The following comments have come to us from many different people
who wanted to tell us about their drop-off store experience, and how
much this site means to them. We are posting their emails without
identifying the writer. We have received so many emails that we added
more pages.
If you think you are the only one, just click on the number
and read the letters
To Karen & Gene @ Am I The Only One.
(If you feel that you are being threatened or intimidated by your
franchisor, please seek legal advice.)
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...the model is flawed. Here is why and what we know now. You
can never become efficient. Each item taken in requires an array
of time, some minimal, some major and it seldom ties to the selling
price of the object
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Thank you so much. You have been a god send and we appreciate
all the advice and concern. This whole mess has been tearing us all
apart, and yours has been the voice of reason. Thank you
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We have yet to show a profit in 2 years. Sure, we have had good
months, but nothing sustainable. In fact, we are having ever
decreasing interest and consigners
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We were open less than a year, and I couldn't understand why the
numbers were just not working as we had been told by the
franchiser. You will likely be in the profit within 3-4 months, they
said.
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What I just can't believe is this stinking franchise keeps getting on
all the gd lists for "one of the top franchises in the country" by all
these different magazines.
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I predict many more will also fail as they run out of cash. The
other store here has already 2nd mortgaged his house for more
cash. He's in deeper than I am with $3K per month sales and $6K
per month in expenses after 6 months of operations. What a
GREAT business!?!
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I am blessed to have known you and to have gotten guidance from
you as well as great connections!
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Basically, I am 100% tapped out. We are moving out of the store
this weekend-BUT I am still stuck with rent, utilities, and
insurance ( a total of over $3,000 monthly) until the landlord finds
a new tenant and THEN I have to pay a broker's fee!
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Everything went fine, we established a new business account, etc.
Then suddenly, the corp. office, sent out thousands of dollars of old
seller checks, from the old business account.
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I realized during training that they were full of crap, the software
was crap, etc. However, I was determined to make it work since
we’d invested so much.
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My savings have evaporated faster'n a spilled canteen in a
Baghdad August (been there). The dirt bags are looking for ways to
find me in violation of my franchise agreement, even when I am
out of ANY money and closing.
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You (and Gene) have been a great source of support and
encouragement for me, through your website and your
correspondence.
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As I mentioned to you, before I threw in the towel and closed my
store, I had to liquidate my sons college fund
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Our store has been open over two years. We have seen two stores
come and go in this area since that time, one was an independent,
the other, [national chain] which only lasted about 6-8 months in a
very good, high-traffic location (I thought).
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I just want to say that everything I read in your site sounds just
like my experience with [national franchise]. I owned the number
one [national franchise] in [city,state], I pulled away from them
before going broke.
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