Debt in someone else's name

craggy121

Hi, not sure if I'm posting in the right place but am really hoping someone can help me.

I joined my 15 year old daughter up to an Exercise 4 Less gym a while ago so that she could go with her friends, didn't mind this at £10 per month. After a while she wasn't going enough so we decided to stop the membership.

However, I made a mistake because I just cancelled the direct debit and didn't talk to the gym to cancel it properly.

I received a letter from Harlands (who must look after membership for the club) saying that the DD had been cancelled and that a £25 charge had been levied against me. Stupidly, I ignored it and have just received another one saying there is another £25 charge and now I owe over £60.

The thing is, the letter is being sent to my 15 year old daughter and not me and in fact is being addressed to Mr. She has a different surname to me to. The only link is that the payment have been coming out of my account.

Do you think I will be able to negotiate with them to pay the minimum amount or will I have to pay the whole lot?

Any advice is gratefully accepted.

Craggy

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Who signed the application, and the DD mandate?

FireWyrm

So, how long was the contract for and what were the fees described?

I would be inclined to pay it off and cancel the membership via the correct method. Just cant just welch on a contract, no matter how annoying it is and cancelling a DD does not cancel the contract.

craggy121

Thanks for your responses.

I did the DD over the phone, don't recall signing anything but I will check that.

There was no contract either as it was supposed to be an easy cancel at a months notice.

quidsy

You failed to cancel the agreement properly. Call them, give the months notice & pay the fees. You can attempt to negotiate a reduction but tbh, their terms are pretty basic. Give notice, stop paying after notice period.

[Deleted User]

In that case, give them a months notice, and pay them their £80.

Not worth fighting over it.

Marktheshark

Did you sign anything or agree to anything online ?

craggy121

Hi, no I didn't sign anything or do anything online. The whole thing was done over the telephone.