Cassie Coppedge
October 20, 2017 11:47
I'm not one to do reviews. In fact, this is probably about one of five reviews i've posted in my life, but I was appalled by the service I received from an CG member (someone high up in the company). I recently had to put my account on freeze since I went back to school and my tuition includes the rec. center. I couldn't justify paying for both. However, I graduate in just a few months and was planning on going back to CG Arena after school was over. A CG rep recommended putting the account on freeze instead of cancelling to avoid paying for the application fee again. She did let me know that I have to call/come in to put the account on freeze every month. She did not let me know it would charge me a small fee every month to put my account on freeze (like $6, but still, why wouldn't you mention that?) September was the first month of the freeze. I forgot to put the freeze on in October and noticed right away that I was charged. This was an error on my part, but the way it was handled by CG was just ridiculous. I emailed Eddie E. politely asking for a refund as I have not used their services and he responded about a week later and completely disregarded my question and just asked if I wanted to cancel or continue the freeze. I decided to cancel since I had a feeling I would forget again. I thought it was strange that he didn't acknowledge the fee for October being refunded, so I asked him to confirm that it was cancelled. I got no answer. A few days later, I emailed him again trying to follow up. Still no answer. Called his direct line multiple times, no answer. Called the CG Arena multiple times this morning, no answer! Overall, I made about 10 contacts and got NO WHERE. The least Eddie could have done is told me he was unable to refund the fee, but instead, he left me hanging for weeks just checking my bank account to see if it was refunded! I wonder if I would have told Eddie to keep the account on freeze, if he would have refunded the fee. Finally, today, I called corporate after not getting through to Eddie or CG Arena, and Bailey was quick to resolve the problem and get the refund to me. Why did Eddie make it so hard? My guess- He gets a cut of the total memberships or some kind of bonus for the number of memberships. Bailey was polite, and kind, and resolved the situation, but because of the service received by Eddie, I have a bad taste in my mouth about this facility and will not be returning and will not recommend it either. It's sad when a business becomes this stingy with money that it's willing to compromise happy "campers."