My hubby and I got a gym membership 2 years ago. It was a 2-year contract - mistake No. 1 - that I didn't bother to read - mistake No. 2 - and the fee was directly taken out of my account every month - mistake No. 3.
I'm not doing very well so far, am I?
As you can guess, we went to the gym a few times a week and the first 2 months. Then it was once a week, and once a month. Before the first year ended, we weren't going anymore. But we signed a contract, so we sucked it up and let them take the $50 a month.
Finally... the last month was this January. I am happy. That is, until I see a withdraw for $19 a few days ago. The withdrawer was the gym. What? What happened? It turns out that the contract (yes, the one I didn't bother to read) had an automatic renewal clause. How surprising!
I called, said I didn't want my contract to be renewed. Ok, they'll cancel it, but no, they won't refund the $19.
To top it: I wasn't expecting such a fee this month. This happened on 3/13 and I get paid on 3/15, and there was not enough funds to cover the $19. So I got charged $30 for insufficient fund. They will not refund that either.
I called my bank (Sovereign Bank, not to name it). I have been a good customer for over 5 years and my account has been overdrawn maybe 3 times. I explain the situation. They won't refund the fee.
So I'm out $50 for no good reason.
Lesson learned: never EVER EVER sign up for automatic withdrawal or let anyone have direct access to your account.
Damn gym membership
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