At Weight Loss Marin We Know What It’s Like to Get Taken
Have you ever heard of Weight Loss Forever?
This was a weight loss center with 8 locations around the Virginia Beach, VA area including the corporate headquarters.
I can’t bash a business like this, because a lot of people use this type of method to lose weight, and a lot of people have success. The problem is, that often times, a lot of money is required up front for meals, counseling and weight-loss plans.
A lot of people in Virginia lost hundreds and thousands of dollars by signing up for a business like Weight Loss Forever.
One day, the company decided to close its doors, keep everyone’s money and they didn’t mention a word of this to anybody.
Here is a link to a Virginia Beach area news station that put out a story about the Weight Loss Forever incident.
Now, this isn’t the kind of thing that happens all of the time, and this company wasn’t doing any business in the Bay Area, but it does show you that people that are out to take your money and run, will do it for any reason. People trusted this company to help them lose weight, and all they got was their money stolen from them.
In the end, people were basically willing to gamble with hundreds or thousands of dollars, all to lose weight?
I suppose when somebody is running a business designed to help people, but they need to pay rent for their building, and pay employees, it stands to reason that they could take all of the clients money and close up shop one day without notice. Just keep in mind that the next time a company pulls a stunt like this, it could be with your money!
I think a lot of people go to these types of weight loss centers because they offer support. Anybody that has ever tried to lose weight by themselves knows that having some support during the ups and downs of losing weight can help out a whole lot.
This is why Weight Loss Marin was created. Giving you the support that you need without spending a ton of money, and risking that money, hoping that you don’t get taken for a ride the way the folks were in Virginia Beach.
In this day and age, businesses are going under at an alarming rate, so please be warned if you are ever asked for your credit card for future services at an business like this. You want to lose weight, not your money.
We advise that if you are going to use a weight loss center like this, that you stick with one of the larger ones like Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers.
Here are the addresses of some of these local centers.
Jenny Craig Weight Loss Center
75 Bellam Boulevard, San Rafael, CA
1201 B Larkspur Landing Circle
Larkspur Landing, Larkspur, CA 94939
Filed under Weight Loss Forever?, Weight Loss Marin CA by on Feb 15th, 2011. 