Anytime Fitness — Local services in Avon

Where do I start? I was in the market to find a gym. I decided to look into Anytime Fitness. I finally went in to meet with Steve, the manager. He showed me around the place and it was a little intimidating with all the “meatheads” in there. After my brief tour Steve asked me into his office to discuss options. I was still unsure about joining. I purposely left all my money,credit cards, and check book at home as I give in to pressure too easily. Steve even joked that that was a smart move! Anyway, he told me that I could think about it and get the fees that were needed to start to him on Friday. This was a Tuesday. He had me sign the paperwork (my idiotic fault) and he ASSURED me that this was not a contract! On that Friday I left a message(my 2nd idiotic mistake) that I would not be joining. I thought all was fine. 2 weeks ago I receive an email from Steve saying they will send my account to collections unless I join and I need to pay $75 for the start up fee plus an additional $25 admin fee for 2017 AND another $25 fee for 2018!!! I emailed him asking for owner contact information and his response was “come in and we will discuss the options”. I’m not sure what to do now. I feel like I am being bullied into...

Anytime Fitness has a disgustingly predatory business model. I was locked into an 18 month contract for 50$/month with no ability to cancel. Not to mention the extra fees they add on. There is a reason they do not have their prices advertised anywhere on their website. It's a scam. 50$ a month got me terribly outdated and minimal gym equipment. When my contract was about to expire, I had asked to have my contract auto-renew. Well lo-and-behold, after my "final payment" I was charged again and turns out I was being charge monthly. They did not refund my payment and they ended up making me pay another payment to cancel. DO NOT GET A MEMBERSHIP HERE. THEY ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SCAMMING. I'm sure the owner/manager are nice people, but they are employed by Anytime Fitness to SCAM PEOPLE. I understand that I signed and agreed to the contract. I accept that responsibility. But I am writing this review to warn others of these predatory Business Practices. I have since got a gym membership at VASA Fitness where you can pay 10$ for a membership and there are NO CONTRACTS required. It is month-to-month. YOU HAVE...

They are not very understanding people AT ALL!!! They don't cancel or freeze your membership when you ask them too. They will just continue to bill you until you change your credit card information. Then, they will proceed to send you to collections. They also do not call or send you anything in the mail to INFORM YOU that you have payments past due. Which, I shouldn't have had any considering I asked my membership to be frozen when I was five months pregnant and didn't find out until after I had my baby and tried to go back, that they had sent everything to collections. I will NEVER step foot in that Anytime Fitness again. The one in Brownsburg is a lot nicer and customer service is WAY better. They also do not send you to collections. My friend was in a two year contract with Brownsburg and they let her cancel after 6 months, no cancellation fees, no sending her to collections. Avon location is a little more hard up for the money and members. But don't seem to care as much about their clients. Very...