Title: A Disheartening and Disgraceful Experience
I am deeply disappointed by the lack of compassion and unethical behavior of Bangkok Martial Arts Gym. I signed up for a membership with a friend, despite the gym being far from my home. Unfortunately, I never used the membership because of two significant reasons: the distance and, more importantly, the sudden passing of my father. During that time, canceling my membership was the last thing on my mind, as I was grieving and focused on my family.
Despite my absence, the gym continued to charge me month after month without any attempt to reach out or check why I had not returned. Eventually, the charges went to collections, damaging my credit. I am only 22 years old, and I just had my first child. Now, my credit is so affected that I cannot even secure an apartment for my family.
When I called to explain the situation, the manager was cold, unethical, and lacked empathy. Instead of understanding my situation, she smugly informed me that I had already signed, as if I was now powerless to do anything. This heartless attitude goes against the values of integrity, honor, and respect that martial arts is supposed to uphold. It is appalling that this gym is willing to tarnish its reputation and relationships over a few dollars, showing no regard for the people who trust them.
This experience has left me disheartened, disgusted, and deeply disappointed. I hope others take heed of how this gym treats its members and find a place that actually values people...
Read moreThis review keeps getting hidden, so I'm going to rephrase this without going into detail. I got a bad injury at this gym (bad concussion that had debilitating effects, which I still have not fully recovered from to this day) and management did not care enough to work with me on it nor demonstrated much care except publicly in the reply. I had the circumstances required to freeze my account, however all I needed was a doctor's note which I couldn't financially provide. "Fair for all members" as stated by the reply by the business= fair for the business' wallet because they actually COULD do something about it but chose to take my hard earned money instead while I couldn't go to the gym and couldn't afford medical care but still had to go to work while injured to pay bills including the membership. I'm sure no other members would've complained it was unfair for them to work with me to have my account frozen while injured or at least try to see what they could do.
Never supporting this business again due to the lack of care and genuine concern for their...
Read moreI've been training here for some months now. I only take Muay Thai classes and I love it. A handful of the trainers, for both Muay Thai and kickboxing, are or have been world champs. Each instructor has a different style of teaching but each of them know what they're doing and you can always learn and improve. I also really dig the community here. I've been able to make friends and everyone pushes and encourages each other and supports each other in training. I do agree with a lot of the reviews that dealing with ABC financial can be rough, but let's be honest here, like ANY gym membership, it's a commitment and if you don't commit, under contract there will be consequences. So think about it before you sign the papers. Maybe look into the class more. Maybe look into yourself more, too. If you decide to join, try and stick it out for a couple of months and not just one month, give yourself time to...
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