# Bally Health Clubs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bally-health-clubs/22056 "2000-06-11T21:12:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bally-health-clubs/22056/1 "2000-06-11T21:12:15Z")
Anyone have any dealings with these guys? Good or Bad? Has anyone bought a memebership off someone else? I want to join a health club but Bally’s cost seems high. They even sell memberships on eBay but I don’t know about buying something so much off of eBay. ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bally-health-clubs/22056/2 "2000-06-12T01:07:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Anyone have any dealings with these guys? Good or Bad? Has anyone bought a memebership off someone else? I want to join a health club but Bally’s cost seems high. They even sell memberships on eBay but I don’t know about buying something so much off of eBay. > \*\* I visited one about 10 years ago, when they were still President and First Lady. I felt they were scum. I went to them because I heard of a great offer on TV. They informed me that it was only a three day a week program and you had to declare which days you were to come. They gave me a very quick tour and then hard sold me on a special offer that was going to end that day. The deal included a 3 year contract. I got out of there and went to the YMCA. Not just any, some are not that great for a single person who wants state of the art equipment (child care is most Y’s big money maker). If you live in a big city check out a downtown YMCA, or a larger one. Me I am a member of the Post Oak YMCA, the largest in Texas. It has everything Bally’s has. No long-term contracts. A big swimming pool, tennis courts. Although if you are in it for the long run Bally’s has great deals for people who stick around longer than 3 years.