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Archive for the ‘PURE WEIGHT LOSS’ Category

May 22nd, 2008

A Rare Pure Weight Loss Success Story, Thanks to Care Credit, Weight Watchers, FOX4

(FranchisePick.Com)  Also read:  HOW MUCH DOES PURE WEIGHT LOSS OWE YOU?,
PURE WEIGHT LOSS CUSTOMERS: SHARE NEWS & OPINIONS HERE,
Pure Weight Loss to Close All 400 Locations
There hasn’t been much word from the bankruptcy proceedings of Pure Weight Loss (formerly LA Weight Loss) or the legal proceedings against founder Vahan Karian.  A few […]

By sean -- 0 comments

April 2nd, 2008

Pure Weight Loss: Sad Employee Story

(FranchisePick.Com)  For anyone who lost money, time and patience dealing with Pure Weight Loss (formerly LA Weight Loss, here’s one for the “I thought I had it bad” file.  Pure Weight Loss employee “Angie” left this sad tale as a comment on a recent post:
I was an employee of Pure Weight Loss. This is my […]

By sean -- 3 comments

March 27th, 2008

Pure Weight Loss / LA Weight Loss Rumors, Complaints

(FranchisePick.Com)  In the wake of continued complaints and allegations regarding the closing of more than Pure Weight Loss locations (formerly branded as L.A. Weight Loss), rumors and complaints are mounting that L.A. Weight Loss Centers may be following close behind.  On Rip-off Report alone, more than 30 negative “reports”* have been posted since the first […]

By sean -- 8 comments

March 21st, 2008

L.A. Weight Loss Center Closings, Cutbacks & Rumors

(FranchisePick.Com)  Last year, more than 400 company-owned weight loss centers operating as L.A. Weight Loss rebranded their centers Pure Weight Loss.  A few months later, the chain abruptly closed, leaving thousands of customers owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in products and services and employees and managers unemployed with bounced paychecks.
Rumors are rampant that […]

By sean -- 7 comments

March 14th, 2008

It’s Court Day for Pure Weight Loss, Vahan Karian

(FranchisePick.Com) Pure Weight Loss & sole owner Vahan Karian go to Bankruptcy Court this morning. There will be a “Meeting of Creditors” at 10 am, March 14th at the William J. Green Federal Building in Philadelphia (600 Arch St., 2nd floor conference room, 10:00 am).
Check out this story on Pure Weight Loss and the […]

By sean -- 1 comment

February 29th, 2008

Pure Weight Loss Adds Insult to Injury Part 3

(FranchisePick.com) Pure Weight Loss Adds Insult to Injury Part 1: Pure Weight Loss Members, out thousands of dollars from the company’s abrupt closure, have their refund claim forms returned as undeliverable. Add lost time, postage costs, aggravation.
Pure Weight Loss Adds Insult to Injury Part 2: Pure Weight Loss offers stranded members discounts […]

By sean -- 0 comments

February 25th, 2008

Did HONESTY Kill Pure Weight Loss? or LA Weight Loss: The Movie

(FranchisePick.Com)  In the movie Liar Liar, Jim Carrey plays an attorney whose career  starts unravelling when he’s suddenly unable to tell lies.  That’s pretty much what happened to Vahan Karian and his Pure Weight Loss nee LA Weight Loss chain of diet centers, according to Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna.
According to Seattle Weekly:  “Twice now, […]

By sean -- 5 comments

February 22nd, 2008

Pure Weight Loss Meeting of Creditors Set for March 14

(FranchisePick.Com)  The bankrupt Pure Weight Loss (formerly LA Weight Loss) chain and owner, Vahan Karian, who left thousands of former members and employees without hundreds of thousands of dollars in services, products, refunds and paychecks is due in court March 14.  FranchisePick.com contributor Sue wrote:
I just received a notice from Bankruptcy Court regarding the case of PWL […]

By sean -- 6 comments

February 20th, 2008

Pure Weight Loss Employees Also Suffering Losses

(FranchisePick.Com) Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of comments have been posted on FranchisePick.Com by victimized Pure Weight Loss (until recently LA Weight Loss) members, some of whom lost several thousand dollars when the 400 unit chain closed abruptly last month with seemingly little regard for its members or employees. While most media attention focuses on […]

By sean -- 5 comments

February 3rd, 2008

IS PURE WEIGHT LOSS VIOLATING HIPAA PRIVACY LAWS? (Part 2)

(FranchisePick.Com) Background: December, 2007, Pure Weight Loss (formerly LA Weight Loss) announced it was closing all its 400 centers nationwide by Jan. 4., 2008. With no notice and little explanation, Pure Weight Loss left thousands of customers without a weight loss program, without the half-million dollars they’d collectively prepaid for Pure Weight Loss services […]

By sean -- 3 comments