Complaint Review: Blast Fitness

I had been an inactive member of Blast Fitness for over two years, but continued to pay my monthly fee - and annual fee - in the hope that I would start to use these gym services again.  When it finally became clear that I would not use these services I cancelled my membership per the agreement.  They require 30 days notice to cancel and bill through that time.  I canceled officially in May 2014 - and I am responsible for payments of the monthly fee through June 2014.  No problem here - that's what the agreement calls for.

My disagreement with Blast Fitness/ABC Financial starts post the cancellation. The yearly fees that we prepay are stated to guarantee the "rate lock" for month-over-month billing.  In my case this was a $49.99 fee assessed in March 2014 and is used for monthly rate locks April 2014 through March 2015.  Based on my cancellation in May 2014 I will not be in need of - nor using - their "rate lock" service for July 2014-March 2015.  It is my contention that this yearly fee should be prorated and I should be entitled to a refund of services not used. 

Prepayment for services on every other vendor I've ever worked with has been returned when I've changed and/or cancelled these services.  Not Blast Fitness/ABC Financial though.  There is no explicit language in the contract on how treatment of these prepayments will be handled upon cancellation.  It's clear Blast intends to BLAST cancelling members one last time - and keep money for services they are not providing anymore.  Smells like robbery to me...