GNC

Came by on Sunday at 10am still closed even though they open at 10 and their ‘Open’ sign was turned on. Came back during my lunch around 3:20pm, still closed. Call them and they stated they were open. I mentioned the door was locked they told me it would be 15 minutes for them to unlock it. Sooo not cool

Methinks not is absolutely right.
This place is the absolute worst GNC I have ever dealt with. For one, because they are apparently not a corporate store but a franchise, they are able to tap dance around the system and do their own things which are not beneficial at all to the clients.
They never list the sale prices correctly, and you have to call them out on it, often times making me feel like I am haggling at a flea market rather than in a major international store. They try to take advantage of people who do not know that these products go on sale just about every other week and try to get people to naively pay full price, I guess because everyone in the Gold Coast is so rich (?)
They also do not honor the online prices at all, this is one of the only stores that doesn’t do so.
I am purposely going to go out of my way to avoid this particular location from now on.

You would wonder where those Jersey shore trash look-​like work at? GNC!!!
They would spend time flirting with one girl customer and let other customers in line waiting and don’t give a ****
They would get pissed if you correct what they did wasn’t correct and give you a piece of their mind.

I have VERY mixed feelings about this place. In my head I keep thinking «on the ONE hand this… but on the OTHER hand that… BUT there was this… but also that…»
Apparently, all GNC’s are not corporately owned and so sometimes they can bend the rules. I went into a GNC 1 day after the «Gold Card» sale time was over and the location on Division wouldn’t give me the Gold Card price. So called the one on Chicago Ave. which DID give me the gold card price. I asked the employee for his name so I could quote him in case of an issue when I got in there. He gave me his name but then said «but you can call me Lavender»…ooookkkkaaayyy.
I get in there and ask for the product I need. He says to me, «you shouldn’t get that because it’s bad for you.» VERY odd for an employee who is about to make a sale… and they carry it in their store… and I didn’t recall asking his opinion. I then verify he is the employee who will honor the Gold Card discount a few days late and he says «only if you can remember my name»…I repeat his name and he pushes it by saying «what’s my other name?» …forcing me to repeat «Lavender.» I received the deal.
I left totally shaking my head… I was pleased I got the deal, grossed out that he was making me call him Lavender… and pissed off he gave me rude unsolicited advice about my purchase.
It’s walking distance from my apartment and I’d rather get in my car and drive to a different GNC.

I would have to rate my experience with Steve, the sales associate, at this location to be one of the most helpful and knowledgeable interactions with a GNC or any vitamin/​supplement store rep that I’ve ever had.
Steve was very knowledgeable about vegan supplements, muscle production, and athletic performance plans. He talked me down into purchasing a high end product knowing that my body would need to work itself up to a certain level of performance.
Not only that, but as a queer athlete, Steve was very inclusive of his use of pronouns and was not condescending to the women in the store as I’ve observed other GNC or fitness trainers to be.

Another GNC, fairly similar to the rest, being a pretty consistent franchise. Nice location in a strip of retail chains just west of Michigan Ave in what seems to be a historic old interesting apartment building. I was motivated to come to this one by the Groupon GNC deal, which was apparently confusing since although several stores were listed i did not show up on the printed list. Worker was nice enough and helped find what I needed. Basic stuff.