Comments on: Sona MedSpa Guilty of Fraud, Investors Liable!

By: Joe Blowe

Joe Blowe — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:19:51 +0000

I was just about to go into business with this Dennis Jones character, good thing I found out about his NINE previous lawsuits he was mired in. Obviously he’s a con artist, and whats worse he claims to be a “Christian”.

Jones now operates this company: http://creativetechnologiesinc.com/

I right away got an unpleasant feeling talking to him on the phone. Call it a 6th sense if you will.

I advise anyone thats about to do business with this man to be very careful.
Caveat Emptor!!

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:25:38 +0000

Heather Rose is a cruel, mean and a woman without character. I know people who will not even sit at the same table with her. She is a disgrace to fanchising. Her dad and the good ole boy set her up on the IFA board. Everyone knows it is a big joke. They do not care about franchisees, they have no idea of what a Zee goes through on a day to day basis. They keep their fat butt’s behind a desk surrounded by their personal shrines tring to figure the next angle. The sole purpose is to sell franchises and give you all the up front bullshit. Heather will tell of her high christian values, her morale compass. It’s really just a bunch of bullshit. Ever see her slam down a bottle of champagne? Ever notice who she leaves with at IFA events. It is not her husband. She is known as the easy girl in franchising. I went through the entore Sona experience and i can tell you that I would not purchase anything that she is involved in. I worked with Sona from the begining and I can state with fact that she never gave a good damn about any franchisee, only in trying to grow the brand with a failed product. Dennis Jones was at least making a profit under his tour. I pray that she leaves franchising but i am sur Bubba (JIM) will find her a position through his contacts. Reminds me of american politics, we are all just sick of it. Stay away from Ms. Rose she is bad news.

By: John

John — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:19:24 +0000

I met her several times, seems like a real deal. I have several friends that know her very well. I hear that she keeps horses, she also keeps a stable of men.

By: Withheld

Withheld — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:38:01 +0000

Heather Rose (Amos) is to be stayed clear of. She had an STD prior to her last marriage. Has had numerous affairs while married (Matt’s) while at MBE. He was an international franchisee. She had this affair while at the MBE family reunion (I would call that one hell of a family reunion). Everyone there knew what was going on. She also had affiars while at Sona (Chad Bradford) lounge singer she picked up while at the IFA Board meeting in Jackson Hole, what a wonderful presentation for the IFA board. She thought Joe Pitt and Byron were stupid and spoke that way of them. She also thought that her dad was out of touch with franchising and wanted only to isolate himself in his office surrounded by Eagles and the several books he has written. She thought a 400,000 loss was a victory? The only important thing to her is position and money. She does not treat people honestly and will rob you if she can. She thought that the franchisees were at fault. She is on the IFA board because her Dad arrainged for that to happen. She will not accept blame for her actions and the damage that she has caused.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:16:08 +0000

I am a client of Sona Medspa and recently finished 6 treatments for laser hair removal. I have olive toned skin and dark brown hair. I am very satisfied with the results after 6 treatments. After the 6th treatment, the laser technician told me to call back in two months if I think that I may needed another treatment. In the begining, I paid a flat fee of about $800 for my treatment and so far I am satisfied with Sona Medspa.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:45:54 +0000

Heather Rose will is not qualified for a leadership position much less as CEO. To call a $400,000 loss a victory leaves most folks dumbfounded. The franchisees are the one’s who lost. They did not recieve the promised services, the product seems less than promised. Byron and Joe can turn this around and will be ethical in treatment and can rebuild faith and trust. I am also sure that they will invest the effort and money to insure the product works as promised. I am sure that Heather is off to a new venture and that we will soon be hearing the same thing again. Pa Amos is retirement age (70’s?) but has groomed Heather to take over his role.

