Unhappy Franchisee publisher Sean Kelly sure seems to suspect that that’s the case.
Kelly has written an 8-page letter to Snap-On CEO Nick Pinchuk.
The letter has 12 questions about the recruitment and treatment of the veterans who sign on as Snap-On franchisees.
Kelly grills Pinchuk about the alleged “blacklisting” of some successful dealers to either shut them up or take their routes.
You can read the letter here: Snap-On Franchise Allegations.
Check out Kelly’s video overview here and leave a comment below.
Does Snap-On Expoit U.S. Veterans? Video – Short Version (5 minutes)
Does Snap-On Expoit U.S. Veterans? Video – Full Version (19 minutes)
Seems like Snap-On just can’t help itself when it comes to crapping on dealers.
Or maybe it’s just the most profitable way to do business… at the expense of U.S. servicemembers and veterans.
What do you think?
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The big, long list of franchise lawsuits included below & disclosed in our 2016 Snap-on Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) might embarrass some franchisors, but not Snap-on, Inc. (NYSE: SNA).
At Snap-on, we’re proud of how we’ve pulled ourselves up by our breaches.
Should we be embarrassed to be sued repeatedly for fraud, deceptive & unfair practices, misrepresentation…?
Should we hide our heads in shame just because of our continuous allegations of franchise law violations, wrongful termination, breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing…?
On the contrary!
The list of allegations we’ve been sued for by franchisees is a testament to the lengths we’ll go to to return shareholder value at the expense of our franchise dealers!
Franchisee Allegations Made Against Snap-on, Inc.*
Violations
Breaches
Failures
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Misrepresentations & Fraud
General Nastiness & Bullying
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* a partial list of allegations from Snap-on lawsuits disclosed in the 2016 FDD
Snap-on Franchise Lawsuits Disclosed in the 2016 Snap-on Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
Snap-on Inc. is proud of our rich heritage of franchisee litigation and class-action lawsuits.
Should we be embarrassed at spending nearly $240 million settling franchisee lawsuits in the past decade?
Heck no! The hundreds of millions we’ve spent in litigation related to the crap we do through our Crap-on Dealer’s Strategy & Initiative is a negligible cost compared to the profits we reap by crapping on our franchise dealers.
Sure, we’ve got to pay off a few loudmouths and troublemakers, but the vast majority of franchisees just drop their Snap-on logoed britches and take it like… men.
At Snap-on Inc. (NYSE: SNA), we know you sometimes gotta drop a few breaches to keep raising stock value.
| Snap-on Lawsuit | Allegations | Outcome |
| Daniel Jacobson v. Snap-on Tools Company LLC and Snap-on Inc.
Filed May 12, 2015 |
Class action on behalf of Plaintiff and all persons who signed franchise agreements with defendants in the State of California within four years preceding May 12, 2015. Plaintiff alleges that franchisees are misclassified and in fact are employees under the California Labor Code. Plaintiff alleges violation of the California Labor Code and California
Business and Professions Code and seeks un-reimbursed necessary employment expenses, restitution of fees deducted from compensation, overtime compensation, meal and rest period compensation, restitution of fees, liquidated damages, interest, waiting time penalties and available statutory penalties and damages. |
To be arbitrated on an individual basis. |
| Snap-on Tools of Canada Ltd. and Snap-on Credit Canada Ltd. v. Kevin Tyson.
Filed October 6, 2005 |
Snap-on Canada and Snap-on Credit Canada Ltd. as a collection action requesting judgment in the amount of $95,793.69, interest and costs against a former franchisee, Kevin Tyson.
Tyson denied the allegations and filed a counterclaim alleging breach of the franchise agreement and wrongful termination of the franchise agreement and seeking damages of $156,000, interest and costs. |
No trial date has been set. |
| Mike Barnes v. Snap-on Incorporated
Filed June 24, 2006 |
Allegations included failure to provide adequate training; failure to provide field manager support; failure to provide technical support for sale of equipment; failure to provide adequate territory and misrepresentation of profitability of business
and expenses of business. |
Snap-on agreed to pay Mike Barnes $87,500.00 |
| Tim Barnes v. Snap-on Incorporated | Snap-on agreed to pay Tim Barnes $75,000.00 | |
| Christopher Burgasser and Christina Burgasser v. Snap-on Incorporated, Snap-on Tools
Company LLC, Does 1 through 20 inclusive. Filed March 21, 2012 |
Allegations included material misrepresentation both by written and oral
communication to convince plaintiff, Christopher, Burgasser, to enter into a Gateway Franchise Agreement with Snap-on. It also provided a separate count of material misrepresentation on behalf of plaintiff, Christina Burgasser. |
Snap-on paid the plaintiffs $20,000.00 |
| Luis Canaveral v. Snap-on Incorporated
Filed June 26, 2006 |
Allegations include
breach of contract and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. |
Snap-on paid Mr. Canaveral $82,500.00 |
| Darin Canetti v. Snap-on Tools Company LLC, Snap-on Credit LLC, Bart Wignall, Michael
Montemurro, Nicholas Loffredo and David Pence (NJ). Filed December, 2004 |
Allegations included misrepresentation, fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty,
and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. |
Snap-on paid Canetti $240,000.00 |
| Scott W. Copperthite v. Snap-on Tools Company LLC
Filed February, 2007
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Allegations included breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation and breach of implied duty of good faith and fair dealing. Snapon counterclaimed against Copperthite for $85,484.51 for unpaid product purchases. | Snap-on paid Copperthite $60,000.00 |
| Ronald DeSantis, Matt Setser, Shawn Dickmeyer, William Bradley Freeman, Scott Factor,
Scott Ingenito, Aaron Reeves, Anthony Hobby, Dwight Lankart, Richard Fortuna, and Paul Vladyka,on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. Snap-on Tools Company LLC, Snap-on Credit LLC and Snap-on Incorporated Filed May 17, 2006 |
Federal Class
Action set forth various alleged deceptive practices, alleged violation of RICO, state statutes prohibiting deceptive trade practices, deceptive franchise practices and consumer fraud, common law fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. |
Snap-on paid class participants in March 2007. Snap-on recorded a $38,000,000.00 pretax charge in the second quarter of 2006 representing its best estimate of the costs to settle this matter, including attorney fees, costs and expenses.
