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Good. The industry has a long history of deceptive practices. ABC Financial serves as the merchant processor and membership management for many gyms. They make
by treyfitty 7y ago
Good. The industry has a long history of deceptive practices. ABC Financial serves as the merchant processor and membership management for many gyms. They make it onerous to cancel memberships.
And then there’s Town Sports International (NYSC). They locked me in a lifetime membership for $49.99/m which sounded great 10 years ago. Every year, this increased 5% as a “service charge.” Fine, it was still a good price 7 years later. Then, they reneged and started charging me $80/m saying the old deal was no longer valid and when I disputed they said “well, pull up the agreement.” Damn, fine, I’ll pay $80. I finally canceled last month when they changed my main gym to “elite” status and have been charging me $120/m for 3 months without any indication. On top of that, they’ve been charging $20 for every “declined” transaction for those 3 months. Canceling was a nightmare in itself and I still fear they might do something stupid like send a bill that doesn’t exist to collections. They just look for any way to milk money from customers- even charging members while all gyms are closed: https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-new-york-gym-memberships-sports-clubs-1494650 https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-new-york-gym-membership...
They’re scumbags and hope their day of reckoning comes.