Gold's Gym

Pros: none
Cons: Owner and staff lie and cheat. Filthy pool. Unprofessional.

I prepaid for 2 years before construction began. I made it clear that I was joining entirely for lap swimming purposes. They promised a professionally managed lap pool. They told me that my start date would be after the grand opening which was to occur ...

Pros: good facilities
Cons: Deceptive sales practices, awful customer service

BEWARE OF GOLD'S SALES PRACTICES, THEY ARE DECEPTIVE. I joined Gold's 6 months ago because it was close to my house. The facility (in Cincinnati) is clean and new, and the equipment is in pretty good condition (perfect except the dumbbells are ...

Pros: Average equipment and mediocre managers you can find elsewhere
Cons: Extremely unsavory business practices, total lack of ethics. Hazardous for your budget, psyche, health.

Beware of Gold's Gym in Rockville, MD. I joined a gym in April of 2005. I paid $99 for unlimited membership. Everything was Ok until one day in September my locker was burglarized, and my wallet, Ids, credit cards, and cash were stolen. I called to a ...

Pros: clean facility, plenty of equipment
Cons: Everything! - Customer service, faulty equipment, poorly educated trainers, overpriced gear and protein shakes

I joined Golds Gym when I relocated due to a new job. I had been at two previous clubs and never had a problem. I should have known from day one there would be problems when they lost my credit card info. Not exactly something you want anyone to lose. ...

Pros: Modern, up-to-date equipment.
Cons: No nationwide access, My home location was almost a year overdue for completion.

No pun intended in the title. I joined Gold's Gym as they were building a new location in my neighborhood. Gold's is an excellent facility, but there are a few shortfalls to it. We were offered access to some other Gold's facilities, but that ...

Pros: tv's, mirrors,
Cons: customer service, being treated like a number, lack of integrity from a business stand point.

the particular gold's i went to had no signs indicating which locker room was which. a girl walked in on me while i was in the shower, and left after i told her to get out. of course, after 5 minutes, a bunch of girls were laughing because they dared ...

Pros: -Large crowds of people to share the gym with. -Good excersice equipment.
Cons: -Hidden costs of contract -Unethical sales methods. I.E. deceitful sales pitches.

Six months ago, two friends and I decided to join the nearby Gold's gym. We all signed up and enjoyed our membership. That was until we decided to switch our membership to a discounted rate through our school. I get a phone call saying, "I couldnt ...

Pros: Nice and new, steam room, sauna and tanning.
Cons: Lazy clueless employees there for a paycheck & could care less about you. 

Clean and nice place but the employees are clueless and are very lazy.  I was challenged by the assistant general manager Jessica about if I was serious (so she would not waste her time showing me around).  She didn't react ...

Pros: I can't think of any pros.
Cons: Every single thing.

I had a contract with gold's gym beginning in 2002. It was for two years which I wasn't excited about but I went with it anyway because they told me I can pay out of my contract at $100 for the first year and $50 for the second year. Come time for me to ...

Pros: Machines,people and motivation!
Cons: Real serious people

It's a wonderful place to workout and if you are serious. Not a place to meet other people - people look so unfriendly. No jacuzzi or sauna. The machines are well kept. They do play a variety of music now.

I joined it 10 years ago. I am a...

Pros: plenty of equipment to work out on.
Cons: poor customer service, and shady business practices.

I became a member of Golds Gym in July of 2004, I hired a personal trainer at the gym. This personal trainer, Chris Jiminez decided to put me on his own diet. This was not an apex* approved diet at all. This personal trainer also sold me products from ...

Pros: Good variety of exercise machines, there are classes.
Cons: Deceptive practices, horrible lying managers, bad customer service, rude employees, bad cancellation policy (auto renewal?)

It would be a nice place if I could have actually used it. I was forced to pay even though I couldn't use it. The managers at the Gold's Gym in Gaithersburg MD will lie to your face to get you to join and sign a contract. They'll tell you anything to ...

Pros: Nice facility.
Cons: Terrible, terrible, terrible, corporate customer service.

When I canceled my membership, it was due to me moving more than 20 mi. away from an Gold's Gyms, not because I was unhappy with the facility. The rep at the gym had told me that my cancellation had gone through. Then I started receiving these messages ...

Pros: My son does enjoy the weight training equipment at Golds.
Cons: Billing 'misunderstanding' has cost us a lot in time and aggravation.

I bought my son a Gold's Gym membership in Round Rock, TX. It was charged to my mastercard. A few months later, I lost my card, so cancelled it, of course. The Golds automatic charge was declined. They called me about the declined payment and I ...

Pros: Just barely good enough to fool people
Cons: no one to contact about membership and financial matters, extremely difficult to terminate membership.

Don't let them get your savings account or bank account. Without bills or reminders, the ABC Financial Inc. company will start collecting money due. I paid for one year all together, and was expecting to pay monthly afterwards. I had got a new ATM card ...