201, Report:
#95173
Posted Date:
Jun 17 2004
Bally Total Fitness Bally's acknowledges forgery on membership contract Norwalk California
On 05 January 2004, I entered Bally's Total Fitness at 1435 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA to review their membership options. The membership consultant explained several membership plans, and I indicated that I was interested in looking elsewhere before committing to Bally's. The ...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
202, Report:
#94846
Posted Date:
Jun 14 2004
Bally Total Fitness Ripoff Lies Misrepresentation Deception Phoenix Arizona
Regarding:
Bally Total Fitness
15401 N 29 Av
Phoenix AZ 85053
602-993-3366
This complaint is the first I ever did have to pursue with regarding Bally Total Fitness, 15401 N 29 Av
Phoenix AZ 85053 602-993-3366. I thought that after not hearing from them for such a long time...
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Categories: Alternative Health
203, Report:
#93044
Posted Date:
May 26 2004
Bally Total Fitness took advantage of me and ripped me off! San Bernardino, California
I joined Bally Total Fitness in 2000. I remember it well because it was shortly after my son was born. At the time, they were offering a $19 Down, $19 a Month special that sounded great since I was already anticipating a tight budget with a new baby.
I joined because I had just...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
204, Report:
#92498
Posted Date:
May 22 2004
BALLY TOTAL FITNESS ripoff USE THEIR REP TO FORCE INNOCENT PEOPLE INTO A LONG TERM CONTRACT NORWALK California
With summer around the corner, getting fit was the best things I thought. I had been doing lot of research on which fitness center to go. I really wanted one home away from home. I wanted a fitness center I could give tombs up to at all time. The one I find myself is nothing to wr...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
205, Report:
#91953
Posted Date:
May 18 2004
Bally Total Fitness ripoff! New Rochelle New York
I first joined Ballys my first semester at college. I was getting almost a full scholarship to be on one of the schools teams. When I joined I was led to believe I was signing for a 1 year contract when I found out it was for 3 years.
Well after about 3 months of being there I e...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
206, Report:
#91184
Posted Date:
May 12 2004
Bally Total Fitness ripoff Sugarland Texas
Bally Total Fitness on WestBellfort/Corp. Office in Sugarland took $112.85 from me.
I was lied to when I signed up. My son was 4 months old when I joined. The rep told me he was old enough for the child care.
Come to find out when I went to workout he could not be accepted bec...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
207, Report:
#82556
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2004
Bally Total Fitness Breach of Contract re Cancellation ripoff They should be shut down and prosecuted for their consumer fraud. Los Angeles California
As a lawyer, I read the 3-year contract carefully. I wanted to be able to move to another part of California and still use my membership, or break the contract legally if necessary. Unexpectedly, I was required to move out of California (and out of the country).
I followed the ...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
208, Report:
#80846
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2004
Bally Total Fitness ripoff New York
i joined the club for 36 months and paid off my entire balance. it was a buy one get one free deal. anyway, i was told that after the 36 months i would be responsible for the monthly renewal dues. after 12 months they are saying my membership has expired and that i owe them for mont...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
209, Report:
#33713
Posted Date:
Jan 27 2004
bally total fitness ruined my life con artist fake dirty ripoff liars bronx Nationwide
When i was 19 i thought it would be a good idea to enhance my health and strength, and just my luck i received a flyer from bally total fitness employee and the flyer read join now for only 5$ so i said you cant beat that not knowing my pocket was the one that would receive the beat...
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Categories: Healthcare Centers
210, Report:
#37129
Posted Date:
Jan 26 2004
Bally Total Fitness rip-off the business that doesnt give a damn Virginia Beach Blvd Virginia
Is there anyone out there that has a good expierence with Bally's? If there is, I would sure like to hear from them. It amazes me the amount of people this establishment has ripped off, including myself.
I was lied to upon joining (since their sales are commisioned). Bally ma...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
211, Report:
#16994
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2004
BALLY TOTAL FITNESS BALLY TOTAL FITNESS CENTER TOTAL RIP-OFF consumer fraud ripoff IMPERIAL HWY. NORWALK California
I believed i was one in thousand of customer got rip-off by BALLY TOTAL FITNESS CENTER TOTAL RIP-OFF. I only used their facility twice, and tried to cancel if by sending them a letter.
Bally Total Fitness Sales Representative uses deceptive sales tactics and will not even explain t...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
212, Report:
#75587
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2004
Bally Total Fitness Does not Honor Cancellation Clause in Contract Norwalk California
I joined Bally's on April 18 2003 in the Rockville, MD Club. I had explained to the Sales Person, Lloyd that I was from New Mexico and on a temporary contract for several months.
I told him of my concerns about their being a problem canceling my membership. He directed me to sect...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
213, Report:
#75268
Posted Date:
Dec 18 2003
Bally Total Fitness ripoff! Claimed not to have received fax and letters of cancellation and kept charging credit card. Norwalk California
My sister and I had a joint contract at Bally Fitness. We were told we could cancel at any time. Later we were moving from the Salt Lake area and decided to cancel.
