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June 26th, 2008

Pure Weight Loss: A Letter to CEO Vahan Karian

(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

LA WEIGHT LOSS RUMORS: More Centers Closing (UPDATED)

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

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 Kelly -- 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 Kelly -- 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 Kelly -- 3 comments

February 3rd, 2008

IS PURE WEIGHT LOSS VIOLATING HIPAA PRIVACY LAWS? (Part 1)

(FranchisePick.Com) In 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 […]

By Sean Kelly -- 3 comments

December 18th, 2007

Pure Weight Loss to Close All 400 Locations

(FranchisePick.Com)  Visit Pure Weight Loss / LA Weight Loss Complaint site  DEAR VAHAN.
Also read: PURE WEIGHT LOSS CUSTOMERS: SHARE NEWS & OPINIONS HERE
Source: Philadelphia Daily News
…Pure Weight Loss, Inc, formerly LA Weight Loss, announced on Wednesday that it would close all of its more than 400 locations nationwide effective Jan. 4.
A statement released by […]

By Sean Kelly -- 376 comments