Comments on: Is Contours Express a Great Fitness Franchise? http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:03:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: observer http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-17/#comment-377119 observer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:17:39 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-377119 There will come a new lawsuit against Contours Express International next year! There will come a new lawsuit against Contours Express International next year!

]]> By: todd http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-1/#comment-367901 todd Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:51:31 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-367901 To bad you won't be able to sell your 2 franchises & will eventually go out of business. Unless of course you can reduce your membership to $10 a month with NO initiation fee which you can't. Unless you've been under a rock, this is what is killing contours. Not bad owners. Who in their right mind would pay $39 a month for 10 squeaky, outdated machines when you can join a full service state-of-the-art club for $10??? Don't want to hear about women only crap because big clubs are pretty much empty and have a great atmosphere from 8:30 am through 6pm. As for these mornons that are still talking about sueing...get a life! Did you really thing people would continue a membership at a place with 10 machines and no cardio??? Do you really think your personalities are that wonderful that people will stay loyal to you?? Guess what? They're very nice at places like planet fitness as well and also better looking than you. It's not the fault of contours ownership. You will never see a dime as I said 2 years ago. You should have sold like I did when the $10 trend was catching fire. BTW? How much did you make off of your 2 contours last year? 30k??? It will be less next year. Burn the things. To bad you won’t be able to sell your 2 franchises & will eventually go out of business. Unless of course you can reduce your membership to $10 a month with NO initiation fee which you can’t. Unless you’ve been under a rock, this is what is killing contours. Not bad owners. Who in their right mind would pay $39 a month for 10 squeaky, outdated machines when you can join a full service state-of-the-art club for $10??? Don’t want to hear about women only crap because big clubs are pretty much empty and have a great atmosphere from 8:30 am through 6pm. As for these mornons that are still talking about sueing…get a life! Did you really thing people would continue a membership at a place with 10 machines and no cardio??? Do you really think your personalities are that wonderful that people will stay loyal to you?? Guess what? They’re very nice at places like planet fitness as well and also better looking than you. It’s not the fault of contours ownership. You will never see a dime as I said 2 years ago. You should have sold like I did when the $10 trend was catching fire. BTW? How much did you make off of your 2 contours last year? 30k??? It will be less next year. Burn the things.

]]> By: Katelyn Grant http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-17/#comment-362836 Katelyn Grant Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:13:24 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-362836 joy was my grandma and i miss her lots joy was my grandma and i miss her lots

]]> By: Katelyn Grant http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-17/#comment-362835 Katelyn Grant Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:09:14 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-362835 Joy elizabeth glasgow was my grandma well she still is and it is really hard to lose someone especially that way but you will get through it it just take times even though i am only 11 years old i still miss her more than ever and i think she had a pretty good busiess but that is my opinion well bye and i love you grandma!! Joy elizabeth glasgow was my grandma well she still is and it is really hard to lose someone especially that way but you will get through it it just take times even though i am only 11 years old i still miss her more than ever and i think she had a pretty good busiess but that is my opinion well bye and i love you grandma!!

]]> By: Happy Owner http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-1/#comment-305488 Happy Owner Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:22:51 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-305488 We are the happy owner of 2 Contours. You make your business successful or not. Contours Provides a model you make it profitable. Maybe Contours need to do a better job of screening business owners. We are the happy owner of 2 Contours. You make your business successful or not. Contours Provides a model you make it profitable. Maybe Contours need to do a better job of screening business owners.

]]> By: pt-eu http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-17/#comment-305199 pt-eu Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-305199 contours express lost france. in 2007 started a franchise club in toulouse and was caled the pilot club. After 3 years ther was no development and no help from ce so the lady closed the ce club. you can find the same story in all the countries in europe where ce found people for this business model. germany dead, uk 2 times dead, ireland more or less dead, spain, more or less dead and so on and so on! in the last 5 years there was no developent in europe at all! there where question from australia about selling or closing a club and about the fees. there was no club owner with development problems in europe who was able to sell the club. most of them closed after one or tow years and lost a lot of money, time, health and passion. some of them have not pay any franchise fee and no closing fee because there was no support and no service from ce side. ce did nothing to get any fees becoause they know that it will be impossible for them to get this money in europe. so if you have any problems with this system stop your business asap, try to sell ist, stop paying any fee and close your club. safe your money, your time and your health! we try to help this people and we tell eyeryone who is interessted in this system this stories. this business and the people behind it ar more or less criminal. good luck to you all! there is a life after ce-franchise! contours express lost france. in 2007 started a franchise club in toulouse and was caled the pilot club. After 3 years ther was no development and no help from ce so the lady closed the ce club. you can find the same story in all the countries in europe where ce found people for this business model. germany dead, uk 2 times dead, ireland more or less dead, spain, more or less dead and so on and so on! in the last 5 years there was no developent in europe at all!

