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Stamford gym refuses to refund murder victim's membership dues
STAMFORD, CT - A Glenbrook gym continued to draw money from a 2007 murder victim's bank account for almost two years after his death and is refusing to refund $400 to his mother.
Patricia Rowell, the mother of Gregory Rowell, said she had closed her son's Bank of America checking account after his murder Dec. 5, 2007, but said he also had a Wachovia bank account she was not aware of.
Gregory Rowell was found dead from a gunshot wound in his SUV in a parking lot near Myano Lane in December 2007. A 19-year-old, Hyshon Smith, is charged with his murder.
Planet Fitness at 316 Courtlandt Avenue continued to make regular withdrawals of about $15 per month for Gregory Rowell's gym membership from the Wachovia account. A woman who worked at Wachovia who knew Rowell, and knew of her son's death, saw the withdrawals on a monthly bank report and alerted Patricia Rowell to the withdrawals in October, Rowell said.
Rowell said when she iniitally spoke with a staff member at the gym and showed them her son's death certificate, they offered to refund the money, but then renegged.
"The girl said they'd refund, and after the manager calculated, they found out it was $401," Rowell said.
But then the local manager spoke with the gym's district manager, and Rowell got a call. The manager then said it was Rowell's fault for not alerting them, and offered her a six-month free membership, Rowell said.
"I told them to take their membership and shove it," she said.
A manager for the Planet Fitness branch, Josie, declined to give her last name and said she could not comment because member issues were confidential.
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Hard to notify someone when they are dead. What a bunch of cheap bastards for trying to hold on to every last dime ::)
This one is pretty much a slam dunk in court but also Planet Fitness will end up forking up even more for emotional distress. I'm sure her attorney will be licking his chops over this one
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FUCK SOCIETY GREEDY BASTARDS
ONE OUT OF 10 GETBIGGERS IS GENIOUS THE REST ARE SCUM BAGS
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I know of the Manager at that gym. He is Porto Rican and is no bueno! Fucking Scumbag!
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well, Planet Fitness knows world is full of lazy asses that will use any excuse not to work out. Here's a classic example of one. Glad PF is not giving in!!
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I think legally, they are okay here. This ain't their first rodeo when this happened, I'm sure.
however...If they had realized this story was going national, I bet they would have happily refunded the lousy $400.
They'll lose way more in bad PR.
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I think legally, they are okay here. This ain't their first rodeo when this happened, I'm sure.
however...If they had realized this story was going national, I bet they would have happily refunded the lousy $400.
They'll lose way more in bad PR.
yeah, how much is 400 anyway... worth emotional distress for the family?! and subconsequently very bad pr for the company...
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This one is pretty much a slam dunk in court but also Planet Fitness will end up forking up even more for emotional distress. I'm sure her attorney will be licking his chops over this one
this will not even go to court, they will settle it. ::)
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I know of the Manager at that gym. He is Porto Rican and is no bueno! Fucking Scumbag!
one of the worst races on the planet , along with east indians and arabs
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I know of the Manager at that gym. He is Porto Rican and is no bueno! Fucking Scumbag!
Whats his number? I'll get Tony Saprano on this.
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aren't they all individually owned franchises?
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Stamford gym refuses to refund murder victim's membership dues
STAMFORD, CT - A Glenbrook gym continued to draw money from a 2007 murder victim's bank account for almost two years after his death and is refusing to refund $400 to his mother.
Patricia Rowell, the mother of Gregory Rowell, said she had closed her son's Bank of America checking account after his murder Dec. 5, 2007, but said he also had a Wachovia bank account she was not aware of.
Gregory Rowell was found dead from a gunshot wound in his SUV in a parking lot near Myano Lane in December 2007. A 19-year-old, Hyshon Smith, is charged with his murder.
Planet Fitness at 316 Courtlandt Avenue continued to make regular withdrawals of about $15 per month for Gregory Rowell's gym membership from the Wachovia account. A woman who worked at Wachovia who knew Rowell, and knew of her son's death, saw the withdrawals on a monthly bank report and alerted Patricia Rowell to the withdrawals in October, Rowell said.
Rowell said when she iniitally spoke with a staff member at the gym and showed them her son's death certificate, they offered to refund the money, but then renegged.
"The girl said they'd refund, and after the manager calculated, they found out it was $401," Rowell said.
But then the local manager spoke with the gym's district manager, and Rowell got a call. The manager then said it was Rowell's fault for not alerting them, and offered her a six-month free membership, Rowell said.
"I told them to take their membership and shove it," she said.
A manager for the Planet Fitness branch, Josie, declined to give her last name and said she could not comment because member issues were confidential.
Epic post mortem ownage. He won't recover.
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just kill the exec who refused to give the refund, im sure this would influence future decisions.
