July 24th, 2008
(Franchise Pick) FOR THE FULL LIST OF LA WEIGHT LOSS STORE CLOSINGS (RUMORS), VISIT DEAR VAHAN. Three consistent comments we get about LA Weight Loss: 1) My LA Weight Loss center closed/is closing, 2) They owe me a refund, and 3) I’m mad because the program was working.
Why is it […]
By Sean Kelly -- 6 comments
June 30th, 2008
Warning to any current or future LA Weight Loss customers considering prepaying for products or services: rumors abound that certain LA Weight Loss Centers may be closing in the near future. If that happens, you may have a hard time getting a refund or the products you are owed.
According to the LA Weight […]
By Sean Kelly -- 12 comments
June 26th, 2008
(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’s a new website called Dear Vahan that invites both employee and member victims of Pure Weight Loss and/or LA Weight Loss to share a message to be shared with […]
By Sean Kelly -- 0 comments
June 26th, 2008
The Pure Weight Loss and LA Weight Loss complaints site reports rumors of LA Weight Loss centers closing:
They are closing more LA Weight Loss Centers which are managed by the LA Weight Loss Franchise Companies Corporate office (Under the Name of LATO- or LA Take Over).
By July 11th, the following centers will be closing […]
By Sean Kelly -- 67 comments
June 12th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) IS LA WEIGHT LOSS IN TROUBLE?
Late last year, rumors started appearing on FranchisePick.com a month or two before Pure Weight Loss (formerly LA Weight Loss) suddenly announced it was closing all 400 weight loss facilities nationwide. In fact, one reader posted about the California closings before it hit the news. […]
By Sean Kelly -- 18 comments
April 2nd, 2008
(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 Kelly -- 3 comments
February 29th, 2008
(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 Kelly -- 0 comments
February 22nd, 2008
(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 Kelly -- 6 comments
February 20th, 2008
(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 Kelly -- 5 comments
February 3rd, 2008
(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 Kelly -- 3 comments
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