Under terms of the settlement (i) a current franchisees receive credits to accounts with Snap-on Tools up to $9,200.00 (ii) a former franchisees receive an amount up to $20,000.00 and forgiveness of debt owed to Snap-on and Snap-on Credit; (iii) each named plaintiff will receive an additional $50,000.00; and (iv) certain current and former franchisees who were represented by an attorney as of April 18, 2006, received an additional $15,000.00
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| Timothy Geisel v. Snap-on (TX).
Filed September 4, 2002
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Allegations include breach of contract, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty. | Snap-on paid Mr. Geisel $210,000.00 |
| Perry E. Littlejohn and wife, Betty H. Littlejohn v. Snap-on Tools Company
Filed July 20, 2000 |
Allegations include negligence in handling plaintiff’s inventory insurance claim, breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and slander. | Snap-on paid the Littlejohns $50,000.00 |
| Kevin Meehan v. Snap-on Tools Company (NJ).
Filed December 30, 2003
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Snap-on paid Meehan $315,000.00 | |
| Michael T. Rowley v. Snap-on Incorporated
Filed June 28, 2006 |
Allegations include breach of contract and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. | Snap-on will pay Mr. Rowley $150,000.00 |
| Lee A. Smith v. Snap-on Tools Company
February 3, 2004 |
Snap-on paid Smith $30,000.00
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| Robin Dale Hayes v. Snap-on Tools Company LLC and Bill Schneider
Filed June 27, 2005 |
Allegations included breach of contract, breach of implied
covenants of good faith and fair dealing, negligent misrepresentation, violation of the Florida Franchise Act and tortuous interference. |
Snap-on paid Hayes $345,000.00 |
| D&B Automotive Equipment, Inc., a California corporation dba Automotive Equipment,
Collision Equipment Specialist, Equipment Specialists Co., P.A.C.E., Inc., a Washington Corporation, Pallas Equipment, Inc., a Colorado corporation and Harold W. Fizone v. Snap-on, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Hein-Werner Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation dba Collision Repair Equipment Group and Blackhawk-Kansas Jack and David E. Cox Filed February 21, 2003 |
Allegations include breach of contract, fraud,
breach of implied warranties, violation of deceptive and unfair trade practices statutes, tortuous interference with contract, tortuous interference with prospective business advantage, and defamation.
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Snap-on paid plaintiffs $220,000.00 |
| Steve Johnstone Holdings Ltd. and Steve Johnstone v. Snap-on Tools of Canada Ltd.
Filed March 2006 |
Allegations include misrepresentation, breach of the franchise agreement, forced
purchasing and breach of fiduciary duty. |
Snap-on Canada paid the plaintiffs $75,000 |
| Chuck McDonald, Stanley Rogers, Charles Smith, Kevin Ford and Barry Gordon v. Snap-on Tools Company, Snap-on Credit Corporation and Cyril Gray (Class Action) (AR).
Filed May 22, 2003 |
Allegations include breach of contract, violation of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, civil conspiracy, and negligence.
This is a lawsuit brought by five Snap-on mechanic customers. Plaintiffs claim the defendant, Cyril Gray, a former Snap-on Dealer, acting on behalf of Snap-on and Snap-on Credit, committed numerous improprieties pertaining to customer accounts. |
Snap-on paid plaintiffs $19,400.00 and released combined debt of $48,000.00 |
Feel free to thank & praise Snap-on Inc. for decades of stock dividends and shareholder returns by masterfully manipulating the most useful tools of all:
The Snap-on franchisees and dealers who will loyally defend the Crap-on Dealers program no matter what we do to them!
PS:
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Now that the internal Crap-on Dealers Program has been made public, Crap-on.Com would like to recognize the Snap-on franchisees who left the system in 2015.
Snap-on Shareholders say: Thank you for your service!
Snap-on 2016 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) List of Departed Franchisees
According to the Snap-on 2016 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD):
Attached as Appendix F is a list of the names, city and state, and last known home telephone number of franchisees who had an outlet terminated, canceled, not renewed, or otherwise voluntarily or involuntarily ceased to do business under the Franchise Agreement during the fiscal year ended January 2, 2016, or who has not communicated with Snap-on within 10 weeks of the date of this disclosure document.
It includes 254 former franchisees or Independents who are no longer in the system. If you buy this franchise, your contact information may be disclosed to other buyers when you leave the franchise system.
In some instances, current and former franchisees sign agreements with provisions restricting their ability to speak openly about their experience with Snap-on. You may wish to speak with current and former franchisees, but be aware that not all such franchisees will be able to communicate with you.
