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From: philip@qubix.UUCP (Philip Wang)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Family Fitness Centers/Wallbangers -- a warning
Message-ID: <879@qubix.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 15:55:24 EST
Article-I.D.: qubix.879
Posted: Fri Feb 24 15:55:24 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Feb-84 15:47:51 EST
Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, Saratoga, CA
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I had a very similar experience from another fitness center,
the Superfit in Sunnyvale, CA.

It started in different way.

I have a good friend, he is a member of that fitness center.
I asked him if I could go to see that center, and he got a
guest pass for me to go there once, FREE.  After I showed
them that pass, the same story started.

They gave me a tour, by an instructor, tought me how to use
and let me tried their machines.  Then, brought me into a
small room with one of their guy sat near the door.  (I was
sitting in the inside corner.)  He asked me some questions
about my physical condition and my goal and then, started
pushing me to sign-up to be a member.  The cheapest one he
showed me is $440 (about this amount), after an $100 deduction
for the first time visitor, for 18 mon. membership.  When I
told them (the second guy showed after I refused to sign
several times.) that it is too much than my budge, they try
to persuade me to sign-up by offering a finance for my payment.
After I told them several times that my wife controls all of
our budge, they gave me 3 days to think about it and still 
ould have the $100 bonus.  Before I signed that agreement,
I did read the whole agreement very carefully, just like
what Mark Collows did.  I brought a cancellation notice to
them before the deadline.  They complained to my friend that
I asked to tried ALL machines and didn't sign-up.  But I
really HATE someon push me to buy something.  That's the
feeling I got from them.

By the way, my friend got his membership in $150/6 mon. by
arguing with them for a long time.  He just extended his
membership to $430/3 yrs.  That means he paid another $280
to get another 30 mon. membership.  (Compare what he got with
what they tried to sell me.  $430/36 mon. vs. $440/18 mon.)
Don't sign-up without bargaining with them.


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	Philip Wang @ QUBIX Graphic Systems, Inc., Saratoga, CA.
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