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" ^^Just tell them you won't sign up with them if they don't waive the registration fee. Those things are ridiculous anyway."

yea...or we don't actually make the determination on enrollment fee's and when they can be waived.

6/20/2009 3:02:30 AM

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" i'm still not hearing any compelling arguments, except for location (which is important, i agree), as to how any of these more-expensive gyms beat planet fitness (especially if all you want is a place to work out)...$10/month, no contract, price-lock for 2 years (with a $30/year price-lock "guarantee", which is dumb) beats all of these other offers as far as i can tell "

If all you want to do is swing some weights around in a place that smells like a port-a-john and has no amenities, then shit yea, hit up planet fitness!

6/20/2009 3:15:58 AM

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"If all you want to do is swing some weights around in a place that smells like a port-a-john and has no amenities"

wow you must be one of those people who are locked into a contract with some gym for $50 a month.

I have never been to planet fitness and it smelled any different from any other gym i went to. It certainly did not smell like a fucking portable toilet.

And yeah you don't have classes or a swimming pool. But for anyone wishing to work out at a gym that is pretty comparable to Carmichael, THERE IS NO BETTER DEAL ANYWHERE than planet fitness.

6/20/2009 5:01:56 AM

You can obviously tell the people bashing Planet Fitness work for other gyms. I mean I wouldn't say it's the best gym in the area but I wouldn't say it smells any different than the 3 other gym franchises I've worked out in or is overly crowded (not more than any other gym at peak working out times).

The swinging weights around comment makes no sense since PF has more machines than free weights. It definitely isn't a muscle head gym if that is what is being implied.

6/20/2009 10:51:56 AM

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" wow you must be one of those people who are locked into a contract with some gym for $50 a month. "

or not

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" I have never been to planet fitness and it smelled any different from any other gym i went to. It certainly did not smell like a fucking portable toilet."

are you ESL or some shit?

6/20/2009 11:34:19 AM

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" The swinging weights around comment makes no sense since PF has more machines than free weights. It definitely isn't a muscle head gym if that is what is being implied. "

I meant that if all you wanted in a fitness facility is your basic workout equipment for the cheapest rate possible, then yea, PF makes sense for you.

6/20/2009 11:39:05 AM

Thats exactly what a lot of people are looking for; for 10 a month I don't expect olympic quality or a pool or hell even the nice scenery that walks in there. I want somewhere cheap to work out that ain't swamped with obsessed meatheads.

6/20/2009 1:03:11 PM

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"yea...or we don't actually make the determination on enrollment fee's and when they can be waived."

i'm sure that can be arranged. If someone was on board to sign up if you waived the fee you would do it if they threatened to go some where else. Gyms sell their souls for an additional member sign up.

6/20/2009 1:04:27 PM

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" i'm sure that can be arranged. If someone was on board to sign up if you waived the fee you would do it if they threatened to go some where else. Gyms sell their souls for an additional member sign up. "

Negative.

That may be the case elsewhere, but all of our transactions take place through a computer system that does not give us access to changing fee's or prices. When you hear about "reduced" prices it's because of a deal that our corporate is offering, that has been inserted into the computer system.

6/20/2009 2:00:12 PM

Closing a sale is closing a sale. doesn't matter what the computer says

6/20/2009 9:00:17 PM

the peak fitness made some "phantom" charges in cash to get me what i wanted...

6/20/2009 9:01:40 PM

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" the peak fitness made some "phantom" charges in cash to get me what i wanted... "

Hmm, I wonder why they went bankrupt?

6/21/2009 7:16:13 PM

hmm well the one i go to/care about is still packed every day

6/21/2009 7:22:18 PM

cough cough won't be for long cough cough

6/21/2009 7:24:40 PM

So a charge for Peak Fitness just appeared on my credit card. Guess I'm going to have to call and scream.

Meanwhile, when it comes to the concept of enrollment fees, I wouldn't sign up for a gym if they told me I had to pay one.

