LearningTHELAW
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Ok, this is a very small claim, but for me it is very BIG, so your help and time is very appreciated.
Heres the story, on 11/20/06 I had become a member to LA FITNESS gym with payments being directly taken out of my bank account. In roughly September of 2007 I had called and told the manager to cancel my membership to LA Fitness. He told me everything would be taken care of and I don't have to worry about future bills and i had not gone there since. Now in May, I received a threat to be reported to credit agencies about my delinquent bills for February, March, and April of 2008. I had been paying since the manager told me I was off the system, but did not realize i was paying due to the direct deposit (i will pay more attention to it now) ,and in February 2008 I had changed banks and now they want me to pay a 3 month accumulation. Also this might be important info to the story, a Manager, possibly the one I spoke to, was fired due to improperly managing accounts or something to that degree around the time I was told it would be taken care of.
I have not gone to LA FITNESS and they have a scanner system to prove it, plus there is noone in the gym that can say they saw me there, because I was not there.
Heres something against me though, the Contract does clearly say you must give written request to cancel but I only know this now because I went there a week ago to get the contract to see if theres anything I can do. So basically the manager lied to me and got an extra 500 $ out of it, instead of telling me the truth to make a written notice. Is there anything I can do to get this money back or at least not pay the delinquent fees and just have my account cancelled?? PLEASE HELP ME :yes: Is there a specific laywer i should look for, or is it not worth it due to the costs of the laywer being greater than the costs of the gym?
Heres the story, on 11/20/06 I had become a member to LA FITNESS gym with payments being directly taken out of my bank account. In roughly September of 2007 I had called and told the manager to cancel my membership to LA Fitness. He told me everything would be taken care of and I don't have to worry about future bills and i had not gone there since. Now in May, I received a threat to be reported to credit agencies about my delinquent bills for February, March, and April of 2008. I had been paying since the manager told me I was off the system, but did not realize i was paying due to the direct deposit (i will pay more attention to it now) ,and in February 2008 I had changed banks and now they want me to pay a 3 month accumulation. Also this might be important info to the story, a Manager, possibly the one I spoke to, was fired due to improperly managing accounts or something to that degree around the time I was told it would be taken care of.
I have not gone to LA FITNESS and they have a scanner system to prove it, plus there is noone in the gym that can say they saw me there, because I was not there.
Heres something against me though, the Contract does clearly say you must give written request to cancel but I only know this now because I went there a week ago to get the contract to see if theres anything I can do. So basically the manager lied to me and got an extra 500 $ out of it, instead of telling me the truth to make a written notice. Is there anything I can do to get this money back or at least not pay the delinquent fees and just have my account cancelled?? PLEASE HELP ME :yes: Is there a specific laywer i should look for, or is it not worth it due to the costs of the laywer being greater than the costs of the gym?
