Can Brightstar Care request a sample of an item a franchisee wishes to purchase from an unapproved supplier?

• 6.8.2 Except for those instances where we have designated a single source as noted in Section 6.8.1, if you wish to purchase any unapproved item and/or acquire approved items from an unapproved supplier, you must provide us the name, address and telephone number of the proposed supplier, a description of the item you wish to purchase, and purchase price of the item, if known. At our request, you must provide us, for testing purposes, a sample of the item you wish to purchase. Nothing in the foregoing will be construed to require us to approve any particular supplier. We may base our approval on considerations relating not only directly to the item or supplier itself, but also indirectly to the uniformity, efficiency, and quality of operation we deem necessary or desirable in our System as a whole. Nothing requires us to approve an unreasonable number of suppliers for a given item, which approval might, in our judgment, result in higher costs or prevent the effective or economical supervision of approved suppliers. We may revoke our approval of particular products or suppliers when we determine that such products or suppliers no longer meet our standards. Upon receiving written notice of such revocation, you must cease purchasing products from such supplier. You must use products purchased from approved suppliers solely in connection with operating your Agency and not for any competitive business purpose.

Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 117–118)