taking advantage
Family members of a developmentally disabled 49-year-old man told 6 News in Indianapolis that two men from
Bally Total Fitness showed up at the man's apartment,
drove him to a Bally location at Pike Plaza, and signed him up to a monthly membership. When the man's family asked Bally to invalidate the agreement, the gym refused.
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ripoffs
Reader Jordan writes in to share a past due "bill" that he received from
Bally Total Fitness, where he had previously been a member. It turns out that the letter, which specified the amount Jordan owed and threatened to report Jordan to a collection agency if he didn't pay, was actually a sneaky solicitation to get him to renew his contract.
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bally
Chanda signed up for a month-to-month membership at a Bally Total Fitness in Montclair, California, but when things went wrong—as they frequently do with this company—Chanda found himself signed up for a 3-year agreement. Their proof? An unsigned contract that doesn't look like the one he was given.
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sinking ship
Chicago-based
Bally Total Fitness is out of shape financially—they just filed chapter 11 bankruptcy after struggling to attract new members.
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complaints
The following is reader David's consumerist report on how Crunch Gym stole from his bank account and how he made the bastards pay, a process akin to squeezing sweat from a stone.
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