Comments on: LA Weight Loss Centers to Close (List)

By: Jenster

Jenster — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:32:31 +0000

To all that did not get your money refunded but paid on your credit card and did not receive the product OR service should contact your credit card company to see if you have protection of purchased service or good. I purchased a flight ticket with an airline and a week later it folded before I could use the ticket. They did not refund me my ticket purchase but my credit card had the protection and they refunded me my money. Worth checking it out.

By: Neda

Neda — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:53:14 +0000

Hi Marj, I’m in Ontario Canada too & wonder “what a rip off!) Now my problem is that Care Credit company is after me by calling twicw a week to pay the balance which has been paid 10 out of 18 months payments. Even worse, I paid 2 more in advance not knowing L.A closed (I didn’t visit them for 3 months). As I returned noticed it!
However, do you have any info how to deal with Credit company. I undrestand, L.A is gone & not refunding not me nor anyone else but how about credit company??? which I should pay to IF I receive the servise.
Let me know if you know anything or anybody to help. THNX

By: SEM

SEM — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:33:54 +0000

Oh yes, and having that kind of stress is just too much for anyone to have to endure. It was not constructive criticism sort of situation, as far as I am concerned it was abuse.

I am actually looking for a new weightloss program to join for myself. What franchise do you own now?

By: ritajwilson

ritajwilson — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:38:15 +0000

I ended up going into weight loss, but with a different franchise. My understanding is almost every LAWL has closed. I agree, the clients were great, the program was great, but the sales tactics were awful. Having to explain yourself to the center manager every time you had a sale that “missed” or if your call/appt/presentation/sell ratio was not there. Or if you did not sell a full bulk.

We were never visited by Neal, which is why I think the company folded. Upper Management was not hands on.

Its a unique working environment, but so rewarding to help people and save lives. Congrats on your teaching career!

By: SEM

SEM — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:13:35 +0000

The main manager while I was there was Patti (TOTAL nightmare…made my life so miserable, I have tried so hard to block her memory completely from my mind) and then there was someone by the name of Sondra (I believe her last name started with a Z) that I worked with towards the end of my time there. I think you are right that there could have been potential, but the entire company in my opinion was overrun with greed and was being run by individuals that lacked the credentials and education it takes to make a company that large work. How did you feel while working there? Were you happy? I did love many of the people that I worked with in the center itself (with the exception of a few truly horrible individuals) and I pray that each of them have been able to find adequate employment in these troubled times in which we live Thank goodness God lead me to become a teacher. It is my true calling in life and I cannot imagine living a day where I could not call myself a teacher. What line of work are you in now? I know you said you had opened your own company, what type of company is it? (If you don’t mind my asking)

By: ritajwilson

ritajwilson — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:49:11 +0000

I was there 1998-2003– Did you have Zondra (spelling?) as an Area Manager?

There was so much potential, but the company just was not run well.

By: SEM

SEM — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:10:52 +0000

I sure did! Which center did you work for? What years were you there?

By: ritajwilson

ritajwilson — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:19:10 +0000

SEM: So you worked for Neal? I worked in both Memphis and Birmingham before starting my own company–Let’s talk!

By: SEM

SEM — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:47:03 +0000

Hello, I worked for the LAWL in Hoover Alabama about three years ago, and I am just finding out all of this about it closing. I quit working there and moved to the other end of the state and started my dream job – TEACHING! I would love to talk to some of you from the Birmingham locations to find out what you know about what happened. I am so interested, but I can’t help but feel as though it is karma for all the bad things they forced their employees to do and all the people that they took advantage of. I worked there in management for less than a year and I hated every day of it. I LOVED the clients I worked with, but I was the kind of employee that refused to take advantage of someone and try to sell them something they didn’t need, so in the end I was put under so much pressure and (for lack of better terms) abuse from those above me, I just couldn’t take it anymore. Anyway, I am not sure how to post my email address, but I will try [del] PLEASE contact me if you have any info about the Birmingham situation. I would love to know what ever happened to some of my friends that I worked with there.

By: Kristie

Kristie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:56:36 +0000

I have used maybe 3 months of a 1 year prepaid deal with LAWL. What’s worse, this was a gift to me from my sisters! We would like to get in on a class action lawsuit! I have tried to call the location in Birmingham, AL but their voice mail is full and cannot receive any further messages.