Comments on: quitting the gym is funnier on tv http://thisfish.com/quitting-the-gym-is-funnier-on-tv/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: smiln.n.ny http://thisfish.com/quitting-the-gym-is-funnier-on-tv/#comment-29432 smiln.n.ny Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:58:49 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1507#comment-29432 <p>Be sure to check you account for the next couple of months and make sure that they did indeed "cancel" you out of their system. When I moved up to New York a couple years back, I had a membership with Crunch (which incidentally is also owned by Ballys) and when I called to quit, they too eventually let me cancel my membership (fortunately for me, there were just not any Crunch Fitness facilities close to my home or office, at least not close enough that I would have felt inspired to make the treck to it and THEN have a workout!)</p><br /><br /><p>Anyway, long story short, I noticed that my credit card was being charged again for membership fees. And this was a good 8 months after I had cancelled my membership!!!</p><br /><br /><p>The headache I endured afterwards to get my money back...I'm sure you can imagine. I finally called my credit card company and put them on the job. Since then, I have not been further charged...yet... </p> Be sure to check you account for the next couple of months and make sure that they did indeed “cancel” you out of their system. When I moved up to New York a couple years back, I had a membership with Crunch (which incidentally is also owned by Ballys) and when I called to quit, they too eventually let me cancel my membership (fortunately for me, there were just not any Crunch Fitness facilities close to my home or office, at least not close enough that I would have felt inspired to make the treck to it and THEN have a workout!)

Anyway, long story short, I noticed that my credit card was being charged again for membership fees. And this was a good 8 months after I had cancelled my membership!!!

The headache I endured afterwards to get my money back…I’m sure you can imagine. I finally called my credit card company and put them on the job. Since then, I have not been further charged…yet…

]]> By: ExposedNYC http://thisfish.com/quitting-the-gym-is-funnier-on-tv/#comment-29431 ExposedNYC Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:17:13 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1507#comment-29431 <p>Ugh, gym cancellations are the worst. I've had to fight with them because I wanted to pre-cancel... in other words, I knew before my contract was up (or automatically renewed) that I was done. When I went to do it IN PERSON, the rep told me I couldn't cancel in the middle of a billing cycle WTF?! I had to come back the day it expired and fill out lots of paperwork.</p><br /><br /><p>Luckily, my lack of shame let me knock down all of their offers with outrageous excuses. "I hate the gym" is pretty tough to argue with, no matter how persistent they may be.</p> Ugh, gym cancellations are the worst. I’ve had to fight with them because I wanted to pre-cancel… in other words, I knew before my contract was up (or automatically renewed) that I was done. When I went to do it IN PERSON, the rep told me I couldn’t cancel in the middle of a billing cycle WTF?! I had to come back the day it expired and fill out lots of paperwork.

Luckily, my lack of shame let me knock down all of their offers with outrageous excuses. “I hate the gym” is pretty tough to argue with, no matter how persistent they may be.

]]> By: Rachel http://thisfish.com/quitting-the-gym-is-funnier-on-tv/#comment-29430 Rachel Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:38:09 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1507#comment-29430 <p>Yep - I also had the same problem with Bally's, even though I was moving to a place with no Bally's - they were awful. Glad you got it fixed.</p> Yep – I also had the same problem with Bally’s, even though I was moving to a place with no Bally’s – they were awful. Glad you got it fixed.

]]> By: Don http://thisfish.com/quitting-the-gym-is-funnier-on-tv/#comment-29429 Don Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:15:44 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1507#comment-29429 <p>To Deb in LA. The same with AO Hell. Phone call + actual snail mail letter writing (cert - return receipt unnecessary) does the trick.</p> To Deb in LA. The same with AO Hell. Phone call + actual snail mail letter writing (cert – return receipt unnecessary) does the trick.

]]> By: Katie http://thisfish.com/quitting-the-gym-is-funnier-on-tv/#comment-29428 Katie Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:10:45 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1507#comment-29428 <p>I'm with you sister! I 'quit the gym' 3 years ago and haven't looked back. I live across from Prospect Park in Brooklyn and get to walk to work through the park everyday. For me it's more about a lifestyle, choosing to be healthy, not a extra expense I dread. I've taken up classes that I wouldn't have stuck with at the gym, like 'real' boxing at a hard core, mostly Cuban trainer filled boxing gym in downtown Manhattan, trained to swim like tri-athletes, studied ballet and hip hop with Broadway dancers, and my boyfriend and I learned how to tango by people who actually grew up tangoing in Argentina. I refuse to ever pay a 'gym' money for 'motivation' to get off the couch when I'm feeling lazy. This way I'm not paying anyone if I choose to 'let myself go' or 'get up and go'. It's all about choices that make me happy and my jeans always fit.</p> I’m with you sister! I ‘quit the gym’ 3 years ago and haven’t looked back. I live across from Prospect Park in Brooklyn and get to walk to work through the park everyday. For me it’s more about a lifestyle, choosing to be healthy, not a extra expense I dread. I’ve taken up classes that I wouldn’t have stuck with at the gym, like ‘real’ boxing at a hard core, mostly Cuban trainer filled boxing gym in downtown Manhattan, trained to swim like tri-athletes, studied ballet and hip hop with Broadway dancers, and my boyfriend and I learned how to tango by people who actually grew up tangoing in Argentina. I refuse to ever pay a ‘gym’ money for ‘motivation’ to get off the couch when I’m feeling lazy. This way I’m not paying anyone if I choose to ‘let myself go’ or ‘get up and go’. It’s all about choices that make me happy and my jeans always fit.

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