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About WW (Weight Watchers)
Formerly known as Weight Watchers, WW sells memberships that include online tracking, in-person meetings and one-on-one personal coaching. The app helps you track food intake and activity, find recipes, join local meetings and locate support within the online community. It also offers SmartPoints and FitPoints programs to help dieters stay on track.
- SmartPoints Budget System
- Digital WW app tracks progress
- Personal support
- In-person aid not always available
- Most meals must be prepared at home
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Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Weight Watchers, and this app, make it so easy to lose weight! The information that they provide is easy to understand and follow. I have found so many resources on the app as well... I finally have hope that I will lose this weight!!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I have lost weight previously on Weight Watchers and didn't stick to the program so I am back to lose some more! I enjoy the meetings and I love the online features also. Connect is the most inspiring place to go when you need advice or just encouragement or motivation to keep going.

Ava, we're so happy to hear you're enjoying your Weight Watchers Meetings, and that you find the Connect community to be so inspiring. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. Wishing you all the best on your journey!
-Weight Watchers Resolution Team-
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Things that are frustrating: 1. Long lines when trying to weigh in. 2. People having their own conversations during meetings making it difficult to hear the leader. 3. The app definitely needs work. Searching is frustrating and not accurate. Not being able to use the scanner when trying to create a recipe results in my having to search for a related item and not necessarily finding the correct item. There is too much guessing.

We're sorry to hear of your frustrations with your service, Elizabeth. Your feedback is valuable to us and we will use it to improve our products and services. We’ll reach out privately to begin resolving this issue.
Weight Watchers Resolution Team
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I have tried other programs and have had no results. Plus the programs did not teach me how to eat after the program. Weight Watchers does exactly that. My wife both signed up and have learned, that you can eat just about anything as long as you stay within your points and it helps mold a healthy lifestyle change for the better. I am proud to say that after 3 weeks give or take, I have lost over 10 lbs. Hopefully with some more activity, I can shed some more and yet still eat good and healthy foods.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I began WW after a several year hiatus in order to lose a limited amount of weight but mostly to initiate and a lifestyle change in terms of healthy eating and fitness activity. I have found the app to be superb, have found no difficulties using it and have learned to track well and often. I have used a coach as I found meeting attendance ineffective in the past. The coach has been very useful and efficient with limited online sessions weekly. I have lost 10 lbs in 8 weeks with another 5 lb. to go until I reach my target weight.

We're delighted to read your feedback about Weight Watchers, David! Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience. We aim to provide the perfect support for each member!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
When you are ready to get control of your health from the food and exercise perspective, WW is a great place to turn. This is not a one-time diet, it is an opportunity to make a change in your life that will improve your overall health, and how you feel.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Love Weight Watchers program for years with points and points plus but not smart points does work for me but yes I keep trying and trying and yes I’m lifetime member, I have heard that WW is coming out with new program. Can’t wait. Hope it’s work better. On points I lost 120 lbs been off almost 15 years now. I don’t mess around with my weight.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I cannot say enough how wonderful the Point system is of Weight Watchers. Easy to follow program and easy to use online system. Excellent online community to speak with others on the same path. As well as counseling if needed from others that have completed the program. I feel inspired to be able to complete my journey.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Weight Watchers has been a community of like minded individuals who have one common goal - to be their healthiest and best self! It’s slow paced weight loss and is a lifestyle, not a crash diet. They give you the tools to be a lifelong healthy eater in a weight range that you want to be in. I’d recommend to anyone!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Although I now have self-taught how to log my intake it was a nightmare enrolling online. User info and passwords did not work. Finally I got a Chat person to give me a tech # to call and he was even confused! Finally we got it. Once I was in, there was no tutorial other than the couple giving a rah-rah speech but no sound information. Your website is by no means user friendly. Did you do a Focus Group? Even the Chat person said it was difficult to enroll and use and suggested I download the app to my cellphone which is not what I want to do. Even the Chat person said the app was hard to use til finally you developed a tutorial! This is from one of your employees! I never did connect to my "counselor" for a chat. Fortunately, I do not wish to have a counselor and am quite pleased with what I have been able to use online. Plus I have lost 10 lbs and find the quantity and food to be great....once you can figure our your online use.

We do apologize for your experience, Wini. A member of our Customer Service Team will reach out to you in hopes of making your experience better.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Team--
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I am loving the program and seeing great success! I have been on plan for about 6 weeks and have lost 13lbs. I feel motivated and supported. I enjoy the accountability of meetings and love the inspiration on connect. I know I will reach my goal and will continue for lifetime!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I have been back only a month (I am a previous member). I am happy with the program. I have been tracking online on your actual website, not my phone app. I find that easier. I am looking forward to the changes I hear are coming!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I love the meetings. They give me so much support, and remind me not to be so hard on myself. I don't have to be perfect, just keep going! The other members also give me great ideas for recipes, shortcuts, etc. I wouldn't be as successful without the meetings!

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and experiences, Dotsy. We're pleased to hear you are enjoying your Weight Watchers Meetings and are finding the support you need. We're always here for you!
-Weight Watchers Resolution
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I have enjoyed my experience with Weight Watchers so far! Everyone online and at the meetings are so encouraging. There are a few things I’d like to see in the future. First, some allergy friendly snack from Weight Watchers. I am allergic to dairy products (milk, butter, cheese, etc), and I wanted some of the snack bars but they contain dairy. Also, it would be cool if the WW app could give you suggestions for exercise based on your goals. Sometimes I don’t know what to do to get my fit points. I would totally recommend to a friend!!

Sarah, we are thrilled to hear you've enjoyed your experience with Weight Watchers so far. We appreciate you sharing your feedback and are so excited to have you a part of our Weight Watchers Family!
-Weight Watchers Resolution Team-
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I love Weight Watchers and going to my local meeting site. BUT I am not a fan of how expensive the pricing is and how inconsistent the app is. You offer some fantastic deals to "new" customers but never offer anything to current customers. That is disappointing and makes me feel unimportant. Would love the opportunity to pay for 3 or 6 months at a time for a discounted price, just like new members.

We appreciate the opportunity to address your situation, Amy. We would like to resolve your situation with us. We have notified our customer service team and someone will contact privately soon.
Weight Watchers Resolution Team
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Ignorance is not bliss and I had developed bad eating habits over a lifetime of enjoying chips and dip and crackers with cheese. Since I've joined Weight Watchers, nearly 4 weeks ago, I have lost over 6 pounds on the Simply Filling plan and have learned that a diet high in fiber -- whole wheat grains, fruits and veggies, lean proteins -- not only keeps me full but is the way to lose weight responsibly and develop healthier eating habits. Weight Watchers is a winner with me today!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I love Weight Watchers and Weight Watchers online! I’m having success and losing weight at about 2lbs a week, which I believe is safe and will help me keep it off. The support at my meetings is something I cherish as well as the support I receive from Connect! I plan on following this plan for the rest of my life. It’s easy and works!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I love WW, I was actually a lifetime member but unfortunately I gained weight back and now I am back on track. Life happens, and I had foot surgery and other health issues and WW is the only place where I can go and tell my story. I was embarrassed to have gained weight back and didn't want to comfort the people I seen when I weighted them in, but I did it 2 weeks ago and I feel amazing. I will work for WW again one day!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I just started Weight Watchers in October. To date, I have lost 11.8 pounds and feel like I am on the right track as far as learning the point system. I like having the additional weekly points to help with days that I go over. Attending the meetings are important for me.

We're delighted to read your feedback about Weight Watchers, Susan! We thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience and your successes. We all are wishing you many more along your journey!
-Weight Watchers Resolution Team-
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I LOVE being a member of the Weight Watchers family. I really don't have any complaints other than the cost of the program and the fact you can only make lifetime if you go into the locations. However, I find the program very simple to follow and truly enjoy the Connect community. I've canceled my membership a few times in past years, but always keep coming back. The point system has become so ingrained into my life that I find it hard not to have it. I believe it's been a key element to maintaining my weight and the main contributor to when I focus on losing weight. I just wish the cost for my online membership gave me a little bit more such as including the magazine membership. Either way, I'll probably always be a WW member!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I wish the WW App. Would calculate daily amounts of protein, salt, sugar, etc to promote healthy eating and not just total points per day. I also wish there was more guidance on activity points. We have a daily allowance of food points, why not a daily goal of activity points calculated based on age, weight.

Joni, we greatly appreciate your feedback regarding our app. We will forward your feedback to the appropriate team as we work to improve our products and services to provide the best experience possible for our members. A representative will contact you privately to help you with your FitPoints question. We wish you our best!
Weight Watchers Resolution Team
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I love the tracking system. It allows me to adjust points and plan meals days in advance. Also, you can scan those treats and unknown foods. To receive value points. The addition of restaurants and smart points are an absolute bonus. I was even able to use it at LongHorn. I dabbled in my weekly points that week. But I was still able to make informed decisions. I also enjoy filling up with fruit and vegetables for 0 points. The fitpoints are also a plus. So far, I Lost 3.8 pounds in 4 weeks.

Mary, thank you for taking the time to share your experience with others. We’re happy that you’re enjoying your weight loss journey with Weight Watchers! Best wishes on your continued weight loss success!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I am 7 weeks into my weight loss journey with The help of Weight Watchers. I have already lost 19 lbs. My Instructor is so motivating. I love my meetings and look forward to going every week. I am proud of myself for the progress I have made but I know I couldn't have done it without the support of my group.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Both the online (registering) and in-store experiences I have had with Weight Watchers have been superb. I have been treated like a valued customer from the very start! Everyone is friendly and helpful. The meeting space I attend in Guilderland, NY is clean, well lit, and staffed with the most encouraging, caring people. Additionally, my meeting leader, Jennifer **, is so incredibly motivating! I feel like I am getting my money's worth and more. Weight Watchers is definitely improving my health!

April, thank you for taking the time to share your Weight Watchers experiences. We strive to ensure each and every one of our members feel cared for and feel a part of our family while on their journey. We all are wishing you many more successes!
-Weight Watchers Resolution Team-
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I would like to say I have join Weight Watchers in the past and I have always been very happy with my results. I joined recently on October 4, 2017 and as of today November 16, 2017 I have lost 18 pounds! I am very happy with my results and the meetings are very encouraging and helpful to me. The staff is awesome! I love the app for my phone, this makes the journey easier for me. I would recommend Weight Watchers to everyone! Truly a wonderful thing to do for yourself. Thank you so much!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I have lost 21 pounds in 9 weeks following the WW plan! It works and they have made tracking points so easy! The meetings and Connect make you feel like you're not alone in this journey. Oddly enough, the charms you get at meetings are really motivating. I am looking forward to my next one!

Heidi, thank you for taking the time to share your Weight Watchers experience. Congratulations on your successes, and best wishes to you on your continued journey!
-Weight Watchers Resolution Team-
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Our leader, Pam, is a great leader. She’s very engaging, funny, caring and informative. She brings out stories from the audience which creates a setting of openness. In the past, I never enjoyed going to meeting & would stop doing so. Pam is encouraging & engaging and my attending meetings is part of my success story.

Rachele, thank you for taking the time to share your Weight Watchers experience with others! We're happy that you're enjoying your meetings!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
Happy with the app and meetings. One thing that would make it easier for me, is when using the recipe builder, I’m having to type everything in instead of being able to scan. Something as simple as that would make the app so much easier for me! That way I’m more motivated to make different recipes.

We truly appreciate the time you spent to share your feedback, Jessica. We are so excited to hear you're loving the Weight Watchers mobile app and meetings. Wishing you continued success!
-Weight Watchers Resolution Team-
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I once used My Fitness Pal and my Fitbit to attempt weight loss, and that combination worked better than Weight Watchers. Figuring out this system is impossible: I can't figure out what the "Weekly Total" numbers mean, and cannot find a graph or running total of either intake or output (steps). I can't figure out what "steps" means... does it mean walking? A stair master? There seems to be no "glossary".

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. We want to provide as much help as possible to you and someone from our Customer Service Team will reach to you.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Team--
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2017
I signed up for a 3 month plan and was excited to track and lose weight. The app rejected my recipes on day one stating ‘connection error’ and the website gave a similar error. Tech support advised that there was an issue on their end then proceeded to tell me to clear my cache and cookies. Anyways, I decided against using this service the very first day because if I cannot track things appropriately, it’s a waste of time, effort, and money.
I emailed to cancel my account the first night and just received a response that they are canceling my account but they are NOT refunding my $40. I am livid and will be calling them today. I am sure this is how they make a lot of money because people get frustrated that their tool to track sucks! Also, this way of eating isn’t healthy. It cuts calories severely (I met my poInts day one and was hovering at 1250) which isn’t an actual lifestyle change. When I saw two pieces of white bread was the same points as 1/4 of an avocado, I was done. Don’t waste your time or money, folks. This is a rip off and a total scam.

Hi, Leah. We're sorry to hear about your recent experience with Weight Watchers. We strive to provide excellent customer service and regret the experience you've had. We'll schedule someone from our customer service team to contact you to form a solution.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Department--
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2017
Do not get me wrong, I love the Weight Watchers program and it has done wonders for me! However, as a lifetime member maintaining my free lifetime status, billing and customer service has been a nightmare. Several times I have put in my free lifetime code, it has shown on my screen that it went through successfully and given me a new expiration date 2 months in the future, only to have a charge processed 2 days later. When I call and complain after numerous conversations, being told I did something wrong, I'm finally told that I will be refunded and we'll see my money in a week to 10 days!

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to resolve this issue. Your feedback is valuable to us and we will use it to improve our products and services. We’ll reach out privately to begin resolving this issue.
Weight Watchers Resolution Team
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2017
I would give this zero stars if I could. This program is a scam. Not only is the website and app impossible to use, but there are free calorie tracking apps that are a million times better. I'm basically paying for $16 a month for an app that doesn't have half as many foods to choose from as the free calorie tracker app. They also make it very hard to cancel and they say no contract but you sign up for the months ahead of time and are still required to pay after you cancel. THAT IS A CONTRACT. They still send you emails after you cancel with NO way to unsubscribe. Awful site. Awful business.

We appreciate your feedback and would like to make things right. Someone from our customer service team will be contacting you privately to help assist with your resolution.
Weight Watchers Resolution Team
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2017
I joined Weight Watchers and realized that it's not very cost efficient to pay someone to count 'points' for you when you can get free apps doing the same thing. I know it works for some and that's great but for me I just couldn't justify that cost. So I cancelled right away. They're still removing money from my account even though I have an email stating it's been cancelled and they don't answer my email questions about why they're still removing the money. Very unhappy with customer service response.

Hi, Teresa. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience you had with Weight Watchers. Someone from our resolution team will be reaching out to you privately.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Team--
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2017
I cancelled my account for Weight Watchers and on October 9th. I received a charge on my credit card for the full monthly service charge for the period from October 11 to November 11. I called customer service to find out why I was being charged. I got a rep who was extremely rude. First he wouldn't even let me say a word just kept interrupting me in very rude fashion raising his voice. I asked to speak to a supervisor and he told me there was none available. I said I could not talk to him any longer, he was in almost a yelling tone. He then proceeded to put me on hold for over 30 minutes and then the call just went to dead air. The service reps name was John or so he told me. He spoke with an accent. This kind of behavior to a customer should never happen and was extremely upsetting. I did call back and got another rep who was polite, professional and extremely helpful.

We’re sorry to hear about your recent experience with our Member Support Team! We value your feedback and for the chance to resolve any issues that our customers may have.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2017
I recently wanted to try out Weight Watchers, free month. Maybe I didn't read the fine print but now I'm charge 32 dollars to cancel in my free month, so I'm not sure how it was a free month, I've talked to customer service and they tried keeping me on longer but to cancel it will cost me 32 dollars. I'm not sure this is outstanding!!! I'm not pleased with this.

Hi, Melissa. When our customers are unhappy, we're unhappy. We would love the opportunity to make this up to you. A member of our team will be in contact with you shortly. We look forward to speaking with you.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Department--
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2017
On March 21, 2017 I received many badges which were not earned and false. These include Power 25, Happy Five-0, Staying Alive 75, One Hundred Hero, 150 Force, Tremendous 200, and Gooooool. I contacted WW technical support and wanted these badges removed. I received an email and here it is: "Unfortunately the milestones cannot be deleted or reset. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Have a wonderful day." How hard can it be to remove something that shouldn't be there. Really. Will not be joining again. There is a new app that is only $5 and it does and is almost exactly the same as Weight Watchers.

Your feedback is valuable to us and we will use it to improve our products and services. We’ll reach out privately to begin resolving this issue.
Weight Watchers Resolution Team
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2017
I have been a lifetime member for about 2 years. It has been great for me. But recently when I went to weigh in for the month, I was told I was 4 pounds over my goal and there would be a 15.00 CHARGE! I went "What!?" In the past when I have been over my goal weight, there was never a problem. They always encourage you to makes changes to help. As I am told, This was implemented about 1 year ago. I can never remember getting penalized. I am sorry, at one point a person's weight will vary. Especially if you become ill. BUT to charge $15.00! for being overweight by 3-4 pounds is ridiculous. This is a discouragement not encouragement! Is WEIGHT WATCHERS to help people or to make money off on people? I go there for encouragement to get back on track! But this DETRACTS when you have to pay 15.00!

