Ultra Sound Weight Loss
ultrasoundweightloss.co.uk
Paiden Lvs
Sterling, Virginia
Ex employee at poole branch
annie,aaron,and anthony ,andrea and tony and mike and asa all uswl family dun but director andrea ,uswl have opened in other names sure inch loss,rapid inch loss hkeris2ltd , amd slimline clinics all operating at the stonehouse 65 birmingham road allesley coventry cv5 9gt i have sent to rougue traders,and tribunal and watchdog and birmingham/coventry bailiffs have been to this address the comeback was that its a private property and no saleable goods ,but did not state they were not uswl helen antrobus was hr who also paid our wages,,i am still now sending bailiffs back to check the garage at this property out and anew claim with the correct address now i tracked them done,
Loss:
$4
HayleyMoran M
Crawley, England
Www.ultrasoundweightloss.co.uk
www.ultrasoundweightloss.co.uk Avoid this company like the plague. The staff are untrained and will actually give you dangerous advice, and that if they even turn up for your appointment. My first two appointments nobody was actually at the clinic to do the procedure and noone from head office called to inform me, so you will just waste your time and money on fuel. Also the procedure is performed in a retail area in an office not in a clinic so not exactly clean and sterial conditions. Honestly AVOID AVOID AVOID. The company website is www.ultrasoundweightloss.co.uk.
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Anonymous
Ex worker/therapist
My daughter worked for this company in Swindon, she was asked to come in and do extra hours as the previous therapist had left, (lucky for her), and then the company folded at the end of June owing my daughter a months salary plus overtime, sent a text and later a letter saying they were going into liquidation (words to that effect) and she would be paid all monies in the August. Then in the August she had a letter saying there was no money to pay her. On investigation, this company kept opening up different 'clinics' keeping the name Ultrasound Weight loss but adding the name of a different town at the end. They trade for about 8 months and then go into liquidation owing a lot of people money which they never get back.....Why are they allowed to keep doing this? One ex employee took them to court to get their money that was owed, won, but the 'company' had no money to pay that person???? Is it a 'loophole' in the way the law works. These people are just *** artists and I would like to see this company taken to court by Watchdog!!!!
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Michelle G Axf
Crawley, England
UNFAIR DISMISSAL AND NOT BEEN PAID A PENNY!
I used to work at the Billingham Branch for USWL started on the 19th of april, i worked just over a month and on pay day 19TH MAY, non of the therapists were paid! then suddenly 2 days later over text! my area manger messages me and says that we are over staffed i will have to let you go as i work the least amount of hours, she said the pay was getting sorted out that day. The other therapists recieved there pay but was around ΓΒ£400 short, but i never recieved a penny into my account. Since then the remainding therapists left as they never got there remainder pay, we have all been non stop trying to contact the regional manager who sorts out everyones pay but no answer!! It has almost been a month now since i was meant to be paid and i have heard nothing! i am currently trying my best to recieve my money through the solictors, what a joke it has been!! please noone ever work for this company!! its happened all around the country! ITS MASSIVE SCAM, MOST UNPROFESSIONAL COMPANY I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!
