{"id":899,"date":"2010-04-18T17:26:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T17:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/franchise-wars-some-exmail-boxes-etc-franchisees-are-about-to-make-some-noise\/"},"modified":"2013-07-28T10:11:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T10:11:21","slug":"franchise-wars-some-exmail-boxes-etc-franchisees-are-about-to-make-some-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-wars-some-exmail-boxes-etc-franchisees-are-about-to-make-some-noise","title":{"rendered":"Franchise Wars; Some Ex-Mail Boxes Etc. 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They&#8217;re not going away, either.<\/p>\n<p>According to a story just published over at <strong><span style=\"color: #0000bf;\">BlueMauMau<\/span><\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The problem started all the way back in 2001, when United Parcel Service<br \/>\npurchased the franchising firm of a 3,400-store chain, Mail Boxes Etc.<br \/>\nAccording to Spanier, UPS executives informed all MBE franchisees in<br \/>\n2002 that the old business model was broken. UPS tested a new business<br \/>\nmodel. Soon Mail Boxes Etc.\u2019s brand was renamed The UPS Store and the<br \/>\nbusiness was changed to include parcel delivery<\/em>.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluemaumau.org\/8748\/mail_boxes_etc_franchisees_head_back_court\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I remember when it happened. I had just joined my Dad&#8217;s franchise consulting firm, and he told me about it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Sometimes, franchisees really have no control over things. <\/strong>How would <strong>you <\/strong>like it if you were a franchisee of <strong>Mail Boxes Etc<\/strong>., and you were just told that you had to change the look of your store to match <strong><span style=\"color: #482c1b;\">the colors <\/span><\/strong>of the company that <strong>just bought out your brand<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>(<em>And have to spend <\/em><strong>$25,000<\/strong><em> of your own money to do so!<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #482c1b;\">Care to chime in?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #482c1b;\"><span style=\"color: #111111;\">*********************************************************************************************<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6813496555553580\";\n\/* 300x250, created 6\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0185280559\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c00000;\">**<\/span> <\/strong>For more franchise news and views, please follow me on Twitter-<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/FranchiseKing\">@FranchiseKing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know about the huge franchise lawsuit that will start getting some traction next week? 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