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Post by Duped on May 19, 2017 15:10:49 GMT
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Post by snaplongtimer on May 19, 2017 16:00:52 GMT
If I were doing that, I certainly wouldn't post it on youtube..lol
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Post by davesnap on May 19, 2017 16:07:50 GMT
Definitely violates the non compete clause>
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Post by snaplongtimer on May 19, 2017 16:11:41 GMT
..and then give an interview on camera detailing exactly what you did..
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Post by yankedchain on May 19, 2017 16:39:18 GMT
That was in 2015....Published on Jun 24, 2015 according the youtube.
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Post by cheryl on May 19, 2017 21:55:18 GMT
It looks like the snap in that city closed and they probably sold their member list to anytime fitness or simply transferred their members to anytime fitness because it was considered a similar gym and therefore they wouldn't have to compensate any members because they didn't have access to a fitness center.
Snap Owner - Wins because they out of a losing club and don't have to reimburse any $$
Anytime Owner - Wins because they pick up a bunch of new members with little work
Snap Members - Win because they can continue to work out
Anytime members - Well their club is going to be a bit more crowded
I think the term "merged" is just to soften the story. It's much nicer than a story that reads "Anytime crushes Snap Fitness causing them to permanently close their doors"
From what I could tell no one was working out in a Snap. They were all working out at Anytime.
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Post by Tired Franchisee on May 20, 2017 13:51:32 GMT
Also - there's a NEW BRAND PERF SPECIALIST IN TOWN .... Anyone else Recognize BRAD TAYLOR who is in the corp website demo-ing the "3 part greeting" Brad is an ANYTIME Fitness owner of TENS of locations Including a RECENT PURCHASE in my area. HE IS TATOOED W THE ANYTIME LOGO under his Snap shirt! And has been one of the head ANYTIME trainers in Minnesota on member retention.
And IF Cheryl is right.. and Marquette was just the memberships??? . how the hell did that type of MERGER happen without Snap stopping it according to the non compete?? non compete for 2 years after closing down? We aren't even supposed to sell OUR EQUIP that WE owe the bank for.
SNAP IS A JOKE
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Post by snaplongtimer on May 20, 2017 16:07:03 GMT
The merger has been done before. I personally know of another competitor that did it with a snap club as well. Back when you could dump your billing info and have the competitor club assume the memberships without a hiccup. Now we have fitware. It's more difficult or impossible. I don't know of a way to extract it. Other clubs have made out doing that.
Mapping that location, it looks like Anytime dominates that area. A simple snap couldn't survive? Can't blame it all on the brand. We each choose our own locations and maybe that one wasn't that great. Who knows. That Anytime looks pretty large from the picture.
How could snap corp know about something like that merger until it happens? Then there's court costs and investigative fees and misc charges. Do they really want to get into that sort of drawn out struggle? What would they net from it all? Sounds like a huge legal battle they may not want.
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Post by yooper on May 20, 2017 16:46:21 GMT
I grew up in Marquette, Snap was there before ATF came to town, they even had 2 locations at one point Downtown and on the west end of town by Target. Anytime's first location was on the east side in Harvey that was maybe 2 years after Snap opened. I haven't lived there for many years. I did speak to the owner there on one of my trips, before ATF came to town and he told me he was not at break even. He owned the buildings the clubs were located in so not sure how he couldn't be break-even, unless he was charging himself a lot of rent. He had the money to make the clubs work you would think. He had managers and trainers at each location. His locations were not bad at all. I remember his dues being $39.95 per single I think. Marquette has a fair number of non-franchise gyms there considering it is not a large town 22K or about. Anytime seems to have done real well there, I have not been back since that 2 story club opened, my son was back and saw it said it was very impressive with a lot of equipment and great views when doing cardio. ATF just seems to support their franchises better and gives them a better path to succeed, they go by the mantra if it is good for our franchisees then we benefit too, rather then it is good for us and if the franchisees benefit that is okay too.
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Post by TIRED franchisee on May 22, 2017 15:11:03 GMT
Long timer: the Marquette story and Merger was in 2015. FItware transitions were done in 2014.
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Post by snaplongtimer on May 22, 2017 15:57:12 GMT
Yes, I realized that when I watched the video. The one I knew that merged prior to fitware seemed to have made out with a good deal.
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