Hello, Darcie. We sincerely apologize for the experience with your meeting and Lifetime Membership. We appreciate your feedback and would like to make things right. We will send you a private message to get this resolved.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Team--
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2017
I called to cancel my account. The woman on the phone was very faint, I could hardly hear her. I asked to cancel my account, I'm having financial difficulty at this time and we have to cut back. When I spoke to the woman she mentioned a 20 dollar cancellation fee, which I understand however I asked if she could cancel the following week. She put me on hold, canceled my account and charged my account. When I asked to refund me she said no. When I asked for a supervisor she was too busy. I understand it's only 20 dollars, however when you are counting on that 20 for another bill it counts. It's unacceptable to just go ahead and charge my account. She could have told me to call the following week. I have used Weight Watchers in the past. The program is great. Don't get a bind with money because they don't care. I will never use them again or recommend them to those who are tight with finances. Unacceptable!

Hi, Fran. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We would appreciate the opportunity to address your situation. Someone from our resolution department with be in touch with you shortly.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Team--
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2017
I was on Weight Watchers for several years, and loved the program, and achieved lifetime member status. However, due to financial needs, I changed my account to online status. After doing so I was billed for another month. (I had at one point gone over my goal weight). Upon review of my bank account I also noticed that I was being billed twice each month... 14.95 around the 8th of each month, and 44.95 around the 20th of each month. I called customer service, and they agreed I was being billed on 2 separate accounts and had been since I became a lifetime member (the 14.95), and when I went over my goal weight (the 44.95). However, even though they admitted they were billing me twice, on two different accounts, they offered to only credit the one monthly charge that I we billed after changing to online account. And refused to credit any of the second monthly charges (the 14.95 charged each month).
By my estimation I overpaid by approximately 165.00. I cancelled all membership, because they wouldn't even consider making this right, or even answer my question when I asked how they justify not correcting their error, they would only respond that they would only refund the one charge after the change to online account. I quit a program I really liked because I have no desire to promote or be part of a company that refused to take responsibility for their mistakes, won't be accountable, and has no integrity. They admitted they were billing me under 2 separate accounts, and apparently felt it was acceptable to just keep my money... SMH.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Rick. We would love the opportunity to discuss this with you further. A member of our resolution team will be reaching out to you shortly. We look forward to speaking with you.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Team--
Original Review: Sept. 21, 2017
When you sign up for a limited time with Weight Watchers there is a catch you need to keep a close eye on? They will continue to bill your credit card the maximum amount possible when the term is done if you don't officially cancel your membership. When you call to complain, they explain it was in the membership agreement (Fine print). When joining Weight Watchers you will definitely lose weight due to your shrinking wallet!!!

Rose, we’re sorry to hear about your recent billing experience. We sincerely apologize and would like to make it up to you. Our team will contact you privately to begin resolving your issue.
Weight Watchers Resolution Team
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2017
I preferred the old system, and it quickly became apparent after signing up. I did the three month deal of $50 online only. After just a few days I decided it really wasn't going to work for me so I cancelled. No refund. Zero. Didn't matter if I told it to cancel in October (1 month's worth of service) or in December (the full three months). They could at least take the standard $19 out of the $50 and refund the rest. I feel cheated by this because NOWHERE does it mention the special pricing does not qualify for a refund - even though I cancelled just 4 DAYS after signing up. I don't have the time or the wherewithal today to even try and argue with them. Buyer beware.

We appreciate your feedback and would like to make things right. Someone from our customer service team will be contacting you within 48 hours to help assist with your resolution. We look forward to speaking with you.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Department--
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2017
First let me start by say I use a prepaid cc for all online shopping or for any recurring purchases that I sign-up for online. So with that being said I wanted to start my membership with WW. I filled in all the fields to start the program right, and then the screen gets to the payment portion. I fill in all required slots there right... and then this error message appears. I knowingly only transferred the exact amount that the subscription would cost into the account to be on the safe side and sure enough I went back to check all the information that I typed in to make sure it was correct and tried to continue again then the same message appears, so I think to myself let me check the account and sure enough WW was holding the exact amount of funds required for sign-up.
So I call WW to see why they're holding the amount but when I log in it's still asking me to sign-up. The operator responds by saying, "Well, that's our policy. It's just an authorization. It will return in a couple of business days or maybe 24hrs." So I asked, "Well since you're holding the funds why am I not considered signed-up?" The agent actually asked if I would like to provide my cc info again so that she could try and charge me again just to see if it would go through. NO I Would Not. It's not okay to just hold funds on someone's account for a membership if you're going to charge them then charge them or either make it clear to newcomers that you need to have $100 dollars plus to sign-up for this subscription because we're going to hold 50 and charge 50.... Dang, I am just trying to lose so weight not a lot of money.

We sincerely apologize for your experience, Kiara. A member of our Resolution Team will reach out to you privately. We look forward to speaking with you.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Team--
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2017
I paid $119.85 for three months of meetings and online. After not receiving my monthly pass card by week 3. I started calling, emailing asking at meetings no one could help. After finally get Gaye who would only give me info if I gave her a credit card she gave me a monthly pass number. Within seconds I got an email that I'm canceled followed by 8 more emails of people wanting to help --- all boiler plate emails. It doesn't seem legal that after you pay they want your card and then they tell you that you have to call before the end of three months or they'll charge it. Hope something legal can be done.

Patti, we’re sorry to hear about your recent experience regarding your Monthly Pass account. We sincerely apologize and would like to make it up to you. Our team will contact you privately to begin resolving your issue.
Weight Watchers Resolution Team
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2017
I have read some really nasty reviews about WW. First off let me say, I am rejoining for another go at it. Past failures had NOTHING to do with them and everything to do with me. The program WORKS... if you work with it. Customer service with WW is a dream. You call, you get answers. Anytime I have canceled they have never billed me past what I owed and have even refunded my money a couple of times. There has never been an issue. I'm going back and this time I am in it to win it. I will make LIFETIME and I will never leave again. I have seen now why meetings are so important. An investment in my health is never wasted money. 40.00 a month is a small investment for an amazing return... oh... did I mention my grocery bill will go down by about 1/3. Eating the Standard diet is much more expensive than eating healthy. I'm so excited to go back!!
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2017
Beware!! I was very unhappy with my experience with Weight Watchers. It has nothing to do with weight loss. I joined in September 2016 & I canceled my membership in Feb 2017. I continued getting charges until August 2017. Not only did I get charged, I was double billed the entire time. With Weight Watchers charging the same card & same email address. I somehow had a duplicate account (one charging me $44 and the other $20 per month). They only agreed to reimburse 3 months on each account. This to me is fraudulent!! If I had signed up with different email addresses & different credit cards, then I could totally understand how this could have happened but that wasn't the case. So, my advice to any new members would be to watch your account closely!! This company should have made this right!! With this being said... I would not even give 1 star if that were an option!

