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| - So, I've worked out here on and off for years but my health was waning so after about a year of paying and not going, I canceled my membership. Come to find out I needed open-heart surgery. So after a month in the hospital and several months of rehab, I'm feeling great again and I want to get back in real shape. So, I'm thinking I'll go back to Gold's. The day before I return there I get a call from a collection agency and you see where this is going? Did the one star give me away? They dropped a bomb on me to the tune of $299!! I told them they were clearly mistaken, after all, I don't have a membership with Golds.
So I call them and lo and behold, my membership wasn't canceled after all. I explained that during my surgery, and subsequent convalescence, I was living on food stamps and Obama Care. Oh and I paid you clowns for a year without setting foot in here. If anything, I'm due a refund. They wouldn't hear any of it. And to top it off, I can't cancel until I pay my back dues and then I'm required to give a month's notice, just so they can stick it to me for one more month? I'm currently working on getting this resolved but it's not looking too promising.
Decades of loyalty don't mean squat, apparently.
All that aside, I've always been satisfied with Gold's, though it's the only place I know where you put your life in your hands if you cross between a bodybuilder and his mirror in mid-rep. Thank God I have the ability to sweet talk my way out of a fight. And yes, there are monsters there. Massively insecure steroidal lunks and scary Arnie-esque "women" who spend at least 4 hrs a day, 364 (they're closed Xmas) days a year in there, but who cares? The question you need to ask is, do you give a sh*t? If you do, go elsewhere and if you do join Gold's, God forbid you fall behind. Let's face it, the people who have money are over at Lifetime.
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