Have any of you gotten a quote from this place? I have a feeling they are trying to rip me off… It’s ridiculous the price they are trying to charge me for a membership. Could I get some estimates on what prices other people on this forum are getting? Thanks for your help <3.
They are kind of like used car salesman.
I was first told I needed to pay NT$25,000 membership fee… I just laughed and told the guy he must be joking… He said fine I don’t need to pay that… but I always wonder if I hadn’t done research and didn’t say anything, would they have taken it from me.
I have a friend who says he pays NT$1799 a month and can go to any California in Taipei, and another who pays NT$1200 a month. They gave me mid range, NT$1499 a month. They said my NT$1200 friend must of had a corporate deal when 6 or more people from one work place join together. They said they could give me NT$1200 a month but I would have to pay to hire the towels…
The Taiwanese guy asked a foreign guy in the gym to confirm if they could give me the NT$1499 p/m and I can only go to the Dun Hua gym, off peak, which means not between 5pm - 9pm, which is cool for me as that is when I am working… I feel it’s worth it, if not for anything else than to go in and have a refreshing shower at lunch time before going back to work…
That was 3 years ago. Since then I have been approached two times to upgrade my membership. First time, if I paid NT$40,000 up front, I could be a life time member with no more monthly fees.
The second time which was only 3 weeks ago, I was told if I paid NT$50,000 up front I could have the same deal but also go to any California gym in the world… I am sure that is what the guy said… hmmm.
It was the same when Golds first opened about 5 or 6 years, you had to haggle them but they refused to budge on the membership, so I didn’t join…
Kind of laughed… I have a sport science degree and I was manaing a fitness centre before I came to Taiwan… I eventually found a place to be a Personal Trainer and got to work out in the gym for free… That was cool. But changed my jobs and schedule changed so had to give it up. So now I am at California.
Hey does anyone know why they have those security officers patrolling the men’s change room???
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Hey does anyone know why they have those security officers patrolling the men’s change room???[/quote]
Are ya kidding? That gym used to be known as a homos’ paradise. Probably still is. I’ve heard stories from other friends who were bodybuilders in Taipei (3 years ago) that people would invite themselves into the shower stalls. Weird place. Cruisers central.
As for memberships; I paid 32,000ntd when I had arrived in Taiwan. I was bright eyed and ready to go without much knowledge of the place and took the price for face value after looking at other gyms who qouted me in and around the same price range. That was for 18 months. Later that year, after making friends in the gym and growing to massive purportions, I later paid for my renewed membership at 15,000ntd with the help of a Taiwanese friend who spoke for me. It’s all who you know in this country for discounts and ridiculously low prices otherwise (I suppose that’s just about everywhere but wow…huge differences). You’d be surprised as to what they can get away with here in markup.
My current membership down south at a gym where true athletes train without the bells and whistles is 8000ntd a year. It isn’t flashy nor do they have a live DJ during the weekend but it certainly has everything and then some.