Comment on Asked LA Fitness to cancel my membership, they offered to freeze it for $10/month instead

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• uuj8za@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Careful. I tried doing this once. The company didn’t like it and they ADDITIONALLY charged me a chargeback fee. So not only did I have to pay whatever bogus charge, I also had to pay a chargeback fee. :(

  Maybe I could have taken them to small claims court but … eh … that seemed like too much work.

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  • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Then you chargeback the fee and file a complaint with your credit card.

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  • northernlights@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ll cancel my credit card and get a new one if that’s what it takes for them to stop charging me.

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    • eli@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You signed a contract. So if you cancel your card and ignore their letters/emails/calls, they’ll keep charging you and then send it to collections, which will then garnish your wages unless you fight it in court.

      There’s been numerous examples of this happening. Please get a copy of your contract and read how to cancel it and do it properly.

      It’s stupid and extortion, but you gotta play the game.

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      • northernlights@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Common sense would dictate that if if presented with a 30 pages contract in small letters in legalese, your usual folk will not get it. I think that’s a common defense.

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      • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Or you could just not sign a contact to work out.

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      • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What info are y’all giving away when signing up for a gym membership where it could even go to collections? Is this for an annual contract? If you’re not on a contract and rack up unpaid months, it seems unlikely to me. Especially for a physical business where a late payment of $20 would deny you entry until you pay. I guess states with poor consumer protection laws this can happen if you sign up for a year or more and don’t pay I guess?

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    • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      careful… this may not (most likely won’t) stop authorized contract payments and will only make it so you can’t use the card.

      they can and most likely will continue to charge the account even if the card is cancelled

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      • northernlights@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Uh. Good to know.

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  • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sorry to say but you got scammed. They could have tried to take you to small claims court, but the burden is on them not you. The credit card company sided with you, if they have a problem, then can take it up with Visa or whoever, not you.

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• brightandshinyobject@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I had something similar when I cancelled my gym membership. I ended up filing a complaint with the attorney general. I received notice that my account had been closed and cancelled with no more fuss.

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• bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  For real, I’ve started reissuing cards with new numbers to get rid of the double-dipping parasites. I haven’t gotten a call yet, but it’s going to be hilarious when I do.

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