I am so disappointed in Carolina FItness (aka Kinetix). When I joined 2 years ago with my wife, we thought it was a good price and a reasonably decent gym. The nicest feature was the classes that were included in the membership. I never took advantage of them but my wife loved the lifting classes and instructors were / are awesome. But then machines started failing - badly! I always use the treadmill. All of a sudden 2/3 of all the treadmills were out of order and the 4 or 5 that worked were in use. The price in 2010 for new membership has gone up 60% than what we paid 2 years ago, and this AFTER THEY CLOSED DOWN OUR GYM FOR 3 MONTHS WITHOUT TELLING US FIRST!!!!!! That was the last straw. How can a company not tell you that they will close down for such a long time!! we ALL thought it would be about a week or so and were utterly SHOCKED when it kept going. There was a second option - another gym about 12 min away. But to do that to so many people who had a routine... was horrible. To not apologize... horrible. To act as though nothing bad was done because now the gym has a new coat of paint and floor polish... pathetic. And the prices are now so much more! For 1 person (2 year contract) it is $30 a month, and for 2 people it is ~$57 a month. Plus even though we are members we have to pay a service fee to renew! We are looking for other options as this point because the company is truly not a Carrboro, town-friendly company with good intentions. I say Carrboro needs to kick it out and let well-minded people start up something new.
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