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Tuesday, 10/09/2012 6:29:54 AM

Tuesday, October 09, 2012 6:29:54 AM

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Show us a picture. Something from KLDO website that shows they installed kiosks.
The address for HGC Gold Wellness is actually World Gym in Auburn WA. Here's a review - you tell me, does this osund like a place that's going to spend $1000's of $$ on kiosks?
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WARNING: This gym requires you to pay a $30.00 EXIT FEE when you decide to cancel your membership. They will not mention this FEE during the sign up process. Be prepared to read the ENTIRE contract before signing or risk being hit with hidden charges.

This gym is also known as World Gym in Auburn, WA.

As mentioned above this gym uses the classic bait and switch to get people in the door. They advertise a super cheap monthly rate with no initiation fee and get you to sign their contract which in fine print states that upon cancellation of your membership that you will be required to pay $30.00. I didn't have time to read the two pages of super small legalese bologna. I guess I should have made the time but I feel like they should have at least warned me about this charge when I signed up. No, they didn't have to, but it would have been the considerate thing to do.

The hidden fee wouldn't be that big of a deal if the gym was worth going to but it's really kind of a crappy gym. First of all, it is the absolute dirtiest gym I have ever seen. The floor in the cardio section is always nasty and needs to be swept. Hand Sanitizer? Forget it, they don't provide it. When I signed up I was excited about the sauna but I when I decided to try it out, I opened the door only to shut it again after seeing its foul condition. There is a repugnant trail of scum that leads from the heater to a drain in the center of the floor. I just didn't want to spend any time in there after seeing that.

The free weight section is tiny, however, If you like machines you won't be disappointed. They have quite a few machines and they seem to be in fairly good condition.

As far as the one and only trainer they have on staff, I can't speak to his level of competence or ability to help his clients produce results. I've seen him around and he's kind of overweight for a personal trainer. That doesn't mean he doesn't know how to help his clients get fit but I have to wonder why he doesn't choose to serve as an example. He's only human after all but if I was going to pay a personal trainer then I would want to know he's done this before. Oh well, just an observation.

World Gym in Auburn, WA / Auburn Athletic Club does not have my recommendation. Its a dirty gym with a very limited selection of equipment and space, especially in the free weight area. My needs are better met by a place that is open 24 hours. The gym closes pretty early for my taste. Lastly, the way they lure you in with a cheap rate and then hit you up with a hidden fee when you cancel your membership really perturbs me.

I am taking my business a couple blocks down the street.

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