of the people i know who go to bally's, none were charged for things they did not order HOWEVER a few kept getting billed after their contracts expired.

a nice thing about bally's, though - after your contract period runs out, you can get a mega low price per month - i paid $11 per month for the last year. my friend rick has paid $6 per month for over ten years.

i have belonged to bally's twice. the best thing about them - they're all over the place. if you're visiting someone or on the road, you can always work out. the worst thing about them is the meat-market atmosphere in many of them, or maybe the crowds that you can find at busiest times.

if you want to cancel ballys you have to do it right. you need 2 proofs of address to send with your cancellation letter. when you send the check write on the back something like " By siging here i terminate _____'s obligation to ballys contract" or whatever. also send the letter certified mail so they cant say they didnt get it.

My ex got suckered in on a deal. It was supposed to be a short term membership plan. She didn't like it. Couldn't cancel. They kept sending us bills despite written and verbal requests to correct the erroneous charges.

I finally solved it by just ripping up the bills and throwing them in the trash can.

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i've never heard of a short-term membership plan for bally's.

Had one since I was 16. Most of the clubs suck and are over sold which mieans they are really busy after work and it is hard to get on anything. One good thing is that I only pay $5 bucks a month for the membership. Try to get low renews.

Masturbation Man

i have a membership with bally's and i like it. signed up for one year and everything is fine. just make sure you understand what you're signing and you'll be fine.

i'll keep that in mind when my year runs out in july :)

any tips of getting under 10 a month?

That doesn't sound that great, just go buy one off Ebay,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=16 709

FlyingIguana, they usually offer it automatically at the end of the period of your contract, but you'll be looking at $11. $5 and $5 were for old time members.

I worked out at a Bally's for about a year. I had no probs.

One thing that Bally's sold me and my friends on was that after the initial contract was up we would only have to pay $8/year. What they didn't tell us was that was only for the first year, after that your price goes up 10% every single year.

Thanks guys for all your responses, it really helped me make a decision.
I think I will go with Bally's and hope everything goes well.