No STARS AT ALL! Extremely Bad customer service--I just wanted to figure out why I was charged for two more months when My account was supposed to be frozen. There must be some misunderstanding. The owner said THIS IS AMERICA, THIS IS BUSINESS, YOU SHOULD SPEAK ENGLISH WELL AND UNDERSTAND WELL, OR YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN HERE. The manager and the Owner both said SIGN YOUR CANCELLATION FORM AND LEAVE when I was asking questions.
On March 24th, 2019, my husband signed me up for classes at this location. I had a month to month contract.
On 4/25/2019, I finished my first month of working out, and up til this point I had a really good time there. But, I was going to have a surgery, so I told them I would be back in a couple of weeks. I was going to cancel my membership, but they told me I could freeze my account instead. I asked them if they needed proof or a doctor's note and the employee assured me they didn't need anything else from me. She told me she would freeze my account and it would be taken care of. Then I left.
Then, once a month, I got a phone call from OrangeTheory and they wanted me to upgrade my plan. It sounded like a normal sales pitch and I told them I wasn't available or recovered yet.
But, this week (7/21), I found out on my own that they had been charging me automatically every month for the package ($97.68/8 classes). I was charged for two more months for nothing. My account was never frozen.
So, on that Monday (7/22), I went up there. I went in and introduced myself to the manager and shook her hand. I explained that I was told the account would be frozen for me. But they said they have a note from the employee that contradicted that, which they later emailed:
"said that she would be having outpatient surgery Thursday (4/25). So she will probably be out for a couple of weeks. Told her to fill out the form if she needed to freeze."
That's not what happened, as I told to her to close the account. I was new member, who had only been there for a month--how would I know how to freeze my account if she didn't give me a form or something to fill out?
But they said there is nothing they can help with--that it was their corporate policy and should be my responsibility.
Then, I asked if I could have their corporate number. They refused to give it to me.
Then, I asked them to talk to the employee who told me that she would freeze my account? They said they didn't know which employee it was, so I described her looks.
I asked if they could check their camera. They said their footage was only available for two days.
I asked if they could check your schedule to see who it was? Then suddenly the owner got really upset and stood up and said you should stop attacking my manager. She was very tense and very loud. This was during my lunch break and I was wearing my work uniform. She threatened me and said that she was going to come to my company and tell our customer service and manager that I was attacking her manager! I was a customer just trying to figure out the situation. I could not believe she threatened me like that--how can you treat your customers like that? She said that "sign your cancellation form and leave, that's it. We are not going to return any money to you! We had people call you! That's it, I'm done, I'm leaving!" she said.
Yes, they called me, once a month. But they were asking me when I will be back? I thought my account was frozen.
I said there must be some misunderstanding there. I am a Chinese, and my English is not that great, but I try and I get better every day.
The owner said this is America, you should speak English. It's your problem that you are not understanding. If you can't speak, you shouldn't be here. Everybody here speaks English--this is a business.
I was very offended and shocked at this statement and personally attacked.
The owner said that she and her husband travel all over the world, but they never had a situation like this or a problem with other languages.
They were so rude to me, I was just crying in the middle of the store. The manager said we called you, we did all we can. I didn't think that was true, so I asked more questions.
Did you mention my account status when you called? Did you call my husband? Did you email me? The manager was not happy because I asked those questions and she said if you are not satisfied here, then sign your cancellation form and go somewhere else.
I feel they treated me very poorly. I feel like they had very bad customer service because I had a problem, but they did not want to work with me at all. If they had tried to solve the problem, then they could've gotten a lot more business from me. But how these gyms work is just like a scam.
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