Bally Total Fitness ripoff Tulsa Oklahoma

Back in 1999 I moved to Tulsa, OK. That was my third year in the United States, I spoke a little English, couldn't even read at that. So I decide to go to the gym... Ballys.... they explained me that I'll need to pay $30 and I have trying period, and if I don't like it for any reasons no further action needed. I paid that $30, left that place, and never went back, thinking that I just lost $30. Soon after I got transferred to CA, then I moved to New York. Than I finally decide that I need to take care of my self, so I went to Ballys on 298 West 231st Street in Bronx, NY. And open a new account with monthly $18. Later in march of 2005 when I moved to FL with no clubs around, I called them cancel my membership they asked for 50.00 cancellation fee, I don't know why I had to pay that fee, that is not my problem that they have no clubs in this area. But I paid that. The interesting part just stars.... week later I start getting phone calls from collection agent about my FIRST account, that was shock. I had hours of conversations about 3,5000 that I owe. When I asked for a copy of my contract to be send to me, they refused, they only wanted to do fax. I asked them to mail it to me; there excuse was that would take days for me to get it. They want me to pay them at that time at that moment with check over the phone or credit card the amount of 1,600; I told them I wont do that. After few days of those conversations I told them that they would have to go to the court, they leaving me no choice. They advise me that amount will be some where around 5,000 and I will lose that court. And now no calls AND NOTHING STILL WAS SENT TO ME BY MAIL.

Oleksiy
Palm Coast, Florida
U.S.A.