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Post by Uh Oh on Sept 25, 2018 17:50:43 GMT
I'm hearing from others that corporate is shifting dramatically away from the model that we all purchased and signed up for. This would include removing most selectorized equipment and filling that space with functional training apparatus. Lots more classes.
Our selectorized gets used all day/evening long. I'm positive it would piss off a lot of current members and several would cancel if this equipment was removed. While functional equipment/exercises certainly have their place in our business it also means a lot more payroll to train members. Most of this type of exercising is not super easy to learn and perform correctly.
This is certainly not the absentee or minimal payroll that they sold the bulk of their zee's on. Kinda seems like Mcdonald's forcing their zee's to serve burrito's vs. hamburgers.
Plus, how much is that going to cost each zee to modernize? $50-$100k just in equipment/shipping/install. Not to mention the latest and greatest items like desk, cubbies, blah, blah, blah.
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Post by determined1 on Sept 26, 2018 0:35:19 GMT
Yep, that's exactly what I pointed out in the modernization post. Wanna go broke fast? Change your clubs' equipment with every fitness fad that comes around. What happens when American Ninja Warrior loses its shine?
snap was NEVER an absentee owner model. Anyone who opened a snap learned that within the first 6 months. If you ran it as an absentee owner then chances are your club failed. If you wanted to succeed you couldn't be an absentee owner. I don't believe anyone in snap corporate believed it was an absentee owner model and they defrauded everyone who bought into their model. All corporate officers involved at that time should have to stand trial for that. Each franchisee should be entitled to millions because of that fraud. How many lives were ruined because they knowingly deceived and swindled scores of franchisees?
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still greatly frustrated
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Post by still greatly frustrated on Sept 26, 2018 20:49:41 GMT
"I don't believe anyone in snap corporate believed it was an absentee owner model and they defrauded everyone who bought into their model. All corporate officers involved at that time should have to stand trial for that. Each franchisee should be entitled to millions because of that fraud. How many lives were ruined because they knowingly deceived and swindled scores of franchisees?"
But to accomplish that, you'd first have to get franchisees to actually join together and hire counsel, to toss in $500 or maybe even $1000 each. Good luck -- we can't even get 5 or 10 here to get a franchisee association going.
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Post by determined1 on Oct 13, 2018 18:30:13 GMT
Back in 2009 snap was telling franchisees that classes weren't part of the snap model, they should stick with running the snap plan. In late 2009 early 2010 snap did an about face and now figured out that classes were important and that you should section off part of your club and do classes in that small section. Shortsighted on their part and makes the club look like a hodgepodge when you're trying to run classes in the same space members are trying to work out. Then there was the whole club 31 or 35 or 36 or 41 or whatever that was called. Ok, now run that plan. That lasted for about 9 months and they gave up on that. Now they want you to scrap about 50% of your selectorized equipment and put in an adult jungle gym. That's the new plan. I'm sure in some environments that'll work out fine. In the big cities near us that plays well and they charge dearly for that. In this area we've seen those businesses open here and close here about 3 to 5 years later. Churning equipment is only good for the manufacturers (and snap, since they profit from the "preferred" vendors). Get rid of selectorized, buy jungle gyms, sell jungle gyms, buy selectorized when the jungle gym fad fades)
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