Very upsetting customer service, DO NOT GET A CONTRACT
Dear All,
This was my first time enrolling with Virgin Active which left me with a very poor experience. What Virgin Active truly lacks is communication between staff members and faulty schemes with no transparency.
The person who enrolled me onto the under 25 year old's contract, assured me that I could cancel my membership at any time due to insufficient funds/personal reasons. However, be aware that Virgin Active advisers really do not care about your personal circumstances, and will not tell you how difficult it is to cancel a membership once created.
I had to eventually cancel my membership, which the company did not make easy for me, although prior to enrolling I had stated my condition and was still reassured that I could leave at any time.
I was asked to send in bank transactions, and wait to be spoken to before my membership could be cancelled. My membership was successfully cancelled however three months later, I noticed that Virgin Active SET UP A FAULTY DIRECT DEBIT TAKING £99.50 OUT OF MY ACCOUNT EACH MONTH. This is rather bizarre as this is not even the amount I should have been paying as I was enrolled for the under 25's.
All in all, it left me incredibly upset, being a student this really affected my finances. NOT STUDENT FRIENDLY at all, and more over I was not even asked about any compensation or kind gestures for all the trouble caused over the past few months.
Customer Services is very unhelpful and good luck with receiving any call backs from manager Leila. I have no guarantee that a false direct debit will not be set up again which makes it a real nuisance to keep calling back the company.
PLEASE AVOID.