{"id":63720,"date":"2017-08-15T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fitness-first-is-last-when-it-comes-to-cancelling-gym-membership\/"},"modified":"2017-08-15T13:20:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T06:20:36","slug":"fitness-first-is-last-when-it-comes-to-cancelling-gym-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fitness-first-is-last-when-it-comes-to-cancelling-gym-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness First is last when it comes to cancelling gym membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nI did cool off during the cooling-off period but can\u2019t get my money backI signed up for gym membership with Fitness First \u2013 for more than twice the \u00a323.99 I was paying PureGym a month. I was happy to fork out more money for what I thought would be quality membership but, given the bad service I received, I am now happy to stick with PureGym. Fitness First requires you to sign up to a 12-month contract with a 14-day cooling-off period. I used the 14 days to develop the confidence to stay on at the gym, but this never happened.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/aug\/15\/fitness-first-gym-membership-cancel-cooling-off-period\" target=\"_blank\">Fitness First is last when it comes to cancelling gym membership<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; I did cool off during the cooling-off period but can\u2019t get my money backI signed&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-gzK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31534,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dw-fitness-clubs-works-on-making-gym-membership-cancellation-process-fit-for-purpose\/","url_meta":{"origin":63720,"position":0},"title":"DW Fitness Clubs works on making gym membership cancellation process fit for purpose","date":"October 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The firm pledges to change its procedures after reviewing your complaintsTwo weeks ago we featured two letters from unhappy customers of the national gym chain DW Fitness Clubs who had found it impossible to cancel contracts, and were being threatened with debt collectors.At the time the company refused to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17738,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/attempt-to-cancel-my-dw-fitness-gym-membership-was-a-real-workout\/","url_meta":{"origin":63720,"position":1},"title":"Attempt to cancel my DW Fitness gym membership was a real workout","date":"June 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I could only terminate by telephone but no one ever answered My gym, DW Fitness, claims that you can only give notice to terminate your membership by telephone \u2013 you have to call a 0344 number, which no one ever answers. Can this company really say I am in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29243,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dw-fitness-clubs-wont-let-me-cancel-my-membership\/","url_meta":{"origin":63720,"position":2},"title":"DW Fitness Clubs won\u2019t let me cancel my membership","date":"October 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I ran the gym to cancel and stopped my direct debit. Now debt collectors are threatening legal actionAt the end of 2015 my partner and I joined our local DW Fitness Clubs gym in Manchester, but after six months decided to cancel our membership. We were told this could\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1060,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/frozen-out-by-virgin-active-as-we-reach-meltdown-over-gym-membership\/","url_meta":{"origin":63720,"position":3},"title":"Frozen out by Virgin Active as we reach meltdown over gym membership","date":"January 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I tried to suspend it but it was reactivated and \u00a3204 taken from my accountI\u2019m having a lot of trouble with Virgin Active with a gym membership subscription (for the use of its Oxford club) that I thought I\u2019d cancelled last January. But it was reactivated in September, taking\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38737,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/day-pass-that-dw-fitness-managed-to-turn-into-full-membership\/","url_meta":{"origin":63720,"position":4},"title":"Day pass that DW Fitness managed to turn into full membership","date":"December 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r It took my bank details from my previous membership and the money went from my accountLast February, I went to the Preston branch of DW Fitness on a day pass, with a view to renewing my previously ended membership. I filled out a membership form with the manager, leaving\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24204,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buyers-guide-to-gym-membership\/","url_meta":{"origin":63720,"position":5},"title":"Buyer&#039;s guide to \u2026 gym membership","date":"January 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r January is a time many people commit to a new fitness regime, usually involving joining a gym. But don't make another move without reading our guide to making your money go furtherIf you ate and drank too much over Christmas, and have pledged to get fit for 2014, don't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}