APPENDIX F
Franchisees Who Had an Outlet Terminated, Canceled, Not Renewed or Otherwise Voluntarily or Involuntarily Ceased to do Business under the Franchise
Agreement in the Twelve-Month Period Ended January 2, 2016
Alabama
Bush, Richard D 372 Pineview St. Sumiton AL 35148 205-648-5296
Clark, Gabriel S The Tool Man, LLC 2510 Walker Road Decatur AL 35603 256-531-3603
Earley, Jimmy R 279 Alexander Road Jasper AL 35503 662-889-1235
Ungricht, Heidi Lady Hawk Tool, LLC 401 Red Cliff Circle Enterprise AL 36330 334-470-6508
Arkansas
Pledger, Steve V 8 Ocoee Cove Harrison AR 72601 870/741-2456
Arizona
Claybaugh, Steven N 17511 N 86th Ave. Peoria AZ 85382 602-622-5839
Davis, Ryan M Tool Junkies, LLC 1799 E Erie St Gilbert AZ 85295 480-283-4322
Goodwin, Milton E (Alaska term) 22954 N Sunset Dr Maricopa AZ 85139 623-229-9984
Higgins, Brian A Driving Sales, LLC 3517 East Elgin Street Gilbert AZ 85295 480-361-6330
Kirk, Randal L 3784 E Via Del Rancho Gilbert AZ 85298 480-559-1552
Klein, Joseph E 4405 N. Baker Drive Kingman AZ 86401 928/412-8665
Mariscal, Charles F Murphy’s Tool Service, LLC 4512 West Jupiter Street Tucson AZ 85741 520-449-7749
Morris, James D JDM Tool Distribution, Inc. 14261 W Wethersfield Rd Surprise AZ 85379 602-390-3788
California
Beck, Ernest K 23015 Currier Drive Tracy CA 95304 209-835-8804
Callaway, Donald J 4623 Granada Way Union City CA 94587 510-673-9278
Courtney, Michael R 1621 Monterey Way San Jacinto CA 92583 951-634-5243
Flannery, Brent A 8310 Gaynor Ave North Hills CA 91343 818-203-0945
Fortna, Richard W 2229 Shady Lane Yuba City CA 95991 530-635-4827
Fregozo, Arturo 11923 Killian Street El Monte CA 91732 562-676-6754
Howlett, Trevor J 4325 Serene Ave Lancaster CA 93536 661-943-5478
Lopez, Christopher H 723 Suburban Ave Oroville CA 95965 530-403-0608
Marlow, Michael J 207 West Ash Street Burbank CA 91502 818/843-3771
Marron, John N Marron Enterprises, Inc. 1207 Stoney Creek Rd Paso Robles CA 93446 949/525-1535
Miranda, Jaime M 23569 1/2 Maribel Ave Carson CA 90745 323-855-7274
Papish, Scott M 1549 Bravo Court Hughson CA 95326 209-883-0192
Peterson, Nicholaus G 2302 John Court Castro Valley CA 94546 209-918-8962
Phelps, Tracy L 11705 Gayview Drive La Mirada CA 90638 714-240-9734
Rubino, Robert L Tools 2 Satisfy, Inc. 1445 Davis Avenue Concord CA 94518 925-330-6118
Schuyler, Irene M 17692 Sonoma Way Yorba Linda CA 92886 714/528-6143
Shears, Shawn L 1601 Bravo Court Hughson CA 95326 209-678-6404
Tanquary, John D 8647 Chili Hill Road New Castle CA 95658 530/268-2444
Venable, Timothy B 34875 Pourroy Road Apt 1107 Winchester CA 92596 951-301-5544
Williams, Logan S Top Drawer Tools, Inc. 886 Bransford Court Fairfield CA 94533 707-429-4856
Williamson, David L 3955 Rolling Hills Road Sheridan CA 95681 530-633-9667
Wright, Wayne A 13775-A Mono Way No. 209 Sonora CA 95370 209-640-2742
Colorado
Gilliam, Garrett L RKC, LIMITED 484 Bing Street Grand Junction CO 81504 970-985-8672
Graf II, John H PBJ Enterprises, Inc. 12378 W 6th Place Golden CO 80401 303/233-8065
Manuppella, Michael L 2880 County Road 233 Rifle CO 81650 970-309-8935
McAllaster, Charles M Chasm Tool Corporation 5612 N 71st Street Longmont CO 80503 303/530-4235
Morin, Matthew D Morin Tools Inc. 4908 Glen Drive Berthoud CO 80513 303-717-5755
Schritter, Paul G PKS Inc. 2901 North Court Grand Junction CO 81504 970/242-3543
Skinner, Ronald L 244 Wellington Street Northglenn CO 80234 303/457-3811
Swick, Fred L Fred’s Friendly Tool Sales Inc. 2470 S Osceola St Denver CO 80219 303/937-0332
Connecticut
Johnson, Kenneth E 2 Pine Hollow Road Farmington CT 06032 860-677-5426
Florida
Barbosa, Carlos M 1540 Crestridge Dr Kissimmee FL 34746 407-459-9194
Basler, Edward T 8294 Norwood Rd Largo FL 33777 727/397-6088
Bell, Christopher S Florida Tool And Equipment Brokers LLC 14236 Lake Price Drive Orlando FL 32826 804-380-6363
Gillespie, Christopher M Gillespie Tools, LLC 1521 Sunny Side Drive Maitland FL 32751 407-599-0584
Heinemann, Edward C The Tarpon Tool Man, LLC 3617 Starburst Court Mulberry FL 33860 727-946-1995
Hensley, James A 23044 Jerome Road Land O’Lakes FL 34639 813-996-4915
Kellner, Paul P Kellner Enterprises Inc PO Box 1088 Ruskin FL 33575 813-562-4413
May, George C May Enterprises, Inc. 22450 Stillwood Drive Land O’Lakes FL 34639 813/996-5539
Musilek, Greg S. (California term) PO Box 56504 St. Petersburg FL 33715 530/510-5541
Reilly, James K 12760 Indian Rocks Rd Unit 101 Largo FL 33774 727-596-5562
Reimer, Roger P ReimertoolPro, LLC. 3152 Little Road Suite 200 Trinity FL 34655 727-858-8665
