Horrible service!!! Cancellation - just ONE BIG PROBLEM!!!!

Product/Service: Membership
12/2/2009

Never sign contract with them!!!! Membership cancellation took me 1 month. Because the only 1 way to cancel it - send them a letter (regular mail), where ask them to cancel membership! I have to do 2 letters, because they said that never received first! Never going to come back to them!... Read full review >

Cancellation

Product/Service: membership
9/18/2009

The worst Gym ever, hard to cancel. Avoid it before you get screwed.... Read full review >

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!

Product/Service: Membership Contract / Cancellation
7/15/2009

First of all, their membership contracts are actually installment loans that show up on your credit report just like a car loan. They don't bother to tell you this though. What they also don't bother to tell you is that when you've made your last payment and your balance reaches $0, that doesn't m... Read full review >

America's worst customer service

Product/Service: membership
7/10/2009

Bally's is a nightmare and I'm shocked it's still in business. First they blatantly violated the terms of my contract (monthly dues were only allowed to be raised by $1/year) and some years it went up $3, sometimes $4. If you ever need to speak with a human, expect a manipulative or aggressive mor... Read full review >

Worst People EVER!

Product/Service: Membership
6/10/2009 Albany, NY NY

First when we went for the tour it was nice they said it would be 50 dollars down and 68 a month for me and my sister. Great I thought we went over the numbers on a piece of paper for a year contract then he said okay do you want to join I said Yes. He got the contract even folded it over to were ... Read full review >

Scam

Product/Service: Membership
3/6/2009 Arnold MO

I was a member of Bally's since 2006 and signed up for a 24 month membership. At the end of that membership, I wrote a letter stating that I did not want it to be renewed. I no longer received any debit withdrawals for over one year. Two days ago, I noticed a Bally's withdrawal from my checking acco... Read full review >

Do Not Sign Membership, Scam And Fraudulent Promises

Product/Service: Membership
12/3/2008 Maple Shade NJ

I signed up for a 3 year membership in May 2008 and told the sales representative that my company was potentially going to change locations and asked him if I would be able to cancel the membership in such an event to which he said yes. Sure enough after only using the gym a handful of times my work... Read full review >

This Is The Worst Gym Ever!!

Product/Service: Membership Don't Do It!!!
7/4/2008 Washington DC

There month to month membership is nothing of the sort. I was temporarily in DC and I needed a gym membership for a couple of months so I signed up for the month to month at Bally's. They pushed me through quickly and didn't mention that you have to send proof that you are moving out of the area and... Read full review >

Bally's Is Going Down!

Product/Service: Membership
7/2/2008 Pleasant Hill CA

Worst experience of my life. I told them that I would be there for three months so they set me up with a contract that was good for 3 years and then they said that they would cancel it after 3 months when I moved if I signed their paper. What happened? They didn't cancel it, the man told me I was... Read full review >

Cancellation Impossible

Product/Service: Membership Cancellation
6/10/2008 Woodbrdige VA

I'm on official Military Orders to ship out overseas. In the process of this my orders indicates certain schools I must attend before shipping out overseas. Bally's refuse to cancel my membership indicating that I'll be doing "training" before I deploy overseas. They stated that I will not be able ... Read full review >

Ballys screwed me over

Product/Service: membership
2/16/2008 Fremont CA

My fiancee and I have been members of Ballys Total Fitness for 2 years which was the term period we agreed with in our contract. For 2 years we committed ourselves to $54.00 a month between the two of us. At the time we made the agreement we were under the impression, by the recruiter,that once our ... Read full review >

Membership Problem

Product/Service: Membership
1/31/2008 Wheaton MD

Last August I went to the Bally Total Fitness and asked for membership . I was told that it is month-to-month member . I also to make sure and asked if for example next month if I don't have time to go to the gym so I don't have to pay any fee for the month I don't use and the person who contacts me... Read full review >

Cancel Membership

Product/Service: Membership
9/19/2007 San Jose hamilton gym CA

I was pressured to sign a two years contract. Two managers had to be present in the room with me. I only wanted to try out the gym. The manager said to try it out I had to sign a paper. They said it is nothing just a formality they do. Well then they asked for my account info I was very mad by then.... Read full review >

Membership

Product/Service: Membership Scams
7/7/2007 11553 NY

A few years ago, I thought about joining.. Signed up but didn’t pay any fees.(Needed to join) I told the salesperson I wanted to think about it for a few days before I put my deposit down etc.. I ended up changing my mind and never gave the money, he also called my home 3 times in which 2 times I... Read full review >

Bally Is A Scam - Stay Out

Product/Service: Membership
6/15/2007 IRVINE CA

It's the most unethical company I have dealt with. I was tricked in to sign a membership contract and I was said I could cancel it anytime I want. When I want to cancel it they won't let me and came up with a weird figure which I owe them with some vague explanation. This company is a scam and stay ... Read full review >

Not a membership and rip off scam

Product/Service: membership
6/5/2007 philadelphia PA

I had seen a commercial for 2 free weeks of membership to Bally's so I decided to go and check it out. When I got there I was lead into this little office where I was told (by the bally's employee) that the "free 2 week membership" did not exist and it was just a sales tactic to get me in the door.... Read full review >

Bally Total Fitness has more power than our goverment?

Product/Service: Membership Contract
5/25/2007 Ontario CA

To whom it may concern:

My daughter while only 17 went down to the Bally Total Fitness center in Rancho Cucamoga, CA with some friends who wanted to sign up. The sales employee's of Bally's talked her into signing up and when she told them she was only 17 they said "no problem". They took her ... Read full review >

Bally Total Fitness

Product/Service: Membership
4/29/2007 Phoenix AZ

I must admit that Bally Total Fitness is not the greatest gym in the world but they are the cheapest despite the fact that you have to sign a three-year contract in most cases.

The fact of the matter is if you sign a three year contract you must realize that it is a legal binding contract that wi... Read full review >

They Deliver a Poor Product and Lie About It

Product/Service: Membership
9/22/2005 MO

I joined many years ago, paying $700 for three years, but then only about $60 a year after that. in the 1990s, one of the only employees to ever acknowledge my presence asked if I were satisfied with the membership. It was fine I said. We can give you a better membership for only $5 more, he said. H... Read full review >

Gym Rip Off - It's a CREDIT CONTRACT!!!

Product/Service: Membership
2/23/2004 philadelphia PA

Everyone, look out! I went to Bally's over the summer (June 2003) looking for a gym membership, and asked to see their price list. They said "Sure, sure - Come on in and sit down." I was led by a representative into a little room and "small-talked." I'm in sales, so I should have known right awa... Read full review >