Re: what happens if you can't afford a weigh-in one week?

January 20, 2004

Yes, you have to pay for your missed meeting.

Kris

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From: serenityHS@...

Hi,

I'm am clean out of money and I haven't been able to weigh in this week. Do

they penalize you?

Deb

January 21, 2004

It depends on how you're set up. In Cali, we have 2 programs you can sign up

under. We have the one where we pay $10.95 each week, we get 3 free miss passes

every 26 weeks. So if you use 3 and then the 4th one you can't afford, then you

would have to pay for that missed meeting. The other one is where you have to

go at least once a month (or once every 3 weeks), that one is $14 I believe.

That one you don't have to pay for missed meetings. It's a convenience for folks

who may not be able to make every week, but don't want to be penalized for not

being able to make every week.

I know many states have just one program, where you have to go every week and

then have to pay for missed meetings. I *don't* believe that those states have

any missed meeting options, but I'm not 100% sure.

But either call WW or go to the website and enter your zip code.

Then it will describe the meeting options you have in your area and if there are

options for missing meetings and not having to pay.

But if there is no option to be able to skip a meeting and not pay, then when

you go next time, they'll collect that weeks meeting fee, plus the meeting

fee(s) of the weeks you missed.

serenityHS@... wrote:

Hi,

I'm am clean out of money and I haven't been able to weigh in this week. Do

they penalize you?

Deb

January 21, 2004

That sounds great Gymmie. Here in NJ there is no missed meeting options.

Miss a meeting - pay

the missed meeting fee. If you miss two or more weeks though, its'

cheaper to rejoin....

Mitch

*~*Gymmie*~* wrote:

>It depends on how you're set up. In Cali, we have 2 programs you can sign up

under. We have the one where we pay $10.95 each week, we get 3 free miss passes

every 26 weeks. So if you use 3 and then the 4th one you can't afford, then you

would have to pay for that missed meeting. The other one is where you have to

go at least once a month (or once every 3 weeks), that one is $14 I believe.

That one you don't have to pay for missed meetings. It's a convenience for folks

who may not be able to make every week, but don't want to be penalized for not

being able to make every week.

>

>I know many states have just one program, where you have to go every week and

then have to pay for missed meetings. I *don't* believe that those states have

any missed meeting options, but I'm not 100% sure.

>

>But either call WW or go to the website and enter your zip code.

Then it will describe the meeting options you have in your area and if there are

options for missing meetings and not having to pay.

>

>But if there is no option to be able to skip a meeting and not pay, then when

you go next time, they'll collect that weeks meeting fee, plus the meeting

fee(s) of the weeks you missed.

>

>serenityHS@... wrote:

>Hi,

>I'm am clean out of money and I haven't been able to weigh in this week. Do

>they penalize you?

>

>Deb

>

January 21, 2004

That sounds great Gymmie. Here in NJ there is no missed meeting options.

Miss a meeting - pay

the missed meeting fee. If you miss two or more weeks though, its'

cheaper to rejoin....

Mitch

*~*Gymmie*~* wrote:

>It depends on how you're set up. In Cali, we have 2 programs you can sign up

under. We have the one where we pay $10.95 each week, we get 3 free miss passes

every 26 weeks. So if you use 3 and then the 4th one you can't afford, then you

would have to pay for that missed meeting. The other one is where you have to

go at least once a month (or once every 3 weeks), that one is $14 I believe.

That one you don't have to pay for missed meetings. It's a convenience for folks

who may not be able to make every week, but don't want to be penalized for not

being able to make every week.

>

>I know many states have just one program, where you have to go every week and

then have to pay for missed meetings. I *don't* believe that those states have

any missed meeting options, but I'm not 100% sure.

>

>But either call WW or go to the website and enter your zip code.

Then it will describe the meeting options you have in your area and if there are

options for missing meetings and not having to pay.

>

>But if there is no option to be able to skip a meeting and not pay, then when

you go next time, they'll collect that weeks meeting fee, plus the meeting

fee(s) of the weeks you missed.

>

>serenityHS@... wrote:

>Hi,

>I'm am clean out of money and I haven't been able to weigh in this week. Do

>they penalize you?

>

>Deb

>

January 21, 2004

That sounds great Gymmie. Here in NJ there is no missed meeting options.

Miss a meeting - pay

the missed meeting fee. If you miss two or more weeks though, its'

cheaper to rejoin....

Mitch

*~*Gymmie*~* wrote:

>It depends on how you're set up. In Cali, we have 2 programs you can sign up

under. We have the one where we pay $10.95 each week, we get 3 free miss passes

every 26 weeks. So if you use 3 and then the 4th one you can't afford, then you

would have to pay for that missed meeting. The other one is where you have to

go at least once a month (or once every 3 weeks), that one is $14 I believe.

That one you don't have to pay for missed meetings. It's a convenience for folks

who may not be able to make every week, but don't want to be penalized for not

being able to make every week.

>

>I know many states have just one program, where you have to go every week and

then have to pay for missed meetings. I *don't* believe that those states have

any missed meeting options, but I'm not 100% sure.

>

>But either call WW or go to the website and enter your zip code.

Then it will describe the meeting options you have in your area and if there are

options for missing meetings and not having to pay.

>

>But if there is no option to be able to skip a meeting and not pay, then when

you go next time, they'll collect that weeks meeting fee, plus the meeting

fee(s) of the weeks you missed.

>

>serenityHS@... wrote:

>Hi,

>I'm am clean out of money and I haven't been able to weigh in this week. Do

>they penalize you?

>

>Deb

>

January 21, 2004

Hi, I haven't posted yet or introduced myself, have been trying to

catch the feel of the group...

I joined WW end of Sept, the last week of free registration. I

joined under the plan that one could miss up to three meetings

without having to pay. My weekly fee is 9.95. I missed a meeting in

Oct when I drove to VA and met my son's ship return from the Gulf.

Then I missed another meeting in November when another son was very

very ill in the hospital and I wouldn't leave his room (the previous

week I had weighed in and then left to bring him home from hospital

but there was a terrible complication and alas, he was returned to

ICU that evening), then in December I missed another meeting when

Army daughter was home on leave and we went Christmas shopping in

another town and got lost and didn't get back in time, then another

meeting after it had rained freezing ice and I slipped on ice on

stairs decided I'd better just go home and not venture out, missed

another meeting when a co-worker called in sick and I had to close

the clinic and by then I figure whew, am I going to owe a lot of

dollars. Well, this month is free registration so I just rejoined!!

(I was unable to go to any other meetings due to work schedule and

home health nursing hours for my son who requires 24 hour care)

So hopefully no more hosital stays (was in a total of 6 weeks

between two hospital stays Oct-Dec)!

Lynn

244/206/and no idea what goal I'm suppose to have

Mitch Javeline <mitch@p...> wrote:

> That sounds great Gymmie. Here in NJ there is no missed meeting

options. Miss a meeting - pay the missed meeting fee. If you miss two

or more weeks though, its' cheaper to rejoin....

>

> Mitch

>

January 21, 2004