Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Day 3 after my trip to OZ

Day 3 after returning to Malaysia from Oz, I reformatted my laptop. I need to reformat my machine bacause the "Generic Host process for Win32" often shut down in 10min -1 hour after I started my machine. When you receive such error message, you will normally be forced to dc from your ISP. Besides reformatting my machine, I went to the Fitness First club for their 1 day free trial. Yes, I have decided to join a gym however I am new to the gym scene. When I first walked into the gym. The membership consultant was trying to sign me up for a membership. One thing that I am concerned bout the gym membership is that most of these clubs may have hidden clauses in their contracts. I am not quite happy about how they let people try out their facilities before making a decision to sign up for a membership. Yesterday, after a survey and a tour around the facility, the membership consultant tried to get my credit card number. After I refused to give him my cc number, he asked me to put down some money(rm 60) as a deposit. I am confused because I was wondering if they understand why I was there in the first place. I am supposed to be there to try out their facilities, Fitness First people. I will be happy to sign up for a membership if I am really happy with my experience at the gym. After I refused to put down the deposit( well the money is not really the issue, but I am not happy about the whole deposit concept), the membership consultant asked me for my identity card. I guess that is reasonable and hence they made a copy of my I.C. I guess the facilities were good and I was able to try out a lot of new gadgets that my previous company did not have in their gym. Although I may have a positive feedback for the place, I was told that their fees are a little high. However, I will try to make a decision after making a few calls to the gym franchises around the city. In sum, I hope health clubs should take a more straight forward approach since they are selling memberships and not insurance policies. When people understand the health clubs' membership obligations clearly, I am sure they will be happy to join the club. Like there is this line " Happy cows produce Happy Milk", I guess " Happy Potential Customers produce More Memberships".

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