“…Basically, we’re already selling equipment, and also doing some returns, hoping to recover some of the cost. Just reporting to you to ask whether you’re willing to spend money to buy the equipment back. If not, we might sell it to others or second-hand vendors, …”
When communicating with the franchise headquarters, it is essential to keep LINE conversation records,
to ensure that it’s easier to provide evidence in case of contract termination in the future!
There was a case involving the “Little Fatty Doesn’t Diet – Beverage Specialty Store” brand.
The headquarters demanded the franchise store to pay punitive damages of NT$1.35 million,arguing that the franchisee had breached the contract by
“failing to make timely payment for goods,”
“changing ingredients without authorization,”
“transferring the store and authorizing the trademark to others without the plaintiff’s consent.” *
Fortunately, the franchise store submitted LINE chat records
showing that when notifying the headquarters about terminating the contract,
they also informed them about their intention to sell the store’s equipment.
