KNOW THIS BEFORE YOU JOIN - Gold's bought this beautiful location from 24 Hour Fitness several months ago and it has changed for the worse. The facility is no where near as clean, or well staffed as it was, but the worst part is Gold's business practices.
After having been a member for only 4 months, the first 2 of which were with 24 Hour Fitness, our bank account was charged without warning, "annual renewal fees" on Aug 8, which, for our family of 5, totaled over $270!
The staff at West Edmond told me they couldn't do anything about it, because it was a residual fee from our 24 Hour membership and gave me their corporate customer "service" number. I cancelled all 5 of our memberships on the spot, received a "cancellation number" and left. Incidentally, there was another man at the counter at the same time as me, who was cancelling his membership(s) for the same reason.
I called Gold's corporate people and, after spending almost 45 minutes on hold, spoke with someone, who spoke with someone else, who spoke to someone who gave authorization to refund the fees.
It took Gold's Gym almost 10 business days to even process our refund, which returned to our bank account a few days after that, but, after nearly two weeks, we were done; of so we thought.
Now today (9/2) I found that Gold's had taken monthly dues for all five cancelled memberships out of our bank account on 9/1! I called and spoke with the West Edmond manager, who said that he had no record of our cancellation and, even if he did, "it would not have been outside of 30 days, which is the required notice for cancellation" and, again, I was referred to their corporate offices.
I called Gold's corporate number right away and, after sitting on terminal hold AGAIN, the customer "service" rep eventually did confirm that they had processed our cancellation on Aug 8, but reiterated the manager's line about the 30 day requirement and said we are responsible for the Sept 1 payments. I asked to speak to her supervisor and was transferred to a voice mail where I could only leave a message.
I will update this review IF and when I ever hear back from Gold's corporate manager and let you know IF they refund our fees.
In the mean time, I can assure anyone who reads this, that we will NEVER do business with Gold's Gym again and would strongly discourage anyone from doing so.
I originally posted the above on Sept. 2, 2016.
Later on Sept. 2, I received the following from Gold's via Facebook:
"Gold's Gym: Perry, We are sorry to hear that you've had such a bad experience with your local Gold's Gym. Whereas our new clubs are still in transition to be updated to Gold's Gym standards, this is no excuse for the conditions at your gym. We'll be sure to pass this on to the local General Manager. They should have explained the cancellation process as it is explained in your membership agreement. These terms may vary by gym and by membership agreement type. If you haven't heard from Customer Care within 3-5 business days, please send us a message and we'll be sure to send an escalation notice with Customer Care. Thank you.
Today is Sept. 12, and this is my response to Gold's:
Dear Gold's Gym:
In your reply to my post (above) you said to message you if I "haven't heard from Customer Care within 3-5 business days". Well, today marks the 5th business day (10th calendar day) since your message and I have neither heard from Customer Care, nor have I received a refund of the money you took from my bank account on 9/1. I appreciate the sentiment of your message, but actions speak louder than words.
Your move,
Perry S
(Interestingly, my review on 9/2 didn't appear on Yelp. We'll see if this one does...or not.) read more