6/21/2009 7:30:05 PM

it wont be packed for long? fuquay isnt like raleigh where theres a million options. and from the looks of this thread as long as i have my contract in hand whatever company takes over the building would be stupid to not honor memberships as they are.

6/21/2009 7:44:20 PM

Fuquay? From WRAL:

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"Peak members also reported Monday seeing a notice on the door at a Fuquay-Varina club, which states that the property owner has terminated the lease for "failing to make the rental payments when due.""

The North Raleigh location is closed already, too.

6/21/2009 11:10:49 PM

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"Meanwhile, when it comes to the concept of enrollment fees, I wouldn't sign up for a gym if they told me I had to pay one."

couldn't agree more. Its just more money in their pocket. I wouldn't have signed up at LFF if they had a enrollment fee. The fact of the matter is all the gyms are all the same...

6/22/2009 1:27:39 AM

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"Haid said in her statement that one club in Chapel Hill, as well as the Durham and Fuquay-Varina clubs would remain open."

thats from yesterdays paper

6/22/2009 5:12:47 AM

my friend signed a contract for personal training when she did her contract so she is paying 160 a week in personal training from a gym that is now toast and they are still deducting the money from her bank account. Any ideas how she can keep them from doing it or recoup the money they have taken?

6/22/2009 11:46:39 PM

^The only thing I've heard of doing is canceling it

it's apparently 25% of whatever's left....I'm offering anyone form PEAK that does that an equivalent amount of free sessions with me if they do some training (since they were at PEAK anyway)

example...someone paid $150 to get out of their agreement (had 6 months left)...so I'll give her 5 free sessions or whatever to cover the $150 when she buys some more training.


Other than that I have no idea...they're still trying to figure out the details with the company that handled PEAK's trainers

6/23/2009 8:37:31 AM

^^The company that handles Peak's trainers, Professional Fitness, is just as shady as Peak. When the downtown location closed, I wanted out of my contract, but under NC law they could move me to the Falls of Neuse location which was still open b/c it was less than 8 miles away. Now that there is no location at which Professional Fitness can perform their services within 8 miles of my original sign up spot, I think the contract should be null and void for both myself and your friend. I went ahead and canceled the credit card that they were billing. I would suggest your friend talk with her bank about some sort of stop payment for a recurring ACH debit.

Anyways, back to Professional Fitness's shadyness. Not even my trainer knew where their headquarters was. They run their business out of a box at the UPS store on Six Forks Rd. I did some digging and found their office location, which was across the street. Their elevator lobby was locked, I couldn't even speak to them face-to-face! After calling them several times, not getting through, I told them I was outside and simply wanted to speak to someone. Their VP of Operations, a Scott Higginbotham, came out and promised me that if [when] the Falls of Neuse location closed, that I would be out of my contract and refunded for my 12th month of service which was prepaid upon signing the contract. I asked him for something in writing. He said no.

I haven't talked to him since then, but I'm not holding my breath. Lesson Learned: Do some investigating before signing a contract. Professional Fitness and Peak Fitness both have BBB ratings of F.

6/23/2009 12:51:43 PM

I have a lady interested in training with me now who was from PEAK and she said she was able to cancel her contract...so it IS possible (especially now that they have no gyms to train people at)... I believe it's $100 though unless the agreement was over $1500 in which case it's like 25% or something

I think professional fitness is still trying to figure out a way where they can avoid having people get refunds, but it doesn't look like that will be a possibility...I KNOW Lifestyle isn't going to buy those training contracts because none of us would see any of that money.

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6/23/2009 12:58:44 PM

Mother fracker! now that the Falls of Neuse location is closed, Professional Fitness has a "brand new facility" in which to service it's contracts. "Your Fitness"....the old Peak Fitness on Duraleigh. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if it was the same owners under a different name.

6/23/2009 2:22:44 PM