The Boxing Club offers San Diegans the opportunity to get in the best shape of their lives in a nontraditional gym environment. The hardcore training packages combine kickboxing and fitness drills in a non-threatening, high-energy setting.
I joined The Boxing Club last year and I found it to be dirty, overcrowded and overpriced. But the worst was when I tried to quit, they just kept charging my credit card. After numerous phone calls and several months they're still charging me $109/month. Every time I call it's like they've never heard from me before. They say sorry, our policy is no refunds, but we'll cancel your membership now, and the next month they just charge me again. I was so mad I made a website, www.boxingclubsucks.com
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Sarah Adams () said:
The Carlsbad branch has loud music and their only goal ,is to sell, sell, sell. I signed a Personal Training contract believing it was for $60, as I was told by the local manager without realizing that I was actually charged in advance for 20 sessions, $1200 total. When I asked for a refund they refused; during the dispute (still ongoing), they lied to me, did not respond to my letters and phone calls, forged my initials on the two contracts, the CEO, Steven Wade lied in Small Claims Court by testifying that the Personal Training Contract cannot be obtained WITHOUT a Membership Contract (they do sell them separately, in violation of the California Civil Code), promised a free Membership Contract but never delivered on the promise, ignored my letters showing that I cannot fulfill the contract due to valid, physician verified health issues, threatened me with costly law suits, tried to silence me when I started going public on ripoffreports.com (they will see MANY more complaints from me) and tried to run the clock out on my contracts; in short, their contracts are in violation of the California Health Studio Services Act and their Customer Relations practices are awful; I thus urge ANYONE who has had money disputes (such as Greg S, San Diego, Ca) to get in touch with me in order to make The Boxing Club understand that they are NOT above the law and, as a minimum, they should follow the refund practices as prescribed by the law and, by now, as followed by most Gyms,Sarah A, Fallbrook, Ca 760-731-9577
I completely agree with everything here. Classes are crowded and inadequate warmup, which amounts to poor training. And, they are a total rip off. Your contract period ends and they keep on charging you! Then when you complain, it takes another 6 months for them to stop charging you. I filed a complaint with the BBB.
These guys charge an arm and a leg and try to say they have pilates and yoga classes. There are maybe 2 yoga classes on their schedules, and they are only at times that you cant get to them. They charge premium prices and close at 4 PM on Saturdays and 2 PM on Sundays.