{"id":14120,"date":"2017-08-14T18:27:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T01:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cucollector.com\/?p=14120"},"modified":"2023-07-06T23:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:21:14","slug":"enough-is-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/enough-is-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Enough is Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

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EDITORIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is going on in the repossession industry?\u00a0 For years we have been pushed around, dictated to, coerced by false information, and downright bullied.\u00a0 But Enough is Enough!<\/p>\n

The Council of Repossession Professionals (CORP) can no longer stand back and discuss the issues.\u00a0 We have to get out front and disseminate all the information we can to you, the hardworking, professional recovery agents and owners, with a belief that you can make informed decisions.<\/p>\n

The CORP is YOU.\u00a0 We own and run repossessions businesses just like you do.\u00a0 We participate in different associations in hopes for a better and brighter future.\u00a0 We can no longer afford to sit back and do nothing.\u00a0 Every year, month, and day, another fellow industry professional is being forced to close their doors.<\/p>\n

With everything that has been happening in the last couple of years, most of us had to make some pretty difficult decisions.\u00a0 Worried that if we chose incorrectly, our businesses would suffer and our competitors would thrive.\u00a0 Look where you are now.\u00a0 Doing more work and getting paid less money, sometimes even losing money when you finally sit down and truly run your numbers.<\/p>\n

Just recently, we have noticed certain lending institutions, as well as their management companies, force us to accept a national chain of locksmiths to now enter your property to cut and program keys.\u00a0 REALLY????\u00a0 Think of all that money you have invested in equipment, training, and inventory.\u00a0 It is now being relegated to the corner of your workbench collecting dust and another revenue stream (and up until now, the last true revenue stream) gone in an instant.<\/p>\n

Sure, these companies are telling you that they will pay you a nominal fee to let the locksmiths on your lot, but that fee doesn\u2019t even cover your expenses to pay your employee to stand there with them while they cut and program the key.\u00a0 Not to mention the same loss of the same employee that could otherwise be helping your company make money.<\/p>\n

Better yet (not really), these same companies have struck a deal with the national locksmith service for you to cut and program a key at a reduced price from their national contract.\u00a0 So, it is bad enough that this is happening, but then to be slapped in the face, that you have to take a reduced price from a contract and fee structure that you didn\u2019t even get to negotiate.\u00a0 WOW!<\/p>\n

Please step back and take a look at how your industry is continuing to allow these horrific changes take place.\u00a0 Stand up, band together, and JUST SAY NO!<\/p>\n

If you find yourself in a situation where you have to adhere to these ridiculous changes, please make sure to protect yourself.\u00a0 Know your state laws when it comes to locksmiths.\u00a0 And believe this: \u00a0many states do have these laws.\u00a0 Some of these states even prohibit contracting out work to local locksmiths that are not employed and registered under the national locksmith company.\u00a0 Some states even demand that these national locksmiths company have an actual physical business in the state they are doing the service in. Here are some simple questions:<\/p>\n