Anyone know about Coverall?

[actariq2]

Currently I am thinking about investing a small amount of revenue into this franchise, I was wondering if anyone in this forum has had any experience with this franchise? I have been trying to google up information for people who own part of the company but all I see is information from Coverall.com and you already know they want everyone money and is willing to sell a dream to anyone. Well if anyone knows anything about this business such as the pros and the cons and the expected timing when I should see a profit from my investment. I will glady appericate anyone advice or two cents.
Thanks

[capforge]

There is a lot of info on Jani-king I've seen that is negative, related to them underbidding on jobs to win them, then passing them on to franchisees who can't make any money on the jobs but must pay their royalties regardless. Since Coverall is essentially the same business model, you might do some investigation of the industry in general.

A quick search on google turned this up:
"Coverall Sued Again

Two months after it settled a federal lawsuit bought by a group of 10 franchisees from Massachusetts, Coverall North America Inc. was the target of another suit in US District Court, in which a Lowell Massachusetts man contended that Coverall failed to provide him with the business that had promised before he purchased a franchise. According to this article, the plaintiff, Pius Awuah, alleged that Coverall promised that he would obtain $3,000 a month in commercial building cleaning business, but Coverall provided him typically less than $1,300 a month. Awuah’s complaint also charged that “Coverall targets individuals with limited fluency in English because they are easily victimized by Coverall's misrepresentations and other systemic legal violations.” Coverall’s general counsel said that she had not seen the complaint and therefore could not comment on the allegations. "

Here is the link: Another Mass. franchisee sues Coverall - The Boston Globe

That isn't to say that it won't work for you, but always go in with your eyes open and do your research, even when starting with a small amount of capital.

It just so happens I also wrote a blog article today on the potential pitfalls of franchising, which might be of interest.

[business101]

I got experiece, I highly recommend you start your own cleaning company if you have the time. My partner and I started one about two years ago, we are doing good considering we have not spent a lot of money advertising, almost none. At this moment we are going to advertise like we should have been doing since we started, it was a budget issue. This is a great business if you do not have a lot of money to spend.