Hello, Tawana. We sincerely apologize about your experience with your accounts. We appreciate your feedback and would like to make things right. Someone from our customer service team will be contacting you shortly. We look forward to speaking with you.
--Weight Watchers Resolution Team--
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2017
When trying to sign into my account, the app/website did not recognize my account. This has happened for months. I have called to inquire with no solution. I have continued to be billed monthly. It finally occurred to me that they should be able to look up my account via my credit card. They acknowledged I had an account but could only refund the last 3 months. It is ultimately my bad for not being more assertive months ago when this started. Ripoff and horrible customer service, the rep said, "It is in the terms and agreement that WW has the right to continue to take membership fees until you cancel."
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2017
Do not be fooled or misled - this company is unethical and has bad practices. I cancelled the account May of last year - online charges continued. I quit receiving emails from WW - good indication that account cancelled... but it wasn't. We had to call Citibank and post a complaint. Charges continued. Finally had "success" cancelling the account. Seriously, there are free apps or Garmin/Fitbits that do more than WW. You would be better served to NOT use them. There is no value to a $20 per month App - there are free apps, Pinterest, communities. This is not worth your time...
Reviewed July 28, 2017
I am very disappointed in Weight Watchers. I joined Feb. 20, 2017 under one of their 3 month promotions. By May 20th I had lost the 10# required to get a $100 visa card, or roll it over into another couple of months membership. In order to receive this $ one had to fill out a form with a copy of my passbook showing my weight loss. This seemed crazy as everything about WW is electronic now. Okay so I did that and while patiently waiting for my $100 I noticed they had been taking out $44.95 for the months of May and June (I'm bad for not noticing it sooner). So, I immediately canceled my membership online.
When I finally got a hold of someone in billing I was told that "it is in the terms and agreement that WW has the right to continue to take membership fees until you cancel." I was also told that in order to get the $100 I have to have an active account... YIKES! and a few other choice words. In the end it just wasn't even worth getting the $100 back. WW meetings now consist of the first 10-15 minutes reviewing the latest crappy 1 point pasta "they" have for sale or the one point chocolate the size of my thumb nail that's loaded with preservative. So you go Weight Watchers I hope you implode.
Reviewed July 25, 2017
I had noticed a while ago that I was still being billed by Weight Watchers even though I have not used them for years. I called to let them know before and they said I had to call back later that no one was in that could help me. I called back later and they said that I was continuing to be billed after my 3 month subscription ran out as was agreed. I was frustrated because I tried to get back into my account after the 3 months was up and it said that I no longer had a current subscription and had to renew so I figured that it had been canceled. And as I read the previous reviews I see that I'm not the only one that this has happened to.
When I canceled today for sure I thought it would have been nice for them to refund me some money but of course no such remuneration was offered. Just to let people know there is an app call Diet Watchers that is essentially the same as Weight Watchers. You pay a one time fee of I believe 6$ and that's it. I really hope Weight Watchers goes out of business. They are such a ripoff.
Reviewed July 24, 2017
I have tried WW 3 times and every time there has been a problem with the app or the billing. This last time was the worst. I signed up for a promotion from the Weight Watchers website that was for 3 months at $35. The payment went through but then when I tried to log into the app it said my subscription had ran out. So I sent 5 emails before I finally heard back from someone 2 weeks later. So I wasn't even able to use the app for 2 weeks. The email I got back was poorly written and asked for a lot of personal information and I didn't feel comfortable writing all that in an email so I called instead.
The first guy I talked to could barely speak English so it took over 30 minutes to get anywhere. I explained my situation and he said the only thing he could do for me was to refund my $35 and get the newest promotion. The newest promotion was 3 months for $50... So it was worse than what I had already paid for. I wasn't happy so he said he'd give me a month for free. It still made me mad though because I was having to pay more than what I tried to the first time. So I decided to just go ahead with it because I really like the app.
A few hours later I checked my bank account and no joke, they withdrew $1000. My account went negative and I was freaking out. So I had to call them again and of course this guy also barely spoke English. I explained everything and told him how unhappy I was and that I just wanted to cancel everything and to obviously get my $1000 back! He basically told me there was nothing he could do and that I have to call my bank and deal with it myself.
This company has the WORST customer service I have ever experienced. Now I am sitting on hold with my bank, currently at 30 minutes wait, and hoping they can get my money back. I made an account on Consumer Affairs just to write this review because I am so angry and everyone needs to know how ** this company is.
Reviewed July 21, 2017
While the program itself is pretty good, the customer service is so bad that I warn everyone to stay away!! I was told incorrect information when I signed up, was overbilled, and they refuse to refund me. Their customer service is terrible and they don't care one bit. So disappointing for a company I used to respect. This is based in Canada in July 2017.
Reviewed July 18, 2017
I enrolled in a promotion with Weight Watchers to lose 10 pounds in 60 days and receive the $100 promotional fee back. An additional requirement was that "Your Weight Watchers subscription must be current at the time you submit the refund form." I lost the 10 within the 60 days and completed the required form to cancel my membership and start the refund process on May 16th. In spite of that, Weight Watchers began deducting membership fees from my checking account. Upon requesting that they refund the fees they had deducted, I was told by a Weight Watchers representative that I must retain active membership during the processing of the $100 gift card which would take 8 to 12 weeks, and would end up costing me more in membership fees more than the $100 I would be receiving. They have since only agreed to cancel my membership as of today but declined to issue any refund.
Reviewed July 18, 2017
I wanted to join today Weight Watchers 50% discount. WW staff refused to answer any of my questions. Kathy in Mechanicsburg PA said she did not have time to speak to me even though I told her I had a hearing disability and could not hear her over the noisy crowd. She simply pointed me to the pricing board and said if I wanted to join that is what the prices were. I had to leave due to my hearing disability. My head still hurts after being there for only 3 minutes. After reading the reviews here I am very glad I did not join. It's unfortunate that weight watchers has turned into a nasty business with very little if any customer service.
Reviewed July 17, 2017
I was signed up through my company and bill was paid through company. I was going over my checking account and notice that they had been taking money out of my account for 7 months now. I called and explain that this should have not been done. Stated that they understood that this happens but all they can do is refund 3 months and close the account. I call this stealing money, but never again will I use Weight Watchers.
Reviewed July 11, 2017
I joined to lose 12 pounds when they had a promotion to lose 10 pounds within 3 months and get $100 gift card. I lost the 10 pounds. I applied for the $100 as explained to me at the meeting. What they didn't tell me - it takes up to 4 months to process the form AND you have to pay a $45 membership fee each of those months. After 4 phone calls to Weight Watchers, I am still trying to resolve this. Today I gave up and cancelled my membership. After this experience, I really don't believe they will stop billing me the monthly fee. This makes me very sad. I have always liked Weight Watchers - I am a lifetime member. They'll never see me or my $$ again.
Reviewed July 7, 2017
While the app works well you get past the constant state of having to log in even when it's on your phone. The fact that you oftentimes cannot log in and then get locked out is just ridiculous. Tonight I found out that because I signed up for WW at WORK. They can't reset my password at the number they tell you to call. Instead, they have dedicated staff at WW to assist us with technical problems. What?? Really?? It's the same problem - a password reset - not some specific issue that takes a specialized person.
Reviewed July 6, 2017
I joined Weight Watchers 2 different times. The first time they were "all out" of the promised Starter's Kit. The second time in 2/2017 I was promised $100 gift card if I lost 10 lbs in 3 months. Well I lost 15 and even had their scale to connect with them to prove this. Now they say I had to renew for another 3 months or I will have to pay a $20 fee. So basically, I am not going to get that $100 either. I have already put almost $200 into the company to get $100, which I never received. Well, this diet plan involves the same thing as many free online diet plans offer, so I would suggest to save your money. It is a good plan but they just swap points for calorie counting: something that you can easily do on your own. I regret joining again.
Reviewed July 5, 2017
Paid for my daughter for 6 months on June 22, 2017 @ $33. per month. Set up for auto pay and they took my $33.00 on the June 22, 2017 and then turned around and again withdrew another $33 on July 5, 2017. Told my daughter, "you are always paying a month in advance for the service. Really 7 weeks in advance!!!" "No, I don't think so. Am cancelling today!" She is paid through Sept. 2017. This is a real scam. Don't give them your credit card.
Reviewed June 18, 2017
Bad experience with WW. Immediately upon joining I tried to cancel my subscription. There was no such option online. The only option charged me three months. Google link to Customer Service doesn't work. They're quick to take your money but make it difficult, if not impossible, to cancel. I intend to post this everywhere I can unless this issue is resolved immediately and I am not, charged anything.
Reviewed June 18, 2017
I have been with Weight Watches for 3 months now and every time I try to open their app on my mobile it goes straight for 'Sign up for the $499.00 12 month plan' and won't let me pass that stage. I have been told I can't go to the meetings in my area because I only pay $35.00 per month. I now realize I have been completely ripped off.
Reviewed June 13, 2017
At my 1st meeting I bought a points calculator for £9.95. It was completely dead and would not work. I returned it at the next meeting to be told I would have to contact Weight Watchers to sort it out even though they had spare ones there. On contacting customer services it turns out I have to post it back to them. Why can't the coach replace it, why can't the coach send it back. Ridiculous, but I was warned that all Weight Watchers are interested in is your money!
Reviewed June 5, 2017
I signed up for their services on May 31, 2017 and on June 5, 2017 I called to cancel the membership. I have not used their services not one time. They would only give me $9.00 for the 3 month membership I had paid for. I can understand it I had been using it for more than half the membership but I didn't. They said they would not refund the amount paid. I will NEVER use them and will tell everyone I know not to. Ms. **, you should be ashamed of yourself for promoting them when they do the customers this bad. You may not need the money that I will not get back but I do.
Reviewed June 1, 2017
I signed up for 3-month plan for $50 one evening. I had heard good things so I figured I'd give it a shot. But once I became a member, I saw that there isn't anything in the member site or app that is worth cost of membership, I'm talking within 10 minutes of logging in/signing up. Recipes seemed to be only thing in member site, and those are available Everywhere on the web!
I immediately contacted them showing time stamp of signing up, at this point, less than 30 min in, stating I felt I was scammed into signing up with empty promises of a full system, except all the site and app had are how many points and some recipes, again, all over the web for free. 5 days later after no response, I forwarded same email to them again, adding that I haven't touched account since that first 10 min and want my money back. Instead I finally got a rude email stating I'll only get $9 back and they cancelled my account. I emailed them back immediately after stating that's not acceptable and I was filing a complaint with PayPal against them.
Reviewed May 29, 2017
Tried Weight Watchers for about three months. The idea of the diet is good healthy standards. Low fat, low sugar, high fruit, high protein diet. I choose not to continue as I already went through a major diet experience 10 years ago with proportion control and calorie counting using similar standards. I commend the idea of Weight Watchers in a society that has lost its good eating habits and put those individuals back on the right track. I choose not to continue with Weight Watchers as I got a half assed introduction to the program and I still haven't a clue what the whole hubbub is about nor how to proceed about it. Here's my experience:
Signed up online. Went to a local meeting. Got signed in. Sat through a 30 minute talk meeting. Half the meeting was about how you don't dip your hand into the candy dish. Then the welcome meeting after. I got a half assed introduction to the program for my introduction. Was given a welcome packet. Was requested to go through it at my leisure. Rep sent 20 minutes on hold with weight watchers app 800 # to figure out an error in the app. Then a little about the program about what to eat but requested me to read through the material at my leisure.
Went online later that night to figure out more. All I found were recipes and an app that is confusing in serving sizes. Lost 5 lbs in the first two months. Not bad. I tried about three of the meetings and found it was more of a struggle to work them into a rotating random retail schedule. Realized some of the instructors are better than others. My introduction to it was done by one that probably could use a little coaching for new applicants.
I realized the meetings were not all that helpful for me as they didn't really explain the program in detail. Three months later and I still haven't a clue how the diet works or what it is about or how to proceed about it. Over half the meetings were about how you don't dip your hand into the candy dish or do I choose an apple over a donut. That was it. The only reason why I lost weight was because I replaced sugar with fruit and only splurge twice a month. In addition to heavily omitting fatty foods.
I honestly can diet without this program. Thank you for the kick I needed to start it though. I however will not continue with it until explanation is done better. I am left in the dark and $80 of my dollars are no more. (Per other reviews, I will closely watch my account to be sure the monthly billing process is canceled. I feel to deny a refund in the first 3 months is not an ethical practice of business. A diet does take a few months to see results but to some people they don't need all the glamor to diet. They just know how.)
Reviewed May 27, 2017
I have contacted Weight Watchers for 3 months attempting to cancel my membership and they continue to charge my PayPal. I have talked to them and emailed and attempted from the web page. They have over charged me at least $80.
Reviewed May 18, 2017
We canceled our membership to Weight Watchers 4 months ago but they keep charging our card. When we call to investigate they say that they cannot confirm the charges! What a scam!!! We have proof that they keep taking money out! BEWARE! They're horrible. Service is horrible. We have to block the payment on our credit union side. This is unbelievable.
Reviewed May 15, 2017
I canceled Weight Watchers via their phone application after charged April 15, 2017. I had forgotten that this needed to be done. I canceled late at night via email as stated and the 800 # was not operating. May 15 was charged yet again $56. Canceled via email and called this time to put an end to the charges and to get credit. Was advised needed cancellation # and I let them know did not get one first time. This time was given one verbally and asked that WW send it via email so that I would have on record. "Rude" Michael said that this is how I would get it. Advised this is not the way a legitimate business operates. I like the Weight Watchers program and respect the owners, however, I will not do business with them again because of poor customer service and billing practices.
Reviewed May 3, 2017
I have been on Weight Watchers for one year and 8 months and have lost 96 pounds! I eat what I want in moderation, I eat things I never knew I liked because they were "Lower points" and I treat myself every now and then so I never miss out on anything I love. I highly recommend it to EVERYONE. I also recommend doing MEETINGS and making friends and using the online tools to reach out on the CONNECT community. As far as issues with billing, never ever have I had one issue. I also order product online and again NO ISSUES. If you cancel you have to do it BEFORE the next billing cycle or YES you will get charged, but I have actually READ the cancellation policy thoroughly.
Reviewed May 3, 2017
It was 6 months later that I realized I was being charged monthly after my two-month trial was over. It was a card my husband paid and I didn't know it was being charged after my two-month Groupon was over. I requested a refund but was denied. I was ill as I was not dieting due to two surgeries I had needed. So disappointed in this company.
Reviewed April 28, 2017
I have been a Lifetime member of WW for many years. I went back Spring of 2017 and went most of the summer. Since I have stayed within my weight goal, I did not have to pay and received voucher codes for eTools. I have not been for several months and all of a sudden, I received a charge on my credit card for $14.94 from WW. I called them and told them that I was not using their services and had not signed up for any services. They told me that I needed to drive to a WW and get an access code in order for them to refund my money.
I told the representative that this was not acceptable, however, she continued to speak over me and refused to refund my money or allow me to speak to a supervisor. She did, however, cancel my account (what account???). I had never signed up for anything and to make matters worse, she offered me a free month which I promptly denied. I intend to file a dispute with my credit card company. Everyone BE AWARE!!! This is very bad business practice. I could barely understand the representative I was speaking with and hope that this is the end of my dealings with them.
Reviewed April 18, 2017
I signed up for 3 months and then noticed WW was auto billing my account every month. I then canceled my account. However, Weight Watchers continued to bill us for the service for months and months after. When I called to question the charges the person on the phone was rude and implied that it was my fault that the account was not closed, and did not offer to refund any of the fraudulent charges. Weight Watchers knew that there is no activity on an account, but instead of sending a courtesy email asking why we were no longer using the service and enticing us to get back on it, they chose to remain silent and continue to collect the $49.95/month. And when I called, again, they could have looked up the account and seen that there was no activity for months and refunded us for that time, but they did not. That is a crooked and very anti-consumer policy. Shameful. Beware.
The most shocking system when dealing with customer services "system" being the operative word. I was appalled to see all of the complaints. I thought WW was a reputable company! I am not normally a negative person (and spoke with the utmost respect to those I communicated my issues to) however show me the way to a Director/C.E.O of Weight Watchers and a few choice words would be spoken!! Sorry for the rant and thank you for the other posts that at least made me realize I was not alone. :-) It's not the money, it's the principle. I will be spreading the shocking feedback as I go and never darkening the doors of Weight Watchers again (which is a shame because at times I really rather enjoyed it).
Reviewed April 15, 2017
So many of the complaints on here are about billing. If you use PayPal, you have control over authorized billing, and it solves the issue. So far no billing issues, and if I want to quit WW, I can just de-authorize payments and they won't be able to bill me anymore. I also don't use fitbits, etc., so pretty much no need to deal with customer service.
I was disappointed to see practically no reviews of the program itself when I was considering signing up, so I thought I'd add one: I enjoy using the WW site and app. I don't bother with meetings, and have the online version only. Very easy to use, and I actually enjoy tracking stuff during the day. It has significantly helped me increase my activity level and pay attention to what I eat. I combine this approach with other healthy eating habits I was already following (lots of produce, very little meat, very little sugar and processed food, reasonable carbs, etc.). I have been eating healthy for years, but over the last year, I saw about 8 pounds sneak up on me. I realized it was due to too much desk work, too little exercise, and hidden calories in my meals and snacks. Using this app keeps me on track for activity and food intake. I can still eat what I want in general, but it's more balanced.
I lost 6 points in a month, which is a healthy rate and fine with me, and I decided to maintain this weight - meaning, you can change your setting from weight loss to weight maintenance, which I did today. My increased exercise is toning me up, and I feel great. I plan to keep my account current for the foreseeable future. My favorite benefit - tracking activity. Sounds silly, but I time everything now and go for "points," including housework... My house and I are both in better shape for it. You can experiment with your account settings. I ended up choosing "Tracking" and "Swap my fit points first." This means that if I have a high-calorie day and go over my food points, I can increase my activity level and earn more points to compensate for it. Seems to work. There you go...
Reviewed April 12, 2017
Weight Watchers customer service sucks. I have been trying to get a refund for 4 weeks now. When I called them first to get my refund sorted they said, "Sorry we don't issue 45 dollar refunds." Well you guys told me I was getting that back. "2 weeks later you will get 44.95 back" well where the hell is it. They really need to hire people that know what the hell they are doing. I will never deal with this company again.
Reviewed April 8, 2017
I started WW about 1.5 yrs ago at 230 lbs. I have lost over 75 lbs. I'm down to 155 lbs and I've never been happier. Even without any workouts I couldn't believe it but it's true and the food taste great. Haven't found anything I didn't like. Just ask Oprah.
Reviewed April 4, 2017
Weight Watchers the program is terrific. My issue is with customer service. I bought a Fitbit from the online store and then decided I would like a different model. I look for a return policy and it says you have to call or send email and they'll tell you what to do. I sent email and got an automated response. 5 days later, I still have not heard anything. So I call the number. After being on hold for 20 minutes I gave up.
Reviewed March 23, 2017
Unethical billing practices. I signed up for a limited 3 month package and they continued to bill me after I cancelled the membership. Then they lied and told me I had not cancelled through their website. Be careful about giving them your credit card information. It will take closing the account to get them to stop taking the month subscription fee. Oprah should be ashamed.
Reviewed March 18, 2017
I saw 3 pending charges of 44.90 when there should be just 1. I spoke to the bank and they said when a merchant makes an error like this rather than opening a fraud activity case it's better to call them and get the 2 extra charges reversed. I called and got the Philippine call center and spoke to 2 agents who (a) assure me that the 2 pending additional charges will not really post to my bank, however neither could say how that would occur. I was told to wait another 24 hours and then call back or call bank.
I couldn't understand 75% of what they were saying. I did however hear the agent when he said that this happens "ALL THE TIME" because people click the submit button in the app. I said "Doesn't anyone there think the app should be fixed so that it doesn't triple charge people?" The call center is just terrible. WW program has worked for me and family and I always promote it to my clients. I think they should either close 24x7 call center if they can't staff it with high quality agents. An overseas call center rarely does any good for the client. It just made me pissed off.
Reviewed March 14, 2017
Absolutely rubbish website. Signed up for the one month only and they continued to take 2 further months' payments from my bank account without my authorisation. Complete con. When I called WW they told me they could not refund my money as I was on a one month rolling contract with them, even although I only went onto the website a couple of times. Also told they could not track my usage on the site. BS!!! Not nice to deal with and would not recommend to anyone!!!
Reviewed March 12, 2017
