28, Report:
#516360
Posted Date:
Oct 28 2009
Bally Fitness Center - BALLY'S TOTAL FITNESS IS A SCAM - DON'T DO IT!! Penn Hills , Pennsylvania
I joined Bally's in 2000 - I moved roughly about 30 miles away from the gym and got a new job. With this, I know longer drove past nor was I remotely close to the gym. I attempted to cancel my contract as I was just over the 25 miles / the contract. I sent in ...
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Categories: Alternative Health
29, Report:
#501641
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2009
Bally's Total Fitness And Assets Acceptance Took a friends son to work out. I was to told to sign a waiver because he was only 15yrs old. I signed a piece of paper and they signed him up for 3 yrs. 1297.00 on credit report in my name. San Antonio, Texas
Be advised! I took a friend of mine's son into Bally's Total Fitness Last year. He was only 15 at the time. After asking for a pass for to work out with me, I was told that I needed to sign a waivor.
Since I already had a membership that was paid in full for one year, I had no reas...
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Categories: Health Spas
30, Report:
#457464
Posted Date:
Jun 01 2009
Bally's Total Fitness Please help me start a war against Bally's for the harm they have done! Heartless bastards! Albany New York
Im writing this in hopes taht we can all do something together to fight this corporate heartless, royal screwing! It was eight years ago that bally's got me and im just now finding out that in 2007 a judgement was brought against me over it. Im tired of this nonsense and nothing hap...
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Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
31, Report:
#448814
Posted Date:
May 05 2009
Bally's Total Fitness 30 DAYS MONEY BACK GUARANTEE - IF YOU'RE LUCKY! Dallas Texas
On 08-25-2004 I was contacted by a sales person from a Bally's Club saying I won a free week to workout. I went to the club to accept my week pass and was talked into signing up for a 30 day money back guarantee deal.
How can you go wrong with a written guarantee? The salesman b...
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Categories: Health Spas
32, Report:
#445476
Posted Date:
Apr 21 2009
Bally's Fitness Corporate Office no refund after continued charge after cancellation Norwalk California
I walked into gym located in Oxnard and spoke with the manager, Cary, about cancelling my membership after my 3 years is up in December 2008. She told me that she will handle it from there and that I did not have to do anything else. Two months later, February 2009, I still notice...
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Categories: Health Spas
33, Report:
#441919
Posted Date:
Apr 08 2009
Bally's Total Fitness Bally's Total Fitness = MAJOR SCAM Culver City, California
Simply put, I was a Month to Month contract member at Bally's Total Fitness. When I signed up, I was told there was no cancellation fee because I was Month to Month. That's the whole point of paying a bigger initiation fee and charge, since you are not bound to a yearly contract. ...
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Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
34, Report:
#429453
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2009
Bally's Total Fitness IS AN EVIL EMPIRE AND WILL DESTROY YOUR CREDIT SCORE Norwalk California
CONSUMERS BE AWARE BE VERY AWARE...Bally's total fitness is an evil empire who will destroy your credit.
Bally's fails to adhere to their contract term and conditions. Moreover, their contract contains incorrect information. In the process of refinancing my house I discovered t...
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Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
35, Report:
#421746
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2009
Bally's Total Fitness A hazardous gym full of incompetence and thievery Brooklyn New York
I signed up for a one year membership at Bally's, located in Brooklyn where Coney Island and Kings Highway intersect. When I signed the contract, I was blind to the problems that existed within the walls of this gym.
This gym is uncomfortably humid and warm. I begin sweating th...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
36, Report:
#393079
Posted Date:
Nov 20 2008
Bally's Total Fitness Bethel Park PA 15102 Deceptive sign-up practices and flay out lying Bethel Park Pennsylvania
I went to sign up at Bally's and specifically told Anthony Zrinyi (employee number 940255) that I did not want a long tern contract. I made sure to bring that up to him several times and asked that I pay month to month. All of this because I was getting married and relocting a few m...
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Categories: Health Spas
37, Report:
#264559
Posted Date:
Oct 26 2008
Bally's Total Fitness - Crunch Fitness Demanding that I pay 1 years worth of gym membership services that I didn't use. Los Angeles California
To whom it may concern,
I was a Crunch Fitness member at the West Hollywood location for 2 years. When I moved to Culver City I was told to pay for a 3rd years worth of membership fees. I had signed a 3 year contract at the beginning.
When I explained to the Bally's Corporate ...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
38, Report:
#368906
Posted Date:
Sep 03 2008
Bally's Total Fitness Bally's is charging me 4,000 dollars for a membership I just started plus they will not let me cancel contract New York New York
Bally's Total Fitness is an absolute rip off. They are trying to sell me debt to bill collector who are saying I owe 4,000 dollars for a contract that I just started three months ago. They tell me after the I sign the contract that they charge for the whole contract and they took me...
