Join Extreme Fitness - $2 a week for first 8 weeks

[jljdaigl]

So I was riding my bike home from work the other day and I passed extreme fitness, the north york location, on yonge street just north of sheppard and notices a giant $2/week sign in the window. Thinking this might be a gimmic I called them and the only catch is that the deal is based on 2 months (8 weeks). So he said you can pay the $16, have a 2 months membership then quit if you want.

Here is the link to the deal

http://www.extremefitness.info/northyorkAS.aspx

I know it says North York membership offer but if you look at the other locations across the top of the page it is offered at others aswell.

According to this site locations include:
North York
Pickering
Thornhill
Whitby

I am actually going to visit the North York location tonight for a small tour and I will be signing up if there is no other catches to the deal. I will update if anything changes.

[Edit] So I went for my visit and got signed up, the deal is legit. You have to pay $16 up front for a 2 month membership, after that it will go to regular price. The only thing about cancelling is you have to do it 14 days in advance, so just make sure if you go for it to cancel 14 days before the end of your 2 month $16 membership, otherwise you are paying for an extra month.
Really nice facilities by the way at the North York location, I would assume it to be just as nice at other locations.

[adobedream]

gym membership with no catch? sounds like a hot deal.

[Gundam]

wow, extreme for $2/week. let us know if they have any catch after you visit them tonight.

[Supershyguy]

probably for a limited time like 3-6 months then you have to pay full price of around $40-$60 a month

[911TwinTurbo]

Have you been to extreme fitness to get a membership? I have when they had the $3/month for 2 months only promo. I called and was given a number (only the first 250 callers get the deal supposedly). I booked an appointment and was made to wait 1/2 hour since the guy completely forgot about me. Then he handed me off to another sales rep. who brought me in and asked what i was interested in. I said my number is XXX and I want the $3/month for 2 months. He said that offer expired. I said I was given a number when I called yesterday. He said "So your not interested in any other offers we have." I said "Well that offer is the best one." He said "Sorry, can't help you. Bye." and proceeded to kick me out. Went home and checked their site for the offer expirey, and it was still going on.

Will never join extreme fitness even if THEY paid ME. Buncha commission hungry *******.

To note though, their facilities are good and some hotties work out there.

BTW: This was the Young/Hwy 7 location.

[gilboman]

its a legit deal with no catch..thing is, after two months, its 75/month.

[lingenfelter7]

I'll be interested in seeing what jljdaigl says when he visits the Extreme Fitness. I had a similar experience with the $3 for first two months deal, actually went to the same Yonge and Sheppard location.
NO DEAL, it was just to get you in there and pay $3 for two months then like $90 for each of the other 10 months of a 12 month contract.

Fitness facilities couldn't run if they had a bunch of us crowding the already tight facilities for two months and hitting the road thereafter.

But now...it's $2 for first two months of 12 month contract :cheesygri

[Migger]

I actually won a free 1 year membership to Extreme Fitness in Pickering last year. I entered my name into one of those ballot boxes they had in Denny's, and they called me up a month later. There was no catch, and I was free to end my membership without penalty, however I had to give them my bank account number.

About a week before my free year expired, I came into the office to cancel my membership, and I was told that since I hadn't done it 2 weeks in advance, I would have to pay at least 1 month's membership, which was something like $55 or so. When they were cancelling my account, the sales rep "conveniently" had some computer problems, and had to do the cancellation on paper. The next month, I was surprised to find that I was still being charged the monthly fee, which was taken directly from my account. I went to the manager and complained, and got my money back.

Although this deal may be legit, make sure you have your bases covered. Make sure to cancel your membership in advance so you don't get charged the monthly rate, and make sure that they handled the cancellation correctly.

[eshum]

Migger's warnign about cancelling in advance is definitely good advice... I really can't believe gyms don't get closed down for all the underhanded gouging they do (when I signed up for my membership at a different gym, they even made me pay first before even seeing the contract, which seemed incredibly illegal to me)

I have a friend who signed up with Extreme under similar circumstances to this deal and it turned out "2 month's for $5/month" actually meant "first and last month of a 12 month contract for $5 each, with the 10 other months at $65/month"... Even when he spotted that in the contract, the sales person said "oh, just ignore that. It's $5/month for 2 months, don't worry". And my friend fell for it.

This type of Extreme deal is very very common. I'd very very careful and not trust a word that the salesperson says. Just go by the contract and read very carefully.