Thornton, Bob P No Limitation Inc. 4257 South Atlantic Ave Daytona Beach FL 32127 904/788-8665
Urdaneta, Rafael RCH78 CORP 225 SW 16th Terrace Fort Lauderdale FL 33315 954-990-5174
Georgia
Bost, James P JAMES P. BOST, LLC 3085 St Andrews Way Duluth GA 30096 770/623-4058
Chancey, Joseph M Twenty-One, Inc. 337 Carl-Bethlehem Road Bethlehem GA 30620 770-867-0812
Cobb, William L 2990 Whittier Way Cumming GA 30040 678-727-3461
Crook, Thomas E 591 Mill Creek Rd Hiram GA 30141 770-577-9373
Hawaii
Addison, Seth T STA TOOL SOLUTIONS LLC 91-1165 Lukahiu Place Ewa Beach HI 96706 808-685-5333
Iowa
Arndt, Elec T 2714 College Avenue Davenport IA 52803 563-505-4399
Beenken, Lynn R Po Box 714 Spencer IA 51301 712/580-5589
Goede, Donald D 314 S Minnesota Algona IA 50511 515/295-7888
McCann, Jason J McCann’s Tool & Sales, LLC 3525 Crescent Ridge Dubuque IA 52003 563-542-1351
Till, David J 861 Fox Ridge Road Eldridge IA 52748 563-349-0918
Idaho
Keener, Philip G 1327 Grelle Ave Lewiston ID 83501 208/746-5728
Lloyd, Jeffrey Provan 1393 W Deadwood Ct Eagle ID 83616 208/938-1064
Meyer, Jeremiah W 1936 W. Boekel Road Rathdrum ID 83858 425/844-9472
Walrath, John P J G COMPANY LLC 2815 S. 55th West Idaho Falls ID 83402 208-520-3698
Whitworth, Chad B 870 W. 100 N. Blackfoot ID 83221 208/684-5337
Illinois
Carter, Lloyd R 615 Elm St Carmi IL 62821 618/382-3151
DiGrazia, Michael P 7956 West Bordeaux Drive Dixon IL 61021 815-285-0087
LaCaze, Jace E 407 South Main Trenton IL 62293 618-795-3225
Mills, Nigel G 7225 Longmoor Drive Lakewood IL 60014 815/893-0598
Rakers, Brandon M 1002 Antler Drive Troy IL 62294 618-604-9496
Rosales, Jerry S 238 S. Finley Road Lombard IL 60148 630-376-6726
Shurtleff, James 3N979 Farmview Rd Elburn IL 60119 630/365-5357
Wiseman, Chad A 3036 Ray Mar Court Quincy IL 62305 217-430-5700
Indiana
Gregory, Scott A 51 Grand View Ct. Hagerstown IN 47346 765-489-1645
Hunter, Mark A JOOP, LLC 2062 S. State Rd 3 Greensburg IN 47240 812-662-8651
Nix, Greggory L 9631 Reindeer Ft Wayne IN 46804 260/432-5476
Simon, Daniel P 2318 East 700 North Decatur IN 46733 260-402-0279
Wells, James M Mike Wells Inc. 4098 E Scotland Rd Kirklin IN 46050 765-325-2513
Kansas
Powell, David C PROLOGIC TOOLS INC. 16524 W 80th Street Lenexa KS 66219 913/492-5281
Kentucky
Demyan, Kyle A 3656 Hwy 54 East Owensboro KY 42303 270/314-1545
Hinton, Jerry W 261 Beaver Mound Rd Glasgow KY 42141 270/646-4590
Orr, William H 201 Cedar Avenue Paducah KY 42001 270-442-7703
Vance, Gerald T 13800 Scotts Gap Road Louisville KY 40272 502/447-2508
Whitaker, Kevin W Kevin’s Tool Sales, LLC 863 Bristow Road Independence KY 41051 859-594-4270
Louisiana
Carter Jr, Raymond A 955 Stonewall Frierson Road Frierson LA 71027 318-797-2395
Meynard, Lionel V 25 Acadia Street Kenner LA 70065 504/466-3632
Massachusetts
Anderson, Steven K 30 Elmwood Street South Grafton MA 01560 508-839-0498
Day, Alan H 12 White Street Raynham MA 02767 508-823-6138
Franks, Larry Kim 47 Norwood Street Greenfield MA 01301 413/774-2484
Kevorkian, Charles J 1026 Belmont St Watertown MA 02172 617-489-2408
Wile, Robert R 59 Lakemans Lane Ipswich MA 01938 978-356-2735
Maryland
King Jr, Charles L 6080 Biggs Farm Place Laplata MD 20646 301-609-8400
McGovern, Mark A McGovern Tool Service LLC 164 Long Drive Queenstown MD 21658 410/827-0977
Ross, Robert G R & C Tool Company 24470 Reed Ct Ridgely MD 21660 410/643-1444
Schuh, Jeffrey J Schuhbox, Inc. 12130 Preston Drive Lusby MD 20657 410/326-0585
Stenger, Donald W Don Stenger, LLC 3941 Old Rocks Road Street MD 21154 410-399-0383
Unkart, Eric F EFU TOOLS, LLC 7414 Old Battle Grove Road Dundalk MD 21222 410-382-0792
Zwinak, Bernard J 7000 Di-Mar Drive Mt Airy MD 21771 301-829-4116
Maine
Pastore, Joseph M 15 Pastores Way Gorham ME 04038 207-939-8700
Michigan
Cole, Kyle R 3175 W Hansen Rd Ludington MI 49431 831-455-1277
Dein, Scott B 30665 Young Drive Gibraltar MI 48173 734/692-2890
Jacobs, John J & J Tools of Michigan, Inc. 7473 Jordan Rd Grand Blanc MI 48439 810/695-4614
Lamay, Ernie 1886 E. Hubert Road Spruce MI 48762 989-471-2590
Machiela, Jack Arlyn 3740 88th Ave Zeeland MI 49464 616/772-9214
O’Connor, Michael D O’Connor Tools, Inc. 808 Dow Rd West Branch MI 48661 989/345-0577
Tschirhart, Michael P (Arizona term) PO Box 372 Tecumseh MI 49286 520-574-2850
Whitmore, Ronald J 30118 Rosebriar Street St. Clair Shores MI 48082 586-531-9016
Wilson, Norman S (Colorado term) NSW ENTERPRISES, INC. 3013 Military St Port Huron MI 48060 303-914-8595
Minnesota
Lemmerman, Edward A 591 4th Ave SE Wells MN 56097 507-317-9470
Mathison, Steve A 17530 218 Ave. North West Big Lake MN 55309 320/254-3277
