Phoenix Franchise Brands Faces Scrutiny by Franchise Watchdog

 

Franchise watchdog website UnhappyFranchisee.Com is investigating complaints and allegations being lodged against franchisor Phoenix Franchise Brands, its principals Greg Longe & Maria Shinabarger Longe, Cybeck Capital Fund, LLC (“CCF”), a private equity fund managed by Cybeck Capital Partners, LLC of Dayton, Ohio, and franchise brokers including Rhino7 Franchise Sales & Development.

The investigation hub and franchise information portal has been established here:

FETCH! Pet Care Franchise Complaints (Index)  

Phoenix Franchise Brands promotes franchise opportunity investments Fetch! Pet Care, Spray Foam Genie, Door Renew, Furry Land mobile pet grooming, MedSpa810 & Steel Coated Floors ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to several hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Phoenix Franchise brands include:

Fetch!  Pet Care franchise for providing professional care to client’s pets and homes.  Investment:  $88,567 to $103,667. 

Spray Foam Genie franchise for the establishment of a business providing residential and commercial spray foam insulation services. Investment $289,435 to $439,335.

Furry Land franchise for a mobile pet grooming services business, providing pet owners with dog and cat grooming services at customer locations. Investment: $133,977 to $304,177,700. 

Door Renew franchise for  providing commercial and residential door refinishing and restoration services.  Investment $217,700 to$419,200.

medspa810 franchise for the operation of a medspa that offers neuro-toxin, filler and PRP injections, clinical skincare services, cosmetic energy-based skin revitalization procedures, laser hair reduction, non-invasive body contouring procedures, and other minimally to non-invasive cosmetic procedures, and sell related products and services.  Investment: $362,205 to $696,650.

Steel Coated Floors franchise for a “mobile-services” business focused on providing a designated line of epoxy flooring products and services, primarily for residential garages as well as
industrial and commercial garages. Investment: $75,000 to $210,000.

For more information, visit UnhappyFranchisee.Com

Tags:  Fetch! Pet Care franchise complaints, Fetch! Pet Care franchise, Fetch franchise, Phoenix Franchise Brands, franchise complaints, Greg Longe, Maria Longe, Maria Shinabarger, pet franchises, Rhino7, Cybeck Capital Fund, LLC (“CCF”), Cybeck Capital Partners, LLC, dog franchise, Furry Land franchise, Spray Foam Genie franchise, Door Renew franchise, MedSpa810 franchise, Steel coated Floors franchise, Federal Trade Commission, FTC

Graze Craze Franchise Information & Cost

Graze Craze franchise investment amount, earnings, profitability, how to start a franchise are topics of interest. Yet Unhappy Franchisee has issued a franchise warning all should review.

It's called the Graze Craze Franchise Review

When UFG CEO Ray Titus announced the launch of the Graze Craze franchise on Friday, June 11, 2021, he set the whole industry buzzing.

According to United Franchise Group, "The grazing style of eating provides you and your guests with a diverse meal plan in the form of a charcuterie style grazing box, platter or table that meets the individual needs and wants of everyone's personal palette and diet, in relation to those who may have special health or medical eating requirements."

Graze Craze is a charcuterie board business, offering an assortment of cured meats, cheeses, artisan breads, olives, fruits, vegetables and deserts! Graze Craze offers takeout, delivery and catering only so operations are simple and cost effective.

Graze Craze Franchise Review Video

Christy Ogle Sometimes Spouse

Christy Ogle, founder of Sometimes Spouse, has been an active, ongoing topic on the franchise industry blog UnhappyFranchisee.Com.

Sometimes Spouse is a home services cleaning and repair franchise based in Waco, Texas offered by Max Ogle and Christy Ogle.  All of the Sometimes Spouse franchisees have failed and lost their money.  You can read about it

Christy Ogle filed for Bankruptcy in January, 2020 

The couple that holds themselves up as business start-up gurus claim that they are $1.6M in debt.  Their “business empire” has $5,000 in the bank and its only asset is a $20 office chair.

See:  (SOMETIMES SPOUSE Christy Ogle Max Ogle Bankruptcy Filing ).

Max & Christy Ogle Lawsuits

Numerous Lawsuits by Franchisees & Partners  Christy Ogle & Max Ogle have been sued by more than 10 former franchisees and business partners in 4 separate lawsuits.

Sometimes Spouse Fake Facebook Pages & Phony Reviews

Fake Facebook Pages  Christy Ogle broadcasts these messages using about 50 Facebook pages (for fake or defunct Sometimes Spouse office locations), Youtube, Instagram, TikTok and more.

Christy Ogle Sometimes Spouse Deceptive Website

False Location List As of 4/30/20, their Sometimes Spouse website contained a location guide and map showing 40+ non-existent office locations.  

