Getting out of a Gym contract.
Discussion
Emeye said:
jatinder said:
Have you had a look at the terms and conditions on your contract?
I think they still need a months notice as well.
Hummmm. Unfortunately I can't find it. I think they still need a months notice as well.
Then, give them their months notice and the rest is....
Bloody obvious
"Where you relocate to an area where a Fitness first club does not exsist within a ten mile radius of your home or work address. In all cases a full one months notice must be given."
Just looked up the T&C's of an old contract I had laying around, I would copy it but it's in bright yellow transparent paper.
Hope that helps
Just looked up the T&C's of an old contract I had laying around, I would copy it but it's in bright yellow transparent paper.
Hope that helps
Drive to the gym, then get on a running machine! I had a similar contract a few years ago. When I joined the gym it was just round the corner from my work, on my way home, so I used to go three or four times a week.
The gym was taken over and after a year they automatically rolled the contract on for another year unless you opted out. Unfortunately, they omitted to tell me about the opting out, so as far as I was concerned I only had to give them one month's notice to leave after the first year of membership. I changed jobs three days after they rolled the contract on, so I couldn't get there, but they refused to let me cancel the contract as I only lived 8 miles away and their exclusion zone was ten miles.
In the end I got the Trading Standards Office involved and it was resolved pretty quickly after that!
The gym was taken over and after a year they automatically rolled the contract on for another year unless you opted out. Unfortunately, they omitted to tell me about the opting out, so as far as I was concerned I only had to give them one month's notice to leave after the first year of membership. I changed jobs three days after they rolled the contract on, so I couldn't get there, but they refused to let me cancel the contract as I only lived 8 miles away and their exclusion zone was ten miles.
In the end I got the Trading Standards Office involved and it was resolved pretty quickly after that!
EmmaP said:
Tunku said:
Drive to a Gym. How feckin stupid is that in the first place.
Pretty acceptable if you do a proper workout at the gym.If you just go there to cycle on bike whilst reading the newspaper, then it's pretty pointless.
Tunku said:
Drive to a Gym. How feckin stupid is that in the first place.
Well, it's stupid if what you want to do when you get to the gym is cycle, run or walk, but otherwise it's a perfecty rational thing to do! How else are you supposed to access free weights, weights machines, a swimming pool or a personal trainer?!In answer to the OP, the gym will have a defition of relocation, and it normally involves where the nearest other gym is - it can be tricky. The last gym I belonged to it was about 40 minutes drive I think before you could get out of the contract. The other way to do it is redundancy, which was easy for me as I'm a contractor. I live and work in different places all the time, and find the 12 month contracts impossible to keep to as I'm in a different gym every six months. Howeverm gyms want my business, so I'm practically told by the gym (with a nudge and a wink) that I can sign up for six months if I get a letter from the company I'm working for that I'm no longer going to be working for them 
Those are the only two ways that I know of, other than a medical note.
I live and work in different places all the time, and find the 12 month contracts impossible to keep to as I'm in a different gym every six months. Howeverm gyms want my business, so I'm practically told by the gym (with a nudge and a wink) that I can sign up for six months if I get a letter from the company I'm working for that I'm no longer going to be working for them Those are the only two ways that I know of, other than a medical note.
jatinder said:
"Where you relocate to an area where a Fitness first club does not exsist within a ten mile radius of your home or work address. In all cases a full one months notice must be given."
Just looked up the T&C's of an old contract I had laying around, I would copy it but it's in bright yellow transparent paper.
Hope that helps
Is this for a total fitness gym or another company?Just looked up the T&C's of an old contract I had laying around, I would copy it but it's in bright yellow transparent paper.
Hope that helps
Cheers.
Emeye said:
jatinder said:
"Where you relocate to an area where a Fitness first club does not exsist within a ten mile radius of your home or work address. In all cases a full one months notice must be given."
Just looked up the T&C's of an old contract I had laying around, I would copy it but it's in bright yellow transparent paper.
Hope that helps
Is this for a total fitness gym or another company?Just looked up the T&C's of an old contract I had laying around, I would copy it but it's in bright yellow transparent paper.
Hope that helps
Cheers.
Gassing Station | The Pie & Piston Archive | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff