Ugh

My local Bally’s, which is the perfect distance between home and work, is shutting down.  I went there today after CrossFit to hit the showers and there was a big sign saying they are not renewing their lease and June 30th is the last day they would be open.  I was at the gym on Tuesday June 23rd and there was no such sign.  Clearly they knew this was going down?!?

The sucky thing is that they annoyed me into signing up for monthly automatic payments on their website.  I was paid up through the end of July already.  However, every time I went to the gym and used my card I got the red light for access.  The girl at the front desk said that they were doing that to get yearly folks to sign up for monthly drafts.  After a week of getting the red light and having to wait for her to buzz me in, I went ahead and signed up for the drafts.  I mean it was only $10 right?

Yeah, well now the gym in the perfect location is closing and the alternate locations are 18 and 22 miles away from me.  Yeah, I won’t be visiting those spots!  I would have *never* renewed had I known this.  I’m upset that they chose not to mention the fact that they were closing all the while encouraging members to sign up for drafts.  What is that about?  Thank goodness I did not go ahead an pay my yearly dues in full as I typically do.

I called customer service to cancel and they claim it will be taken care of right away.  We’ll see about that. A cursory Internet search quickly shows just how easy it is to cancel a Bally’s  membership.

Ah well, at least I have the luxury of not being in a 3-year contract with them anymore (paid off long ago).  I feel sorry for folks who just joined earlier in the year and won’t be able to go a convenient location all the while being tied to a contract.  I signed up for an automatic draft of $10 month dues and they are being charged to my credit card.  If I don’t get the cancellation letter the representative promised in the next few days and they try to charge my card, I’m going to fight to get my money back but it is not huge loss.

In an unrelated “Ugh” moment, I watched that silly Superstars show on Tuesday.  It pairs star athletes with celebrities in physical competition.  Terrell Owens got eliminated on the first show.  What kind of crap is that?!?  T.O. let me down big time.  I was really looking forward to 6 weeks of seeing him shirtless* watching him compete.  I guess I’ll have to wait for his VH1 reality show to debut later this summer.  Ugh.

*The Mister knows of my lust love for T.O. (mainly because he played for his beloved Cowboys).  He has his Gabrielle Union and I have my T.O. LOL.