Gold's Gym

Here's where the problem began. I again went to my profile to try and cancel my membership, but the manage membership option was still unavailable. I called and asked about how to cancel, and I've been told I had signed up for a 12-month contract with golds gym!!! What a scam!!! What I signed up for was not just to make an account for a few days, but scammed into a full year with them!!! And to cancel my membership, I have to pay a $100 fee, not even online but I have to do it in person, because I'm the one making them the victim! What a scam! Stay the hell away from this gym, never even sign up, never give them ANY info whatsoever, because they will steal money from you! Heres what

On July 10, 2019 I went to the gym and cancelled my family membership, and filled out their cancellation questionnaire. No one from Gold's indicated that there was a problem cancelling the membership. I thought my membership was cancelled, but Gold's Gym continued charging my credit card. When I called and emailed about the problem, Gold's contact person said my son had to cancel the membership. I told them the charges were against my credit card and I want the membership cancelled and I want a credit for the unauthorized charges. They refused to cancel the membership until my son went there in person, and then they refused to refund the money for months of unauthorized charges. BEWARE doing business with Gold's Gym.

Gold's creates a hassle for people who they don't respect for wanting to keep their health in check without being subject to a pool of illness. Having Gold's create even more hassles for people who want out and don't want to use the facility should be granted, respected, and given immediately. There shouldn't be a problem with this. I shouldn't have to be punished for joining Gold's gym. It's ridiculous to make people go through so much of a hassle and not respect their reasons for canceling. I don't want to be treated with threats of paying more money because you don't respect that I don't want to use your facilities.

I told them I came in with two friends and the customer service manager said “our cameras don’t show that area“ where I was standing and I told her, "Then how are you confirming that you seen me on the cameras," and she said it cuts off from my shoulder. They made me pay $80 for their mistake... I’m so disappointed and mad I have to pay for their mistake. Misplacing my cancellation form and being called a liar. The customer service manger couldn’t even look at my face.

That is sufficient for them to help themselves so however much they want anytime they want even long after you have canceled. These people are unscrupulous, greedy, and thieves -- and the issue plagues ALL THE GYMS worldwide. reflecting that management has decided that theft is a revenue generating strategy for them. Want to get a Gold's franchise? Per Gold's website: "Financially, we’re looking for a minimum net worth of $1 million with liquidity of $400,000. The estimated investment level for a single gym ranges from $2,218,250 to $5,000,500 with an initial franchise fee of $40,000."

Where do they get this money? From YOU, the gullible patron. They STEAL it. They do this shamelessly. No money is invested in the gym. They horde the revenue for themselves, so regardless of what they do to your credit score, the hassle and stress they create through unauthorized billing, the theft of your hard earned assets they consider it "just business" to rob you. Hey you signed on the dotted line and gave them a cc number. What can yo do to stop them? Nothing so they keep billing and billing and billing. Even after you cancel, they will randomly start billing again. They are desperate, immoral, and greedy. They don't care about customer service or health...it's just money money money...and YOU are the product they shake down for profits.

There is grounds for a class action. Start with state statutes and then the billing that proceeds from the point of agreeing to an undisclosed contact to which they refer to justify their theft. Said contract is void out due to their misrepresentations and failure to "deliver" a contract at signing. Violation of state statues voids out the contract. Any money they persist in taking after that point amounts to theft, which provides more claims. Their pattern of theft is predictable and commonplace. Easily millions would constitute a class.

BEWARE - THIS IS THE KEY WARNING: Once Gold's has your credit card number and a signature -- even if it's from a blank signature sheet -- they can bill however much you want and it's legitimate since you provided them the information to bill you. They can make up charges, change the terms without your knowledge or consent and then affix your copied signature onto it and present that as authorization to bill however much they want.

My credit card ended up crediting me and writing off Gold's unauthorized billing as a loss to my credit card, but I had to cancel my card as there was nothing to stop Gold's from billing again. If they tried to charge again, Discover would have to pay them. Read the numerous online accounts of these unauthorized charged. Even if you cancel membership, they will wait a few months and then reopen your account and begin billing again. After you cancel, they still bill. Challenge them on this and they never get back to you. Why? They don't have to. They have your cc and signature and can do whatever they want with it. They can try to bill years later, all of this is apparently legal even though it's technically fraudulent and dishonest...This is why they will say and do anything to get a credit card number and signature.

I regret ever having a Gold's membership and lost a credit card over this. I had to cancel just to protect myself from future billing. Notice if you want to buy anything in Gold's -- like a T-shirt, they don't require anything. They just "put it on your tab." They can put anything on your tab including their own rent payments or if they decide to give themselves a $200 christmas bonus. Why? They have your signature and cc and can bill whatever they want, however much they want. Contest it with your cc and Golds will produced your xeroxed signature and whatever paperwork they decided to paste it onto.