Gym Story - Proxy Blog

I have a friend, Jerry K, who does not have his own blog but sometimes wishes he did. Not sure why he doesn't create one, he knows how, but at any rate here is "his" first entry.

He and his wife are members of a local gym (Leader Heights Fitness). It's an OK gym, but he agreed that my gym is probably better (LA Fitness). The big issue was money. He thought (and may have been correct at one point) that his gym was cheaper (once you include the child care portion), and that the two gyms were close enough in features that it wasn't a big deal. I can understand that.

I found out the price of child care at my gym... turns out that the two gyms were the same price. Hmmm... now that the price is the same, maybe he'll think about transferring. Upon investigation at his gym, his month dues will increase unless he signs a new contract (my gym keeps the same monthly price for life as long as you stay a member, but you can cancel at any time, and not pay any cancellation fee).

Turns out Jerry gets into a slight fight with the evening manager at his gym over this price increase, and pushes him toward visiting my gym. Upon visiting (and probably before) he decides that he wants to join my gym. But before he joins, he wants to make sure his current gym membership is over -- doesn't want to pay for 2 gyms. He knows that his current membership is almost up, in fact he's under the impression it had already expired.

So yesterday he called... His current gym has a copy of a new contract effective just a couple of weeks ago. He didn't sign any new contract... it's not like a gym contract is an extremely important document, but then again, it's not like you forget signing a contract.

I believe he has requested to see a copy of this contract... I'll keep you informed as things develop.