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kmckni735
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8 months ago, we signed a two-year contract for a health club membership in Iowa. At the time, the facility did not have any child care facilities available, but were told they "might" add one at a later time (no fees were mentioned for the child care facility, they were just "dangling" the possibility of it to get us to sign the contract). At that time, we joined and were told that our 8-year-old would be able to sit at one of the tables in the club while we worked out, which is what we've done since that time.
A couple of days ago, we were told that for their new childcare room (which is not supervised at the time we go to the gym -- it's just a "room"), there would be a $2 drop-off fee. We were further told that he would no longer be allowed to sit at the tables that he's been sitting at for the past 8 months -- essentially, he won't be allowed in the door to the gym without paying $2.
I'm wondering if the requirement for these fees constitutes breach-of-contract on the part of the gym. The only fees outlined in our contract are for the $32/month membership for my husband and me. Since we're not willing to pay the $24/month in additional fees simply to let our child sit in a room, and we don't want our child to stay home alone yet, essentially our memberships our now worthless.
Can we legally get out of this contract, since we can't work out without taking him with us, and even though we don't need to use the child care room, they're forcing us to pay a fee we never contracted for?
A couple of days ago, we were told that for their new childcare room (which is not supervised at the time we go to the gym -- it's just a "room"), there would be a $2 drop-off fee. We were further told that he would no longer be allowed to sit at the tables that he's been sitting at for the past 8 months -- essentially, he won't be allowed in the door to the gym without paying $2.
I'm wondering if the requirement for these fees constitutes breach-of-contract on the part of the gym. The only fees outlined in our contract are for the $32/month membership for my husband and me. Since we're not willing to pay the $24/month in additional fees simply to let our child sit in a room, and we don't want our child to stay home alone yet, essentially our memberships our now worthless.
Can we legally get out of this contract, since we can't work out without taking him with us, and even though we don't need to use the child care room, they're forcing us to pay a fee we never contracted for?