# Can anything happen if I blow off paying my ex-gym? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 27, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anything-happen-if-i-blow-off-paying-my-ex-gym/111089 "2002-05-27T20:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anything-happen-if-i-blow-off-paying-my-ex-gym/111089/21 "2002-05-28T17:10:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Great Unwashed \* > \*\* > When you did visit this gym, did you have to sign-in or “swipe-in”? Will they have data to see that you have not used the gym since your cancellation? If so I think speaking to them directly should resolve this, speak to them, and write to them. > \*\* We had to swipe our membership cards through a card reader to gain access to the club. I’d hope that clearing this up would be as simple as having them access our account and see that we haven’t been there since February, but something tells me that it won’t be this easy. We’ll see - Mr. Athena’s going to stop by there today. I don’t know about the ‘verbal contract’ thing. In our phone converstation last week, they told me it was impossible to cancel via phone. So maybe I got a new or dumb employee when I called - she certainly didn’t say anything about me having to come in. We’ll see… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anything-happen-if-i-blow-off-paying-my-ex-gym/111089.md?page=1)