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    Default !!!Free Bally's 3 Mo. Membership!!!

    I don't know how many of you would be interested but on Saturday the 10th (sorry, originally I wrote tomorrow but that's wrong), the Discovery Channel is hosting a national "weigh-in" for their new weight loss series. As a part of the promotion, if you go to one of the designated "weigh in" sites Saturday morning, you get a weight loss package that includes a free 3 month membership at Bally's. It seems too good to be true, but I didn't find a catch anywhere on the website (http://health.discovery.com). I guess the catch is that there are only a very select few places to get weighed in. If anyone is interested, go to the website for more info. Just thought I'd share the news!
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    Default Re:!!!Free Bally's 3 Mo. Membership!!!

    I heard about this. There's a weigh-in near me, and maybe this will inspire me to get rid of my gut.

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    Default Re:!!!Free Bally's 3 Mo. Membership!!!

    lol...that's exactly what I was thinking about myself! I don't live in Long Island but my bf friend does so we decided to take a trip to see his parents this weekend--works out great! Plus, I've always been complaining that I can't afford a gym....now there's no excuse except for a lack of time!
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    Default Re:!!!Free Bally's 3 Mo. Membership!!!

    I'm going to do it. I live near one, and wanted to join a health club anyway, so this works out perfectly!

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    Damn...there isn't even a Bally's in Las Vegas. However, I'm going to do it anyway. Hopefully the structured format will make it easier for me to follow.

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    ahh shame they don't have one here (i think).... Anyways i was wondering if it means that you have to sign-up for 3yrs though?

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    Default Re:!!!Free Bally's 3 Mo. Membership!!!

    there's got to be some kind of catch to this. Bally's is notorious for their pushy sales pitches and 3 year contracts that are nearly impossible to get out of.

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    Default Re:!!!Free Bally's 3 Mo. Membership!!!

    Do you have to be overweight for the free membership? What if I don't want to lose any weight but would not mind 3 months no cost???

    Oh, and of course nothing is free....they will have your personal information if you sign up, which they will use to send you direct marketing, and sell your information to market research companies.....if there's money to be made.............

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    I think Katrine hits it on the head. This is ultimately a marketing tool by Bally's. And they get lots of good press for working with Discovery Channel. Plus, they probably figure if people actually use them for 3 months (as opposed to 1 week and never seen again), they may be easier to rope into a long term committment.

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    Default Re:!!!Free Bally's 3 Mo. Membership!!!

    if they were more likely to secure a committment with 3 months over 1 week, they'd always be giving away 3 months all the time!

    I'll tell you what happens when I do it.

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    oh yeah, I totally agree that there is some sort of gimmick--Bally's wouldn't do it if there wasn't anything in it for them. But, thankfully, they had no "small print" on the website so there can't be a catch for just going and weighing in. I have a feeling that Bally's is doing this because if these people are serious about losing weight, they are going to need to exercise. By giving away memberships, they secure a captive audience so to speak. Plus, if you went there and used their gym for three months, wouldn't you be inclinded to buy a membership so you could continue going? I think it's an excellent marketing strategy on their part. I hope *fingers crossed* that all it is IS a marketing strategy and not a con. The only other thought that crossed my mind is that there will be conditions to the membership that they won't tell us until we get it (buy a year, do the "after" weigh-in, etc). Hope they are just getting on the new year's weight loss band wagon! Good luck everybody!!!
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    Default Re:!!!Free Bally's 3 Mo. Membership!!!

    Even if it is a ploy to lure you into getting a membership, who says you have to? The thing is, what would be the point of doing the challenge for 3 months and then stop working out after that? Just to get something for free? Then those 3 months of work will be for nothing as you'll get loose and jiggly again. If you're going to do it, do it! If you're just looking to get something for free, don't waste anyone's time and recourses- leave for the people that are seriously interested in taking care of their bodies!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mermaid link=board=5;threadid=5654;start=msg61500#msg61500 date=1073560212
    Even if it is a ploy to lure you into getting a membership, who says you have to? The thing is, what would be the point of doing the challenge for 3 months and then stop working out after that? Just to get something for free? Then those 3 months of work will be for nothing as you'll get loose and jiggly again. If you're going to do it, do it! If you're just looking to get something for free, don't waste anyone's time and recourses- leave for the people that are seriously interested in taking care of their bodies!
    your right there but i'm thinking that maybe your entitled to the free 3mnts ONLY if you join or something to that effect.... i worked in a fancy perfroming atrs/sports centre with a gyn and they done promotions like this but there was always a catch. I hope i'm wrong though.

    Also it is January and this is the time when the gym's and health centres are booming with business.... ppl wanting to work of all those mince pies.....

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    Well, they don't have it in Austin anyway.....guess I shols stop eating all that Cherry Garcia now that I won't need to "weigh-in" to join a gym....

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