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CONSUMER ADVOCATE FOR THE
PORTABLE HYPERBARIC CHAMBER INDUSTRY
I work with families to get them refunds for their chamber
Many of them were used - I may be able to help you, too
FDA REPORTS GRAND DIVE VERTICAL HYPERBARIC CHAMBER HAS LIFE THREATENING EXPLOSION WITH INJURY (as sold by Healing Dives, Hyperbaric Options, Summit to Sea
Per FDA: Importer of these chambers admit that this is a common occurrence
TWO EXPLOSIONS: This chamber replaced their previous GRAND DIVE VERTICAL HYPERBARIC CHAMBER that exploded. DON'T GET INTO THIS KNOWN FAULTY HYPERBARIC CHAMBER. IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK! To see the actual FDA report and to learn more, click here. Did you know that almost all these companies are simple HOME BUSINESSES that are setup to disappear from the face of the earth when they run into any type of trouble?
If they have to recall a product, if they get investigated by the FDA, if too many people demand a refund for a bad product, they can just disappear, leaving YOU holding the bag (literally). That's what the manufacturer of the Flexi-lite chamber, Performance Hyperbarics, Inc. did. So much for all those people who paid for their "5-Year Warrantee". You can promise anything to make a buck, then stop taking someone's calls when the product breaks. Unbelievable. Check out these "business addresses" from several of the "leading hyperbaric companies" that advertise all over the web: Sells concentrators that are NOT approved for human use - but it's OK if it saves you money?? See blog for her scam to make YOU feel culpable for HER practices.
Healing Dives, Inc.
Address from their website:
4220 Lobos Road Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Selling Hyperbaric chambers from an apartment garage. Nice. So when I need help or have a medical question - where do I go? This entire company is...Diane Pechnick. She sells anyone's chambers, but several manufacturers have banned her because she was selling without a prescription, pushed the illegal upgrades, etc. She likes to stalk the internet and poach on susceptible people who look for help in Yahoo groups and push medical advice like she's some 10 year MD. New Blog Entry - Plus Sold the "Hall of Shame" Chamber to an Innocent Family.
Hyperbaric Options
Address from their website:
221 Orchard View Royal Oak, MI 48073 This is their "main office". The "Nashville Location" from their website doesn't show on Google Maps. From what I found out, It may be an apartment building. Not very comforting. The main guy behind this, Greg Harris, is a great web scammer. He got caught putting up a lot of bogus sites under different names that made it look like different companies that sold different chambers and equipment. However, if you tried to purchase one of these "other chambers", they were "unavailable" and what ever company he was reselling for at that moment was promoted to "the best chamber I ever used." He shut down all his old sites (Google was getting aware of scams like his and he was in danger of losing his ranking). He as restarted this scheme again. Always beware of companies that use multiple web identities for their same business. And beware of a company that sells one brand of chambers, but claims to sell all manufacturers. They usually don't. Also, several manufacturers won't work with him because he was known not to require prescriptions and was pushing the upgrade kits too! |
A Manufacturing Plant? - Pressure Tech
Address from their website:
102 Woodcleft Ave Freeport NY, 11520 The small office doesn't even have the company name on it - and it is listed as THE MANUFACTURING PLANT that supposedly builds "medical device" hyperbaric chambers? No wonder why the FDA went after them. http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm191719.htm Even though the FDA went after them for the illegal upgrade kits, they still sell them through ANDI INTERNATIONAL. The nice thing about that is when they ship the upgrade kit to you and you install it, YOU ARE THE RESPONSIBLE party for the violation and YOU can be busted for it, too. This company also claims that they have the CE certified hyperbaric chambers, but after multiple requests for proof, I gave up. What's strange is that when a company goes through all that effort to get CE certified, they can easily product evidence. So far, this looks like another bogus claim. |
Co-Conspirator: Andi International
Address from website:
74 Woodcleft Avenue Freeport, New York 11520 It's probably a back office of Pressure Tech. It is owned and operated by the same people. This is where you are sent to purchase the illegal upgrade kit for Flexi-lite chambers. Tell me, if it was legal to sell, then why can't pressure tech sell the upgrade and send you the chamber with it already installed? BECAUSE IT ISN'T LEGAL. A Manufacturer with a REAL Building?
Address from website:
10719 Norwalk Blvd. Santa Fe Springs, CA 92670 It's a little comforting to see a REAL building, but how many slick sales people work there? They have BY FAR the most chambers on the market, so someone must be pushing somewhere. They had an exclusive market in Japan until someone snoozed and FORGOT TO RENEW THE PATENT. and competition came in overnight. They never had an exclusive in the US. Makers of: Vitaeris 320, Respiro 270, Solace 210. Quamvis 320, Quamvix Lite OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE OF LAW SUIT
Performance Hyperbarics - Good bye and good riddance. Someone else sued the heck out of them for fraudulent business practices and the owner, Spencer Feldman, packed up his fancy Hawaiian home/"Place of Business" (it would be that abandoned palm tree on the left) and disappeared OVERNIGHT rather than face any financial fallout. I was preparing to file a claim against him and the flexi-lite chamber, but I found out that he was a U.S. citizen who incorporated his company in Panama and did his banking (per the wire transfer info he sent me) IN CYPRESS. I guess he didn't have BUSINESS LIABILITY INSURANCE - something a legit medical manufacturer/reseller has. I wonder if any of these companies have it?
Makers of the Performance-Hyperbarics Flexi-Lite chamber. Claimed to be the manufacturer, but now the company called Pressure Tech claims to be the manufacturer. Illegally sold upgrade kits through a company called ANDI International. |
New Complaint - See blog. Also, importer of the chamber featured in the "Hall of Shame":
Manufacturer? Summit to Sea, Inc.
No address on website: 1744 Avocet Lane Mound, MN 55364 Address not disclosed on their website. I had to dig it out from their registration with the FDA. It looks like a nice home - not a manufacturing plant. Nice perk - you can sail while on break! But where are the chambers built? What are they hiding? Manufacturers (importers, we believe) of The Dive, The Grand Dive, The Shallow Dive Hyperbaric chambers. I found an address in France for the REAL manufacturer (no, they are not US made like they imply. Click here to see where the FDA lists them as a "Importer". ). The only problem is that Google maps showed ANOTHER personal home. Wrong Name on the Business - HyperbaricsRX
Address from website:
10092 NW 50th Street Sunrise, FL 33351 Google lists this address for a different company, NOT hyperbaricsRX, so if you are in the area, don't stop by! Can't tell what the actual business sells, because it is a DIVE SHOP, not a MEDICAL SUPPLY company. The website claims to sell a variety of manufacturers, but it is owned by the daughter of the owner of Pressure Tech, maker of the Flexi-Lite hyperbaric chamber. I tried to get a quote for one of the other chambers listed on their website, but she was lying. She only sells her father's chambers and is using the other products to scam off leads and make is sound like she has a variety of chambers to sell. If you inquire, she will only recommend Daddy's products. Oh yes, and she unabashedly pushes the illegal upgrade kits. If you were scammed, contact me.It doesn't matter how old your chamber is or when you bought it. I would like the chance to see if I can help you. I do not ask for money up front. If I don't get you your FULL refund, then I do not ask you for anything. IF I DO get you a full refund, I only ask that when you receive your money back from the reseller that you volunteer to pay $400 (suggested amount) to me to cover my costs of advocating, phones, maintaining websites, etc. I wish I could do it for free, but this does take a lot of time and I have limited resources. I hope you understand.
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