Gym Membership question

[BIG DUB]

 Previous gym was giving me the run-a-round about renewing with my old deal. Went to the new gym up the road and signed up for a 1 year special through my job. Looked at the contract and saw the guy had the contract ending in 2009. It's signed.. and i paid in full.. Do they have a case if they catch the error? I'm not telling them.

[StillTippin]

Does it say what month in 2009 or anything more specific like that?

[Monster_Everything]

fuck teh man , good for you

[Pollux]

You came out on top. 

[BIG DUB]

Yep,  I did it today. I just went in to look around actually, liked the place and did it. Comes out to be about 10.00/month. Full free weight area, cardio out the ass, full court b-ball, masseuse, opens early closes late..

Does it say what month in 2009 or anything more specific like that?

[flexingtonsteele]

sounds like you got over to me bro. U must be a jew?

[HowieW]

Yep,  I did it today. I just went in to look around actually, liked the place and did it. Comes out to be about 10.00/month. Full free weight area, cardio out the ass, full court b-ball, masseuse, opens early closes late..

Does "cardio out the ass" = "passing gas is allowed only on cardio equipment"

Sounds like you got a deal. Trust me the books at a lot of gyms is more screwed up than my last 3 marriages.

[dov]

the mgr or someone will catch their mistake and confront you(or not) ...so, you have to be ready for battle...when push comes to shove always claim to bring a lawyer into the mix...it works more times than not..you mention contacting your lawyer and they will fold like a lawn chair..haha

[aussiepro]

it will come out on there system when your membership is due to expire, and that will be in direct relation to when you made the payment.. it will be a year after that, the contract that you signed wont matter too much (especially because your not on any sort of direct debit system) you'll have to pay another fee when your year is up (if you want to stay at the gym). In the contract it will say 1 year membership paid up front and a starting date. your membership will expire 1 year after this date.. sorry you wont get a longer membership

[Mike]

it will come out on there system when your membership is due to expire, and that will be in direct relation to when you made the payment.. it will be a year after that, the contract that you signed wont matter too much (especially because your not on any sort of direct debit system) you'll have to pay another fee when your year is up (if you want to stay at the gym). In the contract it will say 1 year membership paid up front and a starting date. your membership will expire 1 year after this date.. sorry you wont get a longer membership

This is possible but most likely they may have given you a few extra months for signing up right away, like a first visit incentive or a corporate rate cause of your work situation.   If that's the case, you're membership could start today 11/27/07 and go til 1/27/09 (14 months....2 months free, which is what we do for paying in full the first day).

Also, no offense, it helps to read what you're signing and ask questions....that goes with just about everything.

[aussiepro]

This is possible but most likely they may have given you a few extra months for signing up right away, like a first visit incentive or a corporate rate cause of your work situation.   If that's the case, you're membership could start today 11/27/07 and go til 1/27/09 (14 months....2 months free, which is what we do for paying in full the first day).

Also, no offense, it helps to read what you're signing and ask questions....that goes with just about everything.

this could be true.. but if it was a mistake on the form you will not get any ectra months from your money... but yeah you could have gotten a deal for paying it all up front

[BIG DUB]

There's no wording saying it was a one year deal. it just says it begins on 11/27/07 and expires 11/27/09. They have 2 year specials running, so if it comes out in there system,it will be 2 yrs from now the way i'm thinking.

it will come out on there system when your membership is due to expire, and that will be in direct relation to when you made the payment.. it will be a year after that, the contract that you signed wont matter too much (especially because your not on any sort of direct debit system) you'll have to pay another fee when your year is up (if you want to stay at the gym). In the contract it will say 1 year membership paid up front and a starting date. your membership will expire 1 year after this date.. sorry you wont get a longer membership

[aussiepro]

There's no wording saying it was a one year deal. it just says it begins on 11/27/07 and expires 11/27/09. They have 2 year specials running, so if it comes out in there system,it will be 2 yrs from now the way i'm thinking.

