The fee cuts ignore a basic fact: That franchise fee is there for a reason.

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Additionally, the network pays a franchise fee to the general fund every year.

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You should be in alignment with your brand rep on all of this before you submit the application and hand over the thirty-odd-thousand dollar application fee to the franchise organization.

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Verizon Wireless's fee hike didn't rise to the same franchise-shaking level, but it nevertheless riled consumers.

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Mr. Kesner hosts private parties and corporate events and plans to franchise "Trivial Dispute" along the East Coast, hiring hosts to belt out his questions at bars for a fee.

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