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FTC announces "click-to-cancel" rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions

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1737 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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bilsbie ◴[16 Oct 24 15:11 UTC] No.41860014[source]▶
I wonder how this would work for gyms?

They should clean up their act anyway. If other customers are like me I’ve been putting off joining for over a year because they’re so scammy and I don’t want to get locked in.

I even went to sign up and walked out because the price ended up being double what they advertised with weird fees and the base plan not being useable once they explain it.

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1. marinmania ◴[16 Oct 24 17:20 UTC] No.41861485[source]▶
I was wondering this too.

LA Fitness wanted me to mail something to their headquarters, which was intentionally onerous. I filed a complaint with BBB and cc'd LA Fitness on them, and they ended up cancelling it for me.

Still, I did originally sign up for the gym in person, so I wonder if they'd be allowed to force the person to come back in person to cancel. This still seems like too much work, especially for when people move.