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Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
39, Report:
#365201
Posted Date:
Aug 21 2008
Bally's Total Fitness Bally Fitness Ripping Off Customers to Cover Losses Norwalk California
A few years ago, Bally's Total Fitness was involved in a lawsuit where their CEO mislead investors. Bally's has been overstating accounts receivable thru fraudlent activities. In their financial statements, Bally's showed an unusally high amount of receivables from their customers...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
40, Report:
#364326
Posted Date:
Aug 19 2008
Ballys Total Fitness Bally's forged my signature to a 3 year contract Norwalk California
Bally's Total Fitness is a 110% complete ripoff company. I entered the bally's sweepstakes to win a year membership at a restaurant in Fresno, CA (June 2004). A week later I get a call from a Bally's salesperson. This Bally's gym was located on Shaw Ave in Fresno, CA. The Salesp...
Entity
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
41, Report:
#345430
Posted Date:
Jun 29 2008
Bally Total Fitness Misrepresentation to ripoff children too! Webster Texas
I am, unfortunately, a member of Bally Total Fitness. I paid in full for a three year membership. I have three small children. Of course I decided to join because it was the only gym near my home and they had child care which is always full. I decided to take a Pilates class and pai...
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Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
42, Report:
#320903
Posted Date:
Mar 25 2008
BALLY'S TOTAL FITNESS U.S. Servicemen: Don't worry about the enemy overseas, BALLY'S will be waiting to stab you in the back right here at home when you de-MOB! PHOENIX Arizona
U.S. Servicemen especially, BEWARE! You have 30 days (at best) to MOB for active duty--Bally's uses this to your disadvantage; while you are TDY, thinking everything is taken care of, you come back to a DESTROYED credit rating, and it only gets worse. Bally's will not cave no matter...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
43, Report:
#317763
Posted Date:
Mar 18 2008
Bally's Total Fitness My wife was lied to about closer to her account. Now 4 years later collections is calling about their money. Philadelphia Pennsylvania
My wife was on a free trial with Bally's 4 years ago. She signed up when all you had to put down was a dollar. It allowed her a free month's trail but she had to come at least 7 times for the contract to be legitimate. She came over 7 times. I'm just finding out less than a year ago...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
44, Report:
#311306
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2008
Bally's Total Fitness Bally's aiding criminals in identity theft by allowing thieves to enter secured locker areas to steal from you! Bloomfield Hills Michigan
Warning to all Bally's members:
Bally's Total Fitness personnel are allowing criminals to enter the building and access to their locker rooms.
Once the thieves have entered the locker rooms, they remove your lock and steal your personal belongings, including your wallet and key...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
45, Report:
#309691
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2008
Bally's Total Fitness Unethical free trial sign-up Ann Arbor Michigan
My 19 year old daughter sign-up up with BAlly's to take advantage of a free 30 day trial membership. Next she knew she was getting bills to pay for the 2 year membership that came in small print with the free trial. She tried to straighten this out with Ballys and then a collectio...
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Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
46, Report:
#297486
Posted Date:
Jan 06 2008
Bally's Total Fitness Refused to Cancel my membershhip, lied about memberships Silver Spring Maryland
Bally's Total Fitness is the worst! Not only did they lie about their memberships at sign up, but their employees are rude and incompetent at the Wheaton MD gym!
At the time when I signed up over three years ago the contract that I was told I was going to sign and the one I actu...
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Categories: Health Spas
47, Report:
#296245
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2008
Bally's Total Fitness More Of Bally's Unethical And Unprofessional Business Conduct Harassment, bally's keeps giving me the run-around and lying about cancellation Orlando Florida
Bally's fitness is probably one of the most unethical businesses that I have ever done business with. I have moved away from my initial gym (which I rarely visited because all of the male trainers were uncomfortably close and pushy), and further than the necessary 25 mile radius fro...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
48, Report:
#295374
Posted Date:
Dec 29 2007
Bally's Total Fitness Severence Cleveland Heights Rob Johnson, Derrelle, Darrell Pitts Cleveland Heights Ohio
I was told outright lies at the point of signing the contract for Bally's! Among other things, that if the person I was buying the membership for didn't come in 17 times that in two months I would stop being billed. Lies! Six months later I'm still trying to get out of it and I s...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
49, Report:
#294872
Posted Date:
Dec 27 2007
Bally's Total Fitness Scam artist at the gym Brooklyn New York
I join the gym in May and signed up for until july with a friend at Ballys Total fitness. Because we were only going to be in that area for about 12 weeks we decided to look for a gym that would suit or needs. We met with a sales associate and general manager at the time to see if t...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
50, Report:
#282558
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2007
Bally's Fitness - Bally's Total Fitness ID card fee Bally's extorting more cash from members Montclair California
I have been a member for over 30 years. My original contract was transferred when holiday spa got bought out by Bally's. I have a fixed renewal fee contract that is in effect for the rest of my life yet my latest renewal bill has Bally's charging me an additional $10.00 ID Card fe...
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Categories: Health Spas