Beware of bad billing practices for WW!! I am a lifetime member since last March, 2016. I have been faithfully entering my free eTools number every 2 months or more frequently. I just realized that I've been charged every month anyway. Make sure you check your credit card statements every month - don't trust Weight Watchers to do it right. I also found out that when I joined, even though I purchased a 3 month voucher, I was entered as "standard" and charged monthly at a higher rate. I learned my lesson. The program has been great but the billing system isn't. Likely there was some button I didn't click, but since they charged me for the months that they did found a record of my voucher, I am suspicious.
Reviewed March 6, 2017
I thought I would try Weight Watchers online as I can't drive and can't get to any the of meetings. Well, it was absolutely useless and so hard to work out. So I thought well I won't do that again, but the next month Weight Watchers took another payment. I wasn't aware that I was booking on a monthly payment. WATCH OUT, THEY WILL KEEP TAKING MONEY OFF YOUR CARD.
Reviewed March 3, 2017
Trying to track my coaching. The coach never updated my profile - one shows canceled and the other shows pending. So now I have no proof to show to my doctor that I need for my upcoming surgery. Wasted 45 minutes on chat line with no results - just going back and forth. Call center is in the Philippines and the person didn't understand what I was asking. Got disconnected once and no results the 2nd time. No manager to speak to. Called the hotline and was asked the same stupid questions with no results. Asked for a refund which I see many people have had issue with. I will update later. @ Oprah you should be ashamed for sponsoring this nonsense!
Reviewed March 1, 2017
I drove 18+ miles to a Weight Watchers meeting last night and was told you cannot be a member without supplying them with a credit card. I could write a check but would have to register it online and give them a credit card for future automatic payments. After reading the complaints, I am so happy I made the decision to get into my vehicle and travel the 18+ miles home even though it was a wasted trip.
I called the headquarters and had a difficult time understanding the gentleman I spoke to. He confirmed that you cannot be a member without a credit card. Now I can see why. I know a number of people who do not have credit cards either by choice or because of a low income, so they are discriminated against. My son deals with identity theft every day and I am extremely reluctant to allow anyone access to my card. I belonged to the organization years ago and we just paid our dues at the meetings. This new method is not only easier for them but apparently much more profitable. It's all about the $$$.
Reviewed March 1, 2017
When Americans are paying Weight Watchers dues they should get an American on the phone to help them. Why is Weight Watchers outsourcing to the Philippines? As a lifetime member who needed to get back to Weight Watchers, I needed to call due to a problem with my AP suddenly asking me for my log in information. I had it written down and entered it but it didn't work. I placed a phone call to the 1-800 # from work. As soon as I heard the woman's accent, I knew it would not be a quick fix. She couldn't understand my accent and I certainly couldn't understand hers. After 15 minutes of trying to resolve my problem (which everyone at work ended up hearing) she lost her patience with me. I asked her where she was located and she told me the Philippines. I told her that she should have more patience with Americans due to Weight Watchers outsourcing jobs that should be here, to the Philippines. Does anyone else have a problem with this?
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2017
I just signed up and within the hour canceled. Signed up for the online plus account. No welcoming email, nothing that showed me how to use the program and absolutely nothing on explaining how much food, points, or portions to eat. This made me more mad when I tried to chat and they made me feel like it was self-explanatory which it is not. I assumed that there would be something that showed new users how to actually track, and use the program.
Frustrated, I called customer service to see if it was better to talk to someone. Not a chance, the person did not understand me and asked me to repeat several thing several times. I said just please cancel my account. The lack of education this program gives you is the main reason I canceled. When I sign up for something new that I have never done before I would assume they would try to explain it and want you to get it. That was not that case here. Sad. For people who are actually into losing some weight and thought this is the way to do it because everyone seems to RAVE about it. Completely useless.
Updated review: March 12, 2017
I have finally received the promised refund. It took speaking to a "supervisor" in Missouri and my previous post on ConsumerAffairs. All the calls and extremely long wait time are due to Weight Watchers customer service being outsourced to the Philippines. They read from a script and cannot veer from it to do any problem solving. Weight Watchers needs to come back to the USA.
Original Review: Feb. 20, 2017
I am due a refund of 44.95 and have been trying to get it since 1/14/2017. Email after email states 7-10 business days. After each 7-10 business days pass another email is generated and I'm told an error was on their end please wait another 7-10 business days. When calling you are placed on hold for 47 minutes plus. Call back and start all over again. It is 2/20/2017 and still no refund in process. Spoke to three different people today alone. Here I am on hold again. Funny it doesn't take this kind of time to take my money!
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2017
I joined WW online yesterday. Every time I tried to log in I was told my username and/or password were incorrect. I reset the password five times. Today I called customer service and was told by a woman named Chrystal that they had an app problem over the weekend. She had me to change my password again; told me I would definitely be able to get on and gave me a "free month". When I couldn't get on again, I called and spoke to a woman named Mitch (?) who told me the same spiel and tried to convince me to stay with the program. I refused and demanded a full refund of my $19.95 cost.
I got and will save a cancellation confirmation number and e-mail and see if I ever get the refund. I evidently also will have to make sure they don't keep charging me as that seems to be their big money maker. Also, the new program gives each food item more points than previously. I have been very hungry since I started yesterday and intend to use an old 1970's booklet and program. Shame on this company. I hope President Trump taxes them out the wazoo for having customer service in a foreign country and for being so insensitive to their customers. Jean Nidetch would be rolling over in her grave!!
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2017
I've tried at various times to get the emails to stop coming to me. The link in the email just circles back to the page and doesn't go anywhere, so I can't unsubscribe. Thinking it was a glitch, I just deleted emails and would randomly try, but I've had enough. Daily emails sometimes multiple emails a day to my work email address (previously I was a member of their "AT WORK" program).
I've been tracking the emails since September 15, 2016 when I emailed to cancel. I received a canned response that they're sorry I no longer want the emails, they'll remove me and it'll take 2-3 WEEKS to be removed. (That's WHEN I even get a response back, usually I don't). So I wait that amount of time and email again and get the same canned response, but the daily emails continue. Only once have I received a response other than the canned response and that he had put me in all 4 programs for removing emails, give it 48 hours after (+2 days). If I'm still getting them at that time, they're probably forwarding from another email address.
Since my membership, I did get married so my name had changed. When that didn't work, I did give them my old name and email address (since it does forward), but I'm still getting daily emails and each of the emails show my CURRENT name and email address not my previous, so not the issue. It's so frustrating to constantly get emails that I don't want, that I have tried in good faith to remove myself from, (the link in the email STILL don't work by the way) especially since it's to a business email. My interpretation of the CAN-SPAM act says that a request to be removed from emails must be easy and must take place within a much shorter time frame (2 business WEEKS I believe. I'd have to check again). This clearly is not meeting those requirements. The "Customer Service" simply doesn't exist.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2017
I signed up for the 12 month plan online where I can get the WW mobile app and use this to access and record smart points. I have not been able to use the app for a long time, every time I got the message "Oops there is an error it's us, it's not you". I just assumed that was because my 12 weeks was passed. I did continue to receive emails which I didn't read. However, I was talking to a friend and she said, "You should check that they are not still deducting from your account." I said I only signed up for 12 week plan. She said, "This is a common complaint with WW online." So sure enough I rang WW (which by the way had to wait 20 mins before I got a customer service person). They confirmed that yes the money was still coming out of my account even though my 12 weeks finished last November. I told her that the WW app has not worked and was told that's because I needed to update the app (even though the message said "Oops it's us not you").
I have not used WW online for 3 months and they wouldn't refund me because the terms and conditions which she said are "all over the site" state that they will continue at the end of your period... I struggled to find this. She said when I signed up it would have said that at the bottom. Okay so I don't have a leg to stand on but I think this is VERY misleading and have no doubt that many people would be in the same situation. Why bother having a 12 week plan? Why not just make it an ongoing plan where you cancel when you want to. It is MISLEADING. Or at least an email at the end of the 12 weeks saying "Your 12 week period is now at an end, we will continue with you on the plan unless you reply and cancel."
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2017
I joined Weight Watchers on 1/18/17 and I love it! I had never been a member before, so I don't know about the other point systems that were used. However, the number of points I have is plenty and I am never hungry. The program allows for you to eat things like cookies and chips but you may have to sacrifice something else to stay in your point range. For me it has helped me make better choices. I realize that the cookie or the chips aren't worth the points and will instead have fruit or another healthy snack. Do I still eat goodies sometimes? Absolutely! And this program allows for that.
I have lost over 7 pounds in the last month and I feel great. I go to weekly meetings which are wonderful and I utilize all of their online tools which keeps me motivated. The tracking of points is simple. I would recommend this program to anyone. And this is coming from a woman that has tried everything - literally - to lose weight. I can see myself being a success with this program and I can see this becoming my lifestyle. This is not a temporary fix. This is real! WW is a great system.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2017
I needed to make a change to my Weight Watchers membership. I have been a member of Weight Watchers since January 2016. I was shocked at how horrible and terrible and rude of the customer service was! It's obviously a call center in the Philippines and the women there speak very loudly and in a very condescending tone. I had to call three different times because the woman on the phone the first time and the second time could not figure out how to make this simple change to my account. She insisted on changing my password and finally after three days of dealing with this the situation was resolved.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2017
Hello, I just wanted to complain about the process of cancelling my account, I called on October 2016 to cancel my account and the lady who answered the phone was very nice and told there was not going to be any problem and that I will receive a refund, she told me to send my pass, which I sent. I waited patiently for the refund in my account and never received it, I called today and a customer service person told me that I was not going to receive anything because they didn't receive the monthly pass back within 2 weeks after canceling the account. I was never told about this. They never gave me a timeline to send my pass. Just an excuse to not give your money back. I will never deal with WW anymore and will make sure that all my friends and family know about this.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2017
I signed up and the free starter kit was a pamphlet and a plate that broke within a few days! I canceled almost immediately and they still charged me about 50 dollars for maybe a week! Their company is a ripoff!
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017
Weight Watchers claims to have customer service, but they don't. After three phone calls in two days to someone who barely speaks my language and reads from a script and doesn't know when to stop talking, I am fed up. No pun intended. It's sad that they have outsourced this important service offshore to the cheapest workers who aren't getting the job done. Maybe our new president will bring the work back home where it belongs.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017
Buyer BEWARE! Believe everything that is said in these reviews about Weight Watchers billing! I tried canceling online and even speaking to a real person (a couple times) and they still kept charging my account! I finally had to mark the charge as fraudulent on PayPal to get their attention. Then they told me they had NO RECORD of any effort to cancel. Oh, and by the way, they cancelled my account with absolutely NO refund. They sent a terse reply, indicating that pretty much the entire debacle was my fault. Nice huh? This was the second time I have done business with the company with the same outcome. I have learned my lesson and will never do business with them again and recommend you do the same.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2017
I loved Weight Watchers prior to Feb 2016 when Oprah took over. Since she took over the points for each food item such as pudding snack jumped dramatically where you can't eat normal foods without going over your daily limit. Also, I figured out my actual calorie intake based on the new point system and it was actually UNDER 1,000 for the day so even though I was reaching my allotted daily points I was well under the recommended daily calorie allotment for someone dieting. This alone left me feeling VERY hungry and set me up to overeat because I felt like I was starving. I work out daily and this low calorie allotment does NOT match the daily points making it unhealthy and unrealistic. I used to love I could eat everything on the old program and feel satisfied and still lose weight. The new program is so restricted and anything with carbs or sugar is marked up so high in points that if you choose to eat that item you are almost maxed out for the day!
This made me feel like it didn't matter. At that point I was starving and needed to eat and to be honest I have not lost one pound. It actually caused me to gain weight because I always felt deprived. Please go back to old system. Just because Oprah wants to restrict her carbs to nothing doesn't mean this is good for the general population who is looking to lose a little weight or maintain. The program has now become unrealistic. Real life means eating all types of foods in moderation and this program causes MAJOR restrictions so once people start eating again they will certainly gain the weight back like I did. Please consider going back to old system prior to Oprah revamping points. Thank you.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2017
Upon trying to cancel my subscription to Weight Watchers, I was offered a free month. I was then charged for the free month. When I requested my refund, I was told I must cancel the account. The free month was bogus and I am yet to receive a refund.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2017
I signed up for a special 3 month promotion around Sept 2015. I told my local branch that I only wanted to attend for 2 and a half months because I had a planned pregnancy coming up. I wanted to prepay for the entire promotional period and not pay anything monthly afterward. They took my credit card info so I could pay. 2 weeks before my in vitro fertilization pregnancy date, I told the local branch that I would be pregnant in two weeks. They said they didn't want to know that because if they knew I was pregnant, then I wouldn't be able to attend anymore. That confused me because of course I didn't want to attend anymore if I would be pregnant. Besides, I prepaid and my prepaid period would be coming to an end so I wouldn't be able to attend anymore anyway... Or so I thought. I still got monthly pass cards in the mail, but thought WW didn't realize I was cancelled.
Today... My baby is now 6 months old and I decided to call WW to confirm I'm not paying for it since these cards keep coming. Apparently, $44.95 had been coming out of my debit card for over a year! The local branch never told me I'd have to call to cancel or that I'd even be charged after that one payment where I thought I was prepaying for 3 months. Tonight, I called and they refunded 6 months after I spoke to a supervisor. I'm still upset, though, because I paid a lot more than 6 months' worth. Also, the local branch should have told me that I'd continue to be charged or that I should cancel. They shouldn't have tried to pretend they didn't hear that I'd be pregnant soon. I think if I enroll at the branch, they should provide information to help their customers. If anyone mentions going to Weight Watchers, I will now tell them my story and actively discourage them from attending.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017
Just called to inquire about Weight Watchers and they charged my card 3 times and it took 2 weeks for me to get a refund, after they kept telling me that they only charged me once. I finally got my money back and signed up with a new company called VaughnCastle, where they teach you to be proactive when it comes to your health, Physically, mentally, spiritually and financially.
I pay only 25 dollars a month which includes weekly meetings, weigh ins, motivational coach, nutritional education, guest speakers, and it includes group walks to fitness meetups. And they don't recommend frozen processed high sodium foods like weight watchers foods. And coming soon, they'll have healthy cooking classes so bye bye Weight Watchers. You suck! Sorry Oprah I like you, but it's a little contradictory for you to act like you're eating that nasty frozen meals from weight watchers when you have a personal chef cooking your foods and measuring them to the perfect portion.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2017
Like most reviews on this site, I fell victim to a Weight Watchers promotional offer. They now have a "note" listed on their website but the wording, I believe, is still intentionally misleading. The promotion leads you to believe that you are purchasing a discounted 3-month plan when it is actually an ongoing plan with the first 3 months discounted. And, like the others, I have paid an additional 3 months so far, at full price, for services that I didn't want & have never used. Really, Ms. Winfrey, is this the type of marketing you want to be associated with!!!
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2017
UNBELIEVABLE!!! I have only been a member for 24 hours and been on the phone with customer service 4 times. I paid for membership $19.95 and they did 5 transactions out of my account. They assured me it was only one but my bank said they did it. Then when I spoke back to them they said for "authorization" purposes. Then I checked today and another charge. Needless to say I checked reviews and saw what happened to others so I immediately called and requested to cancel and refund my money. The rep was nice and hopefully it all goes through. I did get a cancellation email. Lesson learned. Check reviews before starting anything!!! I've done WW in past and it worked but hearing about this new PP program I'll stick to working out and eating in moderation.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2017
I had to cancel my WW account because of unbelievable incompetence in the billing department. I had called at least 4 times to try and straighten out incorrect charges to my account. Each time I called, it would just get worse with more errors. By the end, I had just had enough and cancelled my account and credit card so they couldn't charge my account improperly anymore. I will never use WW again.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2017
I canceled my subscription over a year ago. It was an unnecessarily complicated online process. Thinking it was done, I did not look for it in my automatic deductions but realized today, that I had been being charged the whole time. When I called, they said my subscription had never been canceled and that it was my problem. They canceled it (again) over the phone and said they would refund 2 little months (a drop in the bucket). When I opened this confirmation email, after "refund amount" it said: 0. I canceled because this company, when I joined in 2001, had a system and an ethic that was focused on its members. Over the years, their focus became profit and their commitment to members: lip service. This subscription debacle is a case in point.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2017
I ordered Weight watchers several years ago and when I wasn't satisfied with the product and I went to cancel it they charged me the remaining portion of the saving I got when I ordered this product. This is false advertising.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2017
I signed up for the 3 month online version at Weight Watchers website. I get to the point where they want my billing information. I tried multiple times & it kept giving me an error. Finally it goes through... I didn't think anything of the errors with entering my cc information. So the next day 12/31/2016 I check my bank account & come to realization that WW charged my account $49.85 seven times!!! I immediately called the customer service number & got connected with a guy who clearly didn't speak very well English. Go figure... He's telling me he only shows one transaction not seven. This guy asked for my credit card information to further evaluate why my card was charged so many times. I give him my information & he puts me on hold! He had me on hold for like 15 mins before he got back on the phone.
Finally gets back on the phone & tells me he is sorry but he can only see that my account was charged 1 time. I demanded to speak to a supervisor. He puts me on hold for another 15 to 20 mins. Finally gets back on the phone & tells me they were able to see the charges & the money will be put back on my credit card in 24 hrs. Also said this was for authorization purposes only! They apparently charged my account seven times for a total of almost $300 for authorization purposes only!!! So I hung up. Check my account the next day... & OF COURSE my money is still NOT in my bank account. So I called the customer service number once again this time DEMANDING 6 months for free & all of my money back this time.
The woman I spoke to of course didn't speak very good English again! She's tells me she can only see one transaction from my bank account on 12/30/2016. (But the guy I spoke to the day before said they were able to see all of the transactions.) She then puts me on hold for a few mins then gets back on the phone & asks for my credit card information. THIS TIME I refused! Explained I have already gone through this with someone else I'm not giving my information out again. I demanded to speak to a supervisor. She puts me on hold to see if she can find an available supervisor. Gets back on the phone & tells me nobody was available because they were all on the phone. Then states my money will be put on my card in 24-48 hours & that she can only give me 30 days of free service.
I demanded to speak to a supervisor again! Puts me on hold for a few mins then gets back on the phone & says nobody is available because it is Sunday & I can call back tomorrow. Needless to say... I didn't get my money back yet & still haven't spoke to anyone regarding getting 6 months free of Weight Watchers & why they took $300 out of my account...
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016
Horrible customer service support. No follow-up. I requested a copy of all my 2016 transactions to submit to FSA. I am constantly getting the runaround. Still have not received the email copy of my payments. Please get the billing dept in order. I cancelled my account due to the problems. Thanks.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016
Weight Watchers Billing department are scammers. I canceled my account back in January of this year and they re-signed me back up without my authorization. I'm am currently working with my bank and I've gotten 90 days refunded. Weight Watchers is hanging up every time I call on the issue. They are being extremely evasive. I'm sure this is not a isolated incident. I am contacting my State's Attorney's Office for additional help.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2016
I belonged years ago under the Points Plus Program and did great. I met my goal weight and was glad to recommend Weight Watchers to others. I joined this new Beyond the Scale Program in Oct for a 3 month term. I am very disappointed with the new program. It is nothing but common sense and "clean" eating while incorporating exercise. Anyone can do that - I don't intend to continue with the plan.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2016
