“MAC Tools screwed us” states a MAC Distributor in a video that warns would-be franchise owners from owning a MAC Tools mobile tool distribution franchise.Mac Tools Tool Box. Mac Tool Trucks For Sale Used 9 out of 10 based on 272 ratings The number of trucks on this page is shrinking by design as we transition over to our new website To see up to date listings of MAc trucks please visit For Sale HQ. Experience matters - we are in tune with Tool Truck market values and trends and are glad to share this information with our advertisers and prospects.Mac Tool Trucks For Sale Used. Tom leased and sold many new and used Tool Trucks while at GE Capital. ToolTrucks.com was created in 2004 by Tom Kincaid to provide the mobile tool industry with a viable market for used Tool Trucks and Trailers. We have New and Used Tool Trucks for Sale, and we can help you sell yours.Most of the tools are Snap-On, Mac, SK and Master craft.( UnhappyFranchisee.Com) In the video , Cory & his wife Michelle tell how MAC Tools sold them a tool truck route (at an investment, thus far, of $130,000) without telling them that three prior distributors had failed with the same route.Buy obdator OBD2 Scanner Automotive OBD OBDII Code Reader Car Check Engine. Tool box was purchased in 2008 side cart was purchased in 2015. Macsimizer bottom box with all tools and side cart for sale. Vintage Snap-on Mac Tools Tool Box Sticker New 1980s.
I am a Mac tools distributor and this is how MAC tools screwed us.Michelle: They started off by painting a beautiful picture of how life would be like as a distributor being your own boss, running your own business, having more time to spend with your family and having a much a larger wallet. “MAC Tools Screwed Us” Video TranscriptCory: My name is Cory and this is my wife Michelle. If you are willing to take a short survey, see the link below. It is not humanly possible for a distributor to do this alone ….that is why they want the wives to be involved.Cory: we were really taken advantage of and now we could lose everything. There were even orders placed on our behalf that we didn’t order. Most trade’s people cannot afford to pay a large tool off in 5 weeks. But MAC you wants you pay them within 30 days, if not you will be put on hold and that means no tool orders shipped. Cory lost a lot of money and people’s trustMAC expects you to put each customer on a Time payment plan so the tool is paid off in 5 weeks. Customers were furious and his DM did nothing to help him. I have seen far more fail than succeed. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mac and Matco together haven’t gone through 10k distributors/franchisees in the last 10 years. Mac and Matco are the two worst of the four companies and have the highest failure rates. I hope for you that you take the advise and warnings given on this sight as well as others. They have had cases with all four tool companies I believe. ← MAC TOOLS Franchise Owners Claim They Can’t Compete (Slideshow)Before you sign I highly recommend that you or your lawyer contact the office of Jerry Marks at Marks & Klein for their opinion. I am not whining, just warning! I am writing this as I take a break from filling out papers for my bankruptcy that I never would have had if I had just stayed away from Mac. We had one year where five new guys all failed within 18 months. When I left I was 5 in seniority and there were many who came after me who failed it their first two years. When I started with Mac I believe I was the 22 distributor in our group. At that point they were giving away a mb1080 if we got a recruit. I used to have guys ask me about getting into the business. Now I have nothing but at least this BK will allow me to start over. Tool Trucks For Sale Full Recourse AgainstThe district manager told me that because of the high failure rate with new distributors, the only way for Mac to be able to strike a deal with the banks for loans is that if a distributor/franchisee fails within the first two years the bank has full recourse against Mac for the remaining balance of the loan. Stay away from the tool business or at least make the right choice!I am not sure and I don’t know how to research this but I was told back around 2010 that there was a change in how the loans with Mac Tools default. They by far have the best success rate, best tools, best financing, best diagnostics, USA made, I could go on and on. Be smart, cautious, whatever, just stay away from Mac and Matco! If a tool route is what you want sign up with Snap-on. You have been well warned. Now they are giving $10,000 for a recruit. They only represent the ones that default to the bank. Simply said, I don’t believe that the sba loans defaults are even close to what the actually distributor/franchisee failure rates are. Because of that, the DM also said they were having more of a push to make sure guys made it past the 2 year mark so Mac wasn’t on the hook. He now owes Mac not Wells Fargo. So in all practicality his loan never defaulted with the bank. When his position was terminated Mac immediately bought the loan within the first 30 days. ![]() None of us have anything to gain. It not just a couple pissed off guys. Look at the THOUSANDS of negative comments against all of the tool companies. You seem like a smart guy. Well I guess I put a lot of that on the franchisor. When a franchisor inaccurately represents success rates, customer counts, warranty numbers, support provided, training provided, has the absolute worst end user financing program in the industry but continuously claims it is improving, and claims that you are your own boss and you find out that all of that was just a lie. Walk away while you can! What ever you decide, good luck!I am not sure if your comment was directed to me or not but I will respond. You must be somewhat concerned or you wouldn’t keep coming back to this sight. I need a customer service number for skype on my macI can only pick 3 items (not including tool boxes) that are actually made by Mac. Most all of them were approved by Snap-on and Matco.Look at the current flier. The last 18 I ran I had 2 approvals at 23.99%. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!I talked with a current distributor last week and under the new improved Mac Card he ran over 15 apps with 1 approval and had 1 more pending. Only 2 times was my warranty return the amount I showed. You also eat it when it is rejected. You pay the shipping to return all of that crap back and front the money while it is being processed for warranty. Plus the incentive is to sell over sea’s product. Look at the tap and die sets which just recently are no long USA made. “Cost of doing business.”More and more tools being made over sea’s. So where did all of those new recruits go? You would think they would have some growth, right? And if the sba #’s are the real failed business numbers, which I know they aren’t, you think a 1 in 3 chance of failure is good? Buy a book on Black Jack and hit the casino everyday for 5-7 years. They had roughly 1200 distributors which I think is more like 1100 now. It wouldn’t shock me if Cornwell passed them in the next 5 years. They are a distant third and rank just above Cornwell. (Mac Edge)If Mac is a solid business model, why haven’t they grown in the last ten years? When I signed up I think they were number 2 with Snap-on being number 1.
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