BBB prompts caution when signing gym contracts
People go to fitness centers to get healthy, but too often they may also be getting swindled. According to the Better Business Bureau, around 9,400 complaints were filed last year against fitness experts, fitness centers and health clubs. That is 15 percent higher than in the previous year. But there are things you can search for and things you can do to keep away from being taken to the cleaners. Article source: get additional information located at each of our webpage!
Health clubs doing very well
It makes a ton of sense that fitness centers and health clubs are ready to take your business as soon as the new year begins considering some of the common New Year's resolutions that people make.
Reality sinks in pretty fast when the New Year’s promises set in. The reality sinks in and people lose interest later on. It could be really hard to get the charges to stop coming and to get out of an agreement whenever you finally realize you are never going to head out there.
Do not sign up without homework
Before you agree to anything and sign up for a gym or club, you should do just a little research. Determine if it is normally kept clean and if it has anything you can want. You will want to look into the facility by going to Angie’s List or the BBB’s site.
Contract to read
The largest amount of grievances logged by the BBB targeted contract issues, with customers often being promised things by sales people that were not backed up by the agreements they are pressured to sign.
According to a BBB spokeswoman, "The biggest complaints that we get are people who sign the contract, and they didn't read it. So what the sales person told them and what the contract says are two different things."
Make sure you read your contract very well before signing and do not sign if you are feeling a ton of pressure. Tell them that you will not sign if they do not stop pressuring you, and keep reading on. If you do not like anything, let them know.
Saying farewell to contract
Also, ask them for a duplicate of the facility's cancellation policy, on paper. If it asks you to jump through too many hoops before it stops taking your cash, you might like to look elsewhere.
There was one man named John Stark who could not get the gym to stop charging him $200 a month for a membership. He canceled his yearly member, but apparently it becomes a month to month contract unless you send a letter to the office in California opting out of it, according to Forbes.
Make sure you keep all the paperwork after you take the plunge and sign an agreement just in case there are disputes later.
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Prescott News
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