i just know at my gym we get everyone to sing a contract, and on that it has a starting date and what type of membership that they are on, aswell as payments and so on...
your gym doesn't sound like its got all there paperwork together, or they just don't seem to mind.. either way i hope you get a longer membership than you payed for, i was just putting in my input in what they should have done..
 GOOD LUCK

[BIG DUB]

I read it believe me, that's what i said earlier, when i saw the 8 ws really a nine, i signed it... i brought the flyer in from my job and got that special, he knew nothing about it and i kept the flyer. It was for 1 year, I always pay in full so there's no bull shit when it come to having draft access to my account.

This is possible but most likely they may have given you a few extra months for signing up right away, like a first visit incentive or a corporate rate cause of your work situation.   If that's the case, you're membership could start today 11/27/07 and go til 1/27/09 (14 months....2 months free, which is what we do for paying in full the first day).

Also, no offense, it helps to read what you're signing and ask questions....that goes with just about everything.

[highlander]

it'll be sweet.

if you pay up front as you have, you don't have a year contract - only a start/finish date contract. every gym offers 14 for 12mths etc as mike pointed out. you are stupid to pay up front without screwing them over.

12 mth contracts are there to lock members into paying for 12 mths.

u signed a contact under a corp price. if they "pick it up" which they won't, bullshit to them that it was part of the corp deal.

i would be more worried if they are still going to be open in a years time.

[BIG DUB]

They still honor contracts even when the business changes hands. I had that happen a few times when gyms get bought in the past. I always pay up front because i can negotiate a better deal and it's set in stone. These gyms have a hundred add-on clauses that gives them access to your money when you do debit draft, had that happen to me a few times too. hard to fight and lots of paperwork to piss you off.

it'll be sweet.

if you pay up front as you have, you don't have a year contract - only a start/finish date contract. every gym offers 14 for 12mths etc as mike pointed out. you are stupid to pay up front without screwing them over.

12 mth contracts are there to lock members into paying for 12 mths.

u signed a contact under a corp price. if they "pick it up" which they won't, bullshit to them that it was part of the corp deal.

i would be more worried if they are still going to be open in a years time.

[kh300]

Previous gym was giving me the run-a-round about renewing with my old deal. Went to the new gym up the road and signed up for a 1 year special through my job. Looked at the contract and saw the guy had the contract ending in 2009. It's signed.. and i paid in full.. Do they have a case if they catch the error? I'm not telling them.

in most states any contract has a ''grace'' period.. something like in 10 days if you change your mind, you can get out of the contract. look into it

[Deadpool]

10 a month sounds like Planet Fitness

[rudylrichards]

the mgr or someone will catch their mistake and confront you(or not) ...so, you have to be ready for battle...when push comes to shove always claim to bring a lawyer into the mix...it works more times than not..you mention contacting your lawyer and they will fold like a lawn chair..haha

They have to honor the contract regardless of what their system says. They could point out that they made a mistake and hope you'll do the honorable. Unless YOU agree with them, they have to honor it.  even if they don't have and official 2yr contract they can't prove that they didn't give you additional time as incentive to sign up

[Pollux]

10 a month sounds like Planet Fitness

Please tell me no one on Getbig trains at that God-forbidden gym. 

[Zach Trowbridge]

10 a month sounds like Planet Fitness

Or 24-Hour Fitness.  When I used to work there you could prepay for 12 months for $599 and get 24 months free, then renew each year at like $50-100.  Access to all their clubs, etc.  Good shit.

[Playboy]

Previous gym was giving me the run-a-round about renewing with my old deal. Went to the new gym up the road and signed up for a 1 year special through my job. Looked at the contract and saw the guy had the contract ending in 2009. It's signed.. and i paid in full.. Do they have a case if they catch the error? I'm not telling them.

Read before you sign, brother.

[busyB]

10 a month sounds like Planet Fitness

don't GRUNT or they will revoke your membership. True story!