Gym Membership cancellation

mrmajika

Hi all,

My wife has a 2 month old gym membership with the local authoriy, for which she has signed up for 12 months. The minimum contract is 12 months and it shall be a rolling month to month contract thereafter.

For reasons that I will not go into here, we would now like to cancel this membership.

I have dug out our copy of the documents that she signed and have noted that she has signed the agreement, but did not date the agreement in the appropriate date field. Similary, the gym representative signed the agreement but also did not date it in the appropriate date field.

Does anyone know for sure whether or not the agreement is enforceable?

My thinking is that it is not, due to the forms not being dated.

Any help is appreciated ! :beer:

sporedude

Usually you have 14 days to cancel, After that, Your stuck.

hollydays

But that's not what he's asking..

McKneff

You say 'in the appropriate date field'. giving the impression that it is dated elsewhere. If that is the case then you or should i say she is stuck with it Im afraid.

Might be a different matter if it is not dated at all.

mrmajika

anniehanlon wrote: »

You say 'in the appropriate date field'. giving the impression that it is dated elsewhere. If that is the case then you or should i say she is stuck with it Im afraid.

Might be a different matter if it is not dated at all.

It's not dated at all.

seadee

Is this the only documentation that you have?
This didn't send out a letter acknowledging the membership for example, which might be dated?

custardy

wouldnt your 1st DD payment set the start date?

Hailz86

Unless it says in the contract somewhere that you can cancel for certain reasons (your reason being one of them) then you may be stuck for another 10 months x

mrmajika

I do know when the start date was. The T&Cs, as expected, don't mention about what is to happen when the forms have not been dated.

My question is essentially:

Is the 12 month agreement enforceable when neither party has dated it?


I am looking to use this potential loophole to cancel.

pinkshoes

Contracts don't have to be written to be legally binding, so although there is no date next to the signiture, they may have other ways of proving the start date i.e. a letter send, or the direct debit.

It may be worth a try, but should it go to court, could cost you more than another 10 months of gym membership.

As previously asked, did the gym send you anything else in the post that was dated?

mrmajika

pinkshoes wrote: »

As previously asked, did the gym send you anything else in the post that was dated?

No other correspondance was sent.

I suppose it's worth a letter. It is a local authority gym, so hopefully the left hand won't know what the right hand's doing.:D