How to get out of gym membership

polly30

I am trying to clear mhy credit card debt and paying as much as i can every month however i have an expensive gym membership of £59 per month. I really want to cancel this and pay the £59 to my debt but im tied into a years contract which doesnt end until March 2010!

Any ideas as to how i can get out of this? The gym have a reputation for holding customers to their contract!

DarkConvict

My gf was unable to cancel her £30 a month with a gym. You signed a contract so you can only request them to cancel it if they allow it.
You might get it on compassionate grounds due to your circumstances, so try ad be nice to them as they dont have it.
You could force a cancellation but they would want the money owed til the end, i.e. October-March (6x£59)

Tixy

Hi polly - agree with dark convict - its very hard to get out of gym memberships. Providing they are providing the service they said they would you have no grounds to cancel it.

You could try appealing to them, telling them you are in financial difficulty. Or perhaps you could try asking if you could transfer the memebership to someone else (thats if you know anyone else who would want it).

NYGiants

polly30 wrote: »

I am trying to clear mhy credit card debt and paying as much as i can every month however i have an expensive gym membership of £59 per month. I really want to cancel this and pay the £59 to my debt but im tied into a years contract which doesnt end until March 2010!

Any ideas as to how i can get out of this? The gym have a reputation for holding customers to their contract!

Is it Esporta? They typically charge that amount for membership.

If it is Esporta don't forget that they require 3 months notice so make sure you send your cancellation letter via recorded delivery 3 months before it expires otherwise it'll roll over to another 12 month contract (they have a habit of 'losing' cancellation letters).

misspoppy

could you see if you can suspend your membership, you will pay a reduced amount but not be able to use the gym

polly30

NYGiants wrote: »

Is it Esporta? They typically charge that amount for membership.

If it is Esporta don't forget that they require 3 months notice so make sure you send your cancellation letter via recorded delivery 3 months before it expires otherwise it'll roll over to another 12 month contract (they have a habit of 'losing' cancellation letters).

Hi, yes its Esporta apparantly they are notorius for holding people to their contract.

thanks for the heads up on the 3 month notice period!!