Many of these supposedly franchised offices have no address or use the addresses of UPS Stores or Postnet mail drops to give the illusion of actual locations.

Christy Ogle Potential Bankruptcy Fraud

In this post, it asks Will This Waco Couple Get Away With Fraud? Watchdog Website Needs Your Help.

The victims allege that Christy Ogle & Max Ogle, who have been sued by more than 10 franchisees and partners in at least 4 lawsuits, provided false information to the U.S. bankruptcy court in an effort to wipe away $1.6M the couple owe their creditors, including those who have court-ordered judgements.

Unhappy Franchisee publisher Sean Kelly has established a GoFundMe Campaign to cover time and expenses in researching, documenting, preparing and submitting a report to the Department of Justice requesting denial of the Ogle’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition and requesting an investigation into allegations of criminal bankruptcy fraud and perjury.

UnhappyFranchisee.Com’s investigation has already uncovered some compelling evidence that the Ogle’s may have made false or incomplete representations in their initial bankruptcy filing 1/28/20 to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas.  The investigation has also yielded compelling evidence that both Christy Ogle and Max Ogle knowingly made false statements, under oath, in an official hearing conducted via teleconference on April 17, 2020.

People with information on Christy Ogle, Max Ogle or Sometimes Spouse should post it on UnhappyFranchisee.Com.

TAGS:  Christy Ogle, Sometimes Spouse, Max Ogle, Unhappy Franchisee, Christy Ogle lawsuit, Christy Ogle bankruptcy

Deli Delicious Franchise Discussed on UnhappyFranchisee.com

The Deli Delicious Franchise is a hot topic on the UnhappyFranchisee.Com website.

Deli Delicious Franchise Inc. is the franchisor of the 52 unit Deli delicious chain.

Growth seems to have stalled, and Unhappy Franchisee is investigating the reason why.

Ali Nekumanesh has been at the center of the controversies, which include the defamation lawsuit against the Deli Delicious founder's son and the Deli Delicious Franchise Assessment.

As always, UnhappyFranchisee publisher Sean Kelly is welcoming comments and contributions from those familiar with Deli Delicious, CEO Mohammad Hobab, and EVP Ali Nekumanesh.

TAGS:  Deli Delicious, Deli Delicious franchise, Ali Nekumanesh, Mohammad Hobab, Hesam Hobab

Clothes Bin Franchise Opportunity

Clothes Bin Franchise Opportunity - Great new franchise opportunity? Risky investment of time and money? Or outright franchise scam?
What do you think?

Here's the Clothes Bin franchise pitch we received:

CLOTHES BIN - The OPPORTUNITY You've Bin Looking For

The average American discards approximately 70 pounds of clothes, shoes and textiles each year. Most of these items end up in local landfills, which amounts to an astounding 16.9 billion pounds of preventable waste each year.
Clothes Bin has developed a proven process for the collection, management and distribution of clothes, shoes and textiles throughout the United States. Strategically located in the parking lots of convenience stores, gas stations, shopping centers or wherever people congregate, these bright green bins are destined to become the go-to for anyone looking for a convenient way to recycle their clothes, shoes and textiles
________________________________

How CLOTHES BIN Works
1. Bins Placed in Ideal Locations. Use BLIPto plan the location of your bins throughout your territory. Bins can be moved at will to increase productivity.
2. Contributors Fill the Bins. Contributors find the conveniently placed bins and fill them with their clothes, shoes and textiles.
3. Service Full Bins. BLIPwill notify you whenever a bin approaches its capacity.
4. Unload Contents. Franchisees have the option to independently sell the contents collected in the bins, or participate in the Clothes Bin Corporate Buy Back Program where the Company purchases the collected items at wholesale prices.
5. Receive Funds for Contents. If participating in the Clothes Bin Corporate Buy Back Program, the Company pays franchisees for the collected items. Franchisees also have the option to sell the contents of their bins on the open market.
________________________________

The BinIs Full Of TECHNOLOGY
Clothes Bin is bringing textile recycling to the 21st century with BLIP (Bin Location Information Program). BLIP monitors each bin and alerts the franchisee whenever a bin approaches its capacity and needs to be serviced.
MAP Your Route
In addition to our state-of-the-art bins pro-actively notifying you when they are approaching capacity and need to be serviced, BLIP allows the franchisee to visualize their territory on an interactive map that includes their placed bins, as well as detailed contact information for potential bin locations.
BLIPs powerful technology also maps out the most efficient collection route and helps the franchisee determine which bins are performing well, and which bins may need to be moved to alternative locations.
________________________________

