Contract Advice?!

bazzlad

Was looking through my finances looking at places I could tighten the belt, and one of which is a gym membership I don't use - I did when I got it, but since then I've moved jobs and just don't have the time. Obviously I signed a contract when joining, but how enforcable are these contracts? It's not like I'm using their stuff? Can I cancel? Can they chase me? Anyone know?

Cheers

C_Ronaldo

bazzlad wrote: »

Was looking through my finances looking at places I could tighten the belt, and one of which is a gym membership I don't use - I did when I got it, but since then I've moved jobs and just don't have the time. Obviously I signed a contract when joining, but how enforcable are these contracts? It's not like I'm using their stuff? Can I cancel? Can they chase me? Anyone know?

Cheers

Ive read stories on here of people being chased for payment,

esuhl

The best thing to do is to read the contract to see what it says. If you have agreed to a subscription with regular payments, and you then break the terms by not paying, the gym would be well within their rights to inform credit reference agencies and sue you.

Whether or not you are "using their stuff" is irrelevant. You have already agreed to pay them. The gym could argue that based on your promise to pay and its offer to let you use the gym, it has gone out and invested your subscription fees in new equipment and staff.

Of course, this is irrelevant too: all that matters is what's in the contract, and whether it is legally enforceable. I would be surprised if the gym's lawyers had allowed unenforceable terms, but if you think there are any it might be worth letting us know what they are, or possibly getting some "official" legal advice.

I suppose it won't hurt to ask the gym to cancel your membership or reduce your fees. A bit optimistic, perhaps, but the only way out of a fair & legal contract is if both parties agree.