Gym agrees that I stop paying, then I receive a solicitor letter from ARC Europe

[slick132]

Hi Chax and welcome to CAG

 

1. Please tell us what gym this is about.

 

2. Did you join in July 2016 ?

 

3. What country are you in now ?

 

Read other threads here and you'll see that gyms don't take court action. Their admin companies often threaten court action as part of their collection activity but they don't actually do this.

 

Stop replying to all demands. Don't phone or email anyone anymore.

 

It's good that you continue to hear from your former room mate so you know what ARC is up to.

 

[slick132]

Hi Chax,

 

Firstly, ARC are not solicitors - they are debt collectors but that does NOT mean you owe them any debt at all !

 

If you are sure you will continue to be told of all letters sent to the address, that's fine.

 

If you think your room mate may move or not tell you about letters, you need to give ARC and the gym your current address. This is important so you always know what ARC are doing. If they know you are NOT seeing the mail regularly, they can take advantage and take court action that you don't know about. That could affect you if you come back to the UK.

 

Don't rely on anything told to you in a phone call. Unless you had an email from the gym or ARC that you owe nothing more, ARC will continue to seek payments. In your first post you say 2 things :-

 

......... and have gotten an email from the guy at the Gym that I would be able to resume payment later ........

 

I don't really understand why they would come after me after the guy at the Gym emailed that I was fine .........

 

You need to understand 3 things :-

 

1. You had the right to cancel when you left the country. All you owed was 1 month's fee for the notice period, nothing more.

 

2. You did NOT have to start paying gym fees again if you returned to the UK.

 

3. Whether the gym or ARC told you they would wait for you to pay when you could afford it, you did not have to pay them anything !!

 

Let us know if you will definitely know what demands ARC send you.

 

Edited March 26, 2017 by slick132

[slick132]

Hi Chax,

 

Read the last 3 sentences of my post #3 and points 1, 2 and 3 of my post #5.

 

Nothing has changed and the action threatened will not be taken.