease, not buy, land and/or building
957. Must pay future royalties, even when the franchise fails (liquidated damages)
958. Must sell business (eventually) through franchisor
959. Must use franchisor's credit card processing company
960. Must work only as a franchisee
961. Mutual funds
962. My franchise was a prison
963. Myth
964. Name and shame campaign
965. Narcissism
966. National association claims it represents franchisees but retreats when questioned
967. National cultural icon?
968. National press coverage
969. National regulator
970. Natural regulation: Taking enforcement into your own hands
971. Neanderthal thinking
972. Necessary illusions
973. Negligence
974. Negligent misrepresentation
975. Nepotism: favoritism granted to relatives or friends regardless of merit
976. Network effects: unintended consequences when dealing with communities
977. Neuroeconomics: the study how people make decisions (psychology, economic & neuroscience)
978. New agreement is much worse
979. New buyer must sign current, often less favorable, contract
980. New franchise law means franchisors will boycott market (unsubstantiated fear mongering)
981. New franchisor brings new false hope
982. New franchisor may be nastier than the old one
983. New franchisor means worse deal
984. Next to impossible to sell any franchise
985. No duty of care to public
986. No franchisor support
987. No justice in legal system
988. No love lost, apparently
989. No numbers to back up dire predictions
990. No program evaluation being done by government
991. No protection from monopoly
992. No real penalties for abuse of federal insolvency laws
993. Non-bank lender
994. Non-compete restrictions
995. Non-compete restrictions defeated
996. Non-compete restrictions not enforced in California
997. Nothing but cold calculation
998. Nothing personal, it's just business
999. Nutrition labeling
1000. Obesity
1001. Obstruction of justice
1002. Odious debts
1003. Offered much less than market value of franchise
1004. Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada
1005. Officials fail to freeze assets
1006. Old-fashioned idea that politicians are relevant
1007. Oligopoly: operates essentially the same as a monopoly
1008. Ombudsman
1009. Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments, Canada
1010. Ombudsman, franchisee must sign gag order 1st
1011. Ombudsman, funded by franchisors & suppliers
1012. Ombudsman, no franchisee accountability
1013. Ombudsman, risk of information going to franchisor
1014. On Cooling the Mark Out (Erving Goffman)
1015. One franchisee turned against the other (action very difficult)
1016. One of us
1017. Online reputation grows exponentially
1018. Only 3 ways out: resell to next loser, independence & be sued or abandon and go bankrupt
1019. Only interested in good news stories
1020. Only offered a fraction of what business is worth
1021. Only one side presented
1022. Only opening new stores for the quick cash grab
1023. Only saw bank official once before loan granted
1024. Ontario Provincial Police
1025. Ontario Public Hearings, Canada, 2000
1026. Ontario Securities Commission
1027. Ontario: population and economic provincial powerhouse of Canada
1028. Operating losses from Day 1
1029. Opinions at odds with the Minister
1030. Opportunism Test: If asset ownership were reversed, would decision likely change?
1031. Opportunism: contract creates powers which are used to strip investor value during relationship
1032. Opportunism: self-interest with deceit
1033. Opportunity Knocks, John Lorinc
1034. Opposed bankruptcy discharge
1035. Opposition to fake franchisor insolvency and ownership flip
1036. Order of Canada recipient
1037. Organized crime
1038. Organized crime infiltrates legitimate businesses
1039. Outrageous fees
1040. Outright scam
1041. Outstanding investigative journalism
1042. Overconfidence effect
1043. Overstatement of sales and profits
1044. Overt influence of trade association
1045. Own worst enemy
1046. Paid informers
1047. Parliamentary privilege
1048. Past the Tipping Point of public contempt for franchising
1049. Pawns in a game they can't win
1050. Perception is that it’s a franchisor program
1051. Perjury
1052. Personal assets pledged to cover business
1053. Personal guarantee forged by franchisor
1054. Personal guarantees cause good money to go after bad
1055. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Canada
1056. Personality disorders
1057. Persuasion
1058. Petition sent to parliament
1059. Philanthropy
1060. Physical health deterioration
1061. Piling on: franchisor can afford a few awards but not hundreds
1062. Point of Sale card skimming fraud
1063. Police can’t/won't investigate losses less than $250,000
1064. Police dump cases because of budget constraints
1065. Police intervention
1066. Polishing a turd of an argument
