Officials for Club 51, located at 51 E. Spring Valley Pike, Centerville, did not return calls Monday, May 10, seeking comment.
According to Burg’s note, Club 51 is “owned and operated by an entirely different entity than NeoLimits and cannot offer you a refund for any prepaid membership that you have with NeoLimits.”
Burg’s letter doesn’t state what prompted the closure, but he does thank customers for their business and apologize for “any inconvenience to you and your family.”
NeoLimits at one point had locations in Centerville and Riverside, according to its Website.
Other area fitness centers also have gone dark in the last year, including Bally’s Total Fitness, which closed clubs in Centerville and Englewood.
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has received one complaint against NeoLimits’s club in Centerville, which subsequently closed, said Kimberly Kowalski, a spokeswoman for the AG’s office.
In the complaint, filed in March, a Dayton woman said she signed up for a membership to NeoLimits’ gym in Centerville in September 2009, Kowalski said. When it closed, NeoLimits offered the woman a membership to another location, but she told state officials she wanted her money back and the company refused to give it to her, Kowalski said.
According to state laws governing prepaid contracts, when a gym or other facility closes or relocates 25 miles or more from the consumer’s home, the consumer has the right to a refund for the time left on the contract, Kowalski said. An exception is made when a similar facility within 25 miles of the consumer’s home takes over the contract, Kowalski said.
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