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    In Canada, the possibilty is that they will get "house arrest" and spend their time at home. I would rather see them serve out their sentence by having to work @ Wallyworld for two years!

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    On second thought....that would be cruel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnotherOD View Post

    HAH! Nice

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    Lies upon lies upon more lies .

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    Are the franchisees trying to save their skin now, or were they actually duped/forced? Is so, they should be suing Bergez as well, but that would be futile as there will not be any money. Bergez will claim his is broke, even if he does jail, he will have his millions in an offshore bank account, if he is smart enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NorthStar View Post
    Are the franchisees trying to save their skin now, or were they actually duped/forced? Is so, they should be suing Bergez as well, but that would be futile as there will not be any money. Bergez will claim his is broke, even if he does jail, he will have his millions in an offshore bank account, if he is smart enough.

    Are you trying to say that these adults did not know the difference between right and wrong and they could not read either to know that what they were doing was illegal ?

    Are you trying to say that they did not read all the newspaper articles about Bruce or are you trying to say that when frame salesmen told them it was illegal they did not understand english ?


    I would think jail would be a good place for all of them.

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    I agree they likely knew or at least suspected that they were doing something illegal - but lucrative, perhaps with assurances from Bergez that it was all BS. All they had to do was Google the issue, and I can't beleive that any normal person would buy a franchise without checking it out first. I wonder how the franchise owners came to buy a franchise in the first place if they were not opticians? Did Bergez advertise franchises available?

    Their actions now are like are just trying to hang it all on Bergez now that he was found guilty. They likely did not start organizing this action until after his guilty verdict this summer.

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    Justice delayed! Bubba will have to wait till Oct. 1 for his new GF. Sigh.

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    Justice arrives on Friday!

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    Hey if they sell off the assets you could pick up an Auto-refractor pretty cheap and start all over again where he left off. The association is probably out of cash to cover more legal expenses.
    I am going to the court Friday to see what is going to happen.

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    How many opticians support great glasses? (keep in mind you are helping optometry and opthalmology, by supporting GG)

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    GG has not helped any eyecare profession, and did not even hire any opticians (until very recently, but only as a result of finalizing court action). How do you think GG has helped eye doctors??? They did not hire any eye doctors either, and performed illegal sight testing.
    Are you new in this "other eyecare-related field" or Ontario? This case has been going on a long time, and has created much discussion on a few threads here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gordmac View Post
    Hey if they sell off the assets you could pick up an Auto-refractor pretty cheap and start all over again where he left off. The association is probably out of cash to cover more legal expenses.
    I am going to the court Friday to see what is going to happen.
    Great! Please post as soon as possible, afterwards.

    Any opinions on sentencing possibilities, anyone? I am thinking "house arrest"/restitution.

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