By: FranGal

FranGal — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:51:10 +0000

Wonder how much money Heather recieved wheb she left Sona? Did Amos recive money when he left? Bet they were well compensated. It amazes me that the cycle will continue. The lawsuit stated they they duped franchisee’s into buying a product that did not work. I like the fact that they put forth this principal that they are Christians, Heather Rose even held prayer meetings in the office (scary) but it was a facade. When the chips are down it is everyone else’s fault (the model was not followed). Most of the franchisee’s were professional people to include Doctors and other highly regarded professions. I choose to believe that with everything that has been posted that there is a great deal of truth to the character and ethics that has been presented about Heather. I am sure that she learned everything she knows from Amos. I have worked on project’s with Heather and I can assure you that her ego is as large as her father’s. She presents this holy image and in the same turn exhibits little of the character that she preachs. What a joke. She has the photos of her and her husband in her office but she is always at events with other men.(There were rumors at MBE as well) It is insulting to the people in franchising who truly attempt to repersent themselfs in a positive and professional manner and it does not make Woman in leadership positions look very professional. This is most likely not the forum to go with this. I liked Heather but you can see right through her. It seems that it’s politics as usual. How did she get on the board (bet it was her dad). Maybe she should have had to make her own mark in franchising instead of being given the positions that she has held. This is just my view and I am happy that there is a forum to express it. We need to police ourselfs and present positive and professional character and ethics. I am sure that Ms. Rose has learned a great deal from the Sona experience, maybe she will will reinvent herself and get some distance from dear old dad.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:33:43 +0000

Heather is not qualified to operated a large business unless her Dad (Jim Amos) gives her the position. I have seen and heard of her actions at IFA events. She has no character. She acted as if she was not a married woman (great board member) she divorced her husband because he found out about her affairs. She didnt care about the franchisee only in the next one coming down the pike. She has no medical background, did not understand the procedure but she knows big words. Everwhere she goes there are lawsuites that follow. I bet Joe Pitt could not wait to get her out of there. She hires the same cronies where ever she may land. What a shame great looks but no brains. Well in view anyway. Sona was a scam but Dennis Jones and Jim Amos seem to have landed on their feet. Car allowances, bonus and stock payouts plus the wife of Mr. Jones also recieved a vechicle. Wonder where the monies went?

By: Channel BF » Blog Archive » Sona Med Spa Franchisee takes over as Franchisor

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:47:20 +0000

[...] It was reported at Let’s Talk Franchising on May 26th, 2007 that Sona MedSpa Was Guilty of Fraud, Investors Liable! In that case an arbitrator in Atlanta, Georgia awarded nearly $400,000 to a franchisee who was duped into buying a Sona MedSpa franchise on the basis of “faulty” information about Sona’s hair-removal services. The arbitrator not only held liable the Nashville-based franchisor, Sona MedSpas, and its founder, Dennis Jones, but also a group of prominent investors that acquired the franchisor, but then failed to correct the misleading information. The investors included Carousel Capital of Charlotte, N.C., its Chairman, Nelson Schwab II, Jim Amos, former President of Mail Boxes, Etc., and his daughter, Heather Rose. As a result of the investors’ failure to act on the information, the franchisee not only proceeded with his investment, but also repeated the faulty information to its own clients. [...]

By: the Franchise Pundit

the Franchise Pundit — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:10:56 +0000

[...] It was reported at Let’s Talk Franchising on May 26th, 2007 that Sona MedSpa Was Guilty of Fraud, Investors Liable!� In that case an arbitrator in Atlanta, Georgia awarded nearly $400,000 to a franchisee who was duped into buying a Sona MedSpa franchise on the basis of “faulty” information about Sona’s hair-removal services. The arbitrator not only held liable the Nashville-based franchisor, Sona MedSpas, and its founder, Dennis Jones, but also a group of prominent investors that acquired the franchisor, but then failed to correct the misleading information. The investors included Carousel Capital of Charlotte, N.C., its Chairman, Nelson Schwab II, Jim Amos, former President of Mail Boxes, Etc., and his daughter, Heather Rose. As a result of the investors’ failure to act on the information, the franchisee not only proceeded with his investment, but also repeated the faulty information to its own clients. [...]