LA Weight Loss Pushing LA Lites via LA to Your Door
October 20, 2009 by admin
Despite the fact that hundreds and maybe thousands of cheated LA Weight Loss customers can’t get the products they prepaid for before their LA Weight Loss Centers closed, it appears LA Weight Loss (or someone licensing their name) is still in business, pushing their LA Lites directly.
Former member Elizabeth Martin who was allegedly ripped off by LA Weight Loss was furious when she received this postcard solicitation after never receiving the products she paid for. She writes:
I received a COUPON for LAtoyourdoor.com. After checking out the website, it’s the exact same thing as LA Weight Loss, but they are trying to say it’s a different company, and are not affiliated with LA Weight Loss even thought he LA Weight Loss name is all over the product and their previous website takes you directly to LATOYOURDOOR.COM. LA Weight Loss was out of Horsham PA, and the coupon I received is from Willow Grove, PA. The towns are five minutes apart.
I am so angry i can’t see straight. The best part is they are also using LA Weight Loss records for their mailings. this coupon was sent to a residence that I haven’t lived in for 5 years, and the name on the coupon isn’t the name I had when I lived at the home, it was my married name. I have only been married for two years. I was on the plan once when I lived at my parents house, and went on the plan again right before my wedding, three years after I moved out of my parents home at a totally different location. THey connected my files and are using LA Confidential files for mailing out new coupons.
Here’s the back of the postcard Elizabeth received:
The obvious question is: If LA Weight Loss can ship out LA Lights to anyone willing to pay, why can’t they ship out the products to those members who ALREADY paid and never got their products?
What’s going on here?
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Elizabeth:
It is the exact same executive staff, they just changed the name of the parent company. Christy McKenna was in charge of Operations of the company when it had centers and she now is running this division. I would not trust them with my credit card information!
Well I used to work for them… I got the same postcard. Yes the company basically closed there doors and some of the employees from there…. started the LA to your door thing. Its still based out of Horsham but in a different location. They do still have the rights to the name and all. Its the same food and everything just they dont have the centers with counselors anymore just if you were interested in getting the product still they have it available. Its a shame what happened! I feel
That’s why fresh, nourishing, whole foods that support the body’s natural ability to balance its weight are the best options!
OMG this is absolutely rediculous. I just got this postcard in the mail–meanwhile I am still waiting for the $560 they still owe to me. This is nuts.
What a rip off !!! The place closed up with out a word and I am out 86 boxes of LA lites. Forget it on buying more, once Ripped off is enough!!!
OMG is right! I’m owed money as well after the centers near me closed with no warning. They tried to sell me on “LA On the Go” which I declined so they told me I needed to fax paperwork in to get a refund – numerous tries with no response and then the number was disconnected. Now I received a postcard in the mail to sign up for “LA To Your Door” – is there nothing we can do?
I also had LA bars owed me which I never received nor was given a credit. Customers beware as the saying goes.
When I see this kind of thing, my blood boils. Harold Katz, Kristy McKenna, Tim Britt and Bill Warrin all cheated every L A Weight Loss client and then pulled this further scam. They ought to be charged by the Attorney General. They owe people bars because they screwed us by closing the doors with zero notice. Now they want us to pay for the very bars we already paid for. Please Mr/Mrs Attorney General…..dont let them pull this kind of stunt. In setting up this “new” company, but with the same group of theives, it would seem like some type of fraud was at hand.
Yes! I lost alot of money to La closing thier doors, I think they could give a discount to those Ladies that have already invested, or free products to help us back!!! I learned alot from LA.. I have already ordered again a yr ago…I believe this is the Best,, Safe, Fun. No Hunger Diet plan but I need help so Im back!!
It is bitter sweet seeing this postcard from LA Weight Loss. I worked for the company for 10 years and loved it! I hope this works out for them. I miss my job there and have great memories of this job and met alot of great people and do not regret it! This is a great program and it really works I still have my menu plan…good luck,.
I did get a small amount back from the bankruptcy court but nowhere near what they owed me. FYI: if they are the same folks, they already have your credit card info unless you changed cards or paid with cash. And you can put a stop on it through your card company if you are unhappy with the service/program. They can only bill for stuff sent after the fact. So don’t order in a hugh bulk. I loved the Lite bars and a MONTHLY bill for bars sent at their expense does not make them expensive for me. I have seen posts from folks who say that they get them at a fraction of the cost. I figure them to be $1.60 a bar which is about what the individual bars of other brands are at the grocery stores and places like Wal-mart. NOW, if they are packaged as the same size as they used to be . . .
Don’t trust these people they will take your money like they did everyone else in the centers. These people are selling bars that people have already paid for. I hope the attorney general can help, stop them crooks there goal is to make money not to help people. Everyone please be careful when dealing with people like them.
Yeah, I also just got the postcard and, I have to say however – I’m so tempted to order the TAKE-OFF juice, to continue what was LEFT of my weightloss plan when they were still in business.
It’s really a shame what happened. I figured the LEAST they could do, if operating under a different name, is to offer their FORMER clients, some sort of discount.
I went to the website to see how much it would be to order just the Take Off Juice, by itself- it’s basically $60.00 …. can you imagine paying $60.00 for two bottles of highly concentrated fruit juice with Niacin in it? While tempted to do it, the posts here reminded me of just why I won’t do business with these people ever again.