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Here's a link to harass these corporate rapist douchebags...
https://www.planetfitness.com/ContactPF.aspx?clubid=10341 (https://www.planetfitness.com/ContactPF.aspx?clubid=10341)
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aren't they all individually owned franchises?
Medford, can't you get the Muffia to step in and do something about it ???
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omg! thats my old gym in my town!
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Here's a link to harass these corporate rapist douchebags...
https://www.planetfitness.com/ContactPF.aspx?clubid=10341 (https://www.planetfitness.com/ContactPF.aspx?clubid=10341)
If they had a Forum, we'd go trash that fucker!
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omg! thats my old gym in my town!
Did you have a post work out shake every time you worked out there?
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They offered her a 6 month membership as compensation? ???.
In an internet era the PR damage they will incur outweighs the cost of the refund.
Hyshon Smith? ::). ....the race for the stupidest names imaginable continues
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http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_13861343 (http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_13861343)
Apparently somebody woke up and Planet Fitness will refund the money. Glad to see the backlash worked ;D Fuckin corporate assholes...
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A YouTube tribute video to the victim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBBm2tUNK_c
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http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_13861343 (http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_13861343)
Apparently somebody woke up and Planet Fitness will refund the money. Glad to see the backlash worked ;D Fuckin corporate assholes...
Indeed.
Here's the latest:
Late Tuesday, Planet Fitness spokesman John Craig contacted The Advocate and said the matter had been mishandled, and a refund will be issued.
"We deeply regret the resolution by our club operator," Craig said. "We want to express our heartfelt sympathies for Mrs. Rowell. We will fully reimburse for the dues withdrawn from her son Gregory's account.
"This really should have been handled better."
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so media ran story. then Planet Fitness decided to pay?
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Its a business for fucks sake - not a charity organisation deal with it.
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Its a business for fucks sake - not a charity organisation deal with it.
Taking money from dead people is a legitimate business practice? Damn... I should have gone into grave robbing YEARS ago, with all that jewelry people are buried with... I'll just get the dude in my avatar to dig em up and pay him in Babe Ruth bars. If anyone questions me, I'll offer them the option of a free burial plot for 6 months... but NO WAY they are getting that jewelry back. :-X
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http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_13861343 (http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_13861343)
Apparently somebody woke up and Planet Fitness will refund the money. Glad to see the backlash worked ;D Fuckin corporate assholes...
Good to hear.
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What's the difference between Planet Fitness and a Hooker?
A hooker stops fucking you when you're dead!
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Taking money from dead people is a legitimate business practice? Damn... I should have gone into grave robbing YEARS ago, with all that jewelry people are buried with... I'll just get the dude in my avatar to dig em up and pay him in Babe Ruth bars. If anyone questions me, I'll offer them the option of a free burial plot for 6 months... but NO WAY they are getting that jewelry back. :-X
You are missing the point - its not their responsibility to find out if every member that signs up and then decides not to come to the gym anymore is in fact alife.
Hell every gym has loads of members that sign up 01. Jan every year and never come back after their first workout - Gyms make most of their money with gym tourists.
I mean what do you suggest - they call every member that hasn't signed in after 2 weeks? It was the responsibility of the relatives to make sure that they call the gym the banks and other business of the person that died.
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They did... the problem was this dude had a bank account that nobody new about. The point is this franchise manager/owner/dick should have refunded the money when provided with proof of this guys death... not offer a 6 month membership. I guess you can't expect much cause he's Puerto Rican... worse than the "You no look! You BUY!!!" asians at convenience stores... ;D
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You are missing the point - its not their responsibility to find out if every member that signs up and then decides not to come to the gym anymore is in fact alife.
Hell every gym has loads of members that sign up 01. Jan every year and never come back after their first workout - Gyms make most of their money with gym tourists.
They did... the problem was this dude had a bank account that nobody new about. The point is this franchise manager/owner/dick should have refunded the money when provided with proof of this guys death
The point is NOT how the gym continued to withdraw money from his account after he was dead.
The issue here, and has apparently now been resolved, is how the situation was handled ONCE KNOWN the person was dead.
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I wonder if the managers who were responsible for handling this situation were disciplined at all.
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Did he sign a contract, or was it month-to-month? If, say, a 2-year contract was signed, unless there was a "death" clause in there somewhere, he or his estate would still be responsible for the balance of the contract.
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Why did Hyshon murder Gregory?
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What's the difference between Planet Fitness and a Hooker?
A hooker stops fucking you when you're dead!
;D ;D
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Did you have a post work out shake every time you worked out there?
in my car after the workout
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They did... the problem was this dude had a bank account that nobody new about. The point is this franchise manager/owner/dick should have refunded the money when provided with proof of this guys death... not offer a 6 month membership. I guess you can't expect much cause he's Puerto Rican... worse than the "You no look! You BUY!!!" asians at convenience stores... ;D
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Taking money from dead people is a legitimate business practice?
The government does it all the time...via estate taxes...just ask Joe Robbie's family.