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| - I've been in my new home for about 5 months. During those 5 months, I've wanted to test the Mountainside Fitness gym that was literally across the street.
Why I didn't is why many people don't. The process is one of the worst consumer experiences I have every experienced.
Over the past 4 months I've checked in on their website. The cost has always been the same. I thought about just signing up and dealing with whether I even liked the place after the fact. They offered a 5-Day free trial.
I printed it out and looked at it for a month. Did I really want to go through the process?
Today (4th of July) I decided I'd force myself through it. That was at 7am. Being just across the street you might think I'd be there by 7:30 - 8 at the latest, right? Try 1pm. That is how long I put it off.
So... I bet you are thinking that it was all in my head and everything went as you would expect, right? You would be wrong.
So... Walking in, I fill out the form, the form is given to some man younger than my daughter, and proceeded to take me on a facility tour. When we arrive back at his desk he starts talking about packages. I explain to him that I've watched the plans online for a few months, I am aware of the costs and what I was planning on doing is using the 5-day pass for a few visits at different times of day and see if the club has the capacity to meet its membership. I'm not going to pay $50 a month to wait for equipment.
So... the sales guy tells me the following - word for word - If you leave the club today without buying a membership, you will have to pay $95 to use the rest of your FREE 5-day pass.
Are you serious? Yes he said, club policy.
I nearly lost my cool, but held on.
I may join, but they took a 100% sure deal and made it a maybe - and I WILL tell EVERY person I can what a slimy place Mountainside Fitness is. I will spend the next few hours posting this experience many different places.
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