Java Jo'z Letter Says Deposit Refundable

What Franchise Times Misreported #1

Franchise Times' reporter, Ms. Julie Bennett, in the September issue, "Attacks from the blogosphere: What Cuppy's Learned the Hard Way" reports inaccurately, "Ben [Scoble], had paid $30,000 to Java Jo’z, but had never found a location for his drive-thru coffee shop and felt he deserved a refund. When the Cuppy’s executives turned him down, Ben asked his brother for help."

Fact: Ben Scoble had more than a feeling that he deserved a refund. Below is a record of Ben being promised, as an ammendment to his agreement, a refund of his deposit by Java Jo'z. It is an email from an account executive, "Speed", sent to Ben Scoble and cc'd to "Morg" at a Java Joz email address. This was posted on Ben's site on January 16 but then later taken down. 

"Carol" also posts a comment below that the refund on the deposit is actually in Clause One of her Java Jo'z agreement.

From: "Speed" Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To: "'Scoble, Ben'"
CC: morg@javajoz.com
Subject: Welcome Aboard!
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:48:39 -0600

Ben,

I really shouldn't be saying welcome aboard as everybody already knows you as part of the family, but I couldn't think of anything else to say. :) Your check is being deposited. All money will be refunded if a location cannot be found. Please attach this to your agreement as an amendment.

Speed

Posted by bscoble at 4:56 PM

1 comments:

Carol said...

And I have the same terms in CLAUSE ONE - the very first clause at the beginning of the agreement.

Editor's Note:  Posts of Ben Scoble's fight against Java Jo'z and Cuppy's Coffee are no longer found on his site. The above post has been pulled out of the Internet archives to remind our readers of the news events back in January '07 as Franchise Times now covers those events in their September and October '07 issues.