Legal Question in Consumer Law in Georgia

We signed a contract with a local gym for two years. Our contract was up on march 11, 2010. We have been billed monthly since and are not happy about this. We were told over the phone that our last payment would be March 11, 2010. Now they told us that they had to have a 30 day written termination letter otherwise we get billed monthly from now on. We had them remove our automated debit so they couldn't just charge us anymore at their expense, so they would have to personally bill us for the last payment but they said they don't send bills and they expected our payment by a specific date. I would have thought in order to really bill someone legally you would have to send a bill of some form.

Do fitness gym/center have to notify you when you contract is up before billing you for extra months?

Also, do I need to receive a personal bill in order for a business to bill me or is it legal for a business to just tell you that they need to receive their bill by a specific date?


Asked on 5/24/10, 3:00 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

It is your responsibility to know your obligations in a contract, and do what you agreed to do in the contract. The contract is your notice of when it expires, what notice is required, etc. As you also should know what your financial obligations are, and you have confirmed with the gym, I am not sure why you need additional paperwork. Unless you want continuing collections, negative credit entries, etc., the easiest and most obvious way to handle it is to pay as you agreed under the contract and end the issue and not look for ways around it.

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Answered on 5/25/10, 10:33 am


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