O’Connor, Scott R 17325 Killarney Ave Prior Lake MN 55372 612-718-8493
Olson, Benjamin J 14713 Boysenberry Court Rosemount MN 55068 651-303-7968
Ommodt, Douglas C 2095 70th St SW Montevideo MN 56265 320/269-5605
Schmaltz, John J 21351 York St Elk River MN 55330 763/442-4575
Missouri
Conkling, Brett BC Tools, Inc. 2837 Seneca Street St. Joseph MO 64507 816-476-3507
Gabbert, Bryan K B. Gabbert, Inc. 425 Claymont Dr Ballwin MO 63011 314/849-2210
Jones, Jason A JSC TOOLS LLC 1134 Emerald Dr Moscow Mills MO 63362 636/295-2410
Kelly, Dale E 2063 Carriage Drive Nixa MO 65714 417/725-5413
Reisenbichler, Jason D 9357 S. Hwy 61 Perryville MO 63775 573/788-2879
Tiffany, Mike R Leatherwood Master Plan, LLC 13432 Garden Circle Ct. St. Louis MO 63128 314-842-7252
Mississippi
Farabee, Steven Wayne 9704 Briar Crest Lane Van Cleave MS 39565 228-452-6479
Henderson, Roger D 7 CR 523 Corinth MS 38834 662/462-7713
Montana
Everhart, Robert E Everhart, LLC 1013 45th Ave NE Great Falls MT 59404 406/268-1072
Nichols, Jeff A 5 Candlelight Dr Bozeman MT 59718 406/624-6282
Rigler, Brett D (North Dakota term) Big Sky Tools, L.L.C. 15560 Sara Jo Lane Frenchtown MT 59834 406-626-4539
Schreckendgust, Michael D 12700 Mullan Road Missoula MT 59808 406-544-7420
North Carolina
Benner, Larry BENNER ENTERPRISES, INC. 311 Smylax Lane Wilmington NC 28412 910/784-9151
Bowman, Michael L 4157 Griswell Drive Concord NC 28027 704/652-7559
Coyle, James A Jim’s Tools, Inc. 54 Sandy Lane Mars Hill NC 28754 704/516-2221
Garris, Robert W 581 Hicks Creek Road Troutman NC 28166 704/528-5138
Leonard, David J 131 J Bell Lane Newport NC 28570 252/393-2014
Peracca Jr, John L Snappy OBX LLC 101 Allentown Rd Aydlett NC 27916 252/384-3471
Franchise Rausch Tool Co., LLC 7992 Villanow Dr Sanford NC 27332 910-624-9131
Richards, Robert O 3341 School Rd Fayetteville NC 28306 910/425-8192
Short, Christopher R 4261 Yeaton Glen Circle Winston Salem NC 27107 336/788-6636
North Dakota
Brandt, Gordon W FLASH GORDON INC. 3740 30th Ave S #307 Grand Forks ND 58201 218-230-4752
New Hampshire
Belanger, Randy A Tool Traveler, LLC 221 Bible Hill Road Hillsboro NH 03244 603-464-4454
Garnett, David A DG TOOLS AT WORK, LLC 116 Hutchinson Rd Chichester NH 03258 603/798-5645
Joyner, Robert L 22 Justin Dr Danville NH 03819 603-300-3599
LeBlanc, Leo P 295 Whittier Drive Fremont NH 03044 603-819-6743
Lessard, Patrick H 759 Longshores Drive Barrington NH 03825 603-335-2838
New Jersey
Bird, Michael K 658 Mount Laurel Rd Mount Laurel NJ 08054 856/722-1920
Freeman, William A 378 Jeffries St Perth Amboy NJ 08861 732/826-4370
New, William E FAB TOOLS, LLC 1046 Herbert Blvd Williamstown NJ 08094 609-420-4650
Rocco, Michael L 709 Deerfield Lane Asbury NJ 08802 908/713-1788
Franchise B & T Tools, Inc. 15 Burd Road Pennington NJ 8534 609-209-7013
New Mexico
Darland, James K DARLAND TOOLS, INC. 2317 E 15th Street Farmington NM 87401 505-444-3743
Shambarger, John D 5775 Paseo Del Rancho Farmington NM 87402 505/327-6656
Nevada
Foster, Michael J 2Views Counsulting, Inc. 3400 Kemp St N Las Vegas NV 89032 702/396-2936
New York
Bonsignore, Eugene 122 Northwood Drive Rochester NY 14612 585/227-2223
Chiarenza, Ryan J 518 Burritt Road Hilton NY 14468 585-748-8655
Cornell, Robert B 347 Hauser Ave Holbrook NY 11741 631-467-8859
Cotter, Shawn L 3454 Dewberry Ln Macedon NY 14502 585/313-5529
Graziano, Joseph 100 Fairview Ave. Port Washington NY 11050 516-767-9167
Hanrahan, Brian P Hanrahan’s Tools, LLC 128 Fitch Road Walton NY 13856 607-865-7969
House, Thomas B 13731 Greene Street Adams Center NY 13606 315-775-6401
Koepka, Russell S 4515 Marie Dr Hamburg NY 14075 716-648-4932
LaFountain, Henry C 127 Waite Road Hudson Falls NY 12839 518/747-5510
Light, Brian E JBL Tools LLC 2092 Lakeshore Drive Blossvale NY 13308 315-439-2246
Mallison, Richard 179 Daven Dr Getzville NY 14068 716-689-6433
Rubio, Robert 18 Frost Valley Dr East Patchogue NY 11772 631-730-1368
Sculco, Richard A 1453 Wagner St Wantagh NY 11793 516/783-4777
Witz, Richard M 4768 Verplank Rd Clay NY 13041 315/699-9592
Yegerman, Richard 130 Laplante Road West Chazy NY 12992 518/493-2794
Ohio
Chaffin, Kevin W 9384 Marysville Rd Ostrander OH 43061 740-666-1508
Covault, Randy L Randy Covault Tool Sales, LLC 1366 River Road Sidney OH 45365 937/778-1175
Diersing, David J 4536 Race Lane Road Okeana OH 45053 513-505-8940
Ehrhard, Robert R 6573 Smith Rd Loveland OH 45140 513-575-4432
Engelman, Leo F 1148 Stone Run Court Lancaster OH 43130 740-601-0113
Hedrick, Jeff F 7671 Godfrey Circle Reynoldsburg OH 43068 614/863-2889
Long, Tyler J 2590 S. Fox-North Rd Hubbard OH 44425 330/774-6887
