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- From: cooper@seismo.CSS.GOV (Dale Cooper)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Bally's Health Club SUCKS Read this...
- Message-ID: <51464@seismo.CSS.GOV>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 17:05:56 GMT
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- References: <69388@cup.portal.com> <1992Nov13.150206.7417@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov13.150206.7417@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> rosch@cpdw.enet.dec.com (Ray Rosch) writes:
- >
- >In article <69388@cup.portal.com>, Ripped-Off@cup.portal.com (Eric J Rainbolt) writes...
- >>To whom it may concern,
- >>
- ->I told him exactly what my situation was. I said I was only going to be in
- ->town for the next two months, and I didn't want to be liable for a full
- ->year's membership. ( $600.00 odd dollars ). He said that was "no problem",
- ->because if I showed proof that I moved more than 30 miles from the
- ->Center, I wouldn't be held liable for any additional payments. Now
- ->I realize that he just told me a lie. Or he was displaying his lack of
- ->knowledge of the contract. The trouble all started because I didn't
- ->read all the 'fine print'. One of the "un-cirlcled" portions of the contract
- ->refered to a $50.00 cancellation fee.
- ->
- ->Being a typical college student, and with little experience in dealing
- ->big corporations, and contracts in general, I neglected to send the
- ->required documentation to Bally's Headquarters in Dearborn Michigan.
- ->The paperwork requires at least 2 utility bills with my
- ->distant address on them, proof of changing the address on my driver's
- ->licence and/or a copy of my current lease, and a letter from my landlord
- ->stating that I do indeed live in a trailer park in Southern Illinois.
-
- >So what you are saying is that you should be excused from a contractural
- >obligation because 1) You did not carefully read the contract, 2) You did
- >not comply with the cancellation terms or procedures, 3) You are a typical
- >college student so you shouldn't be expected to fullfill the terms of the
- >contract.
- >
- >You evidently have learned how to victimize yourself.
-
- I have to agree with Ray. You did yourself in on this one.
-
- You even hang yourself with the follwing statements:
-
- "The trouble all started because I didn't read all the 'fine print'."
-
- "One of the "un-cirlcled" portions of the contract refered to a $50.00
- cancellation fee."
-
- "Being a typical college student...I neglected to send the required
- documentation..."
-
- I would, however, question the added fee quoted by the collection agency.
- Ask for a written explanation of the add on costs. If that is not satisfied
- then you do have a legit bitch. Otherwise, you have learned an important
- lesson in contractual obligations...
-