David lloyd Gym membership- cooling off period?

ntycame

I've just signed up today to a david lloyd gym membership, came home and my partner had found a cheaper gym closer!!!! Contract says I can't cancel within the 12 months, however my mum is on about a cooling off period direct debit agreements have, could I take advanatge of this and cancel my membership tomorrow??

4743hudsonj

ntycame wrote: »

I've just signed up today to a david lloyd gym membership, came home and my partner had found a cheaper gym closer!!!! Contract says I can't cancel within the 12 months, however my mum is on about a cooling off period direct debit agreements have, could I take advanatge of this and cancel my membership tomorrow??

i think your mum is either referring to distance selling regs (online or phone sales)

or doorstep selling regs (your home, your work trade fairs)

if it took place at the businesses "normal" place of trade then you have no get out

after all contracts are by definition legally binding

they wouldnt be contracts if they could all be broken at whim would they?

McKneff

Are you sure it says nothing about cooling off periods.
Ring them tomorrow and ask, if they say no then ring the trading standards
up to see if they can do this.

Regards

ntycame

4743hudsonj wrote: »

i think your mum is either referring to distance selling regs (online or phone sales)

or doorstep selling regs (your home, your work trade fairs)

if it took place at the businesses "normal" place of trade then you have no get out

after all contracts are by definition legally binding

they wouldnt be contracts if they could all be broken at whim would they?

Thanks for clarifying that, guess i'm just gonna have to make sure i make good use of the gym membership for the next year!

McKneff

I still think that, even if there is no cooling off period, there blumming well should be.

4743hudsonj

McKneff wrote: »

I still think that, even if there is no cooling off period, there blumming well should be.

why?

if the customer makes the effort to go intot he store and take out a contract, why on earth should a business be responsible for not only losing that business but having huge admin costs and staffing costs.

are you the type of person who believes its their right to a refund in a store no matter what? thats a pretty similar situation imo

4743hudsonj

ntycame wrote: »

Thanks for clarifying that, guess i'm just gonna have to make sure i make good use of the gym membership for the next year!

so it was take out at the gym itself?

id suggest selling on the membership to a friend who will make more use of it. if you can that is

RobertoMoir

McKneff wrote: »

I still think that, even if there is no cooling off period, there blumming well should be.

Why? How long? What happens when you get a cooling off period of, for example, 30 days on everything you buy wherever you buy it from then feel a burning need to return a tin of beans 31 days after the purchase date? Would you accept that or suddenly decide that the cooling off period "blumming well" should be 31 days?

I think that while we expect businesses to be responsible for how they act when selling stuff to us that sooner or later perhaps we need to be more responsible for our actions as buyers too.

ntycame

4743hudsonj wrote: »

so it was take out at the gym itself?

id suggest selling on the membership to a friend who will make more use of it. if you can that is

wellm to be frank I will make use of it, especially in light of what im paying i'll bloody make sure I am! lol However its just the fact i think ive been ripped off, but ive made my bed and should lie in it. £70 is a lot per month, but i CAN afford, it, just have to cut down the takeaways and going out!!!

4743hudsonj

ntycame wrote: »

wellm to be frank I will make use of it, especially in light of what im paying i'll bloody make sure I am! lol However its just the fact i think ive been ripped off, but ive made my bed and should lie in it. £70 is a lot per month, but i CAN afford, it, just have to cut down the takeaways and going out!!!

haha itll get you fitter faster for the money

because its so expensive you have to cut down on fatty takeaways and booze therefore enhancing the effect of the gym

genius!

but yeh sorry op in future collect quotes and see if any price match, make sure you haggle.

or make them visit you and take advantage of the cooling off period

ntycame

4743hudsonj wrote: »

haha itll get you fitter faster for the money

because its so expensive you have to cut down on fatty takeaways and booze therefore enhancing the effect of the gym

genius!

but yeh sorry op in future collect quotes and see if any price match, make sure you haggle.

or make them visit you and take advantage of the cooling off period

Ive just had a gander at my contract and it says my membership starting date is the 30/11/09- even though i signed it yesterday, she said she'd start it next week, SO Im thinking I have a bit of a right here to say- look, it doesn't start next week, im not hapy, please cancel

I'm booking in to see the general manager tomorrow anyway and getting my assertive face on, and pulling the 'you're human too' card! Think I have a good chance?!