Not allowed to cancel due to reclocation?

hollydoll

For one thing I have been with the club company, cancelled my gym membership and they keep accusing me of owing money when I have paid it off!

Secondly FitSpace have now said I can't cancel even though I have moved from Bournemouth where my membership is to....Manchester!! I could understand them not allowing to cancel due to relocation if they had gyms all over the country but there arent that many and the closest to me is nottingham! I have already said to them "unless you can provide me a service in Manchester then I'm not paying, I wasn't going to hold off relocating due to a gym membership!" I don't know what to do.

dmg24

Read your contract?

DCFC79

dmg24 wrote: »

Read your contract?

top notch advice here,

George_Michael

Ask yourself one question. If you weren't moving but Fitspace had contacted you and informed you that their gymnasium was relocating to Aberdeen but you couldn't cancel your membership and would still have to keep paying you contracted fee, what would your response have been?
A contract is legally binding on both parties, and if when you signed up you agreed to a minimum term, then this is what you must pay for.
You might move, but it won't be difficult for Fitspace to pass the debt on to a collection agency, and they may well take legal action to recover the money that they are owed.

I'm assuming that you are on the "Monthly value" deal.
There is generally a reason why some options are cheaper then others, the main one being that you are tied in for a fixed period.

I wish to cancel the following membership:
10 Day cooling off cancellation. Monthly Flex. No contract membership. Paying Between £17 and £19
You can cancel your membership giving a full months notice. Upon submitting this form you will have one remaining payment to make.

Monthly Value. 18 month contract membership. Paying between £10 and £12
I confirm I have been a member for over 18mths and am therefore now outside the initial contract period.
It is not possible to cancel your membership within the 18mth contract period.

Annual Membership. Please note no refunds will be given

meer53

It's not their problem that you have moved to Manchester, you need to read your contract, if you can't cancel you will have to carry on paying them. It's not worth risking them passing it to a debt collection agents.

McKneff

Dont pay them and you trash your credit file,

No mortgage, no cc, no credit whatsoever.

ellay864

Look on the bright side...you're moving up north where it's cheaper so what you save can pay off the gym you can't use

mabrookes

dmg24 wrote: »

Read your contract?

Is it really that simple though, isn't a contract is required to benefit both parties to be legal (I did a law module at uni and I remember something along those lines). Beyond that it is just my opinion but I think he should be able to leave. It would be different if it was a credit agreement where they lent money, or supplied something upfront but they lose nothing by him not paying, he does legally loses services if he continues paying.

Of course you could argue he shouldn't move, but this brings a whole knew sinister dimension to what companies will try and demand as part of their contract - although I can't imagine them being enforceable in court.

dmg24

mabrookes wrote: »

Is it really that simple though, isn't a contract is required to benefit both parties to be legal (I did a law module at uni and I remember something along those lines). Beyond that it is just my opinion but I think he should be able to leave. It would be different if it was a credit agreement where they lent money, or supplied something upfront but they lose nothing by him not paying, but he legally loses services if he continues paying.

Of course a contract has to be legal (is that not self evident?), but the OP has presented us with nothing to say that it is not.

So, from your law module at uni, why do you think that they should be able to leave?

dmg24

mabrookes wrote: »

Is it really that simple though, isn't a contract is required to benefit both parties to be legal (I did a law module at uni and I remember something along those lines). Beyond that it is just my opinion but I think he should be able to leave. It would be different if it was a credit agreement where they lent money, or supplied something upfront but they lose nothing by him not paying, he does legally loses services if he continues paying.

Of course you could argue he shouldn't move, but this brings a whole knew sinister dimension to what companies will try and demand as part of their contract - although I can't imagine them being enforceable in court.

You might want to re edit that - it makes little sense.

Freddie_Snowbits

mabrookes wrote: »

Is it really that simple though, isn't a contract is required to benefit both parties to be legal (I did a law module at uni and I remember something along those lines). Beyond that it is just my opinion but I think he should be able to leave. It would be different if it was a credit agreement where they lent money, or supplied something upfront but they lose nothing by him not paying, he does legally loses services if he continues paying.

Of course you could argue he shouldn't move, but this brings a whole knew sinister dimension to what companies will try and demand as part of their contract - although I can't imagine them being enforceable in court.

I learnt law after being picked by the bill for using language at The Crown, does that me me a barrister?