OT: What gym(s) do you guys ball at? OC/LA area
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:57 am
TLDR Recommend me a gym.
Man I just.. got... violated at LA Fitness. I walked in with a 3 day pass, with 2 buddies of mind.
Having graduated from college we were ready to get a good gym thing going. So we were like sure let's try this out and see how we like it. I'm aware of how they throw a pitch at you to get you to join right away but w/e. I thought it couldn't be worse than 20 mins. In my dreams.
We walk into the gym and got situated in an office that felt like a porno room in all honesty. Very very uncomfortable. The guy interviewed us about what our goals were. What kind of cash do you have? Credit? Cash? He then toured us around the gym and talked about everything. How new that was, how awesome it is. W/e
Then we came into the front office to yet again another porno room. Here we got harassed for a good 40 mins about joining. My biggest concern of the gym was that they had the swimming pool so hot(I was a swimmer/polo'er in hs). I like my pool in the 70's outdoors. When I asked the salesperson he said it was 82 degrees in door.
I voiced my concern about that and he kept trying to blow me off. "temp doesn't matter, it's all about your own personal strength" WTH?
I simply asked him, well can I at least try it out. Since you know, I have a FREE 3-day pass just like you advertised. He told me to wait and he then got his manager. Sure enough he tells me a story, about how the paint on the walls can't stand 82 degrees anymore. And that the pool is actually 74 degrees. I was oh cool story.. but I still want to try out the gym for the pool. The two of them goes about for a 20 minutes about rates and plans possible. Ultimately i kept telling them that I wanted to TEST the waters literally before I make a commitment. They kept on insisting for me to sign up and that I can cancel in 7 days no hassle. They're like " why not? you can cancel anytime without a burden". I kept repeating that I will make my decision after my 3 day trial is over. They pitched me even more rates that were actually quite tempting. SOmething like 50 bucks a month for 1 + 2 guest. I would've been all over this in all honesty, but at the point, after all that harassing I was through.
They got their GENERAL manager and he came in to talk to me about my wanting to try out the waters. He was well why don't you look at these deals first. 20 mins later I reiterated what I said an hour ago...
Finally he said ok and that he will make an exception. Making my buddies and I few like we're morons or something. That we are getting a great great favor done for us. Holy crap. So my buddies and I went out to our cars to get our stuff to use the gym, and I realized the first guy still had our licenses. So I came back in and asked for it. He was like shocked and did not know what to do. He look at his gm and hesitated then finally gave our licenses back. As I was walking outside again to my buddies I realize that it's been 90minutes, and that the whole thing was soooo sketch that I lost the will to use the gym. My buddies agreed. Stunned. We bailed that place and went go play video games.
Man I just.. got... violated at LA Fitness. I walked in with a 3 day pass, with 2 buddies of mind.
Having graduated from college we were ready to get a good gym thing going. So we were like sure let's try this out and see how we like it. I'm aware of how they throw a pitch at you to get you to join right away but w/e. I thought it couldn't be worse than 20 mins. In my dreams.
We walk into the gym and got situated in an office that felt like a porno room in all honesty. Very very uncomfortable. The guy interviewed us about what our goals were. What kind of cash do you have? Credit? Cash? He then toured us around the gym and talked about everything. How new that was, how awesome it is. W/e
Then we came into the front office to yet again another porno room. Here we got harassed for a good 40 mins about joining. My biggest concern of the gym was that they had the swimming pool so hot(I was a swimmer/polo'er in hs). I like my pool in the 70's outdoors. When I asked the salesperson he said it was 82 degrees in door.
I voiced my concern about that and he kept trying to blow me off. "temp doesn't matter, it's all about your own personal strength" WTH?
I simply asked him, well can I at least try it out. Since you know, I have a FREE 3-day pass just like you advertised. He told me to wait and he then got his manager. Sure enough he tells me a story, about how the paint on the walls can't stand 82 degrees anymore. And that the pool is actually 74 degrees. I was oh cool story.. but I still want to try out the gym for the pool. The two of them goes about for a 20 minutes about rates and plans possible. Ultimately i kept telling them that I wanted to TEST the waters literally before I make a commitment. They kept on insisting for me to sign up and that I can cancel in 7 days no hassle. They're like " why not? you can cancel anytime without a burden". I kept repeating that I will make my decision after my 3 day trial is over. They pitched me even more rates that were actually quite tempting. SOmething like 50 bucks a month for 1 + 2 guest. I would've been all over this in all honesty, but at the point, after all that harassing I was through.
They got their GENERAL manager and he came in to talk to me about my wanting to try out the waters. He was well why don't you look at these deals first. 20 mins later I reiterated what I said an hour ago...
Finally he said ok and that he will make an exception. Making my buddies and I few like we're morons or something. That we are getting a great great favor done for us. Holy crap. So my buddies and I went out to our cars to get our stuff to use the gym, and I realized the first guy still had our licenses. So I came back in and asked for it. He was like shocked and did not know what to do. He look at his gm and hesitated then finally gave our licenses back. As I was walking outside again to my buddies I realize that it's been 90minutes, and that the whole thing was soooo sketch that I lost the will to use the gym. My buddies agreed. Stunned. We bailed that place and went go play video games.