Hi
The gym I was a member of (LA Fitness) which I used almost exclusively for swimming closed following a buy out 3 months ago. The final Direct Debit payment was pro-rata for the number of days the gym was open in that month. The gym was going to be re-opening as a Purgym, with no swimming pool. As I use the gym for swimming, I decided I wouldn’t be joining, and assumed that would be the end of it.
A few days ago I started getting “your new gym is opening soon” emails, so sent them an email saying I did not want to join and have had no response.
Today, the new gym has opened, and the monthly fee has been deducted from my account. My question is, Can Puregym, use a direct debit mandate that was in place with LA fitness to take my money? I paid LA fitness £xx a month on the 1st of every month, yet today that mandate has been used to pay a different company, a different amount, on a different date. Is this legal?
I have mailed puregym again, but just wondered if I had any protection under the Direct Debit scheme.