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professional trainers strike again…but I’m striking back this time
By beth | August 29, 2008
The personal training company that trained me for the first Avon Walk, I’ve just realized, has been charging me for training sessions almost every month since last March. They were supposed to stop last December, and when I didn’t get charged in January, I thought it was over. And then the little description bit on my online banking (the part that tells you who it was that charged you that money) changed, so I didn’t recognize it immediately. And by not immediately, obviously I mean for seven months. So I filed a claim with the bank, but they couldn’t really do anything until I had called the training company, which I am doing now.
They’ve had me on hold for a loooooooooong time now because I am in the process of screwing them completely. You see, what had happened was that I unwittingly initialled a little bit on the original contract, agreeing that my payments would automatically convert to a month-to-month agreement if I didn’t file a written notice of cancellation at least 30 days before my original contract ended. Fair enough. I signed it. That’s cool.
Unfortunately for them, however, the dum-dum who wrote the contract filled in the blanks incorrectly, so the contract says that I am purchasing 48 sessions per month for a monthly payment of $100. He was supposed to write 4, not 48. Woopsie. So the lady at customer service is saying to me, “But ma’am, you understand that if you bought 48 sessions a month, it would be more than $100,” and I am responding with, “Wow, it looks like I got a REALLY good deal! That’s like two bucks per session! Thanks guys!”
So their options, I believe, will be to either give me my 336 paid sessions or give me back the $700 they’ve taken out of my account. They’ve already told me (before I pointed out the 48 sessions per month thing) that I can transfer my sessions to someone else if I want. So if it comes to this…who wants cheap personal training?! I may have sessions for sale.
Topics: Avon Walk |
August 31st, 2008 at 10:45 pm
You have hereby been entered as an honorary member of the Sexy Carrot Society, the first non-Australian member. Welcome!
(and thanks for making me grin with your blog comment :D)
November 20th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Hey girl! I was thinking about you now that the 2008 Avon Walk year is over. How are you? How was your walk?
PS, I love your website!
Misty