My sister called and then faxed cancellation information to the Bally headquarters(where all cancellations are p...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
214, Report:
#67668
Posted Date:
Sep 26 2003
Bally Total Fitness West Palm Beach Florida
When I joined Bally Total Fitness they said I could cancel at any time and they rushed me into signing and never explained to me all the details.
After 1 month I had to move and called them to cancel explaining to them what the sales rep told me and they laughed and said no you ...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
215, Report:
#61741
Posted Date:
Jun 25 2003
Charter One Bank ripoff, high fees, rude customer service, misleading advertising Cleveland (Corp HQ) Ohio
On the recommendation of Gomez, I opened an account with Charter One Bank in February. I was looking for an online bank with a higher yield on my savings, and have found the exact opposite. This hasn't been my main bank account, and I wanted to evalaute the online bill payment and o...
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Categories: Banks
216, Report:
#32703
Posted Date:
Jun 01 2003
Bally Total Fitness Don't sign it's a financed loan!!! deceptive company Nationwide
The irony of this letter is astonishing! I was actually looking up the web address for Bally's to dispute a charge on my credit report when Poof!!!...I found this site at the top of the list.
I signed up at Bally's when I moved away from home to the city in Pittsburgh. It looke...
Entity
Categories: Fitness Consultants
217, Report:
#40874
Posted Date:
Apr 10 2003
Bally Total Fitness ripoff Kew Gardens New York
approx about 10 years ago i joined ballys health spa. i paid an enrollment fee to join. i attended the gym only once during my membership. immediately afterward i cancelled my mebership because i was involved in a life threatning motor vehicle accident and no longer could attend th...
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Categories: Health Spas
218, Report:
#43737
Posted Date:
Feb 01 2003
Bally's Total Fitness ripoff unscrupulous liars victimized us ripoff waste of time Baltimore Montana
I was coerced (or muscled) into signing a contract under unscrupulous conditions in which the entire terms of the contract were not explained to me and the understanding was that I could cancel my membership.
I called to cancel whatever i signed for in the first week. I have ne...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
219, Report:
#41197
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2003
Baaly Total Fitness LIED and keep reporting me when I canceled by their TERMS ripoff business from hell Orlando Florida
I signed up for bally's in 2/01 and wrote a cancelation letter on 3/30/01 because I made an unexpected decision to move to Florida. I wrot e the letter of cancellation, per the terms of their contract which states if you move and a Bally's is not within 5 miles of your address, the...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
220, Report:
#38836
Posted Date:
Dec 20 2002
Bally's Total Fitness Beware of ripoff swindlers whenever you visit them even as a guest of a member! Philadelphia Pennsylvania
I visited a Bally Total Fitness in Philadelphia as a guest of a member, who is a friend of mine, one day in late August of 2002. Previously, I went to another Bally Total Fitness in the Granite Run Mall with the same friend under similar circumstances, but my experience at the Phila...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
221, Report:
#35914
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2002
Bally Total Fitness ripoff deceptive company fort lauderdale fla
I was an employee for over 25 years and I was an area vice-president at one time. They owed me a life membership for me and my family when I left the company. I tried over and over again and never received what I had coming over the years. They care nothing at all for people who gav...
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Categories: Employers
222, Report:
#31534
Posted Date:
Oct 01 2002
Bally Total Fitness ripoff abused & mistreated Lombard Illinois
I was heavily pressured into signing a 3-year contract that was not explained to me at all. I went back within 3 days and said that I wanted to cancel and they said it was too bad because I had signed a contract and there was nothing I could do.
I kept my membership with only th...
Entity
Categories: Health Clubs & Gyms
223, Report:
#31184
Posted Date:
Sep 26 2002
Bally Total Fitness ripoff Milwaukee Wisconsin
Bally's is a rip-off. I joined this club in May of 1999 and wasn't able to pay the bill because it was way more than they said the payments were going to be.
I didn't want the bill to go on my credit report so I decided to see if I could work something out with them. They said t...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas
224, Report:
#20004
Posted Date:
Jul 01 2002
Bally Total Fitness dirty ripoff liars San Jose California
I took a membership with Bally Total Fitness sometime in mid of 2001. I asked for a membership for one month, and was told by the sale rep that, it's not possible and he convinced me to take it for 3 months in the beginning and said after t his, it would become month-month. I agreed...
Entity
Categories: Fitness Consultants
225, Report:
#18981
Posted Date:
Jun 06 2002
Bally Total Fitness ripoff Baltimore Maryland
I was looking around to find information about the membership in Bally Total Fitness . I was taken for a tour around the gym by one of their employees. Later he show me the different options for membership.
I put down $50. for a resonable price and to hold one of my option. I to...
Entity
Categories: Health Spas