BEWARE OF FAMILY TOWING
Mitchell Marks
johns> Mitchell Marks (mitc...@cs.uchicago.edu) wrote:
johns> >>>>> "johns" == Fishman <jo...@ripco.com> writes:
johns> [most of horror story deleted]
johns> I told him I will wait and talk with Amoco the next day. He
johns> started saying "Amoco works for me!! I don't work for Amoco!
johns> I'm the boss, what I say goes, its my idea, etc." well, I
johns> told him I will be settling it with him BUT not tonight and
johns> only after I speak with Amoco on what procedures to follow.
MM> Don't you get the feeling that when an Amoco rep went around
MM> signing up franchisees/affiliates/whatever, that's exactly what
MM> they told him -- "Don't worry, Amoco will be working for you,
MM> you won't be working for Amoco! You'll be the boss." ..
johns> I don't what the Amoco rep says when they sign up other
johns> companies, etc. or who works for who but I didn't like the
johns> owner's tone that if I didn't do exactly what he wants me to
johns> do and on that exact night, the case would be closed and he
johns> wouldn't take any responsibility.
johns> john
I hope you didn't think I was being unsympathetic to your problem, or
trying to justify the owner's position at all. My point was that
chances are Amoco is playing both sides of the street on this, and in
some way encouraging the dealers in their arrogance.
Regards,
--Mitch
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