Weighty issue: Has your gym ripped you off?
- September 21, 2010 3:11 PM |
- By POV
Fitness clubs continued billing after customers cancelled their membership is among the top five complaints received by the Better Business Bureau.
The bureau received 654 complaints about fitness clubs in 2008, a five-fold increase in just five years. And the complaints keep growing each year, it says.
Have you been ripped off by your gym? Share your gym horror story with CBC Your Voice.
Has your gym made your bank account the biggest loser? If you're having trouble cancelling your gym membership or were over charged for services, take CBC Marketplace's national survey.
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