Complaint Review: Camp Shane

Unfortunately, childhood obesity is on the rise.  Many families are struggling to keep their children from becoming overweight and healthy.  I enrolled my child to this camp, hoping they would help her lose weight.  Instead, I lost money from my account.  The " so called" business owes me $2, 378. 00.  They charged me and took money from my account , even though my child was no longer enrolled at the camp.  My daugther completed the first and second sessions of the camp.  She did not go to the third session of the camp.  They still had my account information and charged money from my account.  Thinking that this was just an honest mistake, I called and notified them about what had happened.  Well, this is when greed and dishonesty from David Ettenberg and Isaac Bryant, the Bookkeeper , kicked in.  Instead of doing  proper and honest business activies, these men lied to keep my money.  They lied and said I extended to session 3, and that they do not make refunds.  Confused, I assured them that my daughter was home before session 3 started and that I never extended to session 3.  I also reminded them to look at that thing called a "contract" and tell me what did they see.  I was told that does not matter to them.  I asked to speak with the owner, David Ettenberg who I thought would be eager to resolve the issue.  Well, suprisedly, Mr Ettenberg has been going along with the lie that I extended my daughter to session 3.  He has told several lies to the point where he has made up information and sent it to Better Business Bureau( of course, I have filed this information to them).  My mouth dropped when I read the information , Mr. Ettenberg, supplied to BBB.  It was all lies.  This man lied in order to keep my money.

Also, my child's 10lb  weight loss was short-lived.  She regained the weight really soon.  Let me explain why.  Well, the program is a failure.   Don't send your children to this camp.  When my child attended this camp, it was staffed only with undergraduate college students who had not even finished school; this includes the dietician (not licensed) and fitness trainers.  Unfortunately, a lot of bad eating habits are related to psychological problems.  Well, my child did not receive any psychological therapy here, because it was not offered.  Thus, I would like to advise people to avoid sending your children to Camp Shane.  Camp Shane/David Ettenberg is not above sneaking money from your bank account.  Moreover,  Camp Shane offers incompetent services to help your child maintain weight loss to become healthy.

Lastly, those reviews on Camp Shane's website cannot be trusted.  Do your own research.