1067. Political champions
1068. Political contributions by franchisors (v. franchisees)
1069. Politicians helping their friends
1070. Politician's news release
1071. Politicians openly shilling for corporations
1072. Politicians refuses to answer request for information
1073. Politics is vulnerable to expert fraud because it is a credence good
1074. Ponzi (pyramid) scheme
1075. Pooled money
1076. Portrait of a franchisor
1077. Possession for the purpose of trafficking
1078. Potemkin village
1079. Poverty
1080. Power to publish offenders name
1081. Predatory actions
1082. Predatory franchise lending
1083. Predatory franchising makes more money selling than operating system
1084. Predatory lending
1085. Predictably Irrational: people act less rationally than you can ever imagine
1086. Pressured to break 3rd party contract
1087. Preying on the economically poor
1088. Price discrimination
1089. Price fixing
1090. Price maintenance
1091. Price wars
1092. Prime bank fraud
1093. Prince Edward Island Public Hearings, Canada, 2001
1094. Prison time needed to reduce white-collar crime
1095. Prison time potential
1096. Privacy breaches a prerequisite for fraud
1097. Privacy Commissioner of Canada
1098. Privacy laws violated
1099. Private detective used
1100. Private equity
1101. Private eyes used to spy on franchisees
1102. Private Members’ Bill
1103. Private right of action
1104. Privatization of utilities by franchising
1105. Pro forma income statements questions
1106. Proceeds of crime
1107. Product liability
1108. Professional hit
1109. Professional misconduct
1110. Professional negligence
1111. Professional self-regulation
1112. Professor Gillian K. Hadfield
1113. Professor John Kenneth Galbraith
1114. Professor Lorelle Frazer
1115. Professor Marshall McLuhan
1116. Professor Philip Zimbardo
1117. Professor Timothy M. Bates
1118. Profits from one franchise system sucked out to subsidize another one
1119. Profits from one store subsidize another
1120. Profits grow much faster than revenue
1121. Promissory notes
1122. Propaganda, thought-terminating cliches, The Big Lie
1123. Prospect Theory: loses hurt much, much more than comparable gains
1124. Protect gross negligence, wanton recklessness and intentional misconduct
1125. Protection money
1126. Protest, rally and demonstration
1127. Proven business model?
1128. Psychological denial
1129. Psychological testing
1130. Psychopathology
1131. Psycho-social hazard
1132. Public corruption
1133. Public mischief
1134. Public perception of sleaze and greed
1135. Public trust in food safety diminished
1136. Pump-and-dump scheme
1137. Punished for talking to peers
1138. Punished for talking to police
1139. Punished for talking to press
1140. Punitive, exemplary and/or aggravated damages
1141. Put personal assets in someone else's name
1142. Qualify as franchisee if you fog a mirror & the check clears
1143. Quality industry leadership breeds similar managers and workers
1144. Queen's Counsel
1145. Quiet settlement
1146. Race
1147. Racketeering
1148. Raining litigation
1149. Ransom
1150. Rate of return on investment
1151. Ray Borradale
1152. Rebate sharing
1153. Rebranding financed by adding more government guaranteed loan
1154. Rebranding is a great way to raise franchisor revenue
1155. Rebranding usually hides real objective
1156. Refranchising: corporate stores converted to franchised
1157. Refusal to acknowledge independent franchisee association
1158. Refusal to renew contract
1159. Refused to answer politician’s question
1160. Refuses to accept complaint
1161. Refuses to answer journalist's questions
1162. Refuses to back loan applications
1163. Refuses to investigate complaints
1164. Refuses to take client
1165. Register franchisees and franchisors
1166. Regulator already has enough power but they don't use it
1167. Regulators only pick on those who can't defend themselves
1168. Regulators pushed to act by internet activism
1169. Regulatory capture breeds its own incompetence
1170. Related scammers
1171. Relationship legislation
1172. Relative of franchisor buys assets from Trustee
1173. Relative of franchisor owns construction company
1174. Religion as sheep’s clothing
1175. Renewal of contract contingent on franchisee waiving all legal rights
1176. Renewal of contract denied
1177. Renewing contract much tougher
1178. Rent increase
1179. Rent payments withheld
1180. Renting a business causes problems down the road
1181. Reparations
1182. Reporter, not bank, notifies authorities
1183. Reputation management
1184. Reputation registry
1185. Reputation self-immolation
1186. Reputational risk
1187. Resale or transfer store through franchisor to new franchisee
1188. Resale permission unreasonably withheld
1189. Resale value set by franchisor
1190. Resales (after termination) seen as a profit center
1191. Rescission
1192. Reserves a veto over any legislation
