Chinese man spends US$120,000 on 300-year gym membership, seeks refund; owner vanishes
The man, known as Jin, has also sought the help of a television station to expose the Ranyan Gym in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
Jin showed the station 26 contracts he signed with the gym for buying memberships and coaching sessions.
'From May 10 to July 9, I bought about 1,200 lessons and membership cards with an accumulative validity period of 300 years, at a total cost of 871,273 yuan,' Jin was quoted as saying.
Jin signed a total of 26 contracts with the gym but later discovered they were not what he thought they were. Photo: Handout
Jin, who has worked out at this gym for three years, said that on May 9, a sales worker told him that there was a promotion for existing customers.
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