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This was a gym, Lifetime Fitness to be exact. I was hoping to go to court over it, but they dropped their collection effort. Admittedly I could have jumped th
by phil21 9y ago
This was a gym, Lifetime Fitness to be exact. I was hoping to go to court over it, but they dropped their collection effort.
Admittedly I could have jumped through their hoops, but I was out of the country at the time and I'm the cut off my nose to spite my face type of person when it comes to companies pulling this type of bullshit. I refuse to jump their their hoops. Started off just wanting to cancel for 6-9 months until I returned to town, but they made the process so amazingly difficult I will never give another gym a dime of business. "Cancel gym membership in person scheduled weeks in advance" is not on most folks list of things to do prior to leaving town unexpectedly.
I did find it amusing the Amex CSR basically told me to book an international flight home to resolve the issue (which amounted to $100/mo or somesuch). I was honestly flabbergasting at the support they gave the merchant, having been an Amex merchant in the past. The vendor must have some strong notes attached to it for me to get so much pushback.
- URSpider94 9y agoAmEx likely did this because gyms have lawyers that will win the chargeback cases. They'll just FAX over a copy of the contract with your signature on it. Thus, AmEx will end up eating the administrative cost of the chargeback. You are not the first, not even the ten thousandth, person to try to get out of a gym contract by using the chargeback process.