1193. Re-sold at a heavy loss
1194. Responsible for a loan they did not sign for
1195. Restoring investor confidence
1196. Restraining order
1197. Restrict gag orders
1198. Restructuring is used to cull dealers
1199. Restructuring legislation is deficient
1200. Retaliation
1201. Retire Ronald McDonald
1202. Return on investment
1203. Reverse onus on good faith and fair dealing
1204. Ridicule
1205. Right of first refusal
1206. Right to associate
1207. Right to associate and right to harass
1208. Right to associate means the right to collective bargaining
1209. Right to associate means the right to sue as a class action
1210. Right to choose suppliers, buy from competitor
1211. Risk compensation
1212. Risk Homeostatis Theory, Gerald J. S. Wilde
1213. Risk much higher for franchisee than independent business
1214. Robber baron
1215. Rogue operators adapt much quicker than oversight agencies
1216. Romanian credit card skimming gangs
1217. Royal Bank of Canada
1218. Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP
1219. Royalty fees: don't pay franchisor, pay me (your attorney)
1220. Royalty payment reductions can be negotiated
1221. Royalty payments withheld
1222. Rules of Professional Conduct
1223. Rules for Radicals: make them play by their own rules
1224. Run by franchisees, for franchisees
1225. Run the billable hour clock
1226. Russian mafia
1227. S. G. M. Grange, Q.C.
1228. Sabotage
1229. Sales agent shenanigans
1230. Sales, understating
1231. Salmonella
1232. Same-store sales drop
1233. Satire: foolishness held up for examination
1234. Saturates markets through multiple distribution channels
1235. SBA 7a loans used to fuel franchise bubble
1236. Scapegoating
1237. Scum
1238. Secret kickbacks and rebates
1239. Secret offshore accounts
1240. Secured creditors (banks) 100% covered in dodgy insolvency
1241. Securities fraud
1242. Securitization
1243. Seduction
1244. Self-confidence destroyed
1245. Self-delusion
1246. Self-help: take your own store back, de-brand and run to fund a fight
1247. Self-regulating professionals does not protect consumers
1248. Self-represented litigants
1249. Sell or we will sue you
1250. Selling around a disclosure document
1251. Selling franchisee won’t sell a new franchisee a financial time bomb
1252. Selling franchises same as stocks, mutual funds, lending, and securities
1253. Selling price inflated by easy credit bubble
1254. Seminar selling
1255. Sets up competing distribution channel
1256. Settlement just a tiny fraction of original claim
1257. Settlement just covers fees
1258. Severance package financing dream
1259. Sexual assault
1260. Sexual orientation
1261. Sham corporate structures designed to evade responsibility
1262. Sham of self-regulation
1263. Shame - Humiliation emotion
1264. Sharecropping
1265. Shareholder activism forces franchisor action
1266. Shell companies
1267. Shigella
1268. Shill: banker
1269. Shills
1270. Shocked, I tell you: just shocked
1271. Short- or forced-shipping
1272. Short-term profits to franchisor much higher with cannon fodder investors
1273. Should anyone trust anything associated with franchising anymore?
1274. Shunned
1275. Sign away human rights and legal remedies
1276. Signed only last page of form but several copies
1277. Signs that potential franchisees are nervous and aren’t buying
1278. Sincere ignorance
1279. Sincerity
1280. Siren song
1281. Situationism psychology: people are influenced by external factors more than internal traits
1282. Slander
1283. Slap on the wrist for white-collar crime
1284. Slime
1285. Slow food movement
1286. Slush funds
1287. Small Claims Court no solution
1288. Smartest guy in the room
1289. Smuggling
1290. Social justice
1291. Social media marketing
1292. Social media triggers unskilled franchisor reaction
1293. Social proof: in new situations, you assume others know more so you follow their lead
1294. Social responsibility is a sales gimmick
1295. Sold but not opened, SNO
1296. Sold during time of psychological vulnerability, especially unemployment
1297. Sold for as much as much as they can get (next-to worthless)
1298. Sold only to people with no small business experience (very naïve)
1299. Sold to dodge legal actions
1300. Sold used equipment when franchisee thought it would be new
1301. Sold useless or inappropriate equipment
1302. Solicitation to commit first-degree murder
1303. Solicitor-client privilege used to shield white-collar crime (self and others)
1304. Some of the nastiest predators run several tradename systems
1305. Sophism: an argument used to deceive
1306. South Sea Bubble
1307. Spartacus effect: folk heroes are made when bullies strongly retaliate
1308. Specific contract terms trumps all general good faith/fair dealings obligations
1309. Spin over substance?
1310. Sports and criminal organizations
