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[Fausto]

Bally to Give Refunds, Reform Advertising

Bally, a nationwide operator of commercial fitness centers, agreed to change its sales and advertising practices "after hundreds of consumers complained that deceptive ads and high-pressure sales tactics tricked them into signing long-term contracts and misrepresented the total price of the memberships," Spitzer's office said in a statement.

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[DurocShark]

LoL!!!

 

[brtspears2]

$19 down, $19 a month sounded great. But then no one mentioned it was 72 months of payments. I'm glad I didn't join.

 

[Entity]

My roomate called about that deal and was surprised at how far from a $19/$19 deal it actually was. Good to hear they're catching hell for it.

Rob

 

[FoBoT]

they probably got pressure from many State's Attorneys General

 

[trmiv]

I went into a Bally's with my girlfriend thinking of joining. You'd think I was trying to buy a car with the pressure they laid on. They were trying to get me to sign up for this long contract plus personal training, etc. It would have been lik $75 a month. Glad I said no.

 

[Balt]

Jesus, that is pretty deceptive. On the other hand, there are plenty of idiots that want to sign long-term contracts (though not THAT long) because they think "oh if I sign up for a year that will motivate me to go." And then they go three to four times at most and never again.

On the bright side, it keeps prices lower and the gym less crowded for those of us that actually use our gym membership.

 

[BigSmooth]

Descriptive thread titles like this one make me wonder how anyone ever reposts anything around here!