I tried to cancel my online account and the representative couldn't find my account. This is the second time that I've tried dealing with them and based on the terrible representatives, I don't think I will join again. Why can't Weight Watchers have their customer service in the United States?
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2016
I signed up under the free fit bit promo. Two months later, no fit bit. I have been contacting customer service through email, chat & phone calls and they have done nothing. One rep told me she was taking my complaint to management and that I would definitely get a call back in 24-48 hours. GO FIGURE!!! NOTHING but they do continue to bill me! This is the most ridiculous customer service I have every encountered! This saddens me because I have used Weight Watchers many times over the past and have been successful and have never had poor service but the new Weight Watchers is ridiculous! They cheat people and have poor follow through! Don't waste your time or money!!!
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2016
W.W. are presently promoting a special - buy 3 months, get 1 month free or buy 6 months, get 2 months free. BUT, when you choose one of these selections, you have to pay a $35 activation fee again even if you are a renewing member. I have renewed memberships on other sites and NEVER had to repay the activation fee. What a scam! I guess they need the money.:) So I am going to just go on calculator.net and they will tell you the points of each food item. So if you know the points you are allowed per day, you can easily do this on your own. As a guideline, I am 5'4", and weigh 167 and my allowance is 26 points per day with an extra 49 bonus points per week.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
If you really need to lose weight, please believe me, this program DOES NOT WORK. Many of the Weight Watchers programs in the past have worked very successfully, but this one does not. Even if you follow it to a tee and stay within your points limits everyday you WILL NOT lose weight, at best you will stay the same. Some of the reasons for this is because people are no longer held accountable for their choices, people are no longer "encouraged" to lose weight, people are no longer "guided in their journey to weight loss". The new philosophy and mantra that is coming through in the talks that the leaders give every week is this: if it makes you FEEL good, DO IT and celebrate it. This is not good for someone who needs to lose weight.
The problem of over-eating is what people come to Weight Watchers for, and for me to be told to celebrate being fat, or pat myself on the back when I've binged on food is just not going to encourage me to lose weight. Also for 2 weeks I followed the program religiously, stayed within my points range, ate extra zero point fruits and vegetables, exercised 20 minutes everyday and I did not lose weight, I was gaining. So at the meeting I spoke up and said to the leader: "I need help, I think I'm doing everything right and following the program and I'm not losing, I really need some guidance and assistance." The leader responded with: "well if you're not losing you're eating too much, it's that simple".
But if I'm eating too much then it's the fault of the program, because if eating my points limit everyday is causing me to gain then isn't the program designed wrong?? And the saddest part was that the leader offered no further guidance or direction after that. It was other members who came to me after the meeting and started offering me suggestions and ideas and encouragement and guidance... because they recognized that the leader did not address my need, and did not take it seriously when I asked for help... so they pitched in to help me.
I eventually quit and went to another weight loss program and took my food journals with me to show the doctor at the new program what I had been eating and also my weight record of not losing, and he assessed everything and said "you are consuming more calories than you need and that's why you're not losing weight, but you've still stayed within all the parameters of the Weight Watchers program, so the program is not scientifically sound and you've done nothing wrong, we just need to design a proper program for you that doesn't have you eating "unlimited" anything no matter how healthy it is, and doesn't discourage healthy fats, and doesn't encourage high amounts of protein.
You've been eating very low "starch" but not low carb because what you've cut down in starches you've increased in fruits and vegetables and those too have significant amounts of carbs and calories that are being added to your diet everyday but not being accounted for. From what I can see here from your journal you're actually taking in an extra 500 calories a day in fruits and vegetables but these calories are not being accounted for in the program you were on. That's an extra lb a week that you could be gaining just from the fruits and vegetables you're eating. Any good diet program needs to be balanced... and unlimited anything is never a good idea."
I started the diet program he offered and it worked, I have been consistently losing and have lost 64 lbs so far. I'm saddened simply because over the yrs I always lost weight on Weight Watchers programs, but not this SmartPoints one, it's just not designed to lose weight, it's designed to make people "feel better about themselves while remaining overweight". I guess the reality is, as long as people stay fat Weight Watchers will always be in business, so it's not in their best interest to actually have people lose and keep it off.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2016
Joined ww for 3 months. Sent email to cancel and was still charged for the following 3 months. Called cs spoke to a nice rep and had it cleared up. However, ww claims to have help for diabetics. I asked about this at the meeting and was told that there really is none. One must do their own thing. The new ww is not as good as the old. In fact it really does not make sense. Diabetics cannot eat all the fruit they want. I also don't understand why ww carries so many carb snacks. Wouldn't it be better to have more protein snacks available. Perhaps WW should discuss this with a good endocrinologist. So, now I am going to a nutritionist and it seems to be better for me. More reasonable for my needs.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2016
I have been a weight watchers for over 20 years and experienced many program changes. The Smart Points Plan is the dumbest they have ever had. While it is great that they revamped things so that sugary foods/empty calories cost more points, they have dragged healthy foods, like milk products, that contain naturally-occurring sugar down as well. The end result is that members are consuming fewer milk products and in a population that leans heavily toward older women that is not "smart."
Also, the WW crack research team seems to have missed the data that says good fats are important in a lot of ways - not the least is the role fats play in satisfying hunger. I have been to meeting with various leaders and they all rely very heavily or processed foods to get enough calories while staying within their point totals - "fake" cheese, low-fat (high sodium) processed lunch meats, expensive processed milk (yes, they are now processing milk) with a lowered sugar content... the list goes on and on. While WW touts the fact that people lose more weight on the Smart Points Program than they did with Points Plus, that does not make it healthy.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2016
So many reviews here about WW fraudulent billing practices, and I can tell you, they are all true. What's more, is that the new program Smartpoints, Beyond the Scale is ridiculous. In the meetings they celebrate and clap, and yell in excitement when someone confesses that they overate gained. One such incident, a lady said, "I'm up two lbs this week because I ate 1/2 a cheesecake." The leader said, "How did you feel when you were doing it? Did it make you feel great? If so then BRAVO to you for doing something for yourself that made you feel great, Let's give ___ a hand shall we and celebrate that she's putting herself first and doing what makes her feel good."
This is outrageous. It's doing what "makes us feel great" and overeating that got us in this situation of being overweight in the first place. When someone is trying to lose weight they need encouragement, yes, but they don't need their failures celebrated. The leader simply could have said, "Don't worry, tomorrow is another day, you don't have to let one bad moment turn into multiple days of overeating, we'll help you refocus and get back on track, don't beat yourself up over it." But this celebrating and clapping, and bravos for someone who did something that was not in their best interest from a health perspective is a horrible thing for an organization to be doing.
Also, the new Smartpoints program is not really scientifically based. There is a lot of science showing that low carb, moderate protein, and moderate fat intake is a very healthy way to lose weight. But the SP program focuses on "high" protein, "low" fat, and unlimited fruit and vegetables. Science clearly indicates that this cannot result in weight loss and I have proven it. I joined 3 months ago to lose 10 lbs, and have stuck to the program faithfully, and have been edging up 1/2 a lb a week or staying the same, but definitely not losing. Because the program is not scientifically sound.
You cannot eat higher amounts of protein without also increasing your fat intake. I'm not talking high fat, but moderate amounts of healthy fats. But the SP program penalizes you for having fats. If you eat healthy fats you will use up way too many points and not be able to eat enough food to ward off hunger. Healthy fat intake is crucial to the success of any diet that is low in carbs or higher in protein. I have had 30 yrs of "regularity," going to the bathroom 2-3 times a day. My body has always worked like a clock, but once I started this program I was going to the bathroom once every 7 days. It was horrible and very unhealthy. I increased my water intake big time. But because I couldn't increase my fat content the protein and fiber just turned to cement in my body and would not move through.
Since Oprah has begun her influence the entire program is all about "how you feel, and live and be happy, and come-by-ya" and not about results, or being held accountable for your actions and choices, etc. I don't go to WW for therapy, I go to lose weight, because I need to learn how to control my habits and make better choices. I just don't think they should be acting like 5 yr olds and celebrating, and giving people high-fives when they overeat and gain weight. It's juvenile.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2016
Weight Watchers offers monthly passes & promotions but doesn't tell you during orientation if you purchase the convenient monthly pass via credit card, you are automatically renewed at the end of the time period of your purchase. WW says you received this pass because you subscribed to a monthly pass (sounds OK) but it DOES NOT tell you when the pass allocation you purchased expires, they AUTOMATICALLY renew and charge your credit card for another. To my surprise, I received a renewed pass in the mail that I did not expect or request. I hadn't accessed Weight Watchers meetings or online app in months. I soon discovered the website has a link for cancellations... which I didn't know you had to officially cancel after the end of a purchased card time period. I thought [from past experience] if you ended a purchase period you were done unless you renewed and you purchased more time.
The website [referenced] link for cancellations... when you click it, nothing happens beyond a message to stay motivated. It seems 'Cancellations' does not help you to actually cancel a membership most people likely don't realize continues. Cancellations entry online does nothing. So then I called the 1-800 number whereas was told the monthly pass states it is a subscribed pass... which again makes sense to the receiver when it's active. I said nothing was explained to me that subscribing to a 6 month pass meant automatic renewal. I signed up to attend meetings for 6 months (higher cost than online only) that I subsequently found to be very basic and not at all inspiring [for me] so I stopped attending meetings and subsequently stopped going for check-in several months ago.
Weight Watchers also had a promotion [when I purchased pass] you could receive a refund after a couple of months of weight loss - online form for submission but when I searched online for the form when it was time for me to submit amount lost for a refund on costs, after asking a WW staff person for help accessing form without any success, I concluded the promotion form for a refund was nowhere to be found. It appeared to be a Gimmick to engage people in purchasing a monthly pass for longer memberships but like cancellations, not available to actually complete when requirements were met for benefits. Very disappointing. Weight Watchers is not appearing to offer ethical practice. Sadly I suggest buyer beware when it comes to accessing Weight Watchers.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2016
I signed up for the 3-month subscription at a "discounted" rate. After just 3 days, I realized I paid $40 for a food diary. I cancelled thinking I would get at least a refund for the two remaining months and got email that I was not getting a refund instead my subscription would end at end of first month at a new rate of $19.99 and the rest of my money was their "sign up fee". A lesson learned and a big disappointment for Oprah supporting such a scam to people trying to get support for weight loss. Shameful. I DO NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL. WASTE OF OUR HARD EARNED MONEY.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2016
I signed up for a 3-month promo and then informed the location where I was attending meetings/weigh-ins, etc. that I was not continuing, and wanted to cancel. My understanding was that my account was closed. I just noticed in my bank statement that I was being charged $44.95 a month for the past 4 months without my knowledge. I haven't been back to Weight Watchers since the promo ended and I closed my account. When I tried to call, the person at the call center, whose English was limited, kept me on the phone waiting, and had to consult with someone else 3 times. She said she couldn't find any charges.
Finally, she said she could "cancel my account." Apparently, it had never been cancelled. I am extremely disappointed with these kind of tactics from Weight Watchers. They are deliberately extending "accounts" and not cancelling them, then raiding people's bank accounts. Beware of such shoddy business practices. There are better ways to lose weight and not lose your money.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2016
After 3 months trying the Weight Watchers program, I can say that I would not recommend this program to anyone. Nice branding, photos and online marketing videos hide the fact that the mobile app is terrible, service is pathetic and auto-subscription is designed to take your money. I signed up for the introductory 3 month period. Beware! They will try to charge you in month 4. Altogether, I'm not happy. MyFitnessPal is a much better (and free) option. There are many other preferable diet programs. Do not believe the hype. Weight Watchers is not worth your money!
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2016
Your accounting system is lacking in the respect you continue to charge my account after I have requested a refund and to be canceled. Hopefully this will get the attention that I need to get this issue resolved! Your weight loss program works but your accounting system doesn't. I chose to write this review in hopes of getting my issue resolved. I have been promised a return call from a supervisor within the next 24-48 hrs on numerous occasions and have yet to receive one. Hence the reason for this review.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2016
Ordered Weight Watchers online 9/21/16. Supposed to get free initial coaching session at 11 am 9/23 Calif. She called at 8 am when I was unavailable! Called WW, got someone overseas who couldn't speak intelligible English and was reading from a script. Could not get an agent in USA. Overseas agent said she tried to contact USA agent who allegedly relayed a message "answering my question" (I never said why I was calling!). I asked why USA agent would talk to overseas agent but not me!! I guess WW doesn't want any more business. I told them to cancel order. We'll see if she understood English well enough to do that.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2016
After deciding to use MyFitnessPal (which is free) to continue my weight loss journey, I sent a cancellation request by e-mail. I assumed they would automatically stop drafting my account but after 5 months realized they were still charging me. I pay my balance in full and unfortunately had not checked my statement close enough to realize the $44.00 was still being taken out. When I called the company I spoke with someone who was very hard to understand. Weight Watchers in the past has been a very good experience but at this time I highly recommend you check out the free apps to lose weight which are very effective.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016
I have been a fan of the Weight Watchers program over the years. This morning I spent 20+ minutes on the phone trying to reach someone who could speak clear English and potentially help answer some questions. It appears that Weight Watchers has recently changed their customer service to a call center overseas - perhaps to save money. I never did get the questions answered, nor was I able to be given, upon request, a U.S. phone number for Weight Watchers (the call center said there were no longer numbers in the U.S. for customer service involving Weight Watchers). I canceled my subscription this morning out of frustration, disappointment, and a lack of respect for this terrible business model that is now a part of Weight Watchers. I have never see such poor customer service for such a large, well known company. It is truly a shame to see this once respectful company being turned into an unreachable, untrustworthy, unfriendly business.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016
I've read many poor reviews (sorry so many people had bad experiences) but felt I needed to state that I've had nothing but positive things. I was warned in advance to cancel 2 weeks ahead of time as to not be billed. I was told this about 3 times by different WW people. The meetings have been extremely helpful...love the support of all the other women but most of all our leader is simply wonderful. I leave feeling encouraged with new information to help with my weight goals. I only had 10 pounds to lose so probably will not subscribe longer than my 3 months but I enjoy the meetings so much I might just continue. My only disappointment is that when counting points fruit does not have points. If you are a very large person I suppose it would not matter. Like I mentioned I'm only 10 pounds overweight so eating that fruit will keep me from losing.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2016
This program is a scam!! DON'T SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING WITH WEIGHT WATCHERS!!! I signed up during the promotional period, "lose 10 lbs within 2 months and get 100.00 debit card". I lost the 10 lbs. Called Weight Watchers and inquired about the 100.00. I was told to fill out the required forms and mail in with proof. Two weeks later I received a "Dear Valued Member" form letter. The letter stated my weekly logged weight was not legible. I sent another letter with the actual weight log book for proof. Received a 2nd letter stating I did not sign up during the promotional period, therefore the 100.00 will not be offered.
I definitely signed up during the promotional period. I signup over the phone and this 10 lbs/100.00 program was the reason I did signup. Frustrated; I called the 800 number and between being switched back and forth between supervisors and being on with them for over an hour. I was told my 100 dollar request would be reviewed by senior management. NEVER DID I RECEIVE A CALL OR EMAIL FROM THEM.
Note: if you cancel your membership before the 100 dollars is received the 100 will be not be issued. So the longer Weight Watchers stalls the more monthly fees they get. Each month a 48.00 fee was being automatically withdrawn from my bank account. I finally gave in and had my membership cancelled over the phone and they can keep my 100.00 dollars. Cancelling the membership over the phone took another hour (and that's no BS). Believe me I will never sign up for anything with Weight Watchers.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2016
BEWARE DEALING WITH WEIGHT WATCHERS --I purchased 12 weeks of the Weight Watchers program on-line. I made sure I only purchased 12 weeks on a one-time payment. Instead, Weight Watchers has buried deep within their terms (you know, the small print written by a team of lawyers in lawyer-speak) that they can bill you at maximum monthly payment. You won't realize it unless you scrutinize your credit card statement 3 months later. It may be a Wall Street traded stock, but Weight Watchers works like a SCAM OPERATION!!! Never purchase anything from Weight Watchers without a competent lawyer in tow.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2016
I joined several months ago under a program for 3 months. I wanted to upgrade my account to a different level, Total Access member and I tried to do over the 24/7 chat and after 30 minutes of going back and forth with a Tech support that seemed like forever, they informed me that I had to do the account status change over the phone. I called the 1-800 phone number and got someone from who knows where (clearly overseas) and they asked for very sensitive personal information and credit card information. I was not comfortable providing it and after numerous attempts to provide other information, I did have to provide my cc information in order to complete the status upgrade. After the phone conversation I regretted ever doing the transaction over the phone, but there are no other options that WW provides and EVERYONE in the organization defers to the 1-800 number for customer service.
Four days later, my CC agency informed me that my CC had been compromised and purchases in Japan were made using my card. I was upset and reached out to WW again on their 1-800 phone number and got another someone from who knows where and I agreed prior to the phone call to answer a phone survey after the conversation. I asked to speak with a supervisor and after 30 minutes on the phone, they said there was technical difficulty getting a supervisor on the phone to talk with me. They told me to call back. After the phone conversation, I was expecting to take the phone survey and guess what happened? Nothing...yep, the phone went dead. I guess they didn't want any feedback that wasn't going to be positive.
I have since left feedback in the email to WW and guess again, yep, someone from who knows where with a name I cannot even pronounce emailed me and wished me all the success on my weight loss journey, but wanted to know why I wanted to speak with a supervisor...REALLY?? This is the fourth person I have had to tell my story to and I still haven't gotten anyone to speak to other than tech support. Customer Service is non-existent at WW and I have no idea where these people are from, but I am convinced my CC was sold or stolen as a result of providing it over the phone to their tech support.
As of today, I have talked or emailed to five different individuals and am no further along on resolving anything. My Credit Card Agency opened a fraud investigation and all I wanted to do was to alert WW about a potential problem they may have on providing customer service overseas. Unless they figure out how customers can pay in cash, check or in person, I will no longer remain a customer. I have never encountered a worse customer service (or lack of service) system in my life. Do not do anything over the phone or with their 24/7 chat system. There are NO protections for your identity or confidential information.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2016
I'll start by saying I like the WW plan and both me and my mom have been quite successful on making some necessary lifestyle changes. I have no complaints about the actual program... it's the business practices that are stinky and why I'm cancelling my membership. I knew that after signing up for the 3 month plan that WW would start to auto-bill me after the three months was up (it's in the terms and conditions) but I didn't realize I'd be billed 6 weeks in advance with no warning whatsoever! No reminder email that "FYI, your about to be billed for another month". Okay - my bad, read more carefully. But 6 weeks in advance is a very long time to auto-bill someone without any warning. It just feels sneaky to all of a sudden see these charges come off your card without any advance warning. It's poor customer service. If you think your program and business is so great, why do you need to trick people into staying?
Trying to cancel your membership after your credit card has been charged is almost impossible. The online cancellation is counter-intuitive. Even still, I cannot sign up for another 3 months. It's month to month or nothing! You go from a three month plan to a very costly monthly plan. If you want to sign up for a longer period of time you actually have to cancel altogether and then re-join as a brand new member! This means you pay the joining fee again too! Poor business practices. They may have got an extra month from me but they lost me for any future business. Shame WW.
Finally, we had a few weeks where our leader didn't show up (sick) and we were told our accounts would be credited for these weeks. In following up, WW has no record of these requests even though the staff in person keep saying they've let WW know about the missed meetings, they tell me to contact WW. I do and then WW tells me to go back to the meeting staff to discuss it. It's just a runaround. It constantly feels like they are trying to trap you into paying more and more. It just feels sneaky and stinky... so I'll do the program on my own with the support of fellow ex-WW participants. Too bad WW - you lose in the end.

