Gold's Gym

Pros: Any pros are outweighed by the bad
Cons: Continue to charge you long after you have cancelled plan

I had a friend on a shared plan with me.  I paid my friends dues by direct deposit on my debit card.  I called to cancel my friends dues after he stoppped paying me and Golds gym told me that they took care of it.  Three months later I'm still being charged $80.00 a month.

Pros: Nice, new facility with lots of equipment.
Cons: Staff are more concerned with selling new memberships than with taking care of customers.

I would strongly advise anyone against becoming a member of Gold's Gym. Their focus is on making as much money out of you as possible and they do not care about you or your fitness goals. Classes are routinely cancelled, equipment is often broken and not repaired, the staff is unprofessional and unqualified. Without doubt one of the worst gyms I have ever been a member of.

Pros: Looks nice.
Cons: Rude people and ridiculous cancellation policy for personal training.

The Gold's Gym in my area has pretty decent equipment and looks nice, but most employees are just so rude there - from the manager to receptionist. I am not sure why people have so much attitude there. They also have a 24 hour cancellation policy with no exception if you are looking for a personal trainier. So be careful before you sign up for a training. If you get sick or get an emergency within 24 hours before your scheduled personal training, they will still charge you even if you call them and try to re-schedule your personal training session. Basically they don't care about your health, what they care is only your money.

Pros: NOTHING
Cons: BIG FINANCIAL LOSS

GOLD GYM GUYS ARE BIG CHEATERS. BE CAREFUL. THEY WILL PROMISE THAT YOU CAN TERMINATE THE CONTRACT ANYTIME ETC ETC AND THEN THEY WILL HARASS YOU WHILE CANCELLING THE CONTRACT. THEY WILL KEEP CHARGING AND CHARGING YOUR CREDIT CARD. THEY ARE A BIG FRAUD!!!

Pros: None.
Cons: Terrible Business practices, lust for money, bad environment in general.

Golds Gym is run by sleazy people who only want your money and trick you into signing contracts that force you to pay them when you don't want to. I signed up before spring break so I could get into shape and told them that I would soon be going to college where they offer a free gym, so I made sure they knew I was only going to be there short term. They said that was fine and I could cancel whenever I needed too. Of course that was not the case. Now I need a doctors note or proof that Im moving more than twenty miles away in order to cancel my membership. The people who own golds gym are criminals, and you MUST be sure to avoid them like the plague.

Pros: none
Cons: customer service, freezing locker rooms

When you want to cancel the contract with them the 30 day notice is a joke. They will still charge you for 2 more months. That is even if you've already paid the last month of your contract. You can not believe their explanation: they reserve the right to charge you during the notice period and just because you've already paid the last month of the contract it does not mean anything to them. They will "generously" allow you to use the gym for 2 more months even if you want to terminate the contract after 30 days of notice. It is unbelievable how they can get away with that. We will talk to a lawyer!!!!!!!

Pros: Clean facility and convenient location
Cons: They make it impossible to cancel and keep billing you for months!!!

I have held gym memberships continuously for over 20 years.  I have never experienced the kind of deceptive business practices, that occured with Gold's Gym Orlando Area, when I tried to cancel (to move 140 miles, where they have no affiliated locations).  They are a well oiled criminal enterprise with very creative ways of skirting the law.  In summary, they will make it nearly impossible to cancel a membership in 30 days or less.  It typically takes 3-4 months to finally close up your account, and stop taking your money.  If you block them from taking your money, they just sell the false debt to "collections", and now your credit rating is hurt!  No matter how convenient the location, or how nice the equipment, NEVER sign a contract with Gold's.  They have a billing partner called ABC Financial, and they will keep taking your money, and assessing late fee's, claiming you didn't follow the contract properly to cancel your membership.  I can't believe this hasn't been more publicized, because it is so blantiently criminal, and happens all over the country.

Pros: None-BAD EXPERIENCE-LIARS
Cons: Two-faced liars!!!!!!!!!!!

They filed a lawsuit against me, and told me if I settled they would re-instate my membership. They were so easy to get a hold of when I made my payments. After I have paid them, it's hard getting in touch and when I did, they told me they couldn't reinstate it.

Pros: Never very crowded
Cons: New General Manager has run down the quality stds

Having lived in 9 cities over the past 20 years, I thought all Gold's Gyms met the same standards.
Unfortunately this one would be better named "Elmos' Discount Exercise"---
The showers and locker room are filthy and equipment is broken, although they always seem to have someone (who speaks no English) running a vacuum cleaner around your feet.  The real gem is the General Manager.  If you even consider this place, go and meet him first---guaranteed you will turn and run (unless your looking for a Used Car Salesman to run your workout center.)
Lastly, if you try to terminate your membership--even if after a year and there are no more comittmernts--GOOD LUCK! they will claim to lose your termination paper 3 times, while they continually beg you to stay.   Now that Life Fitness has opened down the street, this Gold's Facility has it's days numbered.

Pros: Sometimes you get to use free towels, most of the time they charge.
Cons: They will do whatever it takes to keep on charging your account.

I don't recommend signing up with Gold's Gym to anyone.  They will give you guys give a hard time with canceling payments. All they ever want is my money even when I cancelled over 6 months ago. I am still going through this hassle with cancelling the contract with Gold's Gym company. DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THEM.