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NikkiNix C
London, England
ULTRA SOUND WEIGHT LOSS
I worked for this company from the 29th february, the day it first opened in cambridge. i was there not even an hour when the manager at the time left me on my own to work a 12hours shift without knowing half of what i needed to. From the first week it went down hill and carried on going further. One week it would be the machines breaking and it would take days to get another delivered and the lovely company didnt let any of the clients know!!!!!!! Then it would be double bookings or people hadnt been booked in at all!! Had alot of trouble with bookings and machines but could never get hold of anyone to tell them what was going on, had to cancel all my clients myself even though they had bollocked me before for doing so as it was causing 'confusion' in the *** booking offfice!!! i have always been honest with my clients and have told them exactly what the company was like but i honestly believed in the treatment myself. It would of been a great company and business if the people that owned in knew what they were doing, they took on too much at one time without letting a clinic get established!! My pay was always late, had to chase them up many times!!! they treated us like *** ***. many times when my machine had broke and i actually got through to someone they told me to carry on!!!!! i refused. luckily everyone of my clients have been very understanding with me, knowing full well i only do the treatments i have no involvement in bookings. every client has complained to me about cancelled treatments or no-one telling them they moved their appointment, and the only thing i could say was 'ring the booking office'. uswl made their therapist out to be mugs, not knowing anything about anything. the clients knew more then us!! the people in the booking office knew nothing about what they were telling my clients, they would tell so many clients one thing then another lot a total different thing. they would lie to my clients to make them look better and make me look a right ***!!!!!!!!!!!!! one my training day i had to travel to northampton and when i got there they didnt even have a machine to train with!! they just went through out contract!!!!! i have now found out that a manager no-longer works there and they owe regus tousands of pounds and are sneaking into regus building late at night and taking their machines!!! so all therapists who still have key and card get in there and take them before they do. this company has taken this *** with so many people!! and i feel so sorry for everyone thats been ripped off! unfortunatly i cant get anywhere with them, whenever i try to ring someone that has something to do with the company i just get told they dont work for them anymore or ring someone else. write to watchdog please and get these *** done!!!
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tashawooz F
Milton Keynes, England
Ultra Sound Weight loss - milton keynes
I found out about USWL about a month ago from a friend and thought wow this sounds amazing, burns off your fat cells which means (faster metabolism) hopefully. I emailed them and within 5 seconds i had a phone call from USMA a consultant basically saying about the treatment. Obviously i was interested, but to little of my knowledge did i know that she needed the payment of ΓΒ£140 there and then. 'Apparently, she could get me in within the next couple of days if i had made payment then. I informed her i would have to wait till i got back of my holiday as i was going away in the next few days and I'll phone back. As people do i went home to discuss whether or not this would be a good idea, for any female it sounds like the perfect answer for such a good price (made to believe it was in bulk so 1 session ΓΒ£65, 6 sessions ΓΒ£69 and 12 sessions ΓΒ£140) Obviously it wasnt as good as i expected. So after i came back of holiday i waited till pay day which was yesterday, phoned the clinic and made my oppointments - so a total of 12 sessions for ΓΒ£140 (only to find out my appointments wernt going to be till August due to it being busy.) Also just to make matters worse they were trying to get me to book another 12 sessions making the payment ΓΒ£280 as the deal was to good to miss, lucky enough i only made the one payment. I let my partner know and he asked me if i have a recpeit and my god im glad he did. I then tried to phone the clinic back as i was panicking that i hadnt recieved any confirmation to show i had paid for this, it kept saying i was in a que and as soon as i got to the front it went to answer phone, So i left a message saying that i wanted a recepit. Then something just wasnt sitting right in my head so i tried and tried again also sent them an email but had no response. So i then googled USWL - which then i saw a page which had all the reviews on there. I went on to find that it was a scam, after work me and my friend went to find the address they had given me which was 314 Midsummer Bulivard - Regus was there but USWL was non-exsistant. Luckly enough i found out a few hours after making payment and managed to stop them taking my payment as i phoned my bank and cancelled my card BUT for anyone that reads this or has been scamed into thinking this company is ligit DONT. ITS to good to be true. Now i have the last laugh because there not walking away with my money - i was on the ball and managed to catch them OUT. PLEASE TAKE THIS FURTHER TO WATCH DOG ETC its innocent peoples hard earned money that sometimes takes people months to save up for this. Not only have the scamed us for money they have also scamed innocent females/males into believing there is a simple way to help you loose weight along with exersise and eating the right meals. The majority of the world thinks about there weight and with a system like they have advertised it gets to the heart of people. Watch out and please dont fall for this scam - you will be riped of and you will loose alot of money.
