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        <title><![CDATA[Planet Fitness members outraged over March bill amid Chinese virus closures]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Angry gym rats blasted Planet Fitness on Thursday after they learned the chain had charged their accounts for the month of March — despite the fact they’ve been stuck at home because of the coronavirus.</p><p dir="ltr"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">“Planet Fitness</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> making sure they snatch my membership fee from my checking account even though gyms are closing nationwide,” <a href="https://twitter.com/colbyking97/status/1239970390362877952">Twitter user Colby King griped</a>.</span></p><p dir="ltr">The New Hampshire-based fitness franchisor appeared to have billed users across the US despite mandatory closings in a number of US states, <strong>including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut earlier this week</strong>. Along with gyms,&nbsp;movie theaters and casinos were ordered closed as of 8 p.m. Monday.</p><p dir="ltr">“March monthly dues were billed as we were, unfortunately, unable to stop the pre-scheduled draft on short notice,” Planet Fitness tweeted back to users. “Please know that when we reopen we will provide a credit for closed days previously paid for, and we will not be charging future monthly dues until we reopen.”</p><p dir="ltr">That won’t likely sit well with cash-strapped members who are facing layoffs and no clear signs of rent relief as the economy reckons with the deadly virus.</p><p dir="ltr">“can @PlanetFitness stop charging gym fees to those of us that can’t go???? cause that $20 will come i realllllll handy rn” tweeted user @lilashllley.</p><p dir="ltr">At least 12 states have ordered gyms be closed in order to stop the spread of the pandemic. Planet Fitness CEO Chris Rondeau said in a statement on Tuesday that the chain plans to shutter all locations by March 31.</p><p dir="ltr">Planet Fitness did not respond to requests for comment.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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