Warning about jillianmichaels.com

This is a pretty standard scam technique, so shame on her for using it. In the past it was used to sell supplements and the like for well over the odds, with a very lengthy and costly cancellation process to put people off doing it.

If you're in the UK and caught out by this, remember your bank can cancel your card and put a stop on the payment so they can't get at your money.

Wow, what a rip-off! I cancelled the day before the first week was up, didn't think it was worth it and was not charge a penny. I think I signed up using pay-pal so I cancelled the auto-billing and never did pay a cent.

Hope they refund you what you should get back, that's baloney!

yeah from the woman who says (Jillian) she doesn't believe in cleanses or detoxes but sells both with her picture on them.... so yeah!

I like Jillian in general. I liked Biggest Loser even with all the product placement and bad editing. I use a Bodymedia Fit, I listen to her podcasts and I just started Body Revolution. Sure shes gotta take some of the blame for crappy products she endorses but I doubt she as a person set up the site to scam people. She does seem to be a trainer and she knows shes famous enough to make money off it. I doubt shed be pleased to know people are getting ripped off joining her site. You should try and let her know outside of the site which she may not run,

Having defended her, because she gives mostly sound advice.... you are free to pick and choose what parts of it to follow. Some of what she recommends may not work for you in your situation at all.

Its strange to me to see people on this thread painting her as a villain as if everything she does is terrible because its not the case at all. She recommends if youre trying to lose weight you eat 1200-1600 calories a day, you do efficient workouts, and you address the reasons you got fat in the first place.

Thanks for posting the warning that her site does that to you so we can avoid joining and losing money, but I wouldnt dismiss her entirely because you would be missing some great insights and advice from her if you did.

I am so so thankful for each and every one of you, I decided to sign up and then when I went to cancel it.....I wanted to do it today (same day I signed up) so I could try the site out and if I didnt like it I wouldnt have to pay for it. So I signed up and couldnt find a cancel thing so I looked up how to do it and this was the FIRST thing that popped up. I cant afford random 50-80 dollar charges on my card so I called them and did it over the phone. Thank you for saving me time, and money also allowing me to know Ill be able to pay my bills next month...no more signing up for stuff without reading the fine print.

I wish I'd searched it before I signed up for the 2 weeks free trial, I emailed to cancel today 5 days after initial sign-up and cancelled pre-payments:huh: on paypal... I hope I won't get charged. Will keep you posted. Very clever tactic indeed, if you want to scam people. It is a shame I used to like her and think highly of her, after browsing her website and having bought a couple of her DVDs, I thought I'd try her app. Being billed $4 a week is very different to being billed $52 at once, on my account anyway, I don't always have this sort of money, times are hard at the moment. Shame on Jillian, disappointed customer. :mad:

Hi, this is all true. However; in my opinion the cancellation process should be more straight forward. There's no simple cancellation process, cancellation button, cancellation form on the website. I would not phone US as the call from here (UK) would probably equal the fee of membership, can email be dealt with efficiently within a few hours or a day? Maybe. I do understand we live in times, where we have to be alert at all times if we are to look after our earnings, we should read the small print and T&Cs, but why should people resort to cancellation of cards and direct debits in fear that they membership won't be cancelled directly at jillianmichaels.com? There sure is a smart catch! I like Jillian, her website, her videos and programmes, in many aspects she seems a great person that you don't expect: "Sorry Winnetou, business is business".

so glad I did a search on here. I was really thinking about joining to see if she could really motivate me with a plan to lose weight..after all , she is so famous on tv and has so many dvds.. but after reading all the negative comments.. I will just stay here and use good ole Fitness Pal which I love.

I keep getting charged, I have 6 charges total! Jillian Micheals is a SCAM! I have talked to them twice and now she is blocked by my credit card company because they continue to take money out of my account. I told them I would tell EVERYONE I know