Stay away from the owner's poor business practices. Not only is the cost extreme to sign up- uniforms, gear, etc, but his contract is 100% binding for 6 months and there is no out. If you can't make it because of finances, changes in schedules, etc, he doesn't care. Again, there is NO out. If you refuse to pay, it states in the contract that you could be sued, charged interest, or reported to a CREDIT agency. Never in my life, have I heard of such a predatory practice for a fitness facility. Charged interest or reported to a credit agency, threatened with a lawyer....over a service for kids????----not a house, or car, or healthcare, etc.
He will say, "well it's business". And I say, well, we are all living and trying to do the best for our kids. Also, business owners in the community should be flexible with their clients, not defensive about their choices.
I should have read the contract thoroughly, but I didn't because there was no option for "pay as you go". Also, my 8 year old son was super excited to join.
Also Note: The only time that classes are available for kids are at 4pm and 5pm.
I signed up in the summer and then got hired as a middle school teacher within the community. We have three children and one of us is a teacher, and we are both trying to balance life and childcare costs. With our schedules, there was literally no way I could get my son to class on time (5pm) after work. Given the predicament, he should have let me out, no questions asked. He knew that I just started working FT as a teacher.
So now that I am in a ridiculous contract, I have to wait until the six months is up and then write a letter to the payment processor to stop payments. Also, I called the payment processing company about my contract. DO NOT BE FOOLED! The owner has CHOSEN this type of contract, it is not the only option available to him as a service provider.
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