Comments on: Do Not Sign Any Gym Contract Before You Read This http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/ Be Strong. Be Fit. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:09:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jessica http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-9702 jessica Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:31:26 +0000 http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-9702 hi...im looking for a gym...so i can live healty.. but, after i read the blogs.. im afraid to commit to the gym...just in case i have leave tha country or cannot cope with with my work.. at the moment im quite free... i checked out celebrity fitness...long time ago.. it was the exact words as the lady on earlier blog said... wow! it is pure sales man technique... i don wan to b chaeted... hi…im looking for a gym…so i can live healty..
but, after i read the blogs..
im afraid to commit to the gym…just in case i have leave tha country or cannot cope with with my work..
at the moment im quite free…
i checked out celebrity fitness…long time ago..
it was the exact words as the lady on earlier blog said…
wow! it is pure sales man technique…
i don wan to b chaeted…

]]> By: Qhairyl http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-9331 Qhairyl Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:51:20 +0000 http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-9331 What's up mun? I have a problem with one of the gym that my parents had signed up for membership. A year ago my dad bought a membership and the sales person convinced my dad to invite my mom to join along. but knowing my mum, she is the kinda person who lose interest easily after some time. So the ONLY reason my mum agreed to sign is because the sale person say that "YOU CAN TRANSFER YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO YOUR SON". So, they bought the membership with 3 year contract which the credit card company had fully paid to the gym. Within the first year my mum only went to the gym twice! My dad got fed up and asks the gym to transfer it to me. Surprisingly, the management said that THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "TRANSFER" YOUR MEMBERSHIP !! We got so pissed off, and the saleperson that sold us the membership had quit long time ago. What should i do? Its a really waste of money, and felt like we have been cheated by the gym and the sweet talk of their employees. I think since u have a great blog here, u should warn your readers about not to sign up to gym that gives contract like this one. they don't care bout the customers anymore because they already got paid from the credit card company! Should i mention the gym name? I'm so pissed off. What’s up mun? I have a problem with one of the gym that my parents had signed up for membership. A year ago my dad bought a membership and the sales person convinced my dad to invite my mom to join along. but knowing my mum, she is the kinda person who lose interest easily after some time. So the ONLY reason my mum agreed to sign is because the sale person say that “YOU CAN TRANSFER YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO YOUR SON”.

So, they bought the membership with 3 year contract which the credit card company had fully paid to the gym. Within the first year my mum only went to the gym twice! My dad got fed up and asks the gym to transfer it to me. Surprisingly, the management said that THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “TRANSFER” YOUR MEMBERSHIP !! We got so pissed off, and the saleperson that sold us the membership had quit long time ago.

What should i do? Its a really waste of money, and felt like we have been cheated by the gym and the sweet talk of their employees. I think since u have a great blog here, u should warn your readers about not to sign up to gym that gives contract like this one. they don’t care bout the customers anymore because they already got paid from the credit card company! Should i mention the gym name? I’m so pissed off.

]]> By: thomas shepard http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7271 thomas shepard Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:07:47 +0000 http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7271 To Kim (and everyone else too): Where do you live? Check the laws in your state. You might find something useful. I live in California and am currently very disappointed because I want to join what is obviously the finest club I have ever seen. It's called LifeStyleRX. Unfortunately, they have just one very huge flaw, their contract, which, like most fitness-center contracts, as outrageously onerous, is also blatantly illegal in California. Unfortunately, I can't get them to negotiate with me, as they are blissfully ignorant of the fact that their contract is illegal. The management and staff there are evidently highly qualified technically, very friendly, but regrettably unable, it seems, to read. I am very glad I did not sign before reading the fine print, but also very sorry that I cannot do business with this otherwise fine establishment. Actually, the facility is so nice, that I am seriously considering hiring an attorney at my own cost just to try to talk some sense into these folks so that maybe we can work something out. Anyway, back to the original point. If you live in California, take a look at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=civ&group=01001-02000&file=1812.80-1812.98 It gives the consumer many rights and remedies and applies, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACT. You owe it to yourself to check into the laws in your own state. Example from LifeStyleRX: Contract states right to cancel within 3 days. That turns out to be FALSE. CA law dictates 30 - 45 days for this contract (depends on value of contract and in no case is ever less than 5 days). This just scratches the surface. If you email me, remove the letters "NOSPAM" from the email address I listed. To Kim (and everyone else too):

Where do you live? Check the laws in your state. You might find something useful.

I live in California and am currently very disappointed because I want to join what is obviously the finest club I have ever seen. It’s called LifeStyleRX. Unfortunately, they have just one very huge flaw, their contract, which, like most fitness-center contracts, as outrageously onerous, is also blatantly illegal in California. Unfortunately, I can’t get them to negotiate with me, as they are blissfully ignorant of the fact that their contract is illegal. The management and staff there are evidently highly qualified technically, very friendly, but regrettably unable, it seems, to read.

