Cancelling Gym Membership mid contract
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Badly, in my opinion. You signed a contract and now you're refusing to pay. That's not usually a good idea. You have no real idea if the price increase does entitle you to break the contract - you just read something vague online. You don't even really know if the price has been increased, since you have contradictory information on that. If you've agreed to pay repeatedly for something, it's a good idea to have the contract ended before stopping paying. The phrase "breach of contract" comes to my mind.
In any case, isn't the point of a gym membership contract to waste money by paying for something and not using it? That's what most people who sign up for one do. It's like buying exercise equipment and using it once, but usually more wasteful.
Most of them are a year and have been like this for a long time. Some also offer rolling monthly contracts but they're more expensive, encouraging people to sign up for a year.
Not that I'd ever pay to use a gym when there are so many other ways to keep fit that are free and better for you mind. But that's the icing on the cake.
I did use one 20+ years a go. But that was either a pay per session or monthly by DD, cancel any time. I just PAYGd like £3 a session.
The very first gym I was a member of ran an annual subscription of a few quid and then I think it was under £1 per visit but this was nearly thirty years ago. In the long run, that place has cost me hundreds of thousands of pounds. I met Mrs. Feek in the jacuzzi there 
... exactly they have all been running cheaper annual subscriptions since year dot,
and, if you don't live by water, and use a swim+gym centre .. there's no alternative
.... if credit record matters to Gtiracer, I'd consider reversing the non-payment, to make sure it is all exited cleanly
and, if you don't live by water, and use a swim+gym centre .. there's no alternative
.... if credit record matters to Gtiracer, I'd consider reversing the non-payment, to make sure it is all exited cleanly
So to get out of a legal contract, you impersonate a professional, denigrating his reputation, commit this to paper ie Libel, lie about your medical condition and motoring accident record, name the Gym company, Ballantynes, and then admit this to the world. I trust that your online security is better than most people, that you have not put it on FB, that you do not use similar forum names and no one does a rigorous background check on you.
Knickers in a twist warning. at what point have i said I'm refusing to pay?
Its just a swimming membership btw to anyone asking, not a full weights an everything membership.
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I cancelled mine about 15 years ago and they sent me some threatening letters but nothing ever happened. Even when I re-joined a few years later they didn't ask for the money.
There is no point in them taking it to court over say £150. If it's more like £500 then they probably will.
Only had one issue with gym contract where a lad I used to be in same class at college with gave his name as a similar to mine but claimed he was paying the direct debit. This caused me being twice refused entry to the gym and having need to speaking to management. They set it right and said he would be asked to leave or sign up himself. Same thing happened again at which point said I was cancelling. Was threatened they would take further action. Replied that if they went to court with this they would find it very costly and embarrassing and to go for it. Never heard anything further.
Other gyms have just paid cash. At a great gym at the moment until me and the owner are on squat/bench/DL days as we run out of 20's. Otherwise tis best. £11.99
Other gyms have just paid cash. At a great gym at the moment until me and the owner are on squat/bench/DL days as we run out of 20's. Otherwise tis best. £11.99
In the post you made to create this thread:
You signed a contract. You refused to pay what you are contractually obliged to pay (by cancelling the direct debit). So yes, you are refusing to pay and you stated publically that you are refusing to pay.
I actually said im happy to fulfill my contract obligations (which means continuing to pay until the end of the contract if at the original price) and Its the price rise I am within my rights to cancel if i want to. All stated in the OP if you try reading. why are you making an argument over nothing
You stated that you stopped paying. It's stated in your OP ("I've already cancelled the DD"). Perhaps you should try reading your own post.
You're making an argument about it now, blathering on about "knickers in a twist warning" and suchlike. If you don't want to continue making an argument over nothing, stop doing it. I don't care if you cause legal problems for yourself by stopping paying - I just answered the question you asked in a public forum. I don't have a horse in this race - it's between you and the gym.
Im entitled to reply to my own post as are you. I cancelled the DD because under the advisement of a price rise from the gym that I never agreed to. They were going to rise the price of the original DD, which I did not sign up for. I signed up for the original price for the first 12 months. They then phoned me to advise the letter was a mistake (as mentioned in the first post). If it causes you such offence, stop replying. I've explained myself and my position, numerous times and you replied in the first instance without reading the OP properly. What part of "Im happy to fulfill my contractual obligations" screams - "I'm not paying?"
I'm not offended. I don't care. You clearly are offended, hence your blathering about knicker-twisting. I read the OP properly - you clearly stated that you had already cancelled the direct debit, i.e. stopped paying.
What says "I'm not paying" is your statement that you've already cancelled the direct debit. I'm assuming that you realise that cancelling a direct debit cancels the direct debit. You are currently paying the gym nothing, i.e. you are not paying. You may well be willing to pay, but you are not paying. Being willing to pay and paying are not the same thing.
You clearly cannot read or understand plain english and are just out for an argument so I'm gonna leave it here before I type something that gets me banned.
Goodbye troll.
So why did you sign up lol
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He's not trolling though. You signed an agreement to pay the contract monthly. There may or may not be a way for you to cancel the contract if the price changes. However there will be steps you need to take to cancel the contract properly if that's the case. Just cancelling the DD is just going to cause you a lot more problems than it solves as right now you're defaulting on payment.
Have you checked the contract or spoken to the gym directly yet, as the first replies suggested you to do?
Have you checked the contract or spoken to the gym directly yet, as the first replies suggested you to do?