I became a member in 2007 with my then wife. I work in NC. When I signed the contract, I was told I could put my membership on hold at any time. That worked perfectly because I travel a lot. When I came back to CA after 9 months, I went to the gym because I noticed they had been charging me the whole time when I was suppossed to be on hold. I was well past my contract fullfillment and took my wife off and they told me they could not refund my money but they would stop charging my credit card and would give me 18 months of gym usage to which I... read full review »