TIL it takes 11 days to cancel a gym membership you signed up for in one phone call
I joined a gym near my place in Tucson back in March because the signup took literally 4 minutes on the phone. When I tried to cancel in July, it turned into a whole mess. First they said I had to come in person, then the guy at the desk said only a manager could do it, and the manager was never there when I showed up. I ended up mailing a certified letter, which cost me $8, and they still billed me for one more cycle before it finally stopped. Total time from my first call to the last charge: 11 days and about 5 phone calls. Is there some trick I'm missing for getting out of these things faster, or is the runaround just the whole business model?