True Fitness closure: Put limits on what spas and gyms can collect in pre-paid packages?True Fitness倒闭：是否应该限制水疗中心和健身房在预付费套餐中可以收取的费用？
Prepayments are common in different industries, and customers have collectively lost millions of dollars on such plans. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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If you’re a customer with a pre-paid package with a business and it closes, will you ever get your money back?
Natasha Ann Zachariah
Published Sep 17, 2026, 02:00 PM
Updated Sep 17, 2026, 02:00 PM
True Fitness and True Yoga customers and employees were left in the lurch last week after the businesses shuttered. Many have unused memberships, packages and services, and members have reported losses of more than $609,000.
And it’s not just gyms. Prepayment packages are common at nail salons, spas, interior design and renovation firms, and bridal studios.
When these businesses close, what happens to consumers’ money, and are there ways consumers can be better protected?
In this episode of The Usual Place, I chat with:
Jeremy Ko, a fitness entrepreneur who has opened 25 fitness gyms and three climbing gyms, and had to close three, and
Debby Lim, a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. She was also affected by the recent closure of True Fitness, having been a member since June 2025.
The Usual Place Podcast
Bankruptcy/Liquidation
如果您是某企业的预付费套餐客户，而该企业倒闭了，您还能拿回您的钱吗？
娜塔莎·安·扎卡里亚
发布于2026年9月17日下午2:00
更新于2026年9月17日下午2:00
上周，True Fitness和True Yoga健身房突然倒闭，令其顾客和员工措手不及。许多人的会员资格、套餐和服务都尚未使用，据会员反映，损失超过60.9万美元。
而且不仅仅是健身房。美甲店、水疗中心、室内设计和装修公司以及婚纱工作室也普遍采用预付费套餐。
当这些企业倒闭时，消费者的钱会怎样？有没有办法更好地保护消费者？
在本期《老地方》节目中，我将与以下嘉宾聊天：
健身企业家杰里米·科（Jeremy Ko）曾开设过25家健身房和3家攀岩馆，但不得不关闭其中3家。
Debby Lim是Dentons Rodyk律师事务所诉讼与争议解决团队的高级合伙人。她也受到了True Fitness健身房近期关闭的影响，因为她自2025年6月起就是该健身房的会员。
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破产/清算