Celebrity Fitness Membership

Grace Tan is officially a celebrity fitness member now in 1 Utama…ha-ha… finally….I have wanted to join gym for a very long time ago… is just that things were keeping me from doing it…so when did I apply for a membership?? It was Last Tuesday 20/05/2008 after my work…. Left office about half past seven… searching where celebrity fitness is…. Though I know it's a second floor… when I found it I saw few fellas standing outside…so without hesitation I just walk to one of the consultant and ask how much does it cost for joining celebrity fitness… he was like well it depends on your budget and we can find the best ways to your requirements…. I told him my budget was around RM150 - RM200…. Before he gave me further information about pricing he gave a tour inside….showing this is studio one which we have several of dancing classes and you can check the timetable I gave…. They also have a studio mainly for cycling and studio 2 for yoga…. lastly he showed me the 'machines' saying this is good for your triceps bla blab la….good for abdomen bla bla bla… and many more…. Ask me to have a look at female locker room…telling me you can spend sometime in the spa… so after the little touring around…. It was time for consultancy…. Measure my weight, height and body fat…. When he tell me about my body fats I was surprise… ha-ha I will not go so in detail about it…keep it for myself… *wink wink* he suggested to come three times a week and I'm still young plus you will meet your target….and yes I want to get back my actual weight…. *fingers crossed* …. After the entire long lecture we have finally reach the pricing topic…. And again I was shock to hear the pricing…. But I manage to get cheaper…. This is how it happened… before the little touring he told me we have direct debit accounts from Maybank, EON bank and few more I can't remember what is it…. And I asked him do you have CIMB then…he say no but I will try to work it out for you….so yeah back to pricing topic… this is what he say…

Joining fees = RM298
Processing Fees = RM99
First and Last Month Dues = RM 298 (each month RM149)

Whoa….. That is so much to pay for my first day visit…. I know the joining and processing fees just pay for once and that's it…but it's too much for me…I don't think I can afford at all… I told him and since your celebrity fitness does not accept CIMB because it's not in one of your payment list…. He saw my response and asks me to wait for awhile…. Saw him talking to the manager… in the end his manager came talking to me…. I would say it's a good marketing strategy…. guess what… the manager say…why don't I give your which is the first visit incentives…. Your joining fees will be RM53… *WOOT* and do you have a student card…well I'm no longer a student but I have this INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TRAVEL CARD…. He ask what's that…I say it's for those whose below 26 years old card from STA Travel and so called a student card..Have you heard of it…the manager says no but it's all right and since you have this card you don't have to pay the processing fee RM99….. *DOUBLE WOOT* so are you interested?? I was like that is very fast decision for me to make… so after few minutes of thinking I decided to applied since they gave me 'good' price… I shouldn't have said I've got Citibank credit card…they keep insists on me using Citibank which I keep saying no no… I just want to use my CIMB bank account…easily just direct debit from my account... finally they 'gave up' and ask me to print out my bank statement… ha-ha…I'm so stubborn… that's me… so the total amount I paid is RM351…thanks to the minus-ing price…. I would say I save a lot…. They are not charging me for this week and next week but starting from next month….fair enough….

This is the receipt for the whole amount....

After the whole long process thingy I thought it's done and I get to leave because I never expect that it will take a long time…. I was there for an hour plus.... then the lady explains the terms and conditions…just took few minutes…*about to leave*….suddenly the consultant introduces their one of personal trainer to me…. I was like…*you cannot be serious….I really want to go home already….enough of consultancy*… personal trainer gave me another long lecture which after 10 minutes I didn't pay attention ….start acting I'm rushing…looking at my mobile phone….and I told him like 4 times saying I'm rushing actually…do you still have more to say?? He like don't care….keep lecturing…. In the end I just tell him straight away…actually I'm really rushing to pick my sister from college...she has been bugging me on the phone…and I don't want to make such a rush decision so is it possible you tell him to 'hold' this for me and I will get back to him tomorrow night….. He says oh okay…I will tell him…u wait for awhile….. finally he say…grace I heard from NUR (The personal trainer) that u are in a rush…It's all right…anyway this is your receipt and gift (celebrity fitness Bag) and my number just call me what time u are coming tomorrow….. I leave celebrity fitness about half past 9…. Ahhh… from half past 7 I have been lecturing till half past 9…. Anyway the next day they call asking what time I'm coming…I say probably seven or eight….but I didn't turn up because I've got doctor appointment… oh ya by the way the guy who consult me is Azlan....so I called him that I can't come and about the personal trainer…I decided not to and go on my own….. The course is RM90 per month (first visit incentive) actual price is RM150 per month….. and Azlan ask me another question when are you coming for workout…well it's either on Friday or Saturday…. So yeah this is the whole story…

P.S: I hope I can meet my target within three months according to Azlan…
Going gym this coming Saturday….
Pole Dancing is coming soon…. Cool…
Have to wait for a week to get my membership card….

cheers....