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resolved to the customer's satisfactionResolved Bally Total Fitness — Employees are poor with customer service
resolved to the customer's satisfaction
I am filing a complaint because of inadequate and unlawful service. Upon signing the contract, I was told that "at any time during the three year contract I could pay a termination fee of $50 (per member) and end my contract"; however, when i tried to do that, I was told that there was no way I could possibly get out of my contract. The information I have been given from various bally's total fitness sources has been conflicting and misleading. Other papers say that even if you "die or become totally and permanently disabled after the date [your] contract takes effect, you or your estate may cancel this contract and receive a partial refund of your unused membership fee"-- they expect a dead person to continue paying for use of the facility. Additionally, there "cheap prices" would eventually cost my sister and I$2,256.61- money that we do not have to spend mindlessly. And yet i had no idea about any of such semi fraudulent acts upon attempting to cancel the membership. Rather, i wanted to cancel because the facilities were dirty, the employees were crude, unsupportable and had no idea what customer service nor etiquette implies, the classes were too large to even see myself in the mirror and the machinery was cheap, specifically the rowing machine and ellipticals. I found a better deal at larry north fitness in Hiighland Park Village, an institution infamous for being overpriced, and yet Bally's the cheap fitness institute was thirty dollars more per month for both my sister and I! When i tried to cancel I had previously looked at their website, ballyfitness.com, and found that i would have to pay a fifty dollar cancellation fee. That appalled me but I was willing to. Then i discovered that i was legally binded to their program for three years - something i never heard until i tried to cancel. I am deeply frustrated and what i continue to wonder is why would a large organization attempt to infuriate their customers, word of mouth is strong and harmful. I will do my best to ruin bally total fitness on McKinney credibility. Further, their not even a member of the better business bureau! What a scam. I am expecting my sister and i to be allowed to cancel without paying a cent. We have not even shown up to the institute for over a month. That alone should show how dissatisfied i am with that fitness center. If i am not allowed to cancel without paying I will file a dispute with my bank regarding federal regulation E and consult our family's lawyer. I am horribly upset with this "company," and you should be too. Not only are their lower-end employees poor with customer service, so are their founders. Bally total fitness is anything but user friendly, their a scam just gliding along the lawful lines.
Company details:
Bally Total Fitness, Turtle Creek II location Dallas, Tx 74204
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer's satisfaction.
Thanks for your valuable feedback. We want you to choose Bally because you think it’s a great value and workout experience.
We're sorry to hear about your experience and that you want to leave Bally.
We will send you a direct message to gather additional details regarding your account and see how we can help.
Thank you,
Beth
Customer Relations
Bally Total Fitness
Thank you for your valuable feedback. We want you to have state-of-the-art equipment in good working order so you can get the results you want.
We will be forwarding on your comments to the area Market Manager for review and follow-up with the club.
If you notice any other equipment that isn't in working order and marked for repair, please notify the Manager on duty. They will then alert the Maintenance staff so the equipment will be repaired.
Thank you again,
Beth
Bally Total Fitness
Hi Sheri: We're sorry to hear about your experience. When you have a moment, will you please send an email to [email protected] with the details of your cancellation, your membership number and your contact information? We will then work with a Member Services Supervisor to see how we can help. Thanks!