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Title: FTC Sues LA Fitness For Making it Difficult for Consumers To Cancel
Gym Memberships

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/20/1802...

FTC, in a press release Wednesday: The Federal Trade Commission today sued
the operators of LA Fitness and other gyms over allegations they make it
exceedingly difficult for consumers to cancel their gym memberships and
related services that continued indefinitely unless cancelled. The agency is
seeking a court order prohibiting the allegedly unfair conduct and money back
for consumers harmed by the difficulty in cancelling memberships. "The FTC's
complaint describes a scenario that too many Americans have experienced -- a
gym membership that seems impossible to cancel," said Christopher Mufarrige,
Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. "Tens of thousands of LA
Fitness customers reported difficulties -- cancellation was often restricted
to specific times or required speaking to specific managers who were often
not present or available. The FTC will not hesitate to act on behalf of
consumers when it believes companies are stifling consumers' ability to
choose which recurring charges they want to keep."

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