LA Weight Loss….7 Office closed Abruptly…..Why?
It appears all the LA Weight loss offices in Las Vegas have closed down without any warning. There is just a note in the door saying “Due to circumstances beyond our control, we can no longer conduct business.”
I was reading an investigative article in the Las Vegas newspaper concerning this weight loss company. There have been a few states that have sued companies for misrepresentation on the fees they charge. (Geesh…there is a lot of money being made in this industry)
Perhaps the LA Weight Loss program has worked for some. I’m sure these people are mad to see it closed down and feel the allegations made are untrue. I think about the ones that have been scammed by various weight loss companies and complained to the right people to get something done.
I also think about the people that have forked out money and abruptly find the place closed. Perhaps it’s best to think they have saved money in the long run.
It is going to be interesting to see how this weight loss story unfolds.
August 12th, 2007 at 11:29 am
They did a show I think it was 20/20 about how LA weightloss wasn’t helping people lose weight but just trying to sell their weightloss products. I didn’t know that they were closing down though.
August 13th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
My sister works for LA Weight Loss and those that are staying open are changing their name. So I assume that they were given the option to either close, or whoever owned the franchise (I think they’re franchises?) could change the name to something different. They had to get rid of all LA Weight Loss products, and take down anything that had the name on it. Definitely interesting!
August 13th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
More people need to complain when programs and products don’t produce the results that are promised. I think for the most part, people just get discouraged and think it’s them and not the product. I’m sure many don’t even know who to register a complaint with in order to have their voice heard.
September 19th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
I’d like to talk to any of the workers or staff who were in a center that shut down. What were the warnig signs. Did they see it coming? I am worried my center will shut down and I will lose all my money.Please write
September 20th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I WENT TO LA WEIGHT LOSS ONCE AND
THEY WERE TRYING TO TALK ME INTO A
800 DOLLAR PROGRAM. THEY TRIED TO USE MY CONDITION OF HAVING DIABETUS TO LURE ME IN. IT WAS SO DISGUSTING AND THE TWO REPS WERE ACTING. IT WAS AS IF THEY WERE READING FROM A SCRIPT. I WALKED OUT THEY ARE TOTAL RIP OFFS. THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT FOR HOW LONG. ADVERTISING 3 DOLLARS A WEEK. YEA RIGHT.
GLAD THEY SHUT DOWN!!
November 4th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
i lost a lot of money - unfortunately, i believed them. anyone know if there’s any type of phone number to file a claim?
November 5th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Anonymous,
Which office were you going to…perhaps one of the readers will can provide a number for your area. I’m sorry to hear you lost so much money. Did you check in your area to see if there were any other weight loss centers which would honor their contract. I know in some places there were places that picked up those contracts. It wouldn’t hurt to give call them.
January 7th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
I joined LA years ago. $3 a week?…yea sure….but you HAVE to pay for the full year in advance plus buy some of their products. That was still OK I thought. BUT the rep who claimed she was a former client….yea right. She was GORGEROUS and thin….she pulls out this very out of focus upper body photo that was supposed to be her before LA weight loss. uh, huh, right. Hell, that could have been me in the photo is was so fuzzy. Then….after a few weeks when I was not losing weight very fast I actually had a woman tell me (and mind you I have a degree in biology) that the reason I had not lost 3 pounds that week was because I had eaten 1/4 cup of corn folllowed by a half a baked potato the next day!!! Huh??? And even better she explained that all of my fat cells would TURN INTO muscle cells. I laughed and explained that they were two very different types of cells and they can not magically “turn into” something else. She said yes they did and that I did not know what I was talking about!!!! When they finally discovered that I was not going to buy into their bull crap nor was I going to buy their food, they stopped being supportive of me. Personally, I think the program CAN work for you but you must have a very strong sense of will power. I do not think this program is good for the average person.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Every one should know that all LATO L A Weight loss centers in California centers will be shutting down by june 2008