‘We just had no idea’: Jim’s Group founder responds to reports of misconduct and breaches

They give you a million pages of contract knowing that no one will read it and will trust the name and sign it. Jim plays the nice guy till you’re fully joined and signed then you see his real face when you tell him you’re struggling to pay his fees.
When you buy a franchise he charges you extra 60% as start up kit and when you sell it they charge additional $25% of selling price. And while you’re in it there’s monthly fee of couple thousand per month.
It’s a trap not sure how he’s been getting away with frauding vulnerable people.
They send you leads with wrong address/phone numbers or and when you try to cancel a lead they give you hell, lead fees are not small amounts they’re just under $100 per lead.
He’s really getting the juice out of poor people.
He’s laid bad foundations and my predictions say his whole empire of falsehood will collapse God Willing.

I cut peoples lawns for $30 Jim’s mowing franchises change $80 RIPHOFF

Beware, EVERYTHING finds its way to Jim Shifty Penman.

Jims is a joke .
Love to sue for stress he put me under ?

Has this post been shared to a disgruntled Jim Mower franchise Reddit thread?

I cannot quite understand why you would buy a lawnmowing franchise when you could build one yourself? Simply doesn’t compute for me????

Perhaps someone should investigate the ‘Jims Test & Tag’ franchises operati g in clear contravention of AS3760. The standard says that it specifically does not apply for medical equipment, which is tested to the much more stringent & complex AS3551. Yet, all over town, we see medical centers with their equipment bearing Jims stickers.
If there was ever an incident, the practice would have 0 protection but imagine trying to sue the Jims franchisee.
A colleague has tackled them over it, but silence, denials and pleading ignorance is all you get.

Good onya Jim good onya there’s always someone’s who is not suited to be a franchisee. They think it’s just a walk in the park and become a millionaire in no time.
& These who get a fine for one thing or another should pay for it themselves.
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PS I’m no longer on Facebook or Twitter, the only thing that I’m on is YouTube.
Once again good onya

Jim Penman knows exactly what is going on, but sells himself as the innocent party. I can assure you, from my many, many dealing with the man, he is the instigator of dodgy practices, but will throw anyone and everyone under the bus to protect himself. There are 2 Jim Penmans’. The first is the one you see on TV, playing the good guy. The second one, the real Jim, is a nasty, conniving, bitter, sociopath. He has made his money taking advantage of vulnerable people, selling them a dream and delivering a nightmare.

Jim is a very rude man. He believes that his word is always right. What goes around comes around!

Shifty as a cut snake old Jimmy Boy

I had a pool are franchise here in SA, I tried to claim the Minimum Wage Guarantee, Jim, said I couldn’t have it as I wasn’t working hard enough, I bought a new franchise, with 0 customers, Jim’s offers a minimum wage guarantee, if franchisees are earning below a certain income.

I rang Jim Penman, after his group failed to deliver business training, I had a 5 day course delivered in 3 hours in my house, he said I was too negative, and refused to talk to me.

I advise no-one buys a Jim’s franchise, he is a scammer, and he knows he is.

I was fortunate, I sold my franchise after a year, with 20 customers.

Every lead I got through the call centre cost me $22, this didn’t guarantee a job, but his fees crippled my business.

I ended up doing a deal with a local pool shop, who gave me more work than the Jim’s scam ever did.

DO NOT BUY A JIMS FRANCHISE!!!!

Jim Penman is famous amongst franchisees for being completely dodgy. It is not just ripping off franchisees but also in dealing with dodgy operators who rip off customers. He just does not care until affects his perception.

“As a franchisee who has been with Jim’s for a number of years, I’ve unfortunately experienced some of the same challenges highlighted in this article. “The lack of support from the franchisor in advertising has made it difficult to operate “The communication from the franchisor is often unclear and inconsistent, leading to confusion and delays.
They keep talking of unserviced leads, but are never specific of the areas.
Once you sign on the dotted line, one is hooked.
They also sign on any Tom dick and Harry on as Franchisees, who usually have no business acumen whatsoever, and these guys make a bad name for others

I am thinking about buying a “Jim’s Brain Surgery” franchise. I am assured all training will be given.

The truth about Jim? Not a good person…but there’s many like him operating businesses without honesty, scamming hard earned dollars from good people.
Unfortunately Jim will continue, until he crosses the legal line with the ATO, I’m guessing he’s already doing this…

Metropolitan Plumbing. I lost all faith in Jim after these guys turned up for a minor roof repair. Screwed.

Not sure bout others but mowing is a simple as a $40 mower from gumtree & $15 whipper snipper go door knocking & each job save or buy another tool, DID exactly this & made a wage within a week….Nothing comes easy except for franchises you don’t need,they get the work from people who need jobs done & nobody to do it DOOR KNOCK & $50 worth business cards made & your away you don’t need all the fancy gear you can replace that over time,also kick it of straight after winter not before….Jim’s Jim we all know this anything he has anybody can start themselves how do you think he did.
WORD OF MOUTH IS KING

Well ACTUALLY what can I say. I ACTUALLY noticed that ACTUALLY was a much used word in Mr Jim’s comments. Surely there are ACTUALLY a host of other words that would ACTUALLY do the same job.

Not part of any Jim’s affiliate. However my friend is. He said jim is special in that he doesn’t charge commission on leads. Just a referral fee for the lead. Every other franchise charges comms on the actual price that the franchisee charges.

Seems to be an honest business, but the people who hand out leads seem to recruit franchisees who are friends or family and give them the best leads. Conflicts of interest might have caused a lot of problems without the franchisees being aware. Good luck finding out why your leads dry out in the rich areas.

Im sorry Jim but I call bull sh*t, you knew everything and don’t care
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I would not touch Jim’s building inspections even if given a free car. I know of a franchisee that was happy to write a completely false building report for a court case , even cherry picking the Australian standards to prop up his story. Not sure how much money changed hands but there was a known connection to the client which was clear to see considering they lived an hr apart and there were literally dozens of other Jim’s inspectors in surrounding suburbs.

As a user of Jim’s Cleaning Service I have found them to be great. Any issues easily cleared up and great people to deal with. There are bad people in all society.

Many years ago when franchises became the thing, I had many operators tell me to ‘stay the hell away’ from franchises – they are complete nightmares, especially regarding the goal posts shifting all the time!!!!

Had a Jims Mowing franchise around 1990 in SA for a few years,fees went up 30%in one hit so called a meeting with state owner Phil Maunder who had qld as well,a 100 franchisees showed.when Maunder got up to speak he told all present thats the way it is and promptly got in his merc and left,yes a bunch of thieves,finished with them unable to sell and a debt,do not support this chain,use private only!!!!!