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of information and power, Indentured servants, Les Stewart, Monopoly or near-monopolies creates sub-optimal capital allocations, Must buy only through franchisor (tied buying), Must sell business (eventually
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orders, Illusion of government oversight, Indentured servants, Law protects franchisor not franchisee, Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law, Lawsuits just a cost of doing business, Lawsuits
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are that franchisors typically foist upon them. “Most treat franchisees like indentured servants,” says Robert Purvin, a lawyer who heads the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers, a trade
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both sided in disputes, admits he finds most franchise deals leave the franchisors with all the power.
“Many franchisees are like indentured servants, who have to do everything at the whim
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to the point that when you buy a franchise you are told, "We have a proven business system." The implication is that you will be able to make a living, not that you are going to be an indentured servant
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for required products, Good money after bad, Gouging on supplies, Government guaranteed loans, Government guaranteed loans, massive loan defaults, Half-truths, Harassment, House negro, Indentured
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on the economically poor, Trading in false hope, Predatory loan practices, Betrayed by their own country, Betrayal, Sharecropping, Scapegoating, Indentured servants, Loan repudiation, Odious debts, Wiretap
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publicity, Indentured servants, Lawsuit, class action, Opportunism: contract creates powers which are used to strip investor value during relationship, Opportunism: self-interest with deceit, Sincerity, Slander, Unilateral fines, Without conscience, Australia, 20100125 From happy
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and power
Indentured servants
Renting a business
Robber baron
Sweat-shops
The game is rigged
Tied buying
Trap for the trusting
Unsophisticated tyranny
Diversity
Discrimination
Immigrants as prey
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), Encroachment (too many outlets in area), Secret kickbacks and rebates, Indentured servants, Refusal to renew contract, Imbalance of information and power, Contracts across systems are virtually the same
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