Getting out of a gym contract if they dont replace equipment
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Hi Guys,
I am a gym junkie. Go 4x a week+. I swapped gyms about 5 months ago. The new place is a premium health and fitness place. We are talking £60 per month for an adult and £130 a month for the family membership (what we have)
I have about 7 months left in the contract and I am about to put a complaint in to the head office. About 3 months ago one of the dumbbells broke, no big deal. Then about a month later the next size up broke too (Due to the folks who like to drop them after a set for added presence). Myself and a few others have been asking them since then to replace them. They did put up a notice just before xmas saying they were on order but since then it has been taken down and Santa didn't bring any new ones.
Going up a weight set on dumbbells is hard enough as it is a its a +4kg jump but going up 3 weight sets is meaning I can't progress on certain lifts. I tried using mixed weights each side and ended up with a minor injury.
I'm so fed up I'd rather just go back to my old gym now but I'm in contract. Do I have grounds to come out early? Google says if the gym removes equipment that was there when I started and fails to replace it I do. However it seems a bit of a stretch, not like they removed all the squat racks!
I wouldn't mind as such if wasn't such an expensive subscription either!
PS apologies if this is wrong forum.
I am a gym junkie. Go 4x a week+. I swapped gyms about 5 months ago. The new place is a premium health and fitness place. We are talking £60 per month for an adult and £130 a month for the family membership (what we have)
I have about 7 months left in the contract and I am about to put a complaint in to the head office. About 3 months ago one of the dumbbells broke, no big deal. Then about a month later the next size up broke too (Due to the folks who like to drop them after a set for added presence). Myself and a few others have been asking them since then to replace them. They did put up a notice just before xmas saying they were on order but since then it has been taken down and Santa didn't bring any new ones.
Going up a weight set on dumbbells is hard enough as it is a its a +4kg jump but going up 3 weight sets is meaning I can't progress on certain lifts. I tried using mixed weights each side and ended up with a minor injury.
I'm so fed up I'd rather just go back to my old gym now but I'm in contract. Do I have grounds to come out early? Google says if the gym removes equipment that was there when I started and fails to replace it I do. However it seems a bit of a stretch, not like they removed all the squat racks!
I wouldn't mind as such if wasn't such an expensive subscription either!
PS apologies if this is wrong forum.
Thanks guys. Gym is indeed David Lloyd. To be fair the £££ is not just for the gym, they have a lovely heated pool, cafe etc.. I only use the gym though and I have no probs with a cheap "meathead" gym as an alternative. I was at exercise for less before these guys for the earth shattering £9.99 a month. There gym was better equiped than David Lloyd, it just didn't have the fancy decor and fancy people in fancy gym gear :-)
Right I'll try a written complain, put the dates in the equipment broke and give them 30 days to replace or will consider them in breach of contract. Can't hurt and it might light a fire under there ass to finally sort it out.
Right I'll try a written complain, put the dates in the equipment broke and give them 30 days to replace or will consider them in breach of contract. Can't hurt and it might light a fire under there ass to finally sort it out.
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