Reviewed Sept. 7, 2016
Like other commenters, I signed up for a fixed period of time (6 months). I ended up hating the website and found it fairly useless, so I did not use it beyond 3 weeks but figured that I had to accept this loss and should have done more research/read reviews. Well, to my shock Weight Watchers Online continued to take money from my account beyond the 6 month period and now that I have disputed, they refuse to refund my money and tell me to read the Terms and Conditions!!! We all do lots of e-commerce these days, and this is the first time I have ever had such a response from a service provider! Shame on you WEIGHT WATCHERS!!! Shame shame... you must be very desperate for your nickels and dimes. Do NOT waste your money on this TERRIBLE COMPANY!
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2016
I am a recently widowed senior. I have gone to weight watchers several times over the last 40 years. You could go and pay your money (in cash) and receive the information and get your weekly weigh in. I looked on the website for a long time last night to get the rates and then just traveled quite a long way to a meeting. When I went a representative asked whether we knew the rates and two other people said they spent time online and could not find the rates. I was going to purchase a 3 month pass for cash. She said she could take the money but I had to go online and use my credit card to register and then I would have to go online after three months and cancel it even though the meetings were not going to be charged on it. She said if I did not cancel it new meetings would be charged to the credit card.
I said I only wanted the 3 months as I did not have that much to lose and I would be out of the country in three months with internet that was not always consistent to cancel it. I said I did not want anything offered online I just wanted the program and the meetings. She said I could pay the $101 today but if I did not go online and register with my credit card my payment today would not be recognized and I would have to start all over next week. I called the 800 number she gave me and I got the same story. It looked like if you do not give your credit card so they can find out a way to rip you off they will not let you come. I thought this was a company that started because they wanted to help people not rip off the most vulnerable.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2016
The new Weight Watchers Smart Point System is defeating. I joined, only to find I had minus Smart Points after only two days. I had altered my diet and still, I had minus points. This meant that each day, no matter what I did, or how much I exercised, I was still in the minus, which is psychologically defeating. After three days I wrote to them and asked for a refund, which they refused. Dieting is hard enough and requires some cheering on, not the other way around.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2016
I joined Weight Watchers 2 years ago in 2014. I just did the online and mobile app. I found it very helpful when I wanted to lose 10 lbs so I decided to join again on 8/28/16. I went to the website, set up a profile (my old one could not be found), and proceeded to pick the plan that included going to the meetings. I was delighted to find out that they had a 50% off deal for 90 days of meetings and the app, etc.
However when I tried to pay for the service I was told my card (the one I use for all online purchases) was invalid. Since this card is already set up on my laptop for online shopping, I thought it was odd since I did not have issues on any other websites, but I decided I would try again to put in my card manually. Again, the website said the card was invalid. I tried 1 more time thinking 3 is the charm and AGAIN I received a message saying that my card was invalid. I decided to check my bank account to see if the card went through and saw 7 charges for $77.20!!! 3 tries...7 charges!
I immediately called my bank. It was 8:00 PM on a Sunday but the bank fraud call center was open, and I open a case number for the charges. I was advised to call "the retailer" which I did the next day. I talked to someone in the Philippines who told me not to worry. They would be glad to take my card over the phone and sign me up. I told the rep that there was NO WAY I was giving them my card. There had to be another way for them to check my account besides me giving them my card. She did admit that she could use my email address and log in name to check the account. She came back after a 10 minute wait to tell me that my account was not activated and she could take my card over the phone and sign me up. I declined. I called 5 hours later same day and talked to someone who sounded like the same person but gave me a different name. Same blah, blah, "Don't worry. Just give me your card number." Yeah, no way.
I called again about an hour later and this time instead of talking to the billing department I selected the prompt for Tech Support. I talked to a woman who SOUNDED EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE, who... surprise, surprise... told me that she would need my card so that she could sign me up. Since when does Tech Support sign people up? I even told her that they all sounded like the same person and she just laughed nervously, but didn't deny it. She constantly fumbled for words and never gave me an explanation as to why this would have happened. She also told me she did not have the capability to open a trouble ticket. "This is Tech Support, right?" "Yes," she replied. She again asked me for my credit card. Really???
I think that the "malfunctioning website" is a ploy to get people to call in and sign up over the phone. I also think it is a window for fraud. I am not going to trust a person in a call center with my credit card information. I have been burned too many times and it's such a hassle to get the charges taken off. I wanted to sign up and still do, but the experience was so bad that this is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I am just really disappointed that I can't use the system that helped me lose weight 2 years ago. I have to look for another program or try to lose this last 10 lbs on my own.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2016
I subscribed yesterday (August 21, 2016). After trying to use the website and finding it very cumbersome and user non-friendly, I decided to cancel. I cancelled 24 hours later and am being charged $100 for cancelling my subscription. Outrageous!
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2016
WW is not a reputable company. Sign up to monthly meetings. Since 1st session 3 weeks ago meeting leader has failed to turn. Decided to cancel my membership. WW has advised I cannot have a refund and I will have to pay for two months. WW is a scam!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2016
For the majority of my adult life I have been an on/off member of weight watchers. Never did get that gold but certainly will not ever get it now!! The most shocking system when dealing with customer services "system" being the operative word. So far I have spoken to 3 lovely members of staff, supervisors included whom with all the will in the world could do nothing for me due to their hands being metaphorically tied by this atrocious company. No one in the ivory towers can be even spoken with, leaving it all the workers on the front line to take all the flak.
I am not normally a negative person (and spoke with the utmost respect to those I communicated my issues to) however show me the way to a Director/C.E.O of Weight Watchers and a few choice words would be spoken!! Sorry for the rant and thank you for the other posts that at least made me realize I was not alone :-) Its not the money, its the principle. I will be spreading the shocking feedback as I go and never darkening the doors of weight watchers again (which is a shame because at times I really rather enjoyed it).
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2016
My daughter and I signed up for 6 months and were happy and successful with the program. We then canceled our accounts. However, Weight Watchers continued to bill us for the service for months and months after. When I called to question the charges the person on the phone was rude and implied that it was my fault that the account was not closed, and did not offer to refund any of the fraudulent charges. Weight Watchers knew that there is no activity on an account, but instead of sending a courtesy email asking why we were no longer using the service and enticing us to get back on it, they chose to remain silent and continue to collect the $19.95/month. And when I called, again, they could have looked up the account and seen that there was no activity for months and refunded us for that time, but they did not. That is a crooked and very anti-consumer policy. Shameful. Beware.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2016
Yes, I'm a Lifetime Member, which doesn't mean much anymore. I cannot say how validating it was to read the reviews of the current WW Smart Points Program. I had done well on Points Plus, then had surgery and gained 30 lbs having be in bed for 3 months. So I joined WW again, ready to go. What a horror! As so many have said on here, all the points changed and what I'd done before using the points worked beautifully, this time all the values had increased, even really healthy things. I am a milk person, and to find that my 1% milk went from 3 to 5 points was just one of many horrors. Amy's Organic brand Mexican frozen meals used to be 8 points. Now they're 10. I could go on and on. They have a no-count option, but this entails eating, ick, like tasteless lean meats, that awful "lite" bread, SKIM milk (which I hate as much as I love the other milk options), gag, gag, gag.
I purchased the coaching option, and for three months I tried to wrap my head -- and my motivation -- around this new program, which others on here attest to being depressing, demoralizing, no way to live. WW is all about lifestyle change? Gag me with the way I have to eat on this new program. I cancelled today, and having read all the many complaints about WW not stopping their withdrawals from people's' accounts, I made a copy of my online confirmation (WHICH -- HEAR THIS -- DOES NOT HAVE A CONFIRMATION NUMBER). One person said to call the 800 number (800-651-6000) and GET A CONFIRMATION NUMBER!!! This was today, and the woman assured me in looking at my file, that nothing should come out 5 days from now, and she said her identity was part of the confirmation number, so it would be trackable. We'll see.
Now to the coaching option. Each to their own as to what works for them. And my coach is so nice. That being said, they are all WW leaders, and it's just a more intimate version of the meetings. That's really what I wanted, because I had some emotional things to work through regarding beginning this process again, and I don't take real well to the way the groups are run (for better or worse, I'm a professor who specializes and teaches group therapy, and I see the kind of training, which isn't the fault of the leaders, it just isn't a good model of how groups should be run). Anyway, the groups have been somewhat helpful in the past, but not so much for me.
I've been a fan of the Pro Tracker App which totally emulates the Points Plus Program and still does. I'm relieved to be going back, and leaving this most expensive, confused company behind. The good news is that going through this 3 months with WW again has REALLY powered me up to do it myself. I have everything I need right inside me. I've done it before, and I'm more motivated than I've been in years to do it the way that works for me. I think this is the end of a long on again, off again relationship with WW. Bye bye, WW.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2016
I canceled my Weight Watchers program in March at the actual meeting. I asked them to stop billing me since I was only on a 3-month trial. I was told they would not bill me any further. Not only did they bill me for April but it is still going on and I called my credit card company to stop it and they can't stop it either. I just got off the phone again for 48 minutes and was told a supervisor has to call me back within 24 hours. Still no confirmation number and still no luck getting this to stop. Do I have to cancel my card to get this to stop? So far $179 in charges for nothing!!!
Reviewed July 26, 2016
I called in February to cancel my membership. Still being billed for August. They did NOT give me a confirmation number, though they claim they did and that's why they won't cancel me. Now, I have to cancel my credit card to stop the $44.95 a month. They say that you can do everything online, but you cannot cancel. Waiting on the phone will take forever, and they will promise you that your account is closed, but it won't be. Be warned. Never give them a credit card number.
Reviewed July 26, 2016
I am not ever able to access my account. I have tried numerous times to get online but am rejected. Was told there was an issue that would soon be fixed. Well, it hasn't. Very frustrating. I purchased a package of chicken a few weeks ago and thought by the looks that they were cooked. Put them in individual zip bags as the original large bag would not fit my freezer. When I thawed one slice I discovered the white appearance was not cooked but FROST BITE, yuk. The original bag was thrown out by then so I had no info on the product.
I have resigned my membership as of 7/22/16 after 3 1/2 months because of scheduling difficulties but also because of the first two problems. I understand that there have been many problems getting WW to stop automatically adding months, charging an account and not refunding the money. I was automatically charged and membership extended one month with no knowledge of the action. That is reason enough to say no thanks. P.S. I have only lost 5 lbs. in 4 months. That is a failure on my part, but I was unable to attend meetings or get online, so I guess I managed the 5 lb. on my own. Glad to be able to put this out there in case I have further difficulties with charging my account.
Reviewed July 23, 2016
I cancelled about 3 months ago and they are still charging me. It's theft as far as I'm concerned.
Reviewed July 19, 2016
I joined Jan. 4 and had lost ten lbs. by Feb. 15. I filled out the form and mailed it in. I continued to be billed monthly after my initial 3 months and never received either a one month refund or credit of 2 months fees. I have tried to call but can't find anyone to help. I'm told someone will get back with me and they never do. They shouldn't have introductory offers if they don't plan to honor them. I expected better from WW.
Reviewed July 19, 2016
My credit card has been charged over $400 over the last 9 months - without my knowledge - for services I did not use and did not need and did not want. I have called Weight Watchers. They have given me a refund of $135 which leaves almost $300 (that is a LOT of money for me) that I have been charged - again, without my knowledge or desire - for services I did not use. WW told me that I must have checked a box somewhere of terms and conditions that started an automatic and never ending subscription. Unlike the previous reviewer, I am not an IT person. I feel duped; I feel cheated. WW deceived me and thereby has stolen almost $300 of my hard earned money. I am very unhappy with the ethics, or lack thereof, of this organization.
Reviewed July 19, 2016
I had recently thought of returning to Weight Watchers as I am "Lifetime" member who needs to get back to my goal. After receiving less than glowing reviews from several friends, I called "Customer Service" to see what the going Lifetime rate would be and to make sure I could pay in cash. I was put on hold and held, held, held, until I finally just gave up and hung up. After reading many of the reviews here, I know better than to EVER give Weight Watchers my credit card number. I have decided to give Myfitnesspal.com a try. Oprah, where are you to help get WW back to the reputable company they once were. Sad they have become such a bad business with NO customer service of regard for their customers.
Reviewed July 18, 2016
I signed up for WW in Nov 2015. On that same date, I had 2 accounts set up for me. I did not realize that I was getting billed 2x's a month for $44.95, that is over $700 in 8 months! All I have requested from WW was for the complete 8 months to be removed (on the account that was not being used). WW is refusing to refund me for the 8 months. In fact, they are doing everything possible to not refund me at all! As of today, I have only had 2 months removed. They "claim" that 5 months have been removed, but on my credit card statement there is nothing more as of today. Not only are they refusing to credit my account for the amount that I am asking, but they also went ahead and closed the 1 account that I wanted to keep open and to remain being a member. I was told that was not possible, since I was asking for a refund.
I am extremely unhappy! They opened 2 accounts on the same day, not me! It was either a computer glitch or someone set me up with 2 accounts. I am not asking for anything that any person would not. I just want the account cleared up and then I can move on. I am fighting them with the Better Business Bureau because they are playing games, so they don't have to credit the account. However, I want everyone to know of the ILLEGAL practices of this company, just to keep the money. Please help! Thank you...
Reviewed July 14, 2016
Let me start by saying I work in the IT field, so I not only understand technology, it's my business. Anyway, joined WW in Jan 2015. Installed the online app. Took 4 days of back and forth with their tech group to get some portions of the online tool to work. Although it kept giving me daily errors that my password wasn't correct and I had to reset it. Updated my smartphone and tablet in the meantime, but by April 2015 my account kept "locking up" and tech support gave up on me. It also kept crashing my devices, so I had to uninstall on both. I tried to work the paper from program until Nov. Not much success. Started another weight loss program in Dec 2015, huge success. So I cancelled in Jan 2016 using my laptop per instructions. Received confirmation all was cancelled.
Here it is July 2016 and 7 months of ongoing charges of $21.55 coming out of my bank account. No help from Customer Service. I finally got them to "cancel" it. They advise they aren't able to see any of my online transactions to cancel, nor have record of my previous calls. I finally agreed to 3 mos. of a refund. Advised I will receive it in 7-10 business days. Let's see when I get it...
Reviewed July 10, 2016
I thought I was signing up with a reputable company until I cancelled my online account only to be proved wrong. Weight Watchers continued to withdraw money from my bank account for 3 months. When I called customer service and asked them to return the unauthorized withdrawals, their customer service agent said that they don't give refunds. I told her that it wasn't a refund, it was unauthorized withdrawals. At this point I'm thinking Weight Watchers has some serious cash flow problems and that they can't afford a decent IT Department... or maybe the IT Department walked off the job.
Reviewed June 29, 2016
I joined Weight Watchers Online three days ago. I use a jawbone activity tracker and checked to make sure that I would be able to use it with the program. Three days later and after to speaking to five reps they finally told me that they're having problems with the syncing of these devices. They are working on it but can't tell me with it will be fixed. I wonder if anyone was ever able to sync their activity trackers. It was very disappointing that they are so technology challenged! I can only go online and manually enter my activity... very time consuming!
Reviewed June 26, 2016
Like Chiara of London, I filled in a form to have a refund for the promo lose 10 lbs in 8 weeks. I received confirmation of refund on 11th March 2016 to be issued in 4-6 weeks. Last week it was week 15 (Yes you heard right. 15 weeks later!) and no trace of the refund. I've contacted customer service via email and phone and every time I contact them they say we will be in contact in 24-48 hrs and that it has been escalated. They also said that because I keep contacting them my case is put back as they have to keep re-investigating it... Ridiculous, if they sent out my cheque when they were supposed to then I wouldn't be contacting them! I am not sure how high they can escalate it in 15 weeks but my query must be in Oprah's capable hands by now!
Jokes aside, I am absolutely fuming. After my next call with them, which I am planning on Monday, my the next call will be with Trading standards as WW have broken the contract that I signed up for, not just for the lack of refund but also for the method of refund, as they originally stated that the refund would be in the same method as the way I paid for it i.e. credit card but they have gone back on that and said it is now by cheque.
As per Chiara these people are embarrassing and they should be ashamed of their very poor customer service. I have lost count of how many representatives I have been in contact with but some of them are Veronica, Joanna, Lawrence, Seni, Ropate. Two of them have given me reference numbers, one of which they now conveniently cannot find trace of and I have lost count of how many times I have been promised the cheque refund in the following week. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING CUSTOMER SERVICE. I recommend SLIMMING WORLD, you won't receive any of the problems I have read on this site.
Reviewed June 25, 2016
Number 1 no meetings close to me. Number 2 the online program wouldn't let me get on the computer. Supposedly didn't recognize my password. Had to send an email and call tech support the next day. He was able to give me a new password. Thought I was set to go. 2 days later didn't recognize my password again. I signed up for 3 months for nothing. Very frustrating. I don't have my order number. It's in this tablet. My 3rd month will be First week of July. Computer program is from the Flintstones Era.
Reviewed June 24, 2016
I have been requesting my account be closed for the past 3 months. I have provided the information requested as they claim I have two accounts and they don't know which one is associated with the current account. My initial cancellation was requested through the current account and I provided my account number. I then provided my DOB as requested. I have an email trail documenting of my requests to cancel my account. I have had a similar problem with Weight Watchers before. I feel this is part of their business practice; to make it difficult to close account in order to continue to collect funds. I have had to place a stop payment on my bank account.
Reviewed June 23, 2016
There is no way that anyone should choose to work with this company. I am forced to go there due to my Healthy Blue Living Policy. What a waste of time and money. Due to repeated problems at the local site, I usually work with the corporate office, Patricia **. Even with her help, and her emailing me the invoice and confirmation number, the Southgate location could not get it entered in the system prior to the expiration. They said I had to come back on 6/27 to use it. I am going out of town and my next scheduled weight in is 7/1. OMG, the invoice will expire by that time and, again, I received it from corporate who already shows it as paid and sent me to the location to complete the transaction.
Another challenging part is that they are not available by phone. The local locations does not answer the phone even when they are open, if you can get the secret phone number. What a horrible customer service. If you have a choice, do not waste your money. If you work at Blue Cross Healthy Blue Living - stop wasting all this money. Weight Watchers may have some nice, intelligent people, but it is just a profit making venture and there is no one there to truly work with you even on basic questions. I have made repeated complaints, they obviously have no desire to take care of their customers. Today, the person told me not to come back and said I was rude. OMG! This because I did not care to look at her screen or do her job by coming back on a day that was convenient to her. Again, I have a paid invoice for the next 13 weeks. Horrible customer service!
Reviewed June 19, 2016
I joined the three month plan. No points counters, all out of stock for a month. No one informed me how to work out the points. So I obviously wasted my money and canceled any resubscription, following Weight Watchers online system. So two months later after the three month membership expires, and I had received confirmation of the cancellation, but figured I didn't need to keep it as they would have record of this. They charge my account and send out another pass a week later; though I had sent three emails to which they took a week to reply, refusing to refund my money, or even apologize for the appalling service, which made me cancel initially.
Reviewed June 16, 2016
I signed up for a three month trial in January. I didn't like the service, so I cancelled my account online in March. I followed their online cancellation procedures and answered the questions, etc. I received a "sorry to see you go" survey. Because we use online banking, I did not catch that they were continuing to charge me after the cancellation. I called them today to dispute three months worth of charges (totaling about $60). They agreed to refund one month, but refused to refund the other two months. I did not have a confirmation number in my "goodbye" email. After searching the issue online, I found that this has happened to multiple people.
