AFTER 5 YEARS I AM SHOCKED

<p>Back in 2010 if i recall correctly i took out a gym membership with Virgin Active which in 2011 i had to move back home JHB South which at that time they had the Maponya Mall gym and i didnt have a car, so i called to request to cancel. I was told this would be done since i had no other gym to go and using taxis back and forth to Maponya would have been costly from Vlakfontein as thats enroute Vanderbijl Park. 5 years later today I have moved to Midrand and they opening a new gmy literally less than a kilometre away from where i stay, I fill in all form and an hour later i am being told i owe R8000+ to you guys. I am failing to understand this dismally, as if there was a cancellation fee i needed to pay i should have been told and made aware of it so i could make arrangements, your services are they paid for in advance or arrears. If so how did this reach R8000+ as I am not willing to pay that ridiculous amount at all, how was this calculated, was there some kind of compound interest going on like a bond or what. I need answers and a solution otherwise i will simply take my business elsewere. </p>