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ILSE K

1 reviews | Active since Feb 2025

19 Feb 2025, 16:57

NCR violation when signing a contract

My daughter joined Planet Fitness for 4 months and indicated upfront she is only joining for 4 months - the sales person signed her up eagerly not telling her about the contract term and Penalty Clauses - all conversations were logged on whatsup - I submitted a formal complaint on the 15th of Jan 2025 of the sales agent not being transparent about the contract terms up front, Today 23 days later no feedback and the sales manager at Midrand gym says it is out of her hand and we need to speak to head office - I phoned the complaint line today with original referance of PFQ310389 and the call today Pfq340304. Nobody is saying where I can esclate it to nor that 32 days should be a reasonable timeframe - The sales manager told me that the sales agent is on his final written warning (obviously there must have been previous complaints) - everyone is just using the excuse as red tape or they do not know who is in charge of Customer Service. When asked who is the Regional Manager, everyone is suddenly pretending to know nothing? It seems sales people are happy to sign you up at all costs without being transparent on contract term and penalty clauses to achieve their sales target and senior management at head office acts as though they suddenly forget who they report as! Shocking service on purpose misleading the customer.

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Planet Fitness
Planet Fitness's reply20 Feb 2025, 08:13
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Good day  Ilse, 

Thank you for reaching out.  We sincerely apologise for the experience you've had. 
Our senior consultant will investigate the matter and get back to you. 

Best regards, 
Planet Fitness Team.
IK
ILSE K's update20 Feb 2025, 17:52
Reviewer Update
I was contacted today by a customer care consultant just telling me the same story over again - they are in the process of investigating (after 35 days!) and it has been escalated but no idea when it will conclude. In fact the consultant eluded that the complaint investigation time can take even more than a month! Way to go Planet Fitness - excellent way to handle customer care which in essence is only a postbox