there where question from australia about selling or closing a club and about the fees.

there was no club owner with development problems in europe who was able to sell the club. most of them closed after one or tow years and lost a lot of money, time, health and passion.

some of them have not pay any franchise fee and no closing fee because there was no support and no service from ce side. ce did nothing to get any fees becoause they know that it will be impossible for them to get this money in europe.

so if you have any problems with this system stop your business asap, try to sell ist, stop paying any fee and close your club. safe your money, your time and your health!

we try to help this people and we tell eyeryone who is interessted in this system this stories. this business and the people behind it ar more or less criminal.

good luck to you all! there is a life after ce-franchise!

]]> By: Nick http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-17/#comment-305576 Nick Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:30:49 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-305576 Closed Contours by 3oth Sept 2009 Kotara NSW Castle Hill NSW Bankstown NSW Moorebank NSW Parramatta NSW Wallsend NSW Dandenong VIC Willetton WA Mitcham VIC Tuggerah NSW Erina NSW Liverpool NSW Wyoming NSW Corporate owned and closed: Newmarket NSW St Ives NSW North Manly NSW North Rocks NSW Another 19 Contours for sale as found on the web 29/9/09 NSW (6) QLD (5) SA (2) VIC (6) Closed Contours by 3oth Sept 2009

Kotara NSW
Castle Hill NSW
Bankstown NSW
Moorebank NSW
Parramatta NSW
Wallsend NSW
Dandenong VIC
Willetton WA
Mitcham VIC
Tuggerah NSW
Erina NSW
Liverpool NSW
Wyoming NSW

Corporate owned and closed:

Newmarket NSW
St Ives NSW
North Manly NSW
North Rocks NSW

Another 19 Contours for sale as found on the web 29/9/09

NSW (6)
QLD (5)
SA (2)
VIC (6)

]]> By: Nick http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-17/#comment-305470 Nick Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:47:13 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-305470 All Aussies current and ex owners I am compiling a list of closed down studios, I know there are more please add any u know of to the list until we get them all... Moorebank Bankstown Liverpool Wallsend Newmarket St Ives North Manly Erina More????? All Aussies current and ex owners I am compiling a list of closed down studios, I know there are more please add any u know of to the list until we get them all…

Moorebank
Bankstown
Liverpool
Wallsend
Newmarket
St Ives
North Manly
Erina

More?????

]]> By: Aussie Owner http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-1/#comment-305201 Aussie Owner Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:32:16 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-305201 Hello excontours, I take it you are not involved in the lawsuit in the US. Did you manage to sell your studio, if so, is it still open? Or did you close and if so, how long were you open for and do you have to continue paying the royalty on a closed studio? Hello excontours, I take it you are not involved in the lawsuit in the US. Did you manage to sell your studio, if so, is it still open? Or did you close and if so, how long were you open for and do you have to continue paying the royalty on a closed studio?

]]> By: excontours http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/302/comment-page-17/#comment-305202 excontours Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:26:16 +0000 http://www.franchisepick.com/302/#comment-305202 Sorry for you australia but your CE business will be as successfull as it was in the us. right now there are less than 60 clubs open in the us. save your money, your time and your health and stop this business asap. Sean, do you know what is goning on with the lawsuit in the us? Sorry for you australia but your CE business will be as successfull as it was in the us. right now there are less than 60 clubs open in the us. save your money, your time and your health and stop this business asap.

Sean, do you know what is goning on with the lawsuit in the us?

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