FRANCHISE Binefits At A Glance
* The Bin is your hardest working employee. They work 24/7/365 without overtime pay and they never call in sick. For them, HR stands for Happily Recycling.
* Getting started is easy. No build-out, construction inspections or soft openings to worry about. Your bins are ready to get to work the moment you place them in the field and if the location isnt working for you, you simply relocate the bin to another location. Its that simple.
* Rain or shine, day and night your bins are working for you. BLIP will monitor each bin and tell you when they need to be serviced. Our unique system will even layout the most efficient collection route.
* Simple to manage. Unlike many other franchise opportunities, Clothes Bin franchisees never have to worry about food co sts, spoilage or ongoing inventory management and holding costs. Clothes Bin 05
* Open 24 hours a day. Bins act like cash machines by making money while you sleep.
* Help others do their part for the environment. Your Clothes Bin franchise will play an important part in keeping clothes and textiles out of your local landfills.
* No sales experience needed. The Bin does all of the selling by compelling your customers to fill the bins. Simply place each bin in a convenient location and your customers will do the rest.
* Consistent sales. Our Clothes Bin Corporate Buy Back Program provides an option for the Company to purchase your collected clothes, shoes and textiles at wholesale prices.
* Affordable franchise.
* Clothes Bin compliments your other franchises or part-time job. The flexibility of the Clothes Bin franchise makes this the perfect opportunity for individuals who own other franchises, are looking to capitalize on their free time or supplement their part-time job or profession.
________________________________

Become A PARTNER
Join our efforts to help serve the local community and economy, as well as the environment. We partner with business owners, property owners and management companies of shopping centers who allow us to place a Clothes Bin on their property. Our partners demonstrate to the public their support of our green initiative by encouraging their patrons to contribute, by providing a convenient way to drop off their bags of unwanted clothes, shoes and textiles. Clothes Bin drives traffic to your location and as people recycle their clothes, shoes and textiles, they create more room to purchase new items.
NOW is the perfect time to get in on the ground floor!

What do you think of the Clothes Bin franchise pitch?

What do you think the pros and cons of the Clothes Bin franchise might be?

Share a comment below.

Clothes Bin Franchise Opportunity

Clothes Bin Franchise Opportunity - Great new franchise opportunity? Risky investment of time and money? Or outright franchise scam?

What do you think?

Here's the Clothes Bin franchise pitch we received:

CLOTHES BIN - The OPPORTUNITY You've Bin Looking For The average American discards approximately 70 pounds of clothes, shoes and textiles each year. Most of these items end up in local landfills, which amounts to an astounding 16.9 billion pounds of preventable waste each year. Clothes Bin has developed a proven process for the collection, management and distribution of clothes, shoes and textiles throughout the United States. Strategically located in the parking lots of convenience stores, gas stations, shopping centers or wherever people congregate, these bright green bins are destined to become the go-to for anyone looking for a convenient way to recycle their clothes, shoes and textiles How CLOTHES BIN Works 1. Bins Placed in Ideal Locations. Use BLIPto plan the location of your bins throughout your territory. Bins can be moved at will to increase productivity. 2. Contributors Fill the Bins. Contributors find the conveniently placed bins and fill them with their clothes, shoes and textiles. 3. Service Full Bins. BLIPwill notify you whenever a bin approaches its capacity. 4. Unload Contents. Franchisees have the option to independently sell the contents collected in the bins, or participate in the Clothes Bin Corporate Buy Back Program where the Company purchases the collected items at wholesale prices. 5. Receive Funds for Contents. If participating in the Clothes Bin Corporate Buy Back Program, the Company pays franchisees for the collected items. Franchisees also have the option to sell the contents of their bins on the open market. The BinIs Full Of TECHNOLOGY Clothes Bin is bringing textile recycling to the 21st century with BLIP (Bin Location Information Program). BLIP monitors each bin and alerts the franchisee whenever a bin approaches its capacity and needs to be serviced. MAP Your Route In addition to our state-of-the-art bins pro-actively notifying you when they are approaching capacity and need to be serviced, BLIP allows the franchisee to visualize their territory on an interactive map that includes their placed bins, as well as detailed contact information for potential bin locations. BLIPs powerful technology also maps out the most efficient collection route and helps the franchisee determine which bins are performing well, and which bins may need to be moved to alternative locations. FRANCHISE Binefits At A Glance The Bin is your hardest working employee. They work 24/7/365 without overtime pay and they never call in sick. For them, HR stands for Happily Recycling. Getting started is easy. No build-out, construction inspections or soft openings to worry about. Your bins are ready to get to work the moment you place them in the field and if the location isnt working for you, you simply relocate the bin to another location. Its that simple. Rain or shine, day and night your bins are working for you. BLIP will monitor each bin and tell you when they need to be serviced. Our unique system will even layout the most efficient collection route. Simple to manage. Unlike many other franchise opportunities, Clothes Bin franchisees never have to worry about food costs, spoilage or ongoing inventory management and holding costs. Clothes Bin 05 Open 24 hours a day. Bins act like cash machines by making money while you sleep. Help others do their part for the environment. Your Clothes Bin franchise will play an important part in keeping clothes and textiles out of your local landfills. No sales experience needed. The Bin does all of the selling by compelling your customers to fill the bins. Simply place each bin in a convenient location and your customers will do the rest. Consistent sales. Our Clothes Bin Corporate Buy Back Program provides an option for the Company to purchase your collected clothes, shoes and textiles at wholesale prices. Affordable franchise. Clothes Bin compliments your other franchises or part-time job. The flexibility of the Clothes Bin franchise makes this the perfect opportunity for individuals who own other franchises, are looking to capitalize on their free time or supplement their part-time job or profession. Become A PARTNER Join our efforts to help serve the local community and economy, as well as the environment. We partner with business owners, property owners and management companies of shopping centers who allow us to place a Clothes Bin on their property. Our partners demonstrate to the public their support of our green initiative by encouraging their patrons to contribute, by providing a convenient way to drop off their bags of unwanted clothes, shoes and textiles. Clothes Bin drives traffic to your location and as people recycle their clothes, shoes and textiles, they create more room to purchase new items. NOW is the perfect time to get in on the ground floor!

