For the past week I've been endeavouring to obtain a half-decent deal from the health club, Fitness First. So far they have offered a one-off payment of £348 for 15 months; or off-peak membership for £26.50 per month plus the rotten £30 "administration charge".
I wish them to waive the joining fee and offer me the off-peak rate - £26.50 with three months free; in other words, the first direct debit would be paid in April or May. Perhaps that is a bridge too far for them. I'm not the greatest negotiator in the world at any rate.
As a friend suggested to me, I may have been wiser to strike a deal with them before Christmas. Who knows?
To be frank, I thought they'd have been tripping over themselves to enlist me as a new member, given the current economic climate. Perhaps I am deluding myself.
I have tried to call their bluff by telling them that I may well re-join my present health club ( which is true). That unsubtle ploy hasn't, so far, produced a result.
I have emailed them, again, this morning. It's hard to know whether to sit back and wait for them to contact me again or do as I have done, by emailing them. One thing is for certain: Fitness First, and their sales staff, aren't that desperate to attract new members.
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
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3 comments :
What kind of 'Fitness' programme are you after? I would have thought you get all that from the NT volunteering free gratus and for nothing?
eg: hedge laying, ditch clearing,drystone walling etc.
Ha ha! That's all extra-curricular. I've been pumping iron and swimming, Lord knows for how many years.
That way I can continue with my other vices; namely gin, rusty nails, booze in general, the weekly takeaway, McDonald's when on holiday, onion rings...I'd best cease now!
Tim
Now the Gin is a hobby I like ;)
For variety I switch from tonic to gingerale!
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