Price Increase breach of contract?
I got the email yesterday as well stating the price increase. My membership is only going up by $5 (33% increase) which isn’t a big deal but I decided to break out the contract and do some reading. Here’s the section that makes me curious if the increase is valid:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, you understand and agree that they amount of your monthly membership dues is based on current sales tax rates and to the extent such rates should increase during your membership, the club has the right to increase your monthly membership dues by the amount of such increase.”
I don’t see anything else directly tied to monthly rate increases. If I’m understanding this correctly, price increases are tied to sales tax. I’m in Nevada and our sales tax hasn’t changed since 2020. Think I should email/ask what exactly is driving this price change? Or just move on and deal with the fact I’ll be getting 2 less protein bars a month? Oh, and my contract also says it starts in 2030 🙃
UPDATE 1: Paper trail established. Emailed my local gym stating the verbiage on the contract and just asked if they could clarify where the increase is coming from.