Gold's Gym In Sandy Wouldn't allow me to cancel my account, and sent it to collections for 3300 dollars for me and 2 other people Sandy Utah

My own sad experience with Gold's Gym has led me to realize that in the end, the consumer is responsible to make sure that they know what they are obligating themselves to before they sign that contract.

First: How do you know when a salesman is lying? Answer: Their lips are moving. Salespeople are about making sales, and we can't trust them. It's what you read in the contract, in teeny tiny print, that matters in court.

I've been to my attorney with this question - he's an honest man whom I've known all my life, so I trust him - and he basically says that Gold's Gym has a reputation for this kind of operation, and that their contracts are legally iron-clad. If you signed, you're shafted. Your options are: 1) Keep paying the membership; 2) Move; 3) Sell your contract to someone else, and pay a $100.00 "transfer fee." Bend over, here it comes again.

Do whatever you can to cut your losses and use this as a learning experience in future. It doesn't matter how good the deal sounds, before you put your John Hancock on that line, *read* the contract from beginning to end. The lawyers wrote it to benefit the seller, not the buyer, and you'll find everything Gold's Gym is telling you buried in the fine print. Your signature says "I agree". This is what I had to do.

Yes, it pisses me off. Gold's Gym makes a living by signing people up for a service they know most will never use, and making it darn-near impossible to get out of. This is, in the end analysis, dishonest - but the law is all about turning black into white so that someone and their attorney can make a profit.

Q: What do you call 500,000 attorneys at the bottom of the ocean? A: A good start.

Good luck.

My own sad experience with Gold's Gym has led me to realize that in the end, the consumer is responsible to make sure that they know what they are obligating themselves to before they sign that contract.

First: How do you know when a salesman is lying? Answer: Their lips are moving. Salespeople are about making sales, and we can't trust them. It's what you read in the contract, in teeny tiny print, that matters in court.

I've been to my attorney with this question - he's an honest man whom I've known all my life, so I trust him - and he basically says that Gold's Gym has a reputation for this kind of operation, and that their contracts are legally iron-clad. If you signed, you're shafted. Your options are: 1) Keep paying the membership; 2) Move; 3) Sell your contract to someone else, and pay a $100.00 "transfer fee." Bend over, here it comes again.

Do whatever you can to cut your losses and use this as a learning experience in future. It doesn't matter how good the deal sounds, before you put your John Hancock on that line, *read* the contract from beginning to end. The lawyers wrote it to benefit the seller, not the buyer, and you'll find everything Gold's Gym is telling you buried in the fine print. Your signature says "I agree". This is what I had to do.

Yes, it pisses me off. Gold's Gym makes a living by signing people up for a service they know most will never use, and making it darn-near impossible to get out of. This is, in the end analysis, dishonest - but the law is all about turning black into white so that someone and their attorney can make a profit.

Q: What do you call 500,000 attorneys at the bottom of the ocean? A: A good start.

Good luck.

My own sad experience with Gold's Gym has led me to realize that in the end, the consumer is responsible to make sure that they know what they are obligating themselves to before they sign that contract.

First: How do you know when a salesman is lying? Answer: Their lips are moving. Salespeople are about making sales, and we can't trust them. It's what you read in the contract, in teeny tiny print, that matters in court.

I've been to my attorney with this question - he's an honest man whom I've known all my life, so I trust him - and he basically says that Gold's Gym has a reputation for this kind of operation, and that their contracts are legally iron-clad. If you signed, you're shafted. Your options are: 1) Keep paying the membership; 2) Move; 3) Sell your contract to someone else, and pay a $100.00 "transfer fee." Bend over, here it comes again.

Do whatever you can to cut your losses and use this as a learning experience in future. It doesn't matter how good the deal sounds, before you put your John Hancock on that line, *read* the contract from beginning to end. The lawyers wrote it to benefit the seller, not the buyer, and you'll find everything Gold's Gym is telling you buried in the fine print. Your signature says "I agree". This is what I had to do.

Yes, it pisses me off. Gold's Gym makes a living by signing people up for a service they know most will never use, and making it darn-near impossible to get out of. This is, in the end analysis, dishonest - but the law is all about turning black into white so that someone and their attorney can make a profit.

Q: What do you call 500,000 attorneys at the bottom of the ocean? A: A good start.

Good luck.