CALIFORNIA WOW

Members of the embattled health club California Wow yesterday demanded a total of 21.62 million baht in compensation from the company for failing to provide the fitness services it promised.

About 100 California Wow customers and Consumer Protection Foundation staff converge at Silom Complex in Bangkok yesterday morning, demanding the financially troubled fitness club repay membership fees after closing down its branches. SOMCHAI POOMLARD

About 100 members of the health club gathered in front of the Consumer Protection Foundation (CPF) office on Silom Road demanding the company accept responsibility for failing to provide the services agreed upon.

The protesters said they had paid the company the membership fees stipulated for the use of exercise equipment and the company had reneged.

CPF official Sawanee Chumchaliew said a total of 300 members had prepaid a combined total of 21.6 million baht for use of the equipment and had not received the promised services when the health club went into bankruptcy.

The demanded compensation would be much more if the fees paid by another 200 members were included, she said.

The company was closed down in July without giving any notice to its members.

Many of the members still have assets in the club's lockers and could not get them out.

In addition, the members' payments were made through credit cards and cannot be cancelled. The fees are still being charged by the company without any services being provided, Ms Sawanee said.

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