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Extherapist
London, England
I was employed but not paid
I Went for a job interview where I was asked to start the next day as they were completely desperate, the "regional manager" just showed me and one other girl (also on her interview) how to do the treatment very simply and not in a lot of detail. I then started as soon as i could a week later, on my first day i was sent on a while goose chase to a office block and when i got there i was escorted out the building due to ultrasound "not paying the rent" i then contacted the "regional manger" who was aware!!! although she didnt let me know not to bother to drive 20 miles there!!!!!! I then started at another location and on my first day i had been left alone WITHOUT any form of diary so i had no idea how to know what appointments i had! at 9:00am i had 3 clients show up both saying they were booked for 9:00, after that every appointment was either double or triple booked and i spent the whole day apologising to every customer who was pissed off! (fair enough i was too and would be if i had paid for a service from this "company") Every customer had a different story about how their appointment was either cancelled with no notice or at their last appointment no therapist showed up!! I have no numbers for ultrasound and no information about where they are based or what to do about complaints and I have only met the one "regional manager" no one else!!! EVERY CUSTOMER WAS UNHAPPY AND SO IS EVERY MEMBER OF STAFF I HAVE MET IS TOO! ULTRASOUND NEVER TRAINED ME THOROUGHLY NEVER WANTED TO SEE MY CERTIFICATES OR QUALIFICATIONS NEVER MONITORED ME OR CHECKED I WAS OKAY NEVER RETURNED MY CALLS NEVER PAID ME I HAVE WRITTEN TO WATCH DOG AND HOPE THEY GET CALLED ON THEIR RUBBUSH TREATMENT!! I HAVE THE " HOME ADDRESS" OF THE "REGIONAL MANAGER" AND I WILL BE VISITING HER IF I FONT HEAR ANYTHING ALTHOUGH I DONT IMAGINE ITS GENUINE AFTER ALL THIS !!!!!!
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Adolphe Jcg
Woking, England
Uswl
Hi Annie Andrea Arron and all other conning *** bags from USWL thank you so much for paying me my money its now the 2nd July...... i hope you enjoy your moment of fame in the Birmingham mail news paper... Its just the start and believe me i shall not stop until all you vile *** bags are shown up for what you are. You employ descent hard working people and then rip descent people who work for a living rather than rip people off mind you you all have enough practice in conning people bet its like taking candy from a baby!!! i imagine you are all having fun stopping in the Hilton hotel and loving your trips to Disney land.. Oh and also Annie so glad you love your new Prada bag
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Anonymous
Crawley, England
Ultra sound weight loss! *** artists! have not paid me
I am an ex therapist for uswl do not trust this company!!! i worked in the portsmouth clinic for three months and i have also been made redundant by text like every other therapist being told by annie nickols we will recieve payment on the 1/7/12 and then recieveing another letter saying im not getting paid for the hours i hae done! ive found out that they have taken all the equipment out of the clinics! never being able to get hold of anyone to talk about this, it seems to me like they are absolute *** artiists and they know exacltly what they are doing, fobbing us all off with letters bidding there time to take all the machines so we wouldnt take them our selves as colateral. all the therapists get paid at different times of the month proberly because its just helens online banking and cant procces to many transactions and we were laid off in march for three weeks as they took our machine away to open up another clinic whilst still having exsisting clients booked in to our portsmouth clinic it is obvious to me now it was a massive scam to grab as much money as quickly as possable in the short time (3 months) they started this conning company, the treatment doesnt even work anyway its a complete farse! i am absolutly out raged by this ridiculous company and ANNIE NICKOLS SOULD PAY!!! she is an ugly little women who belongs in prison you cant run forever annie you will be made accountble for your actions why do you think you can rip off that many customers and staff and get away with it, your even more stupider than the treatet its self! i sould have relised from the very begining something wasnt right as they clearly had no interest the clients it was so poorly run! they will be out next year withsome new scam for 3 months, so look out for anything that seems to good to be true as it is you dont loose weight annie you are an absolute *** for all the distress you ave caused to customers and therapists! i am in an awful finantial situation all because i have wasted my time working for no money you horrable disgraceful person i cant wait for ou to get what you desereve as you absolutly will good luck with that
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nicolarrose S
Wrexham, Wales
USWL - How does such a company manage to operate?