The app is terrible, and I found that the new program was not enjoyable at all. There are much better programs out there, and they won't steal your money. My bank is currently filing a fraud report and disputing the charges with Weight Watchers. As a warning to other consumers, CALL and cancel your account, do not use the online cancellation process, and demand a confirmation number. This company will steal from you.
Reviewed June 15, 2016
I am a lifetime member and decided to go back because I was not on my goal weight. I started to pay by the month 4495 a month. I started on May 31 and was told that it was good for the whole month of June. They charged my credit card on the 15th of June and said they will charge again on July 15th. It means that I will pay 3 months for 2 months. Customer service said it was written on the terms and conditions. I read the terms and conditions and nothing is said that I would be charged 3 months for 2 months. So, I cancelled. The greed and dishonesty is amazing. How can a company be so greedy? Nowadays all the companies want is to have access to the bank account and our credit cards so they can rob us. You do not have an option to pay by cash anymore. I had to cancel something I love because of greed. It is very sad.
Reviewed June 10, 2016
I had a bit of issues opening up my Discover card, I couldn't log in too many failed attempts so they had to unlock my account for me again. While I'm not here to review them I'll say Discover did a great job helping me. But, onward. When logging into my Discover card I noticed that I was charged by Weight Watchers for over 50 dollars. This struck me as odd because I paid for their 6-month plan. I canceled my account right after to find that I wasn't getting a refund. So I decided to call, I hit Zero to get through to customer service as you are suppose to do. I did it more than once only able to stand 5 minutes both times. On the third try I stayed on the line, for a total of 15 minutes, bringing my grand total to 25 minutes only for them to stick me with a voicemail I know they won't call me back on. So I'll out 55 dollars on a 10 dollar an hour job with a 1500 dollar surgery bill and these people just do not care. They are the epitome of greed.
Personally after this I wouldn't recommend it. No one is ever there when you need them. You're better off with Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, Soza, or better yet My Fitness Pal. You have to pay extra to get help from people with Weight Watchers. Stupid enough I paid that extra without a helping hand from anyone. This weight loss plan is just... It's horrible. I lost weight myself with no help from Weight Watchers. I never log in and I never log my stuff. That should have been a red flag that I'm not using their product anymore. I highly suggest you go with another company, do it on your own or REALLY REALLY think hard before using this service because they're not there when you need them.
Reviewed June 6, 2016
Weight Watchers are total thieves. I cancelled my account 3 years ago and they have billing my credit card which my wife receives statements and never noticed charges. They rolled it over year to year without my permission. When I called them I explained that I haven't been on the website for 3 years and to check my login data. They said they couldn't check and all they would do is refund 3 months. The service is useless, they are crooks. Do not use them ever.
Reviewed June 6, 2016
This company has become the perfect example of corporate greed. Did you know that they will not allow you to pay cash for even a year in advance! Guess why!! They insist on having access to your bank account so that they can charge your account at their convenience. This is a crooked company now. I wanted to join, but I will not be ripped off. They collect their fee 15 days before your 3 month period ends. Yes, you have to have a bank account and a computer to be a Weight watcher member. This means that poor and many elderly people can not join.
Reviewed May 29, 2016
I took up a one month special Weight Watchers MEETINGS offer and was rolled over without my permission into a monthly 'online' plan and without my permission they started to dip into my credit card account. I call that theft. I rang and told them that I never signed up for an 'online' plan, ever. They told me that I did. I told them I didn't. And so it went on. They are like dogs with a bone. I've been a member on and off for over 30 years and Weight Watchers was once a lovely caring organisation. Now they are just money-grabbers. Do you know if you don't have a computer, you can't join these days? What about the over-60's many of whom have never owned a computer! They want the $$$ roll-over each month. Corporate greed. Don't EVER give them your credit card details. Someone PLEASE start up an alternative. WW does things well at its meetings, but the greed is hard to stomach!
Reviewed May 23, 2016
I used to love Weight Watchers. Not only is the new plan a joke (it's a diet), but when e-mailed them AND cancelled my subscription online they continued to charge my account for two more months. The customer service person was about as helpful as a splinter in my toenail. She was so pushy and tried to trick me into keeping my subscription (that I had already cancelled). Please don't sign up for this. It's not a good program or a good company anymore.
Reviewed April 28, 2016
I have been a member of Weight Watchers for many years. In fact I was a group leader in the early 1980's. The past few years I have had the experience of Weight Watchers taking money from my accounts when it clearly wasn’t theirs to take. Several years ago I was set up with e-tools and money was charged to my credit card. The account closed suddenly and I thought it was because I was not actively using it. However, they continued to charge my credit card. When I would call they would tell me the account was closed, but the charges continued. My experience with the Customer Service Department was frustrating at best. They don’t know anything about Customer Service and they are incompetent. I never did get all my money back.
Now cut to the present. I am a lifetime member and when I set up the voucher, somehow the old account was activated. My primary account has no charge, but this old account started charging my credit card $14.95 for eight months. I thought it was the charge for my husband’s account, but it was for my old account. I called Customer Service and they are refunding three months. I feel the entire eight months should be refunded. I spoke to the Customer Service rep, and he could do nothing. I spoke to the supervisor, Joseph, and not only wouldn’t he do anything, he even refused to give me an address I could write to file a complaint. I was thoroughly dissatisfied. I told him he could view the two accounts. The mistake was visible. It is not like I was trying to get something for nothing. I will continue to write letters and file complaints until the matter is settled to my satisfaction. I do not like being cheated.
Reviewed April 25, 2016
I used to think that Weight Watchers was a serious company, until I had to deal with their customer services. I attempted to register through their website and the registration did not go through due to an error in their system. The payment however, went through and have been pending on my husband's Paypal account since. I paid 3 months in advance and so far got no service in exchange.
I contacted WW via phone several times, via email and I even contacted Paypal, no one seems to be able to assist me. Weight Watchers keep repeating that the matter will be dealt within 24 hours, paypal says the same. No decent response has been provided and to this date the amount of £55.95 is still being hold on my credit card. I am so disgusted by the incompetence and disregard of the WW customer services that I will never ever try to register with this company again. I thought their services were more serious and that their customers actually meant something to the company. Pure frustration. I only hope that I will be seeing my money being released at some point in the future.
Reviewed April 21, 2016
I used to LOVE Weight Watchers. I got to my goal weight in only 5 months with the old points system and I never felt like I was depriving myself. Now that they've changed the system though, I am constantly disappointed in what I can and can't eat week to week. My little ice cream treat that used to be 3 points is now a whopping 10 and I feel like I can never indulge anymore. It is so hard for me to maintain all the weight I lost with this new program so it's not even worth it anymore.
Reviewed April 21, 2016
I've filled in a form to have a refund for the promo lose 10 lbs in 8 weeks. It took them 4 days to acknowledge the receipt of the form because they couldn't 'find the attached form'. Received confirmation of refund on 4th March to be issued in 4-6 weeks. Last week it was week 6 and no trace of the refund. I've contacted customer service via email, chat and phone and the final answer from Veronica from customer support via email today was 'the refund hasn't been issued yet, we'll notify you when we will.' Thanks very much. I didn't need you to know I haven't been refunded yet! WW presale service is good but once they got your money they just don't care. These people are embarrassing and they should be ashamed of the low professionality and poor customer service.
Reviewed April 20, 2016
My husband and I both signed up through their website. My husband's registration did not go through the first time. When we called their so-called "customer service", we were told that the payment was never processed, and to sign up again anew. So we did that. Lo and behold, we got our credit card bill, and saw that we were in fact charged BOTH times. This was $115, since we signed up for the 3-month program. I contacted "customer service" and was told to simply contest the charge with the credit card company, and it would be taken care of. So we did that.
Then, I got a notice from our credit card company that WW had actually contested our dispute of the charge, and so we were being charged anyway. So I wrote a detailed letter (after not being able to get through on the phone after several tries) to "customer service" explaining the situation and insisting upon a refund. "Customer service" wrote back and clearly had not read my letter carefully, as their response did not address my concerns at all, and they refused to refund our money. I wrote back again pointing out clear points in my initial letter, which they obviously did not read, and again demanding a refund. They again wrote back and had still obviously not read my letter! They are jerking us around, and they ripped us off for $115.
Reviewed April 20, 2016
How can a company who calls itself WEIGHT Watchers not be able to fix their website so that WEIGHT shows up in pounds rather than kilograms? My account (on all of my devices) shows kilograms. I have spent over 4 hours on chat and the phone trying to get this fixed... over 3 hours 10 days ago and over an hour tonight. It has been this way for me for a month. One of the WW people I spoke with said it has actually been "broken" for two months. This is an international company! How can they not fix this?
Besides the fact that the phone and chat system is dreadful; it is extremely difficult to understand the people you're talking or chatting with. I realize these people are from India, but how do you get a job where you write to customers constantly, without at least a fair grasp of English grammar?! My plan here is to spread the word about WW as far as possible. I'm writing this on the WW Facebook page but I seriously doubt it will get posted, so I will copy it at every opportunity. For $43 a month I expect better service.
Reviewed April 18, 2016
In December 2015, I wanted to cancel my WW account since the new plan came out and I didn't like how all of my foods that were staples had been changed to astronomical values that were not reasonable. I logged into my account and went to the "Cancel Account" page, answered their questions and hit cancel. After that I went about my business and found a better health/weight tracking app (Lose It) for a more reasonable price and didn't think twice about my cancelled account with WW.
Just yesterday I was looking at my bank statement and realized that I had been charged $19.95 for the month of April - after I had already cancelled my account; very strange. So I did a broader search and found that I had been charged $19.95 for the past five months after cancelling. I was furious! How could their system not have processed my cancellation? When I went to their website to cancel I was directed to call, and then the person I talked to said I needed to cancel online. The whole cancellation process was, I believe, intentionally confusing so people got so frustrated they didn't want to cancel their account.
The first time I called their 1-800 number, the customer service person said that I could only be refunded for the past month's payment since my cancellation didn't go through. I told her that was ridiculous, and as a full-time student with a part-time job I wanted to be refunded the entire amount because $100 can go a long way. As soon as I said that I was disconnected. I do not know if there was a glitch in my cell service or the representative hung up on me.
The second time I called, I was on the phone for 45 minutes. When I was first connected to the customer service representative, I explained my situation and her first approach was to offer me another free month. Yeah right! "I told you I was calling to cancel, I'm not coming back, and I wanted a refund." She then told me that I could only be refunded the past month's payment since I didn't have any proof of cancellation and not using the service was not a valid reason to issue a refund.
I tried to explain that I cancelled my account in good faith and that is why I did not use the service - so her argument was totally flawed. I also said that I believed I had cancelled my account in good faith so why, even if I was leaving their service, could Weight Watchers not do the right thing for the customer and issue a refund for the full amount? She really did not have an answer for me and kept having to put me on hold to check with her supervisor about what they could do for me. She eventually got my contact information and good times to call me for her supervisor and said I would receive a call within 24 to 48 hours from her supervisor addressing this issue and asked if there was anything else she could do.
I told her that while she was on the phone I wanted whatever refund her system could process for me now and if the supervisor could give me more of a refund than we could deal with that then. The representative then got flustered and said something to the effect of "I can't take care of the refund now, the supervisor will take care of everything". I called her out on this because at the beginning of the phone call she said the system could issue a refund for the past month's payment today. So if she could issue a smaller refund at the beginning of the phone call what changed? Why couldn't a refund be issued after my information was shared with the supervisor?
She said that I would need to be put on hold, for the fourth time, so she could talk with her supervisor again. I'm okay if someone needs to ask their supervisor a question once or twice, but four times? I told the representative I was really confused as to why she kept needed to confer with her supervisor about everything. Nevertheless I was put on hold again. While I was waiting for the representative, I went to my unfortunately still active WW account, cancelled again and took a screenshot so I would have proof this time. When the representative came back she said I would be refunded $59.85 for the past three months and I should see that on my account in 7-10 business days and a supervisor would follow up with me in 24 to 48 hours.
I'm not sure how the representative went from "I can only give you the last month's payment back" to "Here's 60% of what you're asking for." I find it so absurd that Weight Watchers is making it difficult for people to cancel. It's probably their attempt to stop the hemorrhaging of people cancelling their accounts. Their service and product are on their way to rock bottom.
Reviewed April 18, 2016
I signed up in Jan for 3 months. I was not able to use the program as it does not save. I requested help multiple times and yet received none. I am now attempting to cancel my account... I requested it 12 days ago. They have continued to ignore my request and keep saying "I have escalated it" and yet nothing happens. I am still a member. You have lost me for life Weight Watchers. Get some better customer service people who actually give a toss about your customers, stop being rude and do your job. This is illegal.
Reviewed April 14, 2016
After reading the reviews I have decided to write one myself. I agree with others that the website is difficult and glitchy, does not recognize my password half the time. And the changing of the website and points system has happened to me 3 times in the past few years with little or no warning or information. I have been willing to overlook these things due to what I thought was a good reputation and the filling of a need... weight loss and healthy eating. Recently I have had billing issues with WW for a few months. I wanted to change my CC info and could not access my account. I emailed customer service and have never had a response. So when they emailed me numerous times due to my CC failed to charge, I responded. I tried to change the info online without success.
I contacted the help number, which was a terrible connection in what I think was a call center overseas. The representative was willing to change my billing info to the correct card by accessing my account. She wanted my username and password. STOP right there... I do not give out my password to anyone. If a representative cannot access my account without my password, they have no business having my CC info! I then emailed with my concerns and problems, again with no response. Guess they are not getting their money, lost my trust in the company have lost my business.
Reviewed April 12, 2016
I joined WW in January 2012 and paid for the 3 month introductory offer. I had no idea that WW was continuing to charge my AX card until my husband questioned the $19.95 charge that he has been paying for the last 4 years! WW originally charged $18.95 and somewhere along the way, increased the charge to $19.95 without any notice to me. In addition, my AX number changed, but WW was still able to get the new number to continue the charges. WW could see that I have never used their website for the last 4 years, but I never got any notification from them. I cancelled my subscription and will never again recommend or use WW. I intend to report WW to the BBB.
Reviewed April 12, 2016
Weight Watchers has seriously been run into the ground. Signed up yesterday and couldn't log into the app (which is what I would be using 99% of the time). Reading online and seeing that others haven't been able to access the app for days at a time and it's been going on for months. Contacted WW to see if they could assist and they couldn't even locate my username or account. They proceed to tell me my account doesn't exist.
I explained to them that I can successfully log in on a desktop so yes, it does exist. They basically told me there's nothing they can do on their end because my account doesn't exist on their end. Yet they took my money no problem. Now I'm going to have to fight for that money back and cancel my card to make sure they don't continue to take money out in the future (which I'm now reading is another problem members have long after they've canceled their accounts). I used to LOVE Weight Watchers. It's a shame what they've done to the company.
Reviewed April 5, 2016
I have been a Lifetime Member of Weight Watchers for close to one year. Over the winter of 2015-16, I had some health issues and gained about 10 pounds. These health issues prevented me from driving and someone took me to the Weight Watchers meetings once a month. Now that I can drive again, I wish to attend a meeting each week. This will help me get back on my weight loss plan and enable me to get back to my goal weight.
I weighed in on March 28th but learned two days later that there was a special 3-month package at a reduced cost. That offer ended on April 2nd, so I went back to Weight Watchers on April 2nd, not to weigh in, but to purchase the package. When I arrived at the Weight Watchers office, one lady told me that I could not weigh in and could not purchase this package, but to come back the following week. I mentioned to her that the offer ended on April 2nd and a second lady at Weight Watchers agreed that it needed to be purchased now, not next week. The first lady also said that as a Lifetime Member, I did not qualify for the package. Again, the second lady corrected her and said that it was ok.
Consequently, the first lady proceeded to register me for the package. I paid in full with my credit card. She entered my information into the computer from the form that I was given. Then she attempted to scan the bar code on the form that I had signed, five or six times, but the scanner or system would not accept it. On the sixth of seventh attempt, the bar code was successfully scanned. However, for some reason, I was not able to receive the 3-month Monthly Pass temporary card. Then she gave me a form that I could use called a Starter Voucher for 3-Month Savings Plan. It would require me to get on the computer, connect to the internet, and then go through some steps to obtain a Monthly Pass temporary card. It was disappointing to leave the facility without the pass in my hand, but I did not anticipate the further troubles that I would encounter.
Within about 1 hour, I logged into www.weightwatchers.com/startmonthlypass and then proceeded to enter the Scratch off Access Code. There was some additional information requested and I entered that and hit continue. Nothing happened. I mean nothing happened. The computer did not freeze, there was no message that the website was not responding, absolutely nothing occurred. I called the Weight Watchers help number and finally was able to get someone on the phone to re-enter my information into the system.
However, after all of that, I still didn't have a Monthly Pass temporary card. I was told that I would need to log into Weight Watchers to print it out. So, armed with the information provided through the telephone help, I logged in to Weight Watchers online and looked everywhere on the website for where to find out how to print this Monthly Pass. After browsing through almost every FAQ that was available, I found one suggestion that looked promising. I followed the suggested approach, re-entered the Scratch off Access Code, received the message that it had already been used, tried some additional steps, and eventually (and I am certain that I could not re-create these steps) was able to print out a Monthly Pass temporary card.
Suffice it to say that what should have been a completely straightforward process ended up taking several hours, generated frustration and anger, and reinforced my impression that Weight Watchers, who should be making everything about weight loss as easy as possible, instead operates more like a bank or financial institution, caring only about collecting fees. I feel that you should have an outside firm perform an audit of your website and assess the level of user friendliness and support that it provides. I suspect that the results of that audit will recommend a new IT team. This week, I will return to Weight Watchers for a weigh-in and I plan to stay for the meeting. I have no idea if I paid, once, twice, or not at all. I also have no idea if I am really registered or what additional hassle I may incur when I attend the meeting. At one point, I just totally regretted all of it.
Reviewed April 4, 2016
Decided to cancel our "cancel anytime" online account because we weren't using it. Their website recommended online cancellation as the best method, so does their recording when you call in. They claim cancellation by email can take a couple of weeks. So I logged on and cancelled on 2/15/2016. The confirmation screen explained I would still have access through month end because it was already paid. I just discovered I was still being charged. I called their 800 number and cancelled with an out of country call center. I recommend doing that and getting a confirmation’s number. If you do cancel online SCREENSHOT the confirmation screen because after looking online, it is clear this is a regular occurrence. I won't use WW again because business practices like this feel dishonest.
Reviewed April 3, 2016
WW has ruined their service. I cannot imagine who designed the new online format, but it's one of the worst designs I've encountered. My husband, who is a software guru, stopped paying. I'm about to do the same. The points are all messed up - and the site hangs up for long periods of time. The charts DISAPPEARED which I see as a reduction in the service that I've been paying for. Don't bother with WW. Use MyFitnessPal. At least it's free, and if you follow it works.
Reviewed March 29, 2016
I found the website extremely confusing and really unusable. I chatted with customer service online three times to no avail. There was even confusion between an old account I had from the previous website, which was far superior, and it interfered with usage not allowing me to login. Points values were not consistent between the site and products and I wasn't able to find any point values on a number of items. I could not access the site at some times for no apparent reason; it was unreliable and poorly designed. I asked to be removed from the program and was promised a refund but none was given. Buyer beware!
Reviewed March 29, 2016
