As a previous customer of Life Test Atl I began receiving numerous calls in Jan offering me a complimentary scan myself & spouse if listened to presentation on benefits of scan packages they offer. Made appointment for Wed Jun 8 10:00 am. We arrived promptly asked to complete some forms which we did and by 10:15 we were escorted to an office for the
presentation.
Presentation began with picture of Neil Boortz and Royal Marshall local Atl radio personalities (whom we're familiar with) telling us only if Royal had been scanned perhaps he'd still be living today, he suffered heart attack at age 41. That Neil paid for his entire staff to be scanned. Then proceeded to tell us Cox Enterprises now requires all executives to be scanned every year. That this is the Gold Standard recommended by The American Cancer Society and American Heart Association.
My wife has 27 years of clinical experience with the most recent 10 in Oncology and knew this was a fabrication. They then wanted us to watch an Oprah video then another from Diane Sawyer. We said no thank you we understand what the benefits are since I'd previously had a heart scan. At this point they asked us to commit to $4,995 contract for scans every other year for 10 years. Explaining this to be an asset of our Estate. We declined and then the lady giving us the presentation left to get the "Clinical Director" Dan.
Dan came in and wanted to offer us a discounted price since we both work in healthcare of $2,995 we told him we'd discuss this with our physician and if appropriate we'd consider. The discounted price was only available today, again we declined. At this point it became clear to us they were attempting to prey on our fears and utilize high pressure tactics to close the sale. We said no thank you and would just like our complimentary heart scan.
Dan makes a comment just wait in the lobby if we don't kick you to the curb. We returned to the waiting room which now had 3 other people but was empty when we went to hear the presentation. After it was apparent that since we did not commit to their contract we were moved to end of the line. It's now 11:25am and we had made it very clear when we arrived that my wife had a business appointment at 12:00 and would need to leave by 11:30.
After my wife left without the scan I began inquiring with the office staff why i was not being taken for my scan. Dan comes out and i explain my dissatisfaction that since we did not sign their contract it was apparent we'd been moved to end of the line. My guess is this is another of their sleazy tactics to make it uncomfortable if you don't sign a contract so you'd leave. I told Dan i'm not putting up with their tactics and i'm leaving at which point he threatens to call the police if i don't leave immediately. It was clear he was frustrated that we saw through their sleazy high pressure sales tactics. Since we never received the promised scan and we listened to the presentation i consider that Life Test Atlanta breached the contract created.
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