Dynamicd
San Diego,#2Consumer Suggestion
Thu, June 04, 2009
I suggest you get yourself a good attorney. You have a contract with them and they have some obligations they are not meeting. I know a great one who I met with regarding this same company. I do not know how to get the information to you but I am willing to give you her name as a reference if this site can hook us up. She will consult with you for free. This company has been losing major lawsuits and stop trying to deal with anyone at 24 Hour Fitness. This is a corrupt company all the way up to the CEO. I have dealt with them all. DD
Jim
Houston,#3Consumer Comment
Fri, May 15, 2009
I do not work for 24, however I am an Operations Mgr for another company in the fitness industry. You filed a lenghty report, and I can certainly understand some of your frustrations, but I have to tell you when I read toward the beginning that you enrolled for two 3 year programs, it was off to a bad start. That is an awfully long time, and likely not very cheap. To go out that far on a limb by making a 6 year comittment is really not the wisest choice. In hindsight, a better option would have been to perhaps sign up for 6 months or a year.....believe me, they will DEFINITELY let you keep paying and extend your contract, or re-enroll you on another program if you like the services you are receiving and want to continue training. In regards to this specific trainer, sure, even if he is the greatest trainer that has ever lived, he could have gotten run over by a bus the day after you signed up. You state he was terminated, and it sounds as if you were miffed that it was not explained to you why. If that is the case, and the club management did not explain why to you, then they handled that properly. He obviously must have violated some sort of company policies, and it should be treated confidentially as an internal matter and not broadcasted. He could have also left on his own accord. These training contracts are a contract for a training service, not a specific trainer. It sounds like the club did take too long to respond to respond your concerns once he was no longer working there, however a manager did offer you 2 complimentary sessions with someone else to get started back up. You opted to not do that, which is your decision, but they did make an effort to try to get back on the training routine and get your money's worth.
Terri
Upland,#4Consumer Suggestion
Tue, February 03, 2009
I completely sympathize with you Melissa, I was once a customer of 24 hour fitness and I cancelled my membership because of their terrible customer service. In any case my advice to you would be to sue them in small claims court for the cost of the un-used training sessions. It may be in your agreement that they can switch trainers on you if the one you had chooses to leave however, you would need to prove you're not getting the same benefits as the one you previously had. This could be proven by your physician's note while you had the good trainer and the physician's notes of when you had the bad trainer, if you in fact did go to your doctor and he noticed a change in your condition. If the contract doesn't give you a breakdown of what you paid for for each session then break it down yourself, what you paid for the number of sessions. If you proceed with small claims court you are going to need to sue their corporate office as well as their facility you went to. Good luck, please post your progress!!
Terri
Upland,#5Consumer Suggestion
Tue, February 03, 2009
I completely sympathize with you Melissa, I was once a customer of 24 hour fitness and I cancelled my membership because of their terrible customer service. In any case my advice to you would be to sue them in small claims court for the cost of the un-used training sessions. It may be in your agreement that they can switch trainers on you if the one you had chooses to leave however, you would need to prove you're not getting the same benefits as the one you previously had. This could be proven by your physician's note while you had the good trainer and the physician's notes of when you had the bad trainer, if you in fact did go to your doctor and he noticed a change in your condition. If the contract doesn't give you a breakdown of what you paid for for each session then break it down yourself, what you paid for the number of sessions. If you proceed with small claims court you are going to need to sue their corporate office as well as their facility you went to. Good luck, please post your progress!!
Terri
Upland,#6Consumer Suggestion
Tue, February 03, 2009
I completely sympathize with you Melissa, I was once a customer of 24 hour fitness and I cancelled my membership because of their terrible customer service. In any case my advice to you would be to sue them in small claims court for the cost of the un-used training sessions. It may be in your agreement that they can switch trainers on you if the one you had chooses to leave however, you would need to prove you're not getting the same benefits as the one you previously had. This could be proven by your physician's note while you had the good trainer and the physician's notes of when you had the bad trainer, if you in fact did go to your doctor and he noticed a change in your condition. If the contract doesn't give you a breakdown of what you paid for for each session then break it down yourself, what you paid for the number of sessions. If you proceed with small claims court you are going to need to sue their corporate office as well as their facility you went to. Good luck, please post your progress!!