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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 fraudulent activities. In their financial statements, Bally's showed an unusually high amount of receivables from their customers....

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Does anyone know how legally bining the BALLY FITNESS Contract is? Like many other people, my college-age daughter signed the Bally contract without realizing she was obligating herself to $26.00 for 3 years. She was also originally told she could put the membership on hold and just pay $10...

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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...

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I applied for membership and paid the $75 dollars down payment. I paid 1/2 in cash and 1/2 in debit card. After few days, the system showed that my down payment was not paid. The person in charge was named Micheal and currently the manager at Glendale or some else where. It has been over 2 years...

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I got suckered into a 3 year (!!) contract with Bally's which the only way i can get out of is to either pay the rest of the contract up front or move 50 miles away from the nearest location. I think this is poor customer service to not let people know up front what kind of financial commitment...

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In April of 1990, I went to the Waterford Balley's (which at that time was called Vic Tanney) with my sister-in-law to see what it was like. The girl that met with us talked me into joining. After I filled all the paperwork out, she told me that I needed to bring back a canceled check to...

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Bally's is closing this location on the 31st of October, 2008. We were told that we would be able to cancel our contract due to this closing. However, when we called the headquarters, they said that since there's another Bally's within 25 miles, we can't cancel. The other...

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I purchased a ballys membership in the fall of 2005, i was told that i wasn't able to purchase a membership unless i signed a 3 yr contract. I had to put 50 down and then i paid 35/month. I used the membership for about 1 yr. but the gym got to crowded and a lot of the equipment was often...

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My contract has been ended for 3 month and I cannot even cancel my membership. Each time I attempted for cancel membership, the customer service has been nothing but rude and bullying trying get to renew. I told them I am not interested in renewing and they said once I sign up, I am stuck with...

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In the summer of 1999 I won a free 1 week membership to Bally Total Fitness. I went to Bally's in Altamonte Springs, FL with a guest (who was also free) for the 1 week trial. After that week I never returned. A few months later I started getting phone calls and letters from Bally's...

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I went to this location to join because it was located a few minutes from my work place. I found out that I could get a discount at Ballys through Wal-Mart, which was the company I was working for at the time. So I get there, and I speak with an assistant manager named "Ricky". I told...

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I signed up for a 3 year membership in May08 and told the sales rep that my company was potentially going to change locations and asked him if I would be able to cancel the membership in such an event to which he said yes. Sure enough after only using the gym a handful of times my work situation...

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SINCE I BECAME A MEMBER THE FACILIALTY THAT I GO TO HAVE DISPOSED OF SOME OF THE FACILTIES THEY HAD AND CUT DOWN ON THERE HOURS THAT THEY ARE OPEN. I WANTED TO DOWN GRADE THE MEMBERSHIP THAT I HAVE BECAUSE SOME OF THE OPTIONS IN THE PLAN I DONT EVEN USE. I'M TRYING TO KEEP THE MEMBERSHIP...

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I mistakenly signed a contract with this company and it was the worst decision that I've ever made. At the time I joined I was married and unfortunately a few months later we separated and I was juggling many bills and struggling to pay them.

Bally's Health Club sent...

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ALERT to anyone with a gym membership!! I was recently a victim of a theft at Bally Total Fitness in Beachwood, OH. I entered the gym at approximately 10 am on November 11th and when I returned from working out, my lock was completely removed from my locker and all of my personal belongings...

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We had won a competition for a 3-6 months FREE membership at Bally Fitness Center. We specifically told them we will make a decision to become a member after the 3-6 months. They said we need to have a pass to enter the center so we have to sign the form for the ID card, OK I said that's...

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ALERT to anyone with a gym membership!! I was recently a victim of a theft at Bally Total Fitness in Beachwood, OH. I entered the gym at approximately 10 am on November 11th and when I returned from working out, my lock was completely removed from my locker and all of my personal belongings...

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About 7 years ago I signed a contract with Ballys. I had my little girl with me and stopped in the evening to get some info. I sat there with a man as he tried to talk me into signing up. We were there for much longer than I anticipated.

In an effort to leave and go put my daughter...

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I signed up for a Ballys membership in June 2008. I am a student and go to school out of state, so I was looking for a gym for two months. I was told by the man who helped me sign up that I could work out for 60 days and then I could cancel my membership, as long as I did so within ten days...

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In september 06 I signed up for a new membership at Ballys. At the time the gym was a small temporary gym and was told that the new main gym would be open in Jan 07 and if we signed now we would get a discounted rate. Months and months went on and the gym never opened but I was under contract....