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For months now, FranchisePick.com readers have been warning that LA Weight Loss Centers will begin closing in the same manner that Pure Weight Loss centers closed before them: with no warning and leaving members owed hundreds and thousands of dollars in prepaid services likely they’ll never and products they may never get.
Well, here come the closings:
LA WEIGHT LOSS: Multiple Centers Close in KY
LA WEIGHT LOSS: 4 Weight Loss Centers Closing in CO
LA WEIGHT LOSS: Terre Haute, IN Center Closed
LA WEIGHT LOSS: Evansville, IN Center Closes
Recent Postings:
LA Weight Loss Tosses Client Files in Dumpster
LA Weight Loss Center Closings Rumored (UPDATED)
La Weight Loss ex-employee warns of closings. Don’t prepay!
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Hello, all of the centres in Calgary have now been closed. I paid my fee and they have only ever given me 2 out of the 5 booklets I need to follow the plan so I paid $875 and don’t even have the whole plan. If I had all 5 booklets I’d be happy with that as at least I could follow it myself, does anyone know where I can get them? I asked the ladies at my centre if they were closing and they said “no” and big surprise they’re all shut down now :-(
Just wondering if anybody ever found out about a law suit against LA WEIGHT LOSS. I sure would like to get my pre-paid la lite bars or a refund owed to me. Of coarse I have been given the run around like many of you. I hope whoever is responsible for ripping us off will get it in the end. (in court)
This is the franchise owner of LA Weight Loss in Calgary responding to your comment on this blog. We are not closing. The information on the centers closing that this person posted above is inaccurate information. We have been in business for several years and will continue to operate in the following markets that you list in your comment, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. We also do not have an employee by the name of Judy.
Regards,
Franchise Owner of Calgary
So your not closing?
Hi,
I’m not happy to be writing this, but I’m an employee of L A Weight Loss in Calgary. The owner of our company informed us yesterday that they are going to be closing all their centres(through Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba). I’m going to be out of a job at this horrible time. Also, my clients are going to end up losing their money, like the other people who posted comments on this board. I’m devastated about this, particularly as I just sold someone a program just this past week.This is just not right.
If you are planning on visiting L A Weight Loss, DO NOT PREPAY. You will lose your money.
And if you doubt what I’m saying, then just ask the owners directly. Hopefully they will be open to the clients about their plans too.
I’m in Fresno, CA. I was switched to On the Go, which didn’t work-you have to call/be called at specific times-didnt work, which is why the center did (better hours of availablity). I have never received any rebates and cannot find a number to contact the On the Go center-had it but lost it. I did receive some bars, but still owed 27 boxes and 2 rebates. Anyone have the center’s number?
They owe me about 800.00 in bars. i live in palm desert, ca.
debbie:
Where are you located?
Is there any repercussions for products/services owed to people. They owe me over $800 in products. Is there an avenue for getting any of this money back?
Let me know i will join you if you hear anything, so far i have not heard one word.
Has anyone successfully received a refund or the pre-paid products owed to them? If so, how? Has there been any talk of a national civil litigation? I’m in.
I have a 150 bars owed to me. From the start i paid 2,600.00 that is service and bars would like to collect.
LA Weight Loss closed or is closing all six of its Milwaukee locations.
Other recent closings include:
LA Weight Loss Centers Closing in Milwaukee, WI
LA Weight Loss Center Closing in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
LA Weight Loss Centers Closing in Rochester, Minnesota
LA Weight Loss Centers Closing in Portland, OR
LA Weight Loss Center Closes in Great Falls, MT
LA Weight Loss Centers Closing in Raleigh, N.C.
I just returned from LAWL in Beaverton, OR only to find out our center will officially close on 11/26 and the other one across town on 12/12. We’re all being transitioned to LA On the Go. Some virtual call center in Idaho Falls, ID. I was also told that if I do not like LA On the Go, I can get a refund of my fees, but to wait a few weeks. Yeah, right! I consider myself luckier than some since my fees were $650 for my entire program of 2 yrs, but I just joined in July, and I was never pressured in to buying anything. I’ll give On the Go a try but at least I have a food plan to follow for the future on my own.
As a vendor, I can update that it looks unlikely we’ll be paid…so it’s certainly unlikely clients will receive refunds, rebates or products they’re owed.
So let’s review: a prominent, multi-millionaire owner, who invested money in LA Weight Loss through another company, Katz Capital Investment Group http://katzgroup.com/ (no doubt to protect his personal fortune) refuses to pay his bills or live up to contracts with clients.
Sad…but true.
I’ve been trying since October 14 to get my remaining la lites sent or a refund. I was promised on that day that they would be sent. Now all I get when I can talk to someone is hatefulness.
Hi Greg and Anita-
Great nutritionally sound program with bad sales ethics. They bulked clients on products in the begining of their program often charging thousands to high interest credit cards. Weight loss center soar with “repeats” and “referrals”. When you rip people off (high interest credit, bulking, etc) it is impossible to gain good referrals.
Rita…My partner and I run a small weight loss center in our home town. I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about you experience in the industry and how the LA Weight Loss sytem works and why it’s failed.
Sean:
More centers are scheduled to close and will be announced today. Please add these centers to your master list of LA Weight Loss Closings:
-Louisville/St. Matthews, KY
-Madison- East, WI
-Madison-West, WI
-Janesville, WI
-Rockford, WI
Thank you,
Rita
I wonder why the franchisees of LA Weight Loss has been so quiet? Surely there are some disgruntled franchisees out there that have some inside information as to what is going on in the company.
I’m a (WAS a), center manager in Texas, and we got the call 10-20-08 all the centers in TX were closing. I truly am so sad for all of the clients, the program is a great one, and works. I wish every LAWL client, past/present/disgruntled, nothing but the best of luck in reaching their weightloss goals. If you do one thing in your weightloss journey, make it this……..ONE DAY AT A TIME, DON’T BEAT YOURSELF UP IF YOU STUMBLED YESTERDAY, JUST FOCUS ON TODAY, YOU’LL GET THERE!