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Stefanie Odonata
Nov 17, 2025
SENIORS AND SENSITIVE PERSONS SHOULD AVOID THIS FACILITY/LOUD/SLEEZY SALES TACTICS/NON RESPONSIVE MANAGERMENT
My HONEST experience with this company:
*I also now have GREY hair and look older"
I am new to the area and trying different clubs.
I saw a sign that said a free month to try out.
I asked for a tour from a BORED looking male attendant. Reluctantly, he got up. Polite and professional during the tour, just phone distracted.
I said I only wanted to do a free trial or a month. He said ok, had me sign up and got my credit card info. He said I'd be charged at the end of the month if I wanted to continue. It's a note worthy thing to also include, he AUTOMATICALLY charged me for a more expensive membership of $39+ per month instead of the 29+ per month which some people may miss. When I asked why, he explained it away and I let it go but these are some older, sleezy sales tactics that I had thought had gone out with with the VHS recorders!
I called 8 or so days later to cancel. I'm not going to use this. I was transferred to voicemail and left a message.
Waited two days. No return call.
Called again. Another voicemail.
I then called then their corporate office and left a voicemail. (STILL NO CONTACT as of Monday at 11am! )
I called again and spoke with Maria. Maria did her best to retain my membership offering me different ways to use the club. For about TEN FULL MINUTES. I just wanted this canceled, not feel like I am getting the run around. I do realize part of her job is to retain so I am allowing her to do her job but still trying to nicely say no thank you. At one point, when I said, thank you but no, she said, 'Well I'm not trying to argue with you" which I called out.
My voice was NOT raised.
My tone was calm and firm.
So she used 'triggers' to try to get to me.
I said, 'No one is arguing. I appreciate you but I don't want this membership'
She changed her tone to and said, it was a 'figure of speech' to accuse me of arguing lol (Whatever)
She offered me a free membership until January. I have nothing that shows I can cancel then, if I wanted to. She said just to let someone know that SHE had said I could cancel outside of what APPEARS to be their policy. At this point, I needed to get off of the phone for work so I said ok for now.
I waited a few more days because I was trying to have an open mind but felt SUPER uncomfortable about the interaction. Something just felt off. So I called Saturday the 15th & was told that she works on Sundays.
So I called on Sunday. First call, no person answers. Second call, I get her and she put me on hold for ten minutes. I hung up, called back and she apologized. She said I would have an email notification of the cancellation and this was SUNDAY the 16th.
BIG SHOCKER that I did not receive that.
I called today, Monday and was told that she was not in yet she comes in at 9AM. Called again at 9:15ish and was told to try again later, she was running late.
Called around 11AM. A male answered the phone, no name. I asked to please speak with the manager and he said, sure and said, "May I ask your name, please". I said very politely, no thank you.
This TRIGGERED this person into becoming suddenly, 'I'm a manager, I can help you' lol RIGGHHHTT I say no thank you again, calmly. I want to speak with Maria. He became dominating and rude. I calmly said no thank you for the 3rd time, I'd like to speak with the person I've been working with.
Maria got on the phone & said AGAIN that she was 'so sorry' and said she would send that to me now. Put me on hold until I finally, again hung up. I was intending to try the corporates office, again.
But, few minutes later, I finally got the email that says I will not be billed. THANK YOU!!!!!! This is all I wanted to begin with. Something that legally protects me from auto billing for a year membership I did not want.
I am posting this in case there are those especially, or OLDER folks who might be susceptible to trickery, shady sales/workers and/or pushy tactics. Fixed incomes are no joke.