I recently went to the Gold's Gym in Columbus Ga and was approached by a "trainer" to see if I would like to have some techniques taught to me about weight loss and obtaining my long term goals- after my session with this guy, he began his sales pitch for why I needed to spend hundreds of my dollars on his training sessions- Durning this time with him I was told that I would never lose the weight that I needed to lose unless I paid him the 139.00 to start the sessions and 99.00 a month for the next 12 months- I clearly stated that I needed to speak withmy husband before I made any financial decisions and that I would like to think it over and get back with him after a couple of days- He then attacked me verbally and asked me if I asked for the permission from my husband to gain all the weight to begin with - being over weight is tough enough and actually making it to the gym was a big step on my part to begin with- He had me so upset all I wanted to do was leave and never return to the gym -- EVER!!! Once he got my checking account information he told me that he would be right back and that he had to get my meal plan and his session book to schedule me for my training sessions- after about 10 min - I went looking for him and he was with another customer- I left the gym feeling worse than I did before i even went in- and i was physcally exhausted and mentally shaken- once I left I called back and told the :"manager" that I did not want the sessions and was told "sorry, you signed a legal contract and it is binding" after looking over the contract I realized that by law I had 72 hrs to cancel the contract with no reprocussions- I called that night and was given the same information as everyone else- that it had to be a certified letter sent within 3 business days -- once i sent the letter i was told that the money wouldbe back in my account by July 2, 2010-- guess what -- it is July 6th and no money -- I have left 15 msg for someone to call me and get the same response -- someone will call me witin 3 days of the message -- kinda questionable since you only have three days to void the contract-- these people are crooks and totally unprofessional -- the worse part is that now they have all my personal information and there is no way to get it back -- hopefully once I get the check back, if it doesn't bounce, this will be the end of this nightmare!!!