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Originally Posted by Jeffros Spec V
I'm pretty sure my brother got out of a contract at Bally's but I'll find out for sure and if he did I'll ask what he had/had to do.
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I got out of it and it wasn't easy.
I will say right now, that **** was my fault for taking someone's word and a handshake and not reading the fine print, but that doesn't make what they did right.
I knew I was moving in 6 months but had put on some weight in the last year. Went in the Bally's across from Oxford Valley Mall and said I just wanted to join for a couple of months because I would be moving. The guy said it be $49.99 a month and that I would have to pay a $50 cancellation fee. Signed some paperwork and began working out.
The place was ****ing disgusting. I remember going into the steam room and seeing the same bloody band aid 3 weeks in a row.
Just before I moved away I called Bally's to cancel and find out I was signed up for a 5 year contract and unless I died or moved somewhere that was 25 miles away from the closest Bally's I couldn't get out of the contract and would have to pay the remainder of the 5 years.
I called the guy who singed me up to ask him why he signed my up for a five year contract when I specifically told him that I wanted a 6 month contract, and without even provoking him at all he called me a "stupid asshole" for not reading the small print and hung up on me. Nice business practice they have there. Called all the way up the chain and got the same attitude.
Fortunately, I moved somewhere that 25.3 miles away from a Bally's! Paid the $50 and got out of the automatic credit card charges.
What you need to do is read the contract and see what the radius is for how far away you need to be from the closest Bally's to get out of it.
Then find a relative or a friend who lives that far away and change a credit card or cell phone bill to that address for a month. You will need to then fax them a copy of that bill with the new address, an explanation that you moved, a fifty dollar check, and mapquest directions to the closet Bally's that shows its further away than what's on your contract.
**** Bally's! Seriously, Google Bally's and look at all the web pages devoted to their shady practices. Apparently its SOP to trick people into signing up for extended contracts.
In fact a student of mine once told the she worked for their sales division. To bring up her sales she was told to call poorer areas hoping to get someone who didn't speak English so well, because it was easier to trick them into long term contracts. She said she never felt right and quit after a few weeks.