Groupon offered a deal whereby I bought 6 sessions in the Reading clinic for ΓΒ£69. When I rang to redeem this voucher I was offered another 6 for the same price directly by the company. I thought this was a good deal and continued. A month or two later I was informed via email that Groupon was terminating the contract due to a large volume of complaints. Upon realising this I contacted Groupon for a refund and got one within 5 days. I then sought to gain my refund from USWL directly. Upon ringing the Customer Service on Monday 28th of May I was told to email csr@***.co.uk with my details to deal with this. Since then I have emailed a total of 4 times with absolutely no acknowledgement. Last Friday (8th of June) I rang 0844 567 **** concerned about this. I had a very sympathetic lady who told me someone will ring me by the end of the day. No one bothered to ring me. I rang back early Saturday morning and was told that the refund team weren't in and to call again on Monday morning. So I did, I rang yesterday and spoke to another member of the team who took my details (you'd think they have all my details as I've done nothing but give them). He said someone would ring me back by the end of the day. Here I am the following day no better off and absolutely fuming. I rang this morning with the aim of demanding that I was put straight through to the refund team but alas, when I ring it goes straight to answer phone.. The time is 11:04 and they should be open 9-8 daily. I also think it's strange that no one has contacted me asking where I am as my appointments were supposed to start last Friday. Therefore I assume my emails have been read and my appointments cancelled but the company are ignoring me to avoid the payment of the refund back into my account. I've made a complaint to watchdog and I will also approach trading standards as I will not accept this treatment and I not only want but NEED this money back right now. I've never been so angry and also confused at how a company can even exist when it operates so so poorly. This is just the customer service alone. I have not had the treatment done but I have heard complaints about how unhygienic it is and how no one is properly trained and rude and there is a complete lack of communication. SO PLEASE AVOID THIS COMPANY. It needs to go bust and disappear from the face of the earth. You are an embarrassment USWL and so is everyone that works for you!
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bella Hec
London, England
USWL - ULTRASOUND WEIGHTLOSS THERAPIST
Im a therapist from a USWL clinic I got made redundant through text on the 26th of June I feel sorry for us as therapist and all the clients that have got dragged in to this MESS its embarrassing for us as therapist to have to say we represented this company!! we all need to stick together seriously all go to watch dog and your local newspapers!!!! http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/979****.Fat_loss_firm_sends_text_to_sack_its_Brighton_workers/ http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2012/07/02/four-birmingham-workers-sacked-by-text-by-under-fire-ultrasound-weight-loss-ltd-97319-3****777/
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Anonymous
Manchester, England
Therapists Mistreated.
Hey Ultrasound, try really hard to talk your way out of what you've done to the girls at the Sheffield clinic. The Police and Tax office will be very interested to know that we haven't recieved a payslip since we've been there, which I'm pretty sure is illegal. nor have we had breaks when working for 6 hours & they'll be interested to know that your boss is A CONMAN. Yes ladies and gents AVOID THIS PLACE. They will rip you off for your money, take out more than they should from your bank, and give you lots of false promises, and I implore you that if you want to work here -DON'T. They don't care about you or your life, they don't pay you on time, they treat you like complete and utter rubbish, you WON'T get breaks, you WILL be disrespected every bloody day of your working life, and the boss was struck off trading standards in '09 for being a conman. PLEASE to anyone thinking of taking a job here, don't. They disrespect you so much and you won't get paid. GOOD LUCK ULTRASOUND.
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Elle Tye
Glasgow, Scotland
COMPLETE INCOMPETENCY!! AVOID AVOID AVOID!!
