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Matco Tools

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Matco Tools Distributor reviews

1.9

0% would recommend to a friend

(7 total reviews)

Timothy J. Gilmore

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7 reviews
2.0
Feb 7, 2021

Location, Location, Location

Recommend
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Pros

A good service area with a good District Manager can be very rewarding.

Cons

Although advertised as low, the start up costs for Matco Tools can be high, and not always an investment. Overpriced tools. Competing with on-line resellers.

2.0
Aug 17, 2020

Tool Distributor

Recommend
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Pros

self employed shops assigned to you

Cons

Technicians dont make enough money to pay for tools consistantly. Matco doesnt work with distributors enough in the first few years to insure success

1.0
May 14, 2019

Distributor

Recommend
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Pros

You are your own boss. Meet lots of new people. Can be a really fun job.

Cons

Pretty much everything else. They are in your corner till you have a hiccup. Come up short on one weekly tool bill payment and you are done. District Managers are basically salesmen pretending to be in your corner when you are new and encourage you to buy buy buy. Their cost on tools is ridiculous. I bought streamlights at a local napa for 15 dollars cheaper than what I would. Pay cost on. Most of the starter inventory is discontinued or very soon to be discontinued. So if you dont survive a year like I did, you are stuck with a 150k bill and 20k worth of tools that you cant return to them. Oakleys are the same. I have $1000 worth of oakleys they sent me in the starter inventory, and they cant be returned. The stuff you can return, they will short you on. I sent 20k back, got an 11k refund. Scam artists. I lost 200k in a year. Borrowed money against my home to stay afloat, paid them up and got my bill current. A week later they terminated my franchise agreement. They tell you if you cant succeed in 3 months, they reimburse your money invested. The problem is, the first 3 months everyone is in a buying frenzy as you are new and its exciting. After 7 months things slow down. Save your money and run as far away from these guys as you can.

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