Mahle, Daniel R 1236 Epworth Avenue Dayton OH 45410 937-212-8831
Morgan, Christopher D 142 Gregory Drive Newark OH 43055 740-404-6049
Norris, Andrew V 1531 County Road 411 Proctorville OH 45669 304/521-5701
Notman, Thomas N 7259 Chestnut Ridge Hubbard OH 44425 330/534-9233
Printz, Dale 1065 West St Rt 571 Tipp City OH 45371 937/667-8616
Tanner, Scott A 5388 Redbank Road Galena OH 43021 614-989-6384
Winter, Edward A 4169 Wood Rd Madison OH 44057 440-428-2634
Oklahoma
Baxley, Mark K 4061 County Road 1460 Ada OK 74820 580/320-4315
Broadbooks, Cale A 3112 Twin Circle Street Moore OK 73160 405-703-0891
Gale, Robin A 2304 Robinwood Place Shawnee OK 74801 405-275-4179
Richardson, Harley E 910 7th Street Snyder OK 73566 580/568-4235
Oregon
Baird, Eric L 5836 S.E. Harrison Milwaukie OR 97222 503-786-9226
Stockfleth, Clint S 23203 South Redland Road Estacada OR 97023 503-705-6023
Pennsylvania
Brown, Daniel J 245 Wilson Road Quarryville PA 17566 717-330-4561
Fields, Tyson L 410 Summit Ct. Houston PA 15342 757-641-8504
Haines, Justin M 92 Pleasant View Terrace New Cumberland PA 17070 717-991-3274
Hearl, John L RR2, Box 137A Falls PA 18615 570-586-7377
Hines III, John A 1810 Chinquapin Road Churchville PA 18966 215/364-1614
Hoffman, Stephen J 1093 Mahoning Mtn Rd Lehighton PA 18235 610-377-4950
Keys, Carroll F 419 11th Street Huntingdon PA 16652 814-599-9091
Kimball, Karl 11 Covenant Court Doylestown PA 18902 215/297-8418
Kirk, Brendan J 2771 Mount Carmel Ave. Glenside PA 19038 215/886-2964
Lokey, Drew P 612 Francis St. Ellwood City PA 16117 724-709-9210
Loranzo, Jonathan A 2747 Steinruck Road Elizabethtown PA 17022 717/319-5689
McGregor, Patrick A 12836 Monterey Lane Blue Ridge Summit PA 17214 717/765-8314
Vilchock, Les A L & H Tool Sales, LLC 426 West Kings Hwy Coatesville PA 19320 484-786-9656
Puerto Rico
Alvarez-Gonzalez, Oscar J PO BOX 303 Angeles PR 00611 787-381-7167
Ortiz Silva, Luis A Calle Orquidea Final Bo Unquito Humacao PR 00791 787/469-8963
South Carolina
Gonzalez, Edwin M 19 Fountain Lake Place Columbia SC 29209 803-708-3201
Pollvogt, Mark E Mark Pollvogt, LLC 164 Summer Lady Lane Boiling Springs SC 29316 864-384-9942
Tennessee
Barnes, Ricky G 398 Todd Lane Mcminnville TN 37110 931-668-7674
Beckwith, Thomas D Ratchet, Inc. 2615 Cason Ct Murfreesboro TN 37133 615-895-4514
Bowers, Scott D 1555 Leighton Drive Soddy Daisy TN 37379 423-332-0528
Copeland, Joshua K L&L Copeland Tools, Inc. 1704 Summer Spring Blvd. Knoxville TN 37931 815-357-1349
Farris, William G 9636 El Hill Cove Lakeland TN 38002 901-395-6993
Garbacz, Michael A (Tennessee term) 372 Palmetto Rd Lewisburg TN 37091 931-698-1086
Gower, Chad W 4989 Smiley Road Chapel Hill TN 37034 931-364-3107
Texas
Aleshire, Charles C (Arkansas term) Mont Belvieu RV Resort 6103
South FM 565 Baytown TX 77523 479-427-9375
Beymer, Richard G 1630 Copperfield San Antonio TX 78251 210-681-6390
Brown, Derek W 9133 Massey Lake Road Silsbee TX 77656 409/385-2416
Grecu, Aurel T 809 College Street Grand Prairie TX 75050 817-614-8629
Howard, Travis W 3029 66th Street Lubbock TX 79413 432-238-4728
Ihlenfeldt, Larry G 3858 River Bend Lane Waco TX 76705 254-799-1533
Presson, Kim B 1615 Grape Lane Pampa TX 79065 806-669-3456
Rodriguez, Raul 602 Victoria Laredo TX 78040 956-763-2024
Taft, Patrick A 1170 Kuehler New Braunfels TX 78130 830-626-1415
Watson, Lelland R 501 Co Rd 552 Eastland TX 76448 254-631-3804
Weik, James B 134 Bent Tree Cove Cedar Creek TX 78612 512/431-5093
Utah
Boland, Claud Scott 10032 Ridge Gate Cir Sandy UT 84092 801/576-0241
Gibson, Quinn M 170 S 200 W Washington UT 84780 435-680-0118
Vrooman, Kevin 12161 S. Jonathan View Lane Draper UT 84020 801-647-5718
Wyner, Joel F Grandeur Peak Tools LLC 3246 Monte Verde Drive Salt Lake City UT 84109 801-860-2788
Virginia
Dalton, Arthur D 1414 Wagon Trail Rd Ridgeway VA 24148 276-957-4155
Ferguson, Mark A MAF Enterprises, LLC 365 Old White Bridge Road Waynesboro VA 22980 540-447-6881
23456 757-717-7627
Landes, William D Landes, Inc. 1852 Woodshire Dr Blue Ridge VA 24064 540/529-7021
McCauley, Mark A Equipped, Inc 132 Soldiers Lance Berryville VA 22611 540-955-0818
Muir, Alexander J 15416 Overlook Ct. Culpeper VA 22701 703-898-8441
Pakhik, George N Gotta Be Outdoors Enterprises Inc 6619 Lancaster Drive Warrenton VA 20187 540-351-6176
Pierce, Christopher S 11687 Fort Union Drive Remington VA 22734 540-270-3451
Pierce, Sean P High Impact Tools, Inc 16717 Hillsboro Rd Purcellville VA 20132 703-932-8582
Washington
Dahl, Andrew B 1011 Fir Street Prosser WA 99350 206-902-6611
