Chris_H
Expert Member
So wait, she has a whole body with one leg injury and you use it as an excuse for laziness? Come on... my fiancé broke her back, leg and arm in a scooter accident and not even a year later she is back at gym.
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Help needed, Gym contract
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You need a lesson in manners. I would not call your wife damaged goods, so please don't dare calling my lady lazy. I don't Gym either. We work the whole flipping day, have a house to attend to and the list goes on. So take your snotty attitude somewhere else.
Chris_H
Expert Member
You need a lesson in manners. I would not call your wife damaged goods, so please don't dare calling my lady lazy. I don't Gym either. We work the whole flipping day, have a house to attend to and the list goes on. So take your snotty attitude somewhere else.
ok... bye
gregmcc
Honorary Master
+1
There is no way out of this no matter what the excuse. You signed you paid.
And don't even think about defaulting on payment - you will be black listed and then be in a world of ****.
Rather just pay up and then try and sell the contract to someone else.
sand_man
Honorary Master
Legally there no grounds for the contract to be cancelled but you need to appeal to the ethical and moral integrity of the gym's management.
In other words get the doctors letter explaining the injury and appeal to their sympathetic side. Offer to pay a cancellation fee of up to 3 months.
I would imagine that a gym trying to promote and protect its reputation would not want a disgruntled customer remaining on against their will..
In other words get the doctors letter explaining the injury and appeal to their sympathetic side. Offer to pay a cancellation fee of up to 3 months.
I would imagine that a gym trying to promote and protect its reputation would not want a disgruntled customer remaining on against their will..
hoegh
Expert Member
teraside, are you that stubborn that you can't clearly see that not one person here agree's with you on you idea of being able to get out of the contract? It is legally binding, all the requirements have been met for the contract to be valid and the gym is perfectly entitled to demand payment till the term is up, no excuses!
All the suggestions have been offered and the consequences easily explained but you continue to sit there saying "no but surely I can do this or that, its not fair!" Caveat Subscriptor - look it up...
All the suggestions have been offered and the consequences easily explained but you continue to sit there saying "no but surely I can do this or that, its not fair!" Caveat Subscriptor - look it up...
You're lucky tera - my gym's contract stated we were able to transfer it to someone else, but couldn't do that when we wanted - it also said we could "stop" for a month long period (payment & membership) when going on holiday, etc - couldn't do that either!
your GF doesn't have a leg to stand on though (no pun intended) so just try to pass the membership to someone else?
(unless they do what our gym did, and say "sorry you cant")
your GF doesn't have a leg to stand on though (no pun intended) so just try to pass the membership to someone else?
(unless they do what our gym did, and say "sorry you cant")Clearly you and the rest who keep on badgering me about this issue needs to go back to first grade. Seriously.
I asked if there could be a loophole in the contract. Sure, I fully admit to it 100%. Not once did I say I would not pay the account. Not once did I hint at the fact that my girlfriend is not indebted to the amount due etc. All I said was they gave her NO option to opt out of the contract, unless she sold it to someone else. This includes the fact that we can't pay the remainder of the year left on the contract. We can't cancel as no penalty amount is given.
Furthermore, I'm pissed because they deduct money from her account and have the audacity, not once, a few times to claim she has not paid? That is my peeve. Yes I would bloody hell like to give them the finger and tell them to buzz off, but I have a bit more backbone and basic responsibility as a young adult.
You're lucky tera - my gym's contract stated we were able to transfer it to someone else, but couldn't do that when we wanted - it also said we could "stop" for a month long period (payment & membership) when going on holiday, etc - couldn't do that either!
your GF doesn't have a leg to stand on though (no pun intended) so just try to pass the membership to someone else?
Thanks Keeper, in essence that's more inline what is happening with her contract.
Screw this, let the boys do with this discussion as they please, it's like trying to reason with flipping 3 year olds.
killadoob
Honorary Master
Tera have you quit smoking or something bud? You seem very agitated.
chill out man
chill out man
tera, I don't understand why they won't let you pay the remaining months as a once-off payment to end the contract. It's in their best interests to do so. Maybe sit down with the manager, explain that you're willing to make a once-off payment to end the contract and come to an agreeable figure (you could even ask for a discount - you're on the front foot in that situation). If he still says no then he's just a w@nker but you don't have much recourse I don't think.
But why pay the full amount to get out of the contract if you can pay the same amount, over a few months and still take advantage of what you're paying for? Makes more sense to just see out the contract month on month and still have the option to use the gym than paying once-off, being out of pocket and nothing to show for it. But obviously rectify the billing/payment problems. Must be a fixable issue that...
But why pay the full amount to get out of the contract if you can pay the same amount, over a few months and still take advantage of what you're paying for? Makes more sense to just see out the contract month on month and still have the option to use the gym than paying once-off, being out of pocket and nothing to show for it. But obviously rectify the billing/payment problems. Must be a fixable issue that...
Sensorei
Executive Member
If its Planet Fitness, they deduct from all members on 1 December the amount equivalent to a month's subscription as a yearly 'admin' fee. That could be the debit order you are referring to. In that case she has not paid then.
killadoob
Honorary Master
Yup it still works out far cheaper than virgin.
I think virgin active is like 350 a month, when planet fitness was open in randburg both me and my ex-chick used them for less than that.
So the admin is fine considering the saving and they do make sure you know about it. Pity it closed down here because 149 per person for gym was the business
. Obviously not good for their business.
