Hi Tony

"no membership unless you buy their products"

You are not being cynical, just making honest observations

The same applies to "Unipart Car Care Centres" "Bosch Service" and many more, yes it does involve you using their products, but don't they all?

With the 5 star rating, yes only the good comments are put on the website, if there is a consistently poor feedback on the cards, then this will be addressed by the scheme (Forte), if it cannot be resolved then you will be asked to leave. You get back all the feedback cards from your customers to see where improvements can be made

Its a question of which scheme works best for you. We all need to make a living and a descent profit, i use their products anyway so it works for me........and their marketing power is second to non

Peter

PS: I have been a Unipart Car Care Centre twice, promoting the UCCC's to the media was always an issue......it never happened. Then they wanted £700:00 a year to join a "Good Garage Scheme" so i left. They enticed me back a few years later, then my "Express Factors" disappeared overnight FORCING me to use a motor factor i had no dealings with, so i left the UCCC scheme for good. This was about putting Uniparts interests first and UCCC second. With the Forte scheme the "Good Garages" come first, then that gives them a constant reliable revenue