If it weren’t for me paying for the program with that health credit card thing they were pushing, I would have never gotten my $1,000 back.
la weight loss owes me and my daughter over,$500.00. i wont deal with them again. i have the tools to keep my weight off now. would have been nice if they were honorable and paid people what they owed them. rip offs.
I was with La weight loss for about 1 year and a half. They owe me over $2,000.00 I will say that I am very unhappy that they have never paid me back and I would like my $2,000.00 back. The only good thing I have to say about this company is that if you follow the program and excersize that it does work. I lost over 80 pounds. It is sad that so many individuals were owed $$$ or product or both, I think that they should have to pay everyone back before they can sell more. But just my thought! Wish there was something we could do to get our $$$ back or product owed to us!!!
I am out $750. Trying to dispute it with credit card but BOFA wont do anything about it. How do I get my money back? I contacted everybody I can. Also filed a complaint with the FTC and BBB against them. Trying CA attorney general next.
For those of you who lost money…. I am not sure if it’s too late but I contact my sate attorney general and filed a claim. I got about half my money back. I am going to contact them and see if there is something I can do about the product.
Uh oh… I had done the LA program before, and
just ordered LA Lites because of this post card.
($89 for 8 boxes)
The bars that arrived yesterday did NOT say LA
Lites on them…instead they say LA Bars.
Not what I expected. Are these bars in
the old packaging or something, that they are trying to get
rid of before the expiration dates?
Postcript:
I got a quick response from LAtoyourdoor.com by email
and they have assured me that the LA Bars are the same.
I have since tried one, and they taste exactly the same, and
are fresh. Their product was delivered exactly when promised
and it is possible to cancel at any time. LA To Your Door is
not related to the LAWL franchises, but are able
produce the products and make them available. At this point,
I have no reason to question this business.
Sheila,
How long ago did you dispute it?
I live in CA, and of course this happend 2 years ago already, so I feel it might be to late to dipute?
The only thing I did was send a letter to Pennsylvania where the court case was, but never got a refund.
You must not have gotten ripped off before like we all did, why dont you take the time and go on and read about what they done to so many people, and you wouldnt be a customer or be a part of supporting this rip off company !!!!!
I too got screwed,i do have 2 cases of Take off if any one wants it. $30.00 a case.
@ Becky
I did take the time to read about it & all the things they did, but honestly it was already bringing to much stress for me @ that time. I dont support them!!!! I was ripped of $2000+, but no one I’ve read about was getting their money back.
I too received the postcard. I did LA Weight loss for 2 years. I lost about 45 lbs and found it to be very successful. I prepaid and am OWED 18 BOXES of LA Lites Bars. I was told via emails that I would get them, and then told I would get a refund. THEN they no longer responded to my emails. As a business owner myself, I am upset with their lies and that I personally promoted and had so many people join the weight loss center due to my recommendations and continual promotion of the program. I NEVER post on threads such as this. I have decided to post on my blog about this and their dishonesty. I was not going to, but now I feel that others need to be aware of how LA Weight Loss did not honor ethical business practices. I have a large following on my blog and feel that it’s time I share what happened to me.
Teresa Collins
Murray UT
i joined la weight watch and went 3 mo lost 32 pounds and they went out of business cannot find them they owe me a year it cost me over $1400.00 dollars some body needs to contact me and tell me why and see what you all are going to do about this matter im trying to do right about this i could do a lot but id like to solve this problem thanks a lot Dean lindley
I too got this flyer in the mail. I am also mad about it. I have a form that the manager filled out before the store closed with the amount that was still owed to me. She had said that I may have to wait 6 or 8 weeks to get my refund.
It has been about 1 1/2 years and I have still not received any of the money back that was owed to me. I contacted the company on the card and they were not helpful. I would like to find a way to sue LA Weight Loss for the money that they still owe me. Does anyone know if a lawsuit is in process against them??
I also got this flyer in the mail. I was a client for around five years, I lost the weight and kept going after to make sure I kept the weight off. I was very close to and loved being around the people running the center that I went to. They closed the centers in the surrounding area at the same time with no notice so that the managers couldn’t warn their clients, so we wouldn’t know to ask for our product that we payed for. The person running the center in my area didn’t even know the store was closing. I also lost money in products already payed for and had already payed for another whole year. I am very upset with LA Weightloss and would never purchase their products again. The people who are purchasing these products in my opinion are only allowing this company to make even more money, after ripping off so many people who were depending on this diet and payed good money to lose the weight. I was lucky to have already lost my weight. But you can lose the weight without LA products. I now see a nutritionist and know that I can lose and keep the weight off with a healthy diet and exercise. I do not need to pay for these expensive bars and pills that they want you to purchase. Sorry so long needed to get this off my chest. Karen in N.C.
So where are all the bars that were stored in the centers? I had a credit left but don’t remember how many now!
When I told them I no longer wanted to participate after losing 16 lbs, they would not issue me a credit or let me have my bars. They conveniently could not find my chart after my attending over 6 months! I had a receipt but that didn’t help either!
I wish someone would take t he time to track down the culprit{s} and make them pay everything t hat is due to anyone who was a member and was gyped! Someone out there has to know something!!!!