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Article #2125Re: Complaints about Bally Fitness
From: Emanuel Brown
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:09
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:09
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 06:21:56 +0000 (UTC), Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn@ripco.com> wrote: > >My wife used to teach aerobics at Chicago Health Club on Wasbash which I >believe became Ballys later in life. It was not a job she enjoyed... > >Always pushing membership upgrades... Yep, Ballys are what gym rats call "contract factories." They exist to get money out of you, and don't care whether they ever see you again - hell, mostly they'd rather *not* see you, once they've set you up for automatic payments. Lots of martial arts schools are the same way. However, like most things in life, most of the screaming and whining is done by people that didn't do their research before agreeing to give them wads of dough. If you choose the right membership, don't let them scam you into upgrading, actually GO to the gym, and you aren't training for Mr. or Ms. Olympia, a Ballys can make for a decent gym experience for not too much money. Unfortunately, 99% of the time people come in because they saw some special and let some gym bunny sell them a world-wide ultra-premium super-duper membership plan for only a thousand a month, then stop going and discover that Bally plans to hold them to the contract they signed (how weird!). Emanuel (never joined a gym myself, but I might join for the treadmills - sick of running in Chicago winters) -- Sony VAIO 505 info - http://home.att.net/~epbrown01/sony505.html Join the 505 Mailing List - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sony505/
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