I am very glad I did not sign before reading the fine print, but also very sorry that I cannot do business with this otherwise fine establishment. Actually, the facility is so nice, that I am seriously considering hiring an attorney at my own cost just to try to talk some sense into these folks so that maybe we can work something out.

Anyway, back to the original point. If you live in California, take a look at
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=civ&group=01001-02000&file=1812.80-1812.98
It gives the consumer many rights and remedies and applies, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACT. You owe it to yourself to check into the laws in your own state.

Example from LifeStyleRX:
Contract states right to cancel within 3 days. That turns out to be FALSE. CA law dictates 30 – 45 days for this contract (depends on value of contract and in no case is ever less than 5 days). This just scratches the surface.

If you email me, remove the letters “NOSPAM” from the email address I listed.

]]> By: kim safford http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7243 kim safford Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:35:47 +0000 http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7243 I got a call from the gym manager saying that if i'm not a member at their gym I can't use my personal training there and she wants me to sign a 2 yr contract to become a member when I told her no she got an attitude saying " Just come up here to the party that we are having tonight and we can talk about it because you really do need to become a member before you can use our gym." What's the next step I need to take... I got a call from the gym manager saying that if i’m not a member at their gym I can’t use my personal training there and she wants me to sign a 2 yr contract to become a member when I told her no she got an attitude saying ” Just come up here to the party that we are having tonight and we can talk about it because you really do need to become a member before you can use our gym.” What’s the next step I need to take…

]]> By: kim safford http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7233 kim safford Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:14:00 +0000 http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7233 Ok what you are saying i can transfer to someone else that is cheaper and get my price reduced because every time i call to the gym the trainer will not talk to me for some reason it's like he can't just say I Got Cha I don't know but I was trying to talk to him to see if I could change my contract to just 1 day a week but he never returned my phone call. I really don't have $280.00 a month to give no one so I guess they will be sending me to the collection agency because the transaction their trying to take now is still pending because I don't have any money in the bank. My credit is already messed up from school loans and credit cards. Ok what you are saying i can transfer to someone else that is cheaper and get my price reduced because every time i call to the gym the trainer will not talk to me for some reason it’s like he can’t just say I Got Cha I don’t know but I was trying to talk to him to see if I could change my contract to just 1 day a week but he never returned my phone call. I really don’t have $280.00 a month to give no one so I guess they will be sending me to the collection agency because the transaction their trying to take now is still pending because I don’t have any money in the bank. My credit is already messed up from school loans and credit cards.

]]> By: Mun http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7230 Mun Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:26:03 +0000 http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7230 <b>To kim</b>: It look as if you are bound by the contract. I suggest you to talk to the sales person/personal trainer nicely and see what they have to say. Explore the possibility of selling to others (by transferring your membership). Talk to friends who have joined the same gym and see whether they have known anyone in the similar situation like yours. To kim: It look as if you are bound by the contract. I suggest you to talk to the sales person/personal trainer nicely and see what they have to say. Explore the possibility of selling to others (by transferring your membership).

Talk to friends who have joined the same gym and see whether they have known anyone in the similar situation like yours.

]]> By: kim safford http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7229 kim safford Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:07:40 +0000 http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7229 yes, but it states that if u choose to cancell u have to do it within 3 days, and if u are a person like me all those days are taken. I am a full time student , have a full time job and 2 children so i really didn't have time to read until that third day late that night. when i realized what i had signed i tryed calling that morning to the gym but the trainer would not return my call that was the same day he wanted me to come in but i cancelled then i called the 1800 number and they told me to call the personal trainer but he will not return my call. is there a law for this because i was really mislead the way he told me is that i would not have to pay unless i attended but when i read a couple of days later i read other wise. Please tell me what can be done if any thing. yes, but it states that if u choose to cancell u have to do it within 3 days, and if u are a person like me all those days are taken. I am a full time student , have a full time job and 2 children so i really didn’t have time to read until that third day late that night. when i realized what i had signed i tryed calling that morning to the gym but the trainer would not return my call that was the same day he wanted me to come in but i cancelled then i called the 1800 number and they told me to call the personal trainer but he will not return my call. is there a law for this because i was really mislead the way he told me is that i would not have to pay unless i attended but when i read a couple of days later i read other wise. Please tell me what can be done if any thing.

]]> By: Mun http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7221 Mun Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:21:00 +0000 http://munfitnessblog.com/dont-sign-your-gym-contract-before-you-read-this/#comment-7221 <b>Hi kim safford:</b> Check whether it comes with any 30 day full or partial refund clause. Hi kim safford: Check whether it comes with any 30 day full or partial refund clause.

]]>