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Franchisees Explain Why They Are Suing UPS
Friday, April 2, 2010
by BMM Staff
NEW YORK CITY—A group of Mail Boxes Etc. franchisees who have refused through the years to convert to The UPS Store business model have put together a three-minute slideshow on YouTube to tell their side of the story. Joe Wightman, a New York City-based Mail Boxes Etc. franchisee of some 17 years, hopes the media will watch it and understand the franchise issues surrounding an upcoming trial.
His beef? He thinks that after buying Mail Boxes Etc. in 2001, United Parcel Service saddled the then-existing 3,400 Mail Boxes Etc. franchisees with a new and unproven parcel delivery and copy shop business, now called The UPS Store. Most converted.
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