I love it when two posters, in this case Hullofaguy and OLM, say precisely the same thing then have an argument about who is correct. Only on this board!
There no arguments. Merely discussing semantics.
I love it when two posters, in this case Hullofaguy and OLM, say precisely the same thing then have an argument about who is correct. Only on this board!
What you are saying is that if you cancel today, you will pay the next two monthly installments at the prevailing rate. Correct.They can’t chase payments of zero.
It’s simple.
if the fees revert to £ in your notice period you pay.
No ambiguity there at all. The club have quoted my payment dates for my 2 months. If the dates are in a zero pay month I owe zero.
I’d like to see them find another clause in there. I will admit I have not read every word in the t and c but the sections that apply are very difficult to construe differently given the bit I have made bold. I have asked the club to comment on the above if they disagree.
I’ll post any comment.
(in addition it seems the club can’t terminate or suspend the contract without specified reasons (S9), covid not being a reason, so the current zero pay months are legally membership months they charge at zero and NOT suspended membership periods that don’t count to the notice period. This adds more legal weight to a clear position in the rest of the document)
What you are saying is that if you cancel today, you will pay the next two monthly installments at the prevailing rate. Correct.
But that's precisely what OLM's post said as well, unless I'm reading it wrong. He just cautioned against assuming that those two payments will definitely be zero, based on the last two months, because you can't yet know what the next two monthly charges will be. And that's what you are saying above.
Perfect agreement!
The fact that you have then stated in a post, when it was suggested that you agree with OLM, that you don't agree with OLM when you obviously do, makes this an even purer slab of 24 carat not606!
Of course, if someone had cancelled two months ago and had been made to pay two lots of £30 then they have a real interest in the T&Cs, because they've been overcharged. But is anyone claiming to be, or speak for, that guy?
Also, as Ehab is on holiday and no announcement has yet been made to membership holders about the payments restarting, basic customer care principles would lead us to conclude that the current status quo will persist and no payment will be taken in two working days' time - though I'm aware I've added some flawed assumptions in this sentence.......
Really? Wow, so my fictional guy exists. I guess the club's judgement is that no-one will take them to court for the sake of £60. Could be interesting!It doesn't matter what the next two months are charged at (though I do expect charges will be made for one, if not both, making the HulluvaGuy's assumption even more flawed), as the club have been forcing anyone who cancels to pay for two months a their contracted amount, nobody has been able to cancel for free during during the suspension of payments.
It doesn't really matter what the next two months are charged at (though I do expect charges will be made for one, if not both, making the HulluvaGuy's assumption even more flawed), as the club have been forcing anyone who cancels to pay for two months a their contracted amount, nobody has been able to cancel for free during during the suspension of payments.
Really? Wow, so my fictional guy exists. I guess the club's judgement is that no-one will take them to court for the sake of £60. Could be interesting!
I know it's not really my business, but why are people cancelling now anyway? Just because we've been relegated? Bit weird for me that.
So are you proposing to cancel today and stop paying any more money, no matter what the August and September payments will be? If so, you are clearly in breach of the T&Cs by your own analysis.People are daft enough to pay it without question, it seems. Just because the club are charging it doesn’t make it legally enforceable.
My legal reading of the terms is they can’t charge me.
As for the poster who said we were in agreement , did you miss the post at 12.44pm yesterday:
“Legally, you haven't a leg to stand on, they almost certainly will take action if you just stop paying and unless you want the bill to double, you'll pay it.”
That is as opposite an option as you can get!?
Anyone who has paid two months is just a victim of passive ignorance. I will pay if I have to, but the club can refer me to the legal basis to charge me first. The only possible get out I can see is multiple versions of the t and c (then it’s plausible to claim even they don’t know the real basis!).
Same as me!How much will I be paying in September?