I joined North Buffalo Athletic Club for a year and was paying monthly for a membership. At the end of my membership I did not renew because of distance and the fact that they were not consistently open in the morning as the agreed upon (5:30am). They began charging me for months after my membership was up. They never called me to renew my membership or to tell me that an extension would go into effect unless I renewed or cancelled by membership. All they said was too bad and that I need to read my contract closer. Anyone have any suggestions how to handle this matter? I am upset at the lack of communication and the fact that they could care less whether I knew or not. On top of charging me, they said they would charge me $30.00 more dollars because I did not give them 30 days notice.

Buffalo Athletic Club is a scam. Why would they do this to people? We have a similar experience. The place is less worried about customer satisfaction and more worried about scamming people out of their hard earned dollars for services not being rendered. I am amazed that this is legal. I should start going around getting people to sign outrageous contracts for stuff. Anyone interested in signing a 5 year contract for my services? I will edit 3 words per week for you, only if those words and none other are sent via email between 12am-3pm on 3rd Friday of each month. If you have extensive ability to read legal jargon and are unnecessarily suspicious, you are not allowed to join this club. By signing you agree to pay $5 per word and you have to pay the total of 12 words per month until your contract is up in 5 years. The only way to cancel is if you are a) killed by an elephant, b) move not more than and not less than 39.5 miles from my home address, c) you find out you were born on Mars, d) you pay me $500, 000 cancelation fee.