What do you think of the Clothes Bin franchise pitch? What do you think the pros and cons of the Clothes Bin franchise might be? Share a comment below.

NY Bagel Cafe Franchise Warnings on UnhappyFranchisee.Com

NY Bagel Cafe franchise topics have been widely covered on UnhappyFranchisee.Com  which has communicated its opinion that Joseph Smith and Dennis Mason are running a lucrative franchise scam by promising trusting individuals the opportunity to join a young, successful franchise chain and own their own bagel café for an upfront fee ranging from $17,500 – $29,500.


UnhappyFranchisee.Com believes that most who sign franchise agreements with NY Bagel Café are neither provided funding nor have their initial fees of $17,500 – $29,500 refunded.  Dennis Mason & Joe Smith, they believe, simply keep their money, knowing that they can’t afford to hire a lawyer and won’t be able to collect a judgement even if they are awarded one.

NY Bagel Café victims should contact Unhappy Franchisee
If you have given any money to NY Bagel Café, Joseph Smith or Dennis Mason, contact UF here confidentially:
NY BAGEL CAFÉ Franchise: Have You Been Scammed?

Law enforcement and attorney generals can contact us for victims willing to share their stories and experiences.

NY Bagel Café franchise’s 90% failure rate

Here is the list of locations NY Bagel Café doesn’t want you to know about:
NY BAGEL CAFÉ Franchise: How Many Have Closed? [UPDATED]

The Franchise Graveyard shows the storefronts of the many dead NY Bagel Café franchises, providing proof that the NY Bagel Café is an extremely high-risk venture – and those risks are not disclosed as required by law:
NY BAGEL CAFÉ Franchise Graveyard 

NY Bagel Café franchise’s dirty little (and big) secrets
 There are 10 things about NY Bagel Café everyone should know:
Joe Smith, Dennis Mason & NY Bagel Café Franchise Exposed: 10 Things You Should Know
West Chester, PA franchisees sued all the way back in 2011 contains very specific allegations that we have heard from other alleged victims as well, including violations of franchise disclosure laws and illegal earnings representations made during the franchise sales process:
NY BAGEL CAFÉ & DELI Franchise Complaints

Franchise salesman Dennis Mason has a track record of franchise litigation, bankruptcies and franchisee failures.  Read the comment section here:
DENNIS MASON Franchise Complaints

Dennis Mason allegedly wrote to Janet Conlon in an email promising to return her $25,000 franchise fee if she couldn’t get funding.  She couldn’t get funding, but they refused to return her money.  Read Dennis’ email here:
NY BAGEL CAFÉ Franchise a Scam? MA Woman Says Yes

NY Bagel Café:  Franchise Legal Issues
NY Bagel was reported for advertising & selling franchises in states that legally require registration.  Read the status of those state investigations here:
Is NY BAGEL CAFÉ Violating Multiple State Franchise Laws?

Despite not being registered to sell franchises in Maryland, NY Bagel Café brags about the opening of their illegal Ocean City, MD location:
Is NY BAGEL CAFÉ Ocean City MD an Illegal Franchise?

One lawsuit even alleged that the franchisor’s corporate status has been revoked cannot, legally, transact business.  We checked and also found it revoked:
NEW YORK BAGEL ENTERPRISES INC. Franchisor’s Corporate Status Revoked

Unhappy Franchisee website allegedly got NY Bagel Café franchise ads banned from the largest franchise advertising network due to fraudulent misrepresentation and violations of their Terms of Service:
NY BAGEL CAFE Kicked Off Franchise Sites for Deceptive Ads

Check UnhappyFranchisee.Com for more on this and other franchise opportunities.  

If you are thinking about opening a franchise, do your homework and be careful!