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Re: Bally's Health Club - Ripoff Artists

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From: David Zimmerman
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 00:00
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"Thomas A. Bende" <Mr.Ribit@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>Oleg Ostrozhansky wrote:
>> 
>> They do business in Chicagoland and don't have either a local or 800 number
>> here.  For anything related to billing you have to call a California number,
>> and only Monday through Friday during business hours.  Even getting new credit
>> card information to them is a nightmare -- they can't do it at the local club!
>> 
>> Also, my girlfriend and I did two contracts at the same time.  Hers was ok,
>> but mine was messed up (I was being overbilled each month).  It took them
>> almost a year to correct it!

I have been going to President's/Bally's for abut 10 years and have
learned to expect the posibility of a screwup if anything changes with
my account.  
I have experienced their hand in my checking account....like an idot I
let them take the monthly payment out of my checking account when I
first joined.  They obviously felt I had given them permission to pull
out  money for whatever reason they wanted, like yearly dues.

I have not found them to be"ripoff artists"....... that would require
intelegence.

I have been told they have done away with all the 800 numbers except
for accounting.  In the Dallas area you can not find a number for
anyone above the idot at the front desk.

Bottom line -- don't give these guys to much crap.  The out of town
managent that was pointed out to me gave me flashbacks of the movie '
The Godfather'.
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From: zim@dfwmm.net (David Zimmerman)
Subject: Re: Bally's Health Club - Ripoff Artists
Date: 1997/03/24
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