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Gold's Gym International, Inc - Contract Obligation
Review by rawhedrex on 2012-11-30
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA -- I belonged to a small neighborhood fitness center. One of the members bought it from the original owner several months ago. Equipment began falling into disrepair. Apparently whatever custodial attention it got ended with the new ownership.
On Oct. 31st, there was a notice on the door it was closing immediately and the membership list had been sold to another fitness business.
I received a phone call today from the other center telling me I owed two months fees; for Nov. and due to a "notice of termination" period, Dec. This center claimed I had been notified by surface or email. I do not open junk email and I am absolutely certain I received no notification in my by-name mail. I do not open unsolicited surface mail, so if I did receive notice by surface mail, it went to the trash.
My question is if I am obligated to give notification of termination within a specified amount of time, isn't the first fitness center obligated legally to extend the same courtesy to me?
Am I obligated to honor such a contract if my name was given to another fitness center without my permission or prior notification?
I paid the fees today. I am filing complaints with the state attorney general's and Better Business Bureau's offices and I have contacted a local television station's consumer action reporter.
On Oct. 31st, there was a notice on the door it was closing immediately and the membership list had been sold to another fitness business.
I received a phone call today from the other center telling me I owed two months fees; for Nov. and due to a "notice of termination" period, Dec. This center claimed I had been notified by surface or email. I do not open junk email and I am absolutely certain I received no notification in my by-name mail. I do not open unsolicited surface mail, so if I did receive notice by surface mail, it went to the trash.
My question is if I am obligated to give notification of termination within a specified amount of time, isn't the first fitness center obligated legally to extend the same courtesy to me?
Am I obligated to honor such a contract if my name was given to another fitness center without my permission or prior notification?
I paid the fees today. I am filing complaints with the state attorney general's and Better Business Bureau's offices and I have contacted a local television station's consumer action reporter.
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Posted by madconsumer on 2012-12-01:
read thru your contract, and find the section, or lack of section, that outlines how the contract can be sold to another group. if it lacks the clause, i say fight it, and call a lawyer.
Posted by leet60 on 2012-12-01:
It will depend largely on the terms of your original contract agreement. If it is specified that they are allowed to sell the agreement to another company then the charges are valid. Additionally, you should review the terms carefully for the method of notification you agreed to for such a sale to determine if they followed those caveats.
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