I bought a voucher from Groupon for 6 sessions at USWL Norwich and I've experienced nothing but problems with them. First off I needed to move an appointment due to work commitments so I called them 4 times, each time leaving messages to which nobody bothered to get back to me. Additional to this I also sent an email to which they didn't bother responding. I eventually got hold of someone by phone who said I was calling the wrong number and that they wouldn't of replied to my messages cos it wasn't their job!! They gave me another number and low and behold I got another voicemail, i left a message and 3 days later soneone actually got back to me (by this time my appointmentt time & date had passed!) The person on the end of the phone informed me I should have contacted them earlier!! I advised I contacted them the second I knew of my predicament and asked if it would have mattered anyway seeing as they don't listen to their messages? Anyway they agreed to rebook and I scheduled another date. I attended another scheduled appointment & was advised by reception that they were closed! They said that they called as many clients as possible but despite having my mobile number left on their ansaphone countless times they didn't call me! I've left 3 messages since to rebook this appointment but surprise surprise no one has got back to me. I attended another appointment today at 10.30am and was once again informed by reception that they were shut, apparently the equipment is broken! Apparently again, they called as many customers as possible but again, I did't get a call. I've heard many a bad report about this company after looking further into it. My best friend has also encountered the same abysmal service. I've had to take time off work to accomdate these appointments and I'm very frustrated at the completely useless ability of this company to act in a professional manor in any way shape or form!! I have emailed Gropuon and requested a refund, I only hope they are decent enough to comply. DO NOT USE - DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!! INSTEAD SAVE YOUR TIME, YOUR FUEL & YOUR PATIENCE!!!!
Loss:
$69
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Laura M Ocg
London, England
USWL - ***
I paid for six treatments with uswl clinic, had one and the rest were cancelled !! No explanation and there also saying I wont get my money back, cannot contact the company and have just found out theyv opend a new company !!! BEWARE ok need 100 words. Think it is completly unfair to treat a client and there staff the way they have. Think of the money they have made doing this !!! . I have spoke to watchdog and trading standards, we all need to get behind each other and bring down these people. I want my money back !!!!!!! And so should everyone eles .
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Very A
Dallas, Texas
Very very pissed off therapist!!!!!
I went to work today only to be told by a client that our clinics were being closed!!!! after i text the area manager annie i was then inform by text we were being made redundant!!! am so angry as we were kick out the building within 2hrs of being told this as apparantly they changed there accounts without telling regus and haven't even paid rent for weeks!!!!! after all the *** i had to put up with working with this company i am really concerned i wont even get my months paid which i already worked for!! I dont even know what to do because the contract i signed wasnt even signed by any manager.
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Aly L
Dallas, Texas
Ultra Sound Weight Loss USWL
Hi this is happening all over the South West. I first purchased 3 sessions from groupon back in January to attend the Bristol clinic. ΓΒ I purchased 3 more when offered a further deal when arranging my first 3 appointments. Each appointment was cancelled due to various excuses like faulty equipment or lack of staff. USWL eventually compensated me with additional sessions totalling 14 in the end. ΓΒ On one occasion I had a cancellation text 20 mins before my appointment time having travelled from London to Bristol. ΓΒ Determined to find out whether this was a scan i waited 3 hours for the area manager to arrive and eventually received my first treatment ΓΒ However last week I received a call from Zac saying due to faulty equipment my appointment on 12 July had to be cancelled. Strange as I had 3 other sessions booked prior to that and attended one last Saturday when the equipment was working fine!! ΓΒ I arrived for my 6 pm appointment in Bristol yesterday to find no consultants on site. A wasted trip, wasted petrol, parking and time, 2 other clients arrived whilst I was waiting. I left a message on all the tel numbers I had and texted the area manager who has surprising responded with an offer of a refund. Here are some numbers for anyone trying to attend the Bristol Regis clinic. Direct no 07927 33****. Area Manager 07908 95**** booking lines 0121 213****, 0844567****, 07357 40**** and 07537 40****. I feel strongly about doing something about this shoddy company and think either watchdog or Martin Lewis from Money Expert could be a good starting point. Anyone who has experienced their outrageous service should get in touch through this website. USWL need to be exposed for the scam to stop other people falling into the trap. ΓΒ£39 per person doesn't sound a lot but add that up a few times and we probably have enough to purchase an ultrasound machine 100 times over!!!! Something has to be done about this organisation Sent from my iPad
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Worry not call me or text me on 0780885**** the director just recently conned me and i know his new office! I want as many people to go tere anthony nickols is the name of the conman!!!