1311. Spouse can sue for losses also
1312. Spouse dragged into negative investment
1313. Spouse must never sign any document
1314. Spouse needs independent legal advice
1315. Stalking horse bid
1316. Starts 2nd system from insolvent 1st
1317. State refuses to even listen
1318. State sanction
1319. Stay out of group lawsuit and I’ll pay you
1320. Stock manipulation alleged
1321. Stock market pressures make franchisor push system sales higher and higher
1322. Stock price plummetsStock price plummets
1323. Stop territorial protection at contract renewal
1324. Stopped paying royalties
1325. Store never opened, SNO
1326. Stores shuttered
1327. Strategic lawsuit against public participation, SLAPP
1328. Strong back and weak mind
1329. Structured finance deals
1330. Sub-prime lending
1331. Sub-prime lending practices done in franchising
1332. Success or failure have largely to do with luck
1333. Success or failure is within the direct control of the individual franchisee
1334. Success rate, 95 per cent
1335. Success rate, Timothy Bates’ study
1336. Success rate, we don’t know
1337. Success rates fudged
1338. Success will happen if I work harder
1339. Successful for the middleman
1340. Sue first and ask questions later
1341. Sue lender for failing to do their lender's due diligence
1342. Sue the accountant
1343. Sue the appraiser
1344. Sue the bank
1345. Sue the franchisee association and executives
1346. Sue the lawyer
1347. Sue the lawyer that created the disclosure document
1348. Sue the regulator
1349. Sue the sales agent
1350. Suicide
1351. Suicide committed in franchised store
1352. Sunshine is the best disinfectant
1353. Sunk cost
1354. Sunk Cost Fallacy: very hard to resist putting good money after bad
1355. Sunk costs: franchisee's trapped capital keeps them chained to treadmill
1356. Supplier kickbacks
1357. Suppliers and landlords act as if they were the franchisor
1358. Supply chain management innovation
1359. Supply margins are a hidden added royalty payment
1360. Supreme Court of Canada
1361. Survivability (franchisee and franchisor)
1362. Susan Kezios
1363. Suspiciously high earnings growth
1364. Symbiotic relationships (industry, banks, lawyers)
1365. Sympathy for the franchisor
1366. System designed to fail for franchisees
1367. System is collapsing
1368. System ownership changes very frequently
1369. Tacit approval
1370. Take what I give you or abandon 100% of your investment
1371. Take what you're given for a law or you get nothing
1372. Talk to former franchisees
1373. Targeting children
1374. Tax fraud
1375. Tax havens make tracing proceeds of crime impossible
1376. Tax subsidy
1377. Taxpayers end up paying for private gain
1378. TD Canada Trust
1379. Telemarketing fraud
1380. Telephone number controlled by franchisor
1381. Terminate or buy off franchisee leaders
1382. Terminated by form letter
1383. Termination of franchisee, mass
1384. Termination of franchisee, single
1385. Termination threats
1386. Terrorism
1387. Terrorizing franchiseesTerrorizing franchisees
1388. Test for franchisee, independent contractor or employee
1389. The burned hand teaches best
1390. The Fixer fixes for a hefty price
1391. The game is rigged
1392. The key is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them
1393. The Long Con: prick your own IPO bubble, walk and keep your mouth shut
1394. The Toronto Star
1395. Theft
1396. There's a sucker born every minute
1397. Therese Evans
1398. Thin-skinned politicians not doing their duty
1399. Threatening letters
1400. Threatening staff
1401. Threatens to drop client
1402. Threats against franchisee advocates
1403. Threats against supporters of franchisee association
1404. Threats of lawsuits
1405. Threats of physical violence
1406. Threats toward politicians by franchisors
1407. Tied contracting
1408. Tier 2 lawyers
1409. Time delays makes collection of future court awards impossible
1410. Tip of the iceberg
1411. Tobacco industry-type defence
1412. Token gesture
1413. Tony Martin
1414. Toothless law
1415. Toronto: international telemarketing fraud capital
1416. Torture
1417. Tougher to sell franchises
1418. Towers of gold, feet of clay
1419. Trade association fronts and defends best and worst franchisors
1420. Trade association membership a bogus "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval"
1421. Trade association propaganda
1422. Trade association tells elected officials how to do their job
1423. Trade payable debt used to dominate
1424. Trade show are where the greatest lies are told
1425. Trade shows a major source of revenue for franchisor associations
1426. Trademark
1427. Trademark infringement cited as reason for litigation
1428. Trademark re-acquired by franchisor after insolvency
1429. Trademark secured by surviving franchisees
1430. Trading in false hope
1431. Trafficking a controlled substance