Good luck!

[Deal_Princess]

My house always gets bombardered with their stupid flyers.(atleast once a week) Like this one 2$ a week or the 5$ a month Free summer or free for 3months. They always have some catch and some extreamly eye catching prices but theres always fine print. Its just a fishing for new members ploy to get you into the gym and talk you into the rest of the membership after they WOW u with the gym and their fitness knowledge. No gym is giving away a membership they're all fairly expensive so ya ur more then likely pulled into a whole year membership even if they claim its a 8week min. (more so u can ONLY get the deal for 8weeks min then u must buy the rest of your membership at the regular inflated price)

[hot_ride]

BEWARE of the cancellation policy and the contract you are signing when there. READ every word.

Nothing's free and this is a lure to a trap. A friend experienced it first hand.

[mccreads]

Steer clear of Extreme fitness...bunch of scam artists. Don't get me wrong, the facilities are nice, but try to cancel and get ready for headache after headache!

My girlfriend and I just cancelled last month and we ended up paying for this month because the "customer service" (use that term loosely) manager didn't bother to call back before we were into our 2 week cancellation window, this after leaving him no less than 10 messages to call me!

I guess it's the same as anything else, buyer beware.

[dav1209]

yeah....i also hear alot of complain about Fitness membership problem....be sure to ask all the question and read the agreement carefully

[jljdaigl]

So I went for my tour at the Yonge and Sheppard Location, really nice facilities, lots of equipment etc...I read and re-read the piece of paper they had me sign and here is what the deal is (I will also update first post).

You can sign up for $2 a week for the first 2 months, $16.
After that you go regular price, i think it was like 96 bucks or something like that for me :S
To avoid the regular price, all you have to do is go in an cancel 14 days before the end of your $16 for 2 months deal. So this deal sucks if you forget to cancel, but otherwise you get a 2 month membership to a nice gym for $16.

[trek_junkie]

i booked an appointment for friday. Can't go wrong for this price. I'll definitely cancel within the 2 weeks.

[t3359]

There are other threads on this club and I thought I'd post again.

I dropped in for a tour when they had their $5/month deal (they spam my friggin mail box non-stop with that junk). Anyway, this deal required me to pre-pay for 2 months. Okay, I thought I'd pre-pay 2 x $5 = $10 then I'd get $5 per month.

Of course not... the weasels meant that only the first two months were $5... after that, I'd go directly on to the $72/month plan, which required me to start paying $72/month right away because I had to pre-pay two months in advanced.

Anyway... they're scam artists. I have no idea why there are so many people in that gym and how they can afford paying that stupidly high rate.

bjl

[zackweed]

There are other threads on this club and I thought I'd post again.

I dropped in for a tour when they had their $5/month deal (they spam my friggin mail box non-stop with that junk). Anyway, this deal required me to pre-pay for 2 months. Okay, I thought I'd pre-pay 2 x $5 = $10 then I'd get $5 per month.

Of course not... the weasels meant that only the first two months were $5... after that, I'd go directly on to the $72/month plan, which required me to start paying $72/month right away because I had to pre-pay two months in advanced.

Anyway... they're scam artists. I have no idea why there are so many people in that gym and how they can afford paying that stupidly high rate.

bjl

I'm thinking of joining, and did a search here first... good thing I did... thanks for the cautions and reviews....

and I think the reason why there are so many people there, is because they were all scammed and committed to a contract. I'm guessing their thoughts are, might as well use what they are force to pay for.... In a way, it may be a good way to force yourself to stay committed... "do it for your wallet!!" :twisted:

hmmm... still thinking of joining... should I join the dark side??? :confused:

why are some $96/mo and some $72/mo? which is it??

[boo4842]

I pay $25 a month at Family Fitness in Hamilton. Its a 12 month contract, but still 1/3 the price of other gyms, and I think the first month is free

I can get anyone else this price if they live/work in the hammer

[hightech]

I used to have a membership at the Pickering location about 1 year back. The rate was honest and no catches. My only concern (which is common with many gyms) is that they oversell their memberships so during peak hours (4 pm to 7 pm), the lineups to the cross trainers, weights, and other key areas are really long (45 min to 1 hour at times). On top of that, there are others who seem to hover around you to get you off the machines (this after waiting 30 min to use it for about 5 min if that).

I do not know about you, but when I go for a workout, I like to do circuit training and that involves quick access to machines to keep your heart rate up and keep me in my target zone.