Maintain a health is very important for everyone. someone takes the weight loss trainer but some time it dangerous for health.To protect from these issues you must be take a Nursing Home Insurance.
I too, like so many others am owed money by these despicable people. I feel very sorry for all of you that actually worked for them.
I di dget a refund from my bank, only to be told today that they will be tking this back as USWL have told then that they have not gone into liquidation and are offering alternative sessions, which is obviously a load of cr4p!!
I don't think there is any point in chasing my ΓΒ£39 that I paid direct (I also had ΓΒ£69 refunded by Groupon thankfully)as there seems to be a lot of people owed much more who are getting no joy at all! I hope you all get your money back soon.
Hello,
I have been reading several complaints about this company and also groupon and came across your post.
There was a ΓΒ uswl clinic in Plymouth which has closed down a few months after advertising on groupon leaving ΓΒ clients who have paid and not had treatments.
I work at a strawberry laser lipo clinic also in Plymouth. We were also contacted by groupon but decided not to advertise with them.
The uswl website is now offering paid up untreated clients similar treatments elsewhere. We are potentially able to do treatments at our clinic on behalf of uswl although are unsure how to contact the relevant people. We may also have work available for qualified therapists in Plymouth.
We are unconnected to the now closed clinic and offer a much better service
I am happy to be contacted on
Energie fitness for women Plymouth
Www.effw.c.uk/Plymouth
So disgusted by what is happening to so many honest hard working people. Did a check on the company, they have changed their office twice and appointed a new Director Anthony Nickols:
Google search: Company number: 0782**** to get this company info:
04 Jul 2012 - [NEW!] Registered Office Changed On 04/07/2012 From
02 Jul 2012 - [NEW!] Director Appointed Mr Anthony Nickols
02 Jul 2012 - [NEW!] Appointment Terminated, Director Andrea Nickols
19 Jun 2012 - [NEW!] Registered Office Changed On 19/06/2012 From
28 Oct 2011 - NEWINCNEWINC Certificate Of Incorporation
Is it worth sending a letter recorded delivery to the 'current' registered office?
Centre City Tower, 7 Hill Street,
Birmingham, B5 4UA, United Kingdom?
Making it really hard for us to figure out what to do. Can't afford to lose this sort of money! How do we find the administrators?
I`m Therapist in one of the USWL clinics..Sorry, WAS....I am really sorry to hear about all of this... We have been informed about clinic closure and redundancy by message. *** people. Didn`t get my salary and now lose hope to get any money from them!
All this situation with double bookings and not answering the phone call is very bad...
1. The place for the treatment isn`t good at all..
2. Machine is very cheap... It`s not only broke down all the time...I think it isn`t working at all etc.
I worked for them 2 month and this was worst place I have ever worked. If they will re-open after 28 days no one will trust them any more!No one Therapist will want to work for them.
Hi wumi the best thing to do is write in to their head office stating you are intending to take legal action and put the case in the hands of a solicitor if u don't get ur money back within 7 days- then a second letter then a taking legal action letter. It was the only way I could get my refund xx god I feel for everyone having to deal with this I hope the nickols family get banged up for life.
Can anyone tell me what is really happening with USWL? I had just a one session and later got a text that their machine was bad, I went back and I was told the company has closed down after taking ΓΒ£179.00 from me. How do I get my money back.
i have used uswl and it did me fantastic wish i could have had more if they open again i will deff go again brill :)
Im a therapist from a USWL clinic I got made redundant through text on the 26th of June I feel sorry for us as therapist and all the clients that have got dragged in to this MESS its embarrassing for us as therapist to have to say we represented this company!! we all need to stick together seriously all go to watch dog and your local newspapers!!!! they owe me a whole months pay!!