Every time these so called tech people do an update the whole thing ONline tools gets messed up. I am totally disgusted with wasting my time trying to tell them what is happening in my circumstance but they always tell me to change browsers or clear cache. Baloney... that doesn't work either. Waste of time and money. So far it look like you cannot use any of the foods you created but only theirs.
Reviewed March 26, 2016
This is hands-down one of the worst websites I have ever seen. I used it once before and it was really great, so I was surprised to see that it had taken a total dive south. I am embarrassed to admit that I spent almost 2 hours attempting to subscribe, then to log in, then to "create a profile", then to access my account. Mysteriously one screen froze. I spoke for 20 minutes with a person who used my first name about 50 times, (yes, ok, I was getting pretty cranky) but who had no idea what was happening with the site and who ultimately hung up on me.
I then got another guy who I told I wanted to cancel -- he had more patience, soothing me by giving me an extra two weeks (for the hang-up customer service) and ultimately I found out what was wrong. (I put my ideal weight, not what I wanted to lose. This was enough to crash the whole system without giving you any error message). Then I thanked this young man, hung up and started to actually go through the site. It is absolutely terrible. You used to be able to zip through the site, monitoring food, points, doing a quick easy comparison of foods. NO MORE. It is really a mess.
My last and final call was to get a total refund, effective today. The person asked if she could use my first name. I said no (having heard my own name more times in 2 hours than ever in my life) and she proceeded to call me by my first name. Finally I got a cancellation number. I may have to follow up with AMEX later. This is truly a garbage product. Customers should not have to be QA for a new rollout.
Reviewed March 25, 2016
I was appalled when I was asked to leave the meeting. I take my sister for health issues as she struggles to walk, I drive 10 miles to take her every week, other members have their family there on some occasions, but I was asked to leave not by the leader. She told my sister to tell me to leave. She couldn't even tell me herself. So now my sister won't be able to go as she can't get there by herself. Surely this is discrimination which should not be allowed. This leader has no right to treat people like this. She made this out as if she does not like me. This is wrong. She should not be doing this job if she can discriminate like this.
Reviewed March 21, 2016
My biggest issue with them is the STRUCTURE and trying to find a way to fit those annoying meetings into my schedule. A person's weight is a very PRIVATE struggle, and sitting in a group with those who "share" this struggle DOES NOT help or motivate me. Maybe for some, it does. For me, it doesn't! The actual diet plan is far too "open" and it doesn't give you enough of a specific structure to follow. It doesn't "teach" you how to change your lifestyle; it gives you a set number of points and they don't care "how" you get there, just as long as you "get all your points in."
Reviewed March 20, 2016
I cancelled my membership online but it was never cancelled. Many months later, I am still trying to get my membership cancelled. Departments don't talk to one another and online cancellation is impossible. Horrible experience and I will never try this program again.
Reviewed March 11, 2016
I'm very unhappy with new format. First they cut you weekly points and then a lot of the food you eat are a lot more points. They say you can eat anything, but in very minuscule portions. They should have done their change slower instead of doing it the way they did. It's very hard to stick to. Also the app they have for WW users sucks. It's very slow. They charge about 19.00 a month.
Reviewed March 10, 2016
"One week request" how much, told $19.00 is False! Went on Wed last week. 1st initial weight taken ever. Returned Wed to see if their program worked. I was weighed, then told I owe another $19.00. You have to pay every time you are weighed weekly. So I there from 2nd to 9th. It's 7 days which cost $38.00. They not reasonable. What should have happened was Evaluation weight included with weight results to prove your system works. Rate 0. Money Hungry. Not reasonable! You can not speak to anyone in head office.
Reviewed March 9, 2016
I used to be a huge fan of Weight Watchers, recommended it to all my friends who were trying to lose weight and enjoyed my experience going to meetings. In 2014 I signed up for the online tool and enjoyed that too until I got too busy to use the service and tried to cancel the account in December of 2015. Cancelling online is relatively easy and I got a notice saying something like "Sorry to see you go, etc."
A month went by and then I notice that I've been charged again in January, so I go back online and see that even though I cancelled the account, WW was still charging the credit card and had reactivated the account. I couldn't remove the credit card without putting a new card on the site so I tried cancelling again in January and sent an email requesting that the account be cancelled and explaining my aggravation with my first experience cancelling. Again, received confirmation on the website that I had cancelled.
I should have learned by now that the website wasn't working but no, it took until today (March) for me to spy that they were still charging. So I called today, explained the situation to the billing department, told them that they could see that I hadn't used the site. The billing person openly admitted that they'd had some issues with consumers cancelling on the site but said "Unless you have an email proving that you had cancelled, there's nothing I can do but I'll cancel you now."
Hmmm... If the website is not working properly, it's probably not firing off cancellation emails either and of course, I didn't receive one. It's sad to see that a reputable company has gone the route of so many other subscription services by deceiving the customers who have come to trust them. Today, Weight Watchers lost a customer and I will warn everyone I spoke to about signing up for their service.
Reviewed March 5, 2016
I have been a Weight Watchers member for 20 years. They have canceled all the meeting places but a few that is very hard to get to. I have tried the few meetings left and they are so packed you have to get there 30 minutes ahead of time to get in line to weigh in. Sometimes there are not enough seats and you miss some of the meetings standing in line. I have had to quit and without the meeting my weight has been going back up. Just tell me why the cut back on the meeting places.
Reviewed March 3, 2016
I joined WW about 6 weeks ago. Purchased the three month plan and paid by check. They gave me my pass to go online and see the online tools. When I attempted to go online I needed to give a credit card name and number. I did not want to pay by credit card because of the automatic charges and trying to cancel is always a problem (Read WW charge policy. It is 15 days prior to the end of the month). After numerous times trying to open my online tools and not succeeding. I called three different times to customer support. No success.
I went back to WW and explained what happened. They said "Oh you can only access the portal with a credit card". No one told me this. And they sort of did not care. Was told to go buy a MasterCard gift card and use that. So bottomline is. I paid for something that I cannot use. Now I lose weight one week and gain weight the next. Very confusing. You cannot deviate from the diet at all. Without the tools difficult to find points. I did find a WW calculator for the Smart Points online. A bit of work finding the information to put in.
As one person said "do not think about going out to eat. You will lose it for the week. If you work out you need to add points to your daily diet. The points are in the back of the book you received." No one told me this. What is happening is that body not getting enough food and going into starvation mode. Storing all foods as fat. Now I find out that the chart in the book is not correct. You need to look at the new chart that they have. As of now have not received it.
They do not like it when you ask too many technical program questions. Was told that I am a pain. I will continue Until my 12 weeks are up. Will not resign. Not happy with program at all. When you call customer service I think you get a housewife at home who is paid to receive calls. There isn't any corporate number. I will not recommend WW to anyone. Probably will discourage them. Get a FitBit and use their program. It calculates calorie intake and exercise calories.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2016
I decided to try Weight Watchers online for the first time after reading that they had changed their system. Paid for 3 months in advance and started on the site. I have had nothing but trouble since signing up. The pages froze, everything is totally unclear and when I contacted the online chat they didn't have a clue how to help me. They told me to close the computer down and start all over again, which I did to no avail. Another operator told me straight that she was unable to help and suggested I phoned their help line, which I did. After a long time holding on, the representative offered me a two-week extension to my plan as there were problems with the site. Have cancelled my subscription and demanded a refund as if I had been given a free trial or demo of the site I would certainly never have signed up. Trading Standards should take a look at this ripoff site.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2016
I joined several months ago and should have cancelled as I have never used the product - not once have I been to weigh in. Obviously not in the right mind space to have joined in the first place! However they have been taking money monthly from me. I tried to ask for a refund and they pointed out that it's in their terms and conditions I cannot have a refund as have agreed to pay monthly. I explained that I have never been to a Weight Watchers meeting and would like to get at least some money back.
After accepting this was not going to be possible I asked for the money they have just taking this month as it pays for a month in advance and they said I am still not allowed to have the money back. I do not understand how it is fair that they take money for a product I am not going to use in the future. I therefore feel that I should be entitled to a refund for this month's payment even if they will not refund me the rest of the money. My opinion is to never allow another company to take money out of your account as you cannot cancel a direct debit because they are taking it from their end. Would always recommend pay as you go from now on.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2016
I hate the new program!!! When I tried to deactivate my account online, it would not allow me to do it. I couldn't talk to anyone and finally found out the website wasn't working properly. They never indicated that the deactivation site wasn't working and I only realized it didn't go through when I continued to see the charge on my credit card. I demanded a refund and was given one but when my daughter deactivated hers, they told her they wouldn't. I was a member for over 4 years and hated the new site. I will never join again.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2016
The information that they have on their website for cancellation states that you can cancel right from their website, send them an email or write and mail your request. They claim that the online choice is the easiest and is recommended. It was very easy but the account does not get cancelled. They continue to charge your credit card. I tried this twice. If you want to cancel, call their customer service number at 800-651-6000 and make sure you get a confirmation number. They won't refund the fees they've taken from you after you tried to cancel online unless you received an email from them, which you won't ever receive an email so unfortunately you will be out the money. Pretty shady business and looking through the other reviews I see it's happened to many people.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2016
I have been on Weight Watchers for 6 years and this is the 3rd program they have rolled out. Not only does that mean the purchase of new books and calculator, but they don't have the decency to at least pull your favorites from one program to the next. If they are making these changes, and charging us $20/month, it seems they could do everything possible to accommodate their customers. And for the newest plan, they track more values than before but how explaining how that benefits the body and increase healthy weight loss. Instead, they really say nothing. Here is what I know: Weight Watchers does not care about their customer base. If you have the new calculator, or choose to use the old system, track it yourself. In fact, there are free ways to do so online. Oprah - you should really rethink your endorsement.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2016
I joined WW at the end 1/20/16 and pre-paid for 3 months. On 2/3/26 I called to cancel because I was unhappy with the results. The customer service rep wrote it up and cancelled my account (I had paid 114.29 but was told my refund would 69.90, just over half of the 3 month cost after only 2 weeks). When it was not back in my account within 3 days, I called back on 2/6/16 to find out what the delay was.
First I was told that it had never been cancelled. So I "re-cancelled" it. When I asked how long it would take, I was told that it would be sent back by check (they took it out right away) and it would take up to 14 days. 16 days later, 2/22/16, I called to find out what the delay was. Then I was told it could take up to 3 weeks. I admit I lost my temper. Then I insisted on speaking to a supervisor. After several minutes I was told that the supervisor would not speak to me because the check had been sent. I asked when it was sent, and told it was requested on 2/6. Several times I asked when it was SENT, and was always told it was requested on 2/6. Again, I lost my temper.
Finally, the agent told me that she did not know when it was sent. I even asked her if this was another lie, or the truth. I hung up, and to find out if it was the truth, called back to ask another person. She told me that her department had no way of knowing, and that I should call back tomorrow and speak to a "higher" department. I am surprised that an organization as established and widespread as WW, would engage in such deception. If it was one person, I would say he/she was incompetent, but this is a pattern.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2016
The issue is this, they've increased the points on their own products. For example, I bought red velvet snack cakes and raspberry dark chocolate bars for 2 points (indicated on box). However when I entered this information, the points had actually doubled. I brought this to the attention of Weight Watchers and they said it (the packaging and marketing) will eventually catch up with the new program. This is deceptive marketing. Really quite serious. I cannot believe that a company so large would make such a profound mistake. If the box says 2, it should be 2 points, not 4 points. They need to go back to the drawing board.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2016
I wish I had found this site 5 days ago. I had tried Weight Watchers in the past and really liked it, but their new program is just awful. You can't find the food more than half the time. While making recipes you can't even scan a barcode, you have to go look online on different sites to try and find the nutritional values and then create that item to finally add to your recipe and this goes for basically everything else food related on the site. I have only been a member for 5 days now and they still didn't want to reimburse me my 3 months plan, they should install a 2 weeks free trial or something similar to that because it isn't fair to be spending money on something that used to be great but now is a complete disaster. When you're a student on a budget trying to get healthy you kind of regret not staying with my fitness pal. Do not recommend the new version of Weight Watchers.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2016
First it took forever to find where to access cancelling on the website. Then I got charged for another month anyway. When I called she said my account was still active. So I had her cancel it, but it is your word against theirs that you actually cancelled. So they get another month's membership fee out of you. How easy for them to say "I'm sorry. Your account does not show cancelled, it shows you are still active". I wonder how many people this has happened to??? BEWARE.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2016
The new Weight Watchers program has thrown away all that was good and has taken in very useless features hoping that the brand name of Oprah will carry it. I am very, very, very dissatisfied with the online portal and the mobile app particularly. I am equally frustrated with their so-called 24x7 tech support. Their online portal does not have a good repository of any of the foods/beverages that one consumes. My Fitness Pal and Plate It are light years ahead of Weight Watchers.
Additionally, the online portal does not enable you to review the whole week. Thus, there are no lesson learned. We are better off keeping a pen and paper journal except that you can't in the new program. When we make genuine user-interface complaints or make suggestions to the Chat 24x7 tech support, they have an overly saccharine coated, canned response that usually consist of, "we currently don't have that feature". There is no genuine attempt to escalate the matter or have someone call you back. You cannot check anything like your original weight, points, receipt, order number or anything through the portal. It is just a sheath to sell more stuff. Basically the program TOTALLY lacks a sense of honesty and concern. I hate it, hate it, hate it and you will too.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2016
I joined Weight Watchers online and have had nothing but trouble with their website. I've been paying monthly and can't access anything. So I try to discontinue payment online and keep getting redirected! I've paid 3 or 4 months and have never used the site because of all the problems with it. I am extremely dissatisfied. Next plan is to have bank stop payment!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2016
I signed up under the 3 month savings plan including personal coaching, etc. It was very cheesy - the personal coaching was like a canned script and all she wanted to do was talk about her own progress. The points system is silly and makes no sense. You can easily get a much greater benefit from a free app that uses simple calorie counting.
After the 3 month savings period, my account automatically renewed without my knowledge - and at the most expensive plan ($50+/month)! No email, no warning, no option to continue and switch to a less expensive plan. No communication, period. Of course this was over the holidays and I didn't notice my credit card was charged until two days after the second month of extended billing. I tried to cancel my account and they refused to refund one of the 2 months they billed me extra for, saying that their "courtesy" could only extend to credit one month.
After reading other reviews on this site, I wonder if I'll ever get the one month refund they promised and if my account is actually cancelled. Don't waste your time and money with WW. Join a gym, hire a personal trainer, get a MyFitnessPal account (for free), make healthy eating choices. WW will not tell you anything you don't already know.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2016
I used the WW online tool and iPhone app for over a year and I loved it! Since the new system came about, it is just awful! I'm going to cancel my membership today. Here are some pain points: It takes forever to find a food. I ate a Nugo bar, dark chocolate with sea salt. I tried searching for it every way I knew how, but that particular flavor did not show up. I got out my phone and scanned the barcode and all the information popped up. The next time I ate the same thing, I couldn't find that flavor again. I had saved it to my Favorites, but it's not there.
I have a long list of favorites and they are listed alphabetically. The challenge is when I want to record my "sushi" dinner. I have to scroll ALL THE WAY down my long list until I get to "S". Only a few items show up at a time and I constantly have to click on the "See more" button. If I try to do a quick search, even though I am in my Favorites Tab, EVERYTHING pops up and I can't find my saved Sushi food. I guess to keep things going faster, I'll stick to eating my favorite foods that start with the letter "A."
There is no "week in review." I used to be able to look back and see how I did during the week. When did I exceed my points, did I underreport my points? Was I better in the beginning of the week or the end of the week? Right now, there is no way to see this. When I asked my 24/7 help, I was told I can only look back at my week by scrolling back one day at a time. Very difficult to figure out how my weekly points were used. If I scroll through the days and calculate how many points I used and how many weekly points I should have remaining, it does not line up with what it says I still have available.
Not easy to save the recipes on the site. I've found many recipes that I'd like to try in the future, so would like to save them in my Favorites. The 24/7 help told me the only way to save these recipes as favorites was to either 1) track it, add it to favorites, and then delete it from that day's tracker or 2) click "Edit recipe" and "pretend" to make changes and then there I can save it to favorites. Whichever option I try, sometimes it shows up in my favorites, sometimes it doesn't.
Recipe pictures don't show up in favorites. For those recipes where I was actually successful in saving them in my favorites, the pictures don't carry over. This is a challenge for me since I am a visual person. I don't remember the exact name of the recipe (such as Spanakopita Wonton Cups), but I remember what it looks like. When I go to my Favorites list, however, and scroll through the recipes, I'm looking for the pictures that I recall, but there are none to see. So I give up. Overall, I find this new site of little value to me anymore. I have been using it several weeks now and it really is "WORK!" I thought the idea is to make weight loss easy but instead this has become a huge hurdle and is no longer supporting me in my goals.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2016
I quit my long association (since 1975) with WW today because, while the new program is only mildly frustrating, the website is HORRIBLE! I've had technical difficulties as well as frustrations with how the new site works. Now, when I note points for one meal, points for other meals that day disappear. The site is difficult to maneuver and does not easily (or at all) show "favorites," and does not allow me to register a recipe & have WW figure the points out & save that recipe. The "chat" staff are wonderful but I can't get resolution. The problem is with the site.
UPDATED ON 02/17/2016: I recently submitted an unfavorable review about WW's new program and website. I've noticed others concerned about refunds. I requested a refund a few days before the $44.95 was to be taken out of my bank account. They politely agreed to do so, noting it was too late to stop the withdrawal, but that they would refund the money. They refunded it within days.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2016
I have been a member for 5 years, but just canceled my account. The new site update as well as the new program are the worst update a company has made that I have ever been a part of and Oprah isn't going to save them. I really relied on Weight Watchers to help me plan healthy meals and keep my weight in check after I lost pregnancy weight from my second child using the points program. They have deleted all recipe reviews making it hard to sift through the recipes you would be willing to try. They have made all of my created foods (150 of them) have a point value of zero. This data had taken a very long time for me to compile over the years. And it's gone! When you search for recipes, if you click on one to make a shopping list, when you click back to browse, you are sent back to the top of the list, meaning you have to scroll through hundreds of recipes AGAIN to find where you left off.
I actually feel really disrespected. I feel like they made changes that would leave current members unable to really use their account to the fullest anymore, and I can't imagine any newbies are going to find it a pleasant or encouraging atmosphere to try to get their health goals figured out. They made an enormous mistake. I will actually be surprised if execs didn't get fired over it. I canceled my account a month ago and they didn't actually follow through. I canceled it again today and asked to be reimbursed for the charge last month. We will see if they follow through. I hope WW is listening. I would go back if they fixed the problems and kept prices reasonable, but as for now, I am out. Terrible job, WW. Two thumbs down.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2016
I went online to join Weight Watchers. Thought after paying them I could attend their meetings and will show how to use app and points. None. Sending them emails. Response: sorry I could not attend meetings. Asked for refund. They are refusing give my total money.
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