This is the second time I've had to engage in a battle with a gym. Two years ago I wrote (as requested) to a gym notifying them that I had moved out of state. This breaks the contract which you can do when you move more than 20 miles away...
But the gym said that the letter arrived too late in the month. They then said that I didn't just owe the $25 for that month, but the whole $500 remaining in the term of the contract. Not surprisingly, this gym went out of business last year. But they did report me to a collections agency and I now have this in my credit report. I contacted the collections agency which wanted to settle the debt for $375. I said no still angry at the whole situation. I do have the paperwork showing the notification that I had moved out of state. Do I now present my case to the credit bureaus? Who sits as judge in such matters? Anyone have a similar experience with a gym? How did you fight it and were you successful?
And another thing...learn from my mistake...NEVER EVER EVER give your social security number to a gym!