Harlands and CRS

[tab99]

Hi, I am Peter after being out of action for a year i started playing sunday league again. However the manager said i need to get fitter and requested i joined a to get fit first. I explained that i could not afford it because i was not working. he agreed to pay for two months. A player on the team is one of the gym instructors and said it would not be a problem. he said the minimum you can sign up for is 12 months but just cancel the direct debit after the two months. after the two months ended i cancelled my gym membership. Then i started to get harassed for money. phone calls, letters. i explained that i never had any money, i live at home with my parents and that i can't give them money if i wanted. i told them that i had signed up to job seekers allowance because i was struggling for work. i sent them a copy of the details. but they said because i signed a contract, i should be able to pay. i sent them a letter saying that letting them no that i ve not worked in over a year. i am currently on job seekers and that if they continued to harass me i would contact trading standards and the police. however, i have just received a letter from crs and struggling what to do. if anyone can help let me know.

 

kind regards

 

peter

[slick132]

Hi Peter and welcome to CAG

 

Firstly, don't let CRS or anyone else worry you about this. They have no power or authority and all they can do is makes demands or threats. However, most of the threats are just hot air !!

 

1. Can you tell us what gym you signed to and just confirm that it was actually YOU that signed the gym agreement.

 

2. Did you sign at the gym, by phone or online.

 

3. Was the agreement for a minimum 12 months.

 

4. Does the agreement say anything about unemployment, moving home, sickness, etc. If so, please confirm particularly about the unemployment bit.

 

Give us some answers and don't let the demands, threats, etc get to you. You can ignore them for now at least.

 

In particular, the threat of adding admin charges so you owe the MORE, is rubbish. Such charges are penalties and are not enforceable in law.

 

Read other threads here to see how others are dealing with their cases.

 

[tab99]

Hi Peter and welcome to CAG

 

Firstly, don't let CRS or anyone else worry you about this. They have no power or authority and all they can do is makes demands or threats. However, most of the threats are just hot air !!

 

1. Can you tell us what gym you signed to and just confirm that it was actually YOU that signed the gym agreement.

 

2. Did you sign at the gym, by phone or online.

 

3. Was the agreement for a minimum 12 months.

 

4. Does the agreement say anything about unemployment, moving home, sickness, etc. If so, please confirm particularly about the unemployment bit.

 

Give us some answers and don't let the demands, threats, etc get to you. You can ignore them for now at least.

 

In particular, the threat of adding admin charges so you owe the MORE, is rubbish. Such charges are penalties and are not enforceable in law.

 

Read other threads here to see how others are dealing with their cases.

 

Hi, it was helios gym in Blackpool. i signed the paper agreement at the gym, but never received any paperwork from them. They said it would be ready for me when i left but was never given it. yeah the agreement was for a minimum of 12 months.

 

thanks

 

peter

Edited May 31, 2013 by slick132

[slick132]

Hi Peter,

 

So, without a copy of the agreement, you can't answer my Q #4 above.

 

If you tell the gym you relied on the advice of the gym instructor, you could land him in trouble.

 

But that would be our usual advice in a case like this - that you were following the advice from a staff member to cancel after 2 months and you took that advice in good faith.