I would suggest visiting the gym a few times during the peak hours and seeing what the lineup is, and decide if you want to spend about 2 hours at the gym and only 40 min working out (rest of the time is waiting).

[dolphindefense]

Just out of curiousity, when signing up for this 8-week promotion, do you have to give any bank or credit card information?

[kareshi]

I had similar negative experience as others. I went with a friend and she wanted to join beause of the deal. It's definitely just a strategy to get you there. Once you're there, they keep trying to sell you the other offers. If you don't know what you want, then you would sign up their other plans easily.

In general the facility looks okay and it should be a good place to go. However their selling strategy is what I dislike about them.

So if you're only interested in the deal, make sure you are very careful and waste no time by listening to their other offers. Read carefully on paper and make sure you cancel it even 3 WEEKS before, not 2 weeks. The earlier you cancel, the better.

Again, things do come at a cost.. beware when things seem way too cheap..

[ken_ll]

So if you're only interested in the deal, make sure you are very careful and waste no time by listening to their other offers. Read carefully on paper and make sure you cancel it even 3 WEEKS before, not 2 weeks. The earlier you cancel, the better.
Pay your $16, $2 x 8 weeks and give your cancellation the same day and on any contract, just write it in - "I am giving notice that I am canceling my membership 56 days from today's date." Or 55 days to be on the safe side. Don't give a legitimate bank account number if you don't intend to stay after 8 weeks.

[evoviii]

It's because of these gym offers that the government legislated a cooling off period so that you can cancel without any fees after I think it was 2 weeks. Of course these deals bypass that deliberately. If you plan on just using the deal and leaving it after when the regular pricing kicks it, more often than not it's not worth the hassle.

[ares_toronto]

Both my friend and I had bad experience with this company before. They are very good at get you in and after that, you have to be careful. I was tricked and forced to pay the fee of 2 more months (And it is a different amount as we have agreed on) after the cancellation and they will never notify you for any fee adjsutment (All they do is charge you on the credit card first.) I didn't put up a fight with them but went to my credit card company to report the charge as a fraud and get back my money after a month.
Be sure you have everything signed in paper and make sure you write down the time of cancellation in advance and have them signed on it.

That is only my personal experience and I have decided not to deal with them in my life, not only because of the money they charge me without notice, but also becasue of their very rude attitude (When I tried to talk to them regarding the suspicious charges after your cancellation). It is OK that you have excuse to not return my money, maybe it is a misunderstand or something. But being rude to their old customer is something I cannot endure.

Honestly, they do have a lot of new and very good equipments.

[mayertj1]

i booked an appointment for friday. Can't go wrong for this price. I'll definitely cancel within the 2 weeks.

Just a note of caution: when you cancel, get it in writing. I joined for a while, got a verbal cancellation after 3 months, and then got burned when they continued to bill my credit card. They then claimed no knowledge of the cancelation request.

I guess it was a bit naive, but I would certainly recommend caution when dealing with "Extreme Fitness".

Checkout rip off reports: http://www.ripoffreport.com

Try searching for "Extreme Fitness".

[masterhapposai]

There are other threads on this club and I thought I'd post again.

I dropped in for a tour when they had their $5/month deal (they spam my friggin mail box non-stop with that junk). Anyway, this deal required me to pre-pay for 2 months. Okay, I thought I'd pre-pay 2 x $5 = $10 then I'd get $5 per month.

Of course not... the weasels meant that only the first two months were $5... after that, I'd go directly on to the $72/month plan, which required me to start paying $72/month right away because I had to pre-pay two months in advanced.

Anyway... they're scam artists. I have no idea why there are so many people in that gym and how they can afford paying that stupidly high rate.

bjl

like i've said before, these freebies or discounts with gyms are all fake

worst used car salesmen ever

[hot_ride]

AVOID AT ALL COSTS..

And speaking of overselling -- try, just try and get a parking spot even at the Thornhill location on Yonge... can't even imagine how badly packed it is inside. Like a night club I'm sure.

[jljdaigl]

I am enjoying myself at this gym, they tried to scam me into getting the whole personal trainer crap but ya right! lol, I am going to go in an cancel next week since I am moving, hopefully wont be too much trouble...my 2nd month goes till the end of september so i am giving like 5 - 6 weeks notice. Better not give me trouble or I will be pissed and sick some of my accounting and lawyer familly on their ass lol (ya right)...