Gehl, Brian R 3518 Rodesco Court Southeast Puyallup WA 98374 253-320-9984
Harvey, Barton C 1122 Chestnut Dr Walla Walla WA 99362 509/525-7601
Parker, Lukas J 802 291st Street E Roy WA 98580 253-389-5887
Rosenberg, John S 710 198th Place SE Bothell WA 98012 425/987-8741
Wisconsin
Apps, Craig W (Illinois term) Apps Tools, Inc. 3304 Stellar Drive Janesville WI 53548 217-229-3474
Christophersen, Douglas L A & D Tools, Inc. 604 Parrot Lane Wausau WI 54401 715/359-9631
Dutkiewicz, Joseph F JFM Tool Sales, Inc. S82 W17225 Woods Road Muskego WI 53150 262-679-9604
Hoheisel, Joseph T 1014 159th Avenue New Richmond WI 54017 715-760-2469
Kopesky, James J 8262 63rd Ave Pleasant Prairie WI 53158 262/942-0597
Michaels, Phillip E Michaels Tool & Equipment Sales, LLC 2565 S 77th Street West Allis WI 53219 414-477-9124
Ritchie, Eric J Ritchie Tool Sales, LLC W3105 Artesia Beach Road Malone WI 53049 920-960-2169
Sommer, Ryan P Ryan’s Tool Service, Inc. 1515 S Balboa Avenue Marshfield WI 54449 715-486-9362
Sullivan, Timothy J N8776 Hannah Rd Belleville WI 53508 608-558-6356
Van Cleave, Nicholas R VanCleave Tools, LLC 12626 West Park Avenue New Berlin WI 53151 630-340-0486
West Virginia
Morehead, William B Billy Morehead, Inc. 513 Vineyard Ridge Rd Looneyville WV 25259 304/565-3117
DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THE FRANCHISEES ON THIS LIST? CAN YOU SHARE WHY THEY LEFT THE SNAP-ON SYSTEM, AND WHAT THE FINANCIAL RESULT WAS OF THEIR DECISION TO BUY A SNAP-ON FRANCHISE?
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When you leave the Snap-on franchise system, what will you miss the most? Your savings? Your credit score? Your marriage? Your innocence? Your faith in the goodness of man? Your mind? Or all of the above? |
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King Regian was a top Snap-on franchisee who built a successful route over 23 years. The picture shows King Regian receiving an award for highest R/A collections… over $1M in 2015. According to the group page, the Regians allege that Snap-on blocked their sale of their, refused to reimburse King for tool warranties for nearly 2 years (despite promising to do so), took the route for the company. King Regian’s sales manager allegedly gave the highly lucrative route to his stepson to manage. |
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Up until now, we’ve been pretty tight lipped about the secret to our amazing success and continuous stock performance. Yet now, for the first time, Snap-on Inc. is sharing a rare glimpse into the strategy that has generated amazing returns for Snap-on shareholders: The Crap-on Dealers Program.
Nicholas T. Pinchuk Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, explained why the time is right for Snap-on Inc. to toot it’s own horn:
Snap-on Inc. does not get the credit we deserve for the contributions we make to American society. While other manufacturers are making profits by exploiting workers in Latin America and Asia, we refuse to ship our exploitation overseas.
We are an American company, squeezing profits from the hard-working franchise owners who once owned homes right here on Main Street, USA.
– Nicholas T. Pinchuk, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Thomas L. Kassouf, Senior Vice President and President-Snap-on Tools Group, expressed thanks to Nicholas Pinchuk (or Nicky Pinchy as he’s affectionately known around the office) for the recognition he’s given the Snap-on Tools group:
Pinchy Pinchchuk is an inspirational leader who deserves much more than the $10,000,000 in compensation he received last year.
He understands that giving credit to the hardworking men and women who recruit Snap-on franchisees, get them leveraged to the hilt, push them to buy more tools and put more paper on the street, refuse to pay their warranties or buy back tools, reacquire their routes to sell at a profit, and make them remove all Snap-on logos from the trucks they now live in is every bit as important to me as my $3,000,000 in yearly compensation.
Or almost as important.
– Thomas L. Kassouf, Senior VP and President, Snap-on Tools Group
Feel free to share your praise, commendations and kudos for the unsung heroes of Snap-on who keep our the SNA stock growing and keep Snap-on franchises churning!
Disclaimer: Crap-on.com is an independent satirical parody website that is not affiliated with Snap-on Inc. (NYSE: SNA), Snap-on Tools Company LLC, any particular Snap-on franchisee, former franchisee, franchisee group or 3rd party vendor. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.