1432. Tragedy of the commons
1433. Trans fatty acids
1434. Trap for the trusting
1435. Tremendous desire to warn others
1436. Trespass orders
1437. Trial decision always appealed
1438. TrustTrust
1439. Trust account irregularities
1440. Trustee/consultant does mass terminations during protection to flip to new owner
1441. Truth
1442. U.S. expansion is graveyard for many Canadian businesses
1443. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI
1444. U.S. Federal Trade Commission, FTC
1445. U.S. Oversight Hearings on the Franchise Relationship, 1999
1446. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC
1447. U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA
1448. U.S. subprime mortgage scandal
1449. U.S. Supreme Court
1450. Unauthorized funds transfer by bankUnauthorized funds transfer by bank
1451. Unbridled corporate power
1452. Uncharacteristically shy with media requests
1453. Uncle Tom-ish comments
1454. Unconscionable conduct
1455. Undercapitalized
1456. Undue influence
1457. Unfunded taxpayer liability
1458. Uniform Franchise Offering Circular, UFOC (FDD)
1459. Uniform international franchise law
1460. Uniform national franchise law means a uniformly weak one
1461. Unilateral changes in business model drive franchisees' profits down
1462. Unilateral fines
1463. Unintentional or hidden franchises
1464. Unionization
1465. Unionization is a constitutional right
1466. Unions hold management accountable
1467. Universities provide unbiased expert knowledge and pursue objective truth
1468. Unjust enrichment
1469. Unpaid government obligations
1470. Unproven business model
1471. Unreasonably withholds consent
1472. Unrelated franchisor investment sinks franchise system
1473. Unsafe at any Brand?
1474. Unsecured creditors get next to nothing
1475. Unskilled and unaware bias (Dunning–Kruger effect)
1476. Unsophisticated buyers
1477. Uttering threatsUttering threats
1478. Vacuum of information favours dominant party
1479. Variable rate royalty fees
1480. Veil of secrecy
1481. Vendor incentives
1482. Very low lending loss risk
1483. Veterans Transition Franchise Initiative, VetFran
1484. VetFran has lots of predatory systems
1485. VetFran: fish in a barrel
1486. Vicarious liability
1487. Victims are highly intelligent and educated
1488. Vigilantism
1489. Violated
1490. Violence
1491. Waiver of legal rights
1492. Wanted: sheep
1493. War of attrition
1494. Was new franchisor money really old $ siphoned off before false insolvency was declared?
1495. Watchdog fails to bark
1496. We have no franchisee failures
1497. We will bankrupt you
1498. Weak law worse than no law
1499. Weak security costs public millions $
1500. Wealth is meant to be re-distributed (not created)
1501. Weapons of Influence: Authority
1502. Weapons of Influence: Commitment and Consistency
1503. Weapons of Influence: Liking
1504. Weapons of Influence: Reciprocity
1505. Weapons of Influence: Scarcity
1506. Weapons of Influence: Social Proof
1507. Were in default for some time: why terminate now?
1508. What does the independent franchisee association say?
1509. When fraud is alleged, politician turns to group that represents perpetrators
1510. When the franchisor tanks, so does the franchisee
1511. Where is the franchisor hiding? contest
1512. Whistleblowers
1513. Whistleblowers protected
1514. White man's burden
1515. White-collar crime has stiff penalties
1516. White-collar crime is widespread
1517. White-knight lawyer turns black
1518. Who pays for the research?
1519. Who selected these allegedly moron franchisees in the first place?
1520. Why franchisors sublease to franchisees
1521. Why should we care? It's not our money.
1522. Why terminate now since I owed money for some time?
1523. WikidFranchise.org
1524. WikiLeaks
1525. Wiki: a franchisee-created wiki made from your franchisor's documents
1526. Wild West of the business world
1527. Will work even when Variable costs > than Selling price
1528. Wire fraud
1529. Wiretap authorization virtually impossible if a lawyer is the target
1530. Wiretaps
1531. Withholding fees is extremely hazardous
1532. Withholds evidence in court proceedings
1533. Within the four corners of the contract
1534. Without conscience
1535. Witness tampering
1536. Wolf in sheep's clothing
1537. Won't get fooled again
1538. Work as employee inside system before investing
1539. Workplace bullying
1540. Workplace safety
1541. Workplace violence
1542. World Franchise Council
1543. Would you advise anyone to buy into your system?
1544. Would you do it over again?
1545. Write a letter of complaint
1546. You can’t con an honest man
1547. You get what you pay for as a franchisee
1548. You may not be the 1st but you could be the next
1549. You'll sign anything to get 15% of what you put into it back
1550. Zone pricing: franchisees pay more for same quality, same geography