Comments on: Pure Weight Loss / LA Weight Loss Rumors, Complaints

By: No name

No name — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:42:55 +0000

I was a member of LA Weightloss in Pensacola, Florida. I went by one day for a usual weigh in and the doors were locked, office empty, no sign on door, nothing. I was told to call the LA Weightloss in Mobile, Alabama about my products I had already paid for and a refund on weeks I had just bought. I did receive the product I had paid for but it did take about a month. I am going on 2 months waiting for my refund. I call the office and lady I need to speak to is mysteriously never there and doesn’t return her calls.

By: DD

DD — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:19:30 +0000

Watch for the ‘Closing’ signs of all LA Weight loss centers. First they start cutting back store hours, let go of some employee’s, then they begin to have a difficult time getting all their product. The biggest clue is that the local advertising slows way down. In my area I saw advertisements daily on many T.V. stations and heard them constantly on the radio. They rarely advertise now and they are quoting no prices. I believe, after being a former employee, that they are now near the end. They are doing all they can to get ANY business at this point in order to hang on until the end. This has been the pattern in other parts of the county. GET OUT NOW!!!!

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:18:19 +0000

I paid A LOT for my LA WEIGHT LOSS MEMBERSHIP and had a few months left. I had some stressors and stopped going for a few months, then decided to get jump started now that summer is here. Went to the store, and was shocked to see there was no sign, the store was empty, no sign on the door, and then I called and the phone rang and there was not even a message! And to think that last week I received a card in the mail to “Come back to LA for free”! I know the stores in Illinois closed, and I am over the border in Wisconsin. Right before I left, the store hours changed twice, and corporate was in there. I had a bad feeling about it and that also made me stop going. I am mad,feel like I got taken for a ride, and wonder how many may have just joined and got ripped off! These people need to be sued!

By: current employee

current employee — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:56:47 +0000

Beware… over 100 more LA Centers are about to close. this is from an inside source. not even the employees are aware yet. don’t spend money at LA, even if the employees say they aren’t closing… again they have not been informed.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:12:19 +0000

I have heard ads on the radio encouraging people to spend their $600 check from the gov’t. to join L A Weightloss – How can this be happening if they have closed store fronts in our area? Are they re-opening sites in some communities? I would be interested since they owe me more than $200.00 in product. Thanks.
Jane

By: Name Withheld

Name Withheld — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:45:23 +0000

I was an employee of LA and I can tell you that I am very concerned that the entire company is folding. I recently quit, because I was so unhappy with their business practices and found it a depressing environment. Clients have NO idea what the counselors go through and it is not good. When I was hired, I was not clearly told that it was a sales position or I would have never taken the job. It is ALL about sales and you must meet your quota daily and weekly. Managers tried all kinds of ways to get you to sell. I saw managers cheating the system because of the pressure they were put under. There’s got to be a better way. Look at all the centers closing all over the US. NO ONE should sign up at the company at this point. Maybe they are re-structuring, but I wouldn’t sign up until they stop closing door after door. Careful anyone…
The program in itself is awesome and I fully support, it’s just the business tactics are unethical in my opinion.

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By: Joy A

Joy A — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:31:40 +0000

LA tells their employees to look for sites like this in their local market and to post “rebuttal” replies posing as clients of the centers. So, if a center is closing and clients bring it up–you will always see a reply that says something to the effect “my center that I attend is fine and that is not happening”. I truly hope LAWL can repair their reputation, but throwing more money at advertising I do not think is the right move. If they change their “slick” ways, they need to re-train and publicize that they have regrouped and things are different.

Are there any reports out there that tell how many centers have actually closed in the last 2 months???