]]>(Crap-on.Com) The CEO of tool giant Snap-on, Inc. (NYSE: SNA) shocked the financial and automotive investment communities when he went off-script during an acceptance speech at a Boy Scouts of America awards dinner in his honor and disclosed the closely guarded secret of his company’s success.
“I guess I just got swept up in the moment,” said Nicholas Pinchuk, known affectionately as “Nicky Pinchy,” or just “Pinchy” in the Snap-on executive suite.
According to the celebrated Chief Executive Pinchuk, a “perfect storm” of factors contributed to his unprecedented lapse into honesty.
“It was a combination of factors, really,” recounted CEO Pinchuk, a decorated Eagle Scout. “We had been putting some new solvents to the sniff test that afternoon, and I was feeling pretty good. Plus, my boyhood scoutmaster and several fellow scouts were in the audience, which brought back a rush of emotions for me. I mean, the principles I apply to running Snap-on every day I learned from them on cold, dark nights in the woods, huddled in pup tents or warming our wienies by the fire.”
…the principles I apply to running Snap-on every day I learned from my boyhood scoutmaster and fellow scouts on cold, dark nights in the woods, huddled in pup tents or warming our wienies by the fire… Nicholas Pinchy Pinchuk, Snap-on CEO & BSA Eagle Scout
“I was also swept up in the theme of the awards ceremony, ‘Innovation. Exploitation. Arbitration.’ It’s a business approach that has served me and our Snap-on stakeholders well over the years.
On the limo ride to the ceremony, Pinchy found inspiration in the Facebook page of a former top Snap-on franchisee, a 23-year dealer named King Regian.
“When Thomas ‘Tommy Boy’ Kassouf showed me the Facebook page on his laptop and I read the dealer comments defending us even after we dicked over their fellow dealer, I was a bit emotional. I mean, here was a guy who had built up a successful route for us and made us a buttload of dinero over two decades,” explained Pinchy. “We ‘Crap-on Dealered’ his ass and the franchisees were on Facebook still defending us! I find that level of loyalty, devotion, self-delusion and imbecility touching… I really do.”
“Two years ago, we decided we wanted King Regian’s lucrative route for our own. We blocked him from selling his franchise and really put the screws to him. We refused to reimburse him for, like, $160K worth of tool warranties we owed him. We made up rules that only applied to him, and reneged on promises we had given in writing.
“At the awards banquet, we seated he and his wife between a Sri Lankan insurance salesman and a regional manager with a stutter and chronic body odor. Even though they were getting awards, we put them at a rear table next to the bathrooms and gave some neighboring putz a seat at our table,” he laughed.
“We made old King Regian the poster boy for our Crap-on Dealers initiative,” chuckled Nicky Pinchy with a wink.
“Well, when old King and his smartass wife started posting what we did to him on Facebook, warning the other dealers it could happen to them… those loyal dealers defended US and started blaming King for getting screwed over!
“After Tommy Boy and I tested one more solvent, I had an epiphany.
“That’s when I realized that it doesn’t matter what we make public, these franchise tools will defend us no matter what! So we might as well start taking credit for the brilliant money machine we call the Crap-on Dealers Program, or C-O-D as we call it for short.”
The Snap-on PR crew launched Crap-on.Com to explain C.O.D. Program & “Screw Drivers” initiative
While the reason for Snap-on’s consistently positive stock performance (the company has paid dividends every quarter since 1939) is no secret to Wall Street insiders and tool company executives, Pinchuk’s speech marked the first time a Snap-on executive publicly credited exploitation of its revolving franchise dealer base as its primary profit driver.
Nicholas “Little Nicky” Pinchuk later acknowledged that it would have been better to have had Board approval and orchestrated disclosure of the internal Crap-on Dealers Program in advance, but he said situations like this is why Snap-on maintains a a crack Public Relations/Crisis Management Team headed by Snap-on Public Relations Director Yon Yonson, who lives in Wisconsin.
Immediately after Pinchuk’s historic disclosure, Yon Yonson, who lives in Wisconsin, was flooded by media inquiries. He quickly initiated the Snap-on PR crisis management protocol, which was put in place for crises exactly like this.
“Oh, jeez, it was a big to-do, believe you me,” remembered Wisconsin-born Yonson. “I started getting calls from all over… I mean, first it was the Manitowoc Nightcrawler, then the Sheboygan Bugle and even the Rhinelander PerchWrapper, which is distributed for free through bait shops all the way up to da U.P.
What was Yon Yonson’s reaction to the media onslaught? “Well my first reaction was What did ol’ Pinchy say this time? and my second was Hope there weren’t no solvent sniffing involved!
“Honestly, my third thought was that the Leinies* were a bit warm yet, and I’m not one ta complain but I’m gonna go back to Old Style for the next round and hope dere a bit cooler.”
Yon Yonson wasted no time getting his team together. He texted out an emergency message for the PR Team to meet immediately at their Situation Room at The Brat Stop in Kenosha.
“Luckily, we were all already there at The Brat Stop what with it being the Friday Fish Boil and all, except for Sven who was out ice fishing and they were really biting, which is unusual for June, so we told him to just come by The Brat Stop when his cooler was full. But we told him we were expecting a walleye or two or a string of perch for not making him get on the snow machine & come in right away.”
The Snap-on Tools PR crew worked through the night, and several kegs of Old Style, 8 cases of cheese curds and multiple calls to outside PR firms and web development firms later, Crap-on.Com went live.
Yon Yonson updated the Snap-on Public Relations phone greeting to say that anyone with questions or inquiries regarding the Crap-on Dealers Program, Pinchy Pinchuk’s comments, the King Regian franchisee dealer fiasco, or help with inhalant abuse should refer to the Crap-on.Com website.
Or just stop by The Brat Stop and ask him in person. If he’s not there, he says Darlene will know where he’s at.
*“Leinies” is evidentally a vernacular term in the Wisconite lexicon referring to Leinenkugel, a local alcoholic beverage resembling beer.
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