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Gym Membership cancellation

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  • LinasPilibaitisisbatman
    LinasPilibaitisisbatman Posts: 1,518 Forumite
    Hopefully its a 12 month recurring deal with 10 months notice and you've missed it !!!
  • mrmajika
    mrmajika Posts: 988 Forumite
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    LinasPilibaitisisbatman wrote: »
    Hopefully its a 12 month recurring deal with 10 months notice and you've missed it !!!
    Thankfully not, but thanks for your input.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Whilst my posts do not constitute financial advice, I am always, without fail, 100% right! :D
  • seadee
    seadee Posts: 400 Forumite
    LinasPilibaitisisbatman wrote: »
    Hopefully its a 12 month recurring deal with 10 months notice and you've missed it !!!

    Would this comment suggest that you work for a local authority?
  • love-hearts
    love-hearts Posts: 1,014 Forumite
    Take it to your local trading standards office I was in a similar position and wanted out of the contract, the trading standards said the direct debit mandate I signed was out of date so I was able to cancel it :D.
  • pinkshoes
    pinkshoes Posts: 20,659 Forumite
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    seadee wrote: »
    Would this comment suggest that you work for a local authority?

    No, it suggests they're naturally bitter and twisted, and a well known troll!
    Should've = Should HAVE (not 'of')
    Would've = Would HAVE (not 'of')

    No, I am not perfect, but yes I do judge people on their use of basic English language. If you didn't know the above, then learn it! (If English is your second language, then you are forgiven!)
  • shop-to-drop
    shop-to-drop Posts: 4,340 Forumite
    You can usually defer membership for certain circumstances with a doctors note. Or transfer membership at discretion of the local authority gym.

    Otherwise you will probably just have to pay it as everyone else does when they tire of the gym. I would guess that more than 50% of people don't go for the full 12 months even though they still pay.
    :j Trytryagain FLYLADY - SAYE £700 each month Premium Bonds £713 Mortgage Was £100,000@20/6/08 now zilch 21/4/15:beer: WTL - 52 (I'll do it 4 MUM)
  • Tozer
    Tozer Posts: 3,518 Forumite
    Not dating something like this is absolutely no "loophole" to get out of it being enforceable.

    The date is purely put into an agreement to record the date it is signed.
  • seadee
    seadee Posts: 400 Forumite
    pinkshoes wrote: »
    No, it suggests they're naturally bitter and twisted, and a well known troll!

    Fair enough.
    I just wondered as the OP had implied that local authorities were poorly run places, that this person may have felt slighted.
  • mrmajika
    mrmajika Posts: 988 Forumite
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    Tozer wrote: »
    Not dating something like this is absolutely no "loophole" to get out of it being enforceable.

    The date is purely put into an agreement to record the date it is signed.
    I thought that this might be the case.

    Thanks for all the replies. I'm in the process of seeking some legal advice about it (Scots law), so i'll keep my fingers crossed.

    :beer:
    Whilst my posts do not constitute financial advice, I am always, without fail, 100% right! :D
  • Tozer
    Tozer Posts: 3,518 Forumite
    mrmajika wrote: »
    I thought that this might be the case.

    Thanks for all the replies. I'm in the process of seeking some legal advice about it (Scots law), so i'll keep my fingers crossed.

    :beer:

    Certainly no prospect of getting out of it under English law. Good luck though!
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