The great franchise rip-off
Yes, hark back if you will to the early days of the DEA/HI and the momentum we had towards the roll-out of HIPs.
Remember all those get-rich franchise schemes? Quite a few to choose from as I recall, but not many left right now are there?
Who sold regions, territories, areas with the promise of a nice stream of work if you paid up and bought-in to their, and hopefully for them, your, dream? Off the tip of the tongue I can think of Hipstar, Habitus and 1stForHips but then it seems rude to exclude panels that want DEA/HIs to pay for the privilege of joining them with no guarantee of work of course. So lets add Gas-Elec to the list then. And lastly what about all these websites popping up almost weekly now which encourage DEA/HIs to pay to have their names listed- and pay extra if you want top-billing etc.
Honestly, its just pathetic!
Hipstar- gone
Habitus- gone
Others- all over the place really!
Where to turn?
So if you are new to the industry and someone asks you to pay for something, and it looks even the slightest bit fishy, please do not part with your cash! Post the topic and your thoughts on the Home Inspector Forum and get the opinions from around the country of industry folk who have been around for a long time, and have come across almost all the rogue companies in one guise or another.
Fancy reading the sad story about one franchisee who has gone down to the tune of 14,000 pounds. Its not pretty but he was asking for legal advice here on the UK Business Forum.
Remember all those get-rich franchise schemes? Quite a few to choose from as I recall, but not many left right now are there?
Who sold regions, territories, areas with the promise of a nice stream of work if you paid up and bought-in to their, and hopefully for them, your, dream? Off the tip of the tongue I can think of Hipstar, Habitus and 1stForHips but then it seems rude to exclude panels that want DEA/HIs to pay for the privilege of joining them with no guarantee of work of course. So lets add Gas-Elec to the list then. And lastly what about all these websites popping up almost weekly now which encourage DEA/HIs to pay to have their names listed- and pay extra if you want top-billing etc.Honestly, its just pathetic!
Hipstar- gone
Habitus- gone
Others- all over the place really!
Where to turn?
So if you are new to the industry and someone asks you to pay for something, and it looks even the slightest bit fishy, please do not part with your cash! Post the topic and your thoughts on the Home Inspector Forum and get the opinions from around the country of industry folk who have been around for a long time, and have come across almost all the rogue companies in one guise or another.Fancy reading the sad story about one franchisee who has gone down to the tune of 14,000 pounds. Its not pretty but he was asking for legal advice here on the UK Business Forum.
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posted by Neil Kurz at
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