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by mknippen 1921 days ago
From a company perspective, that's our main goal. If we don't give you value, you don't say subscribed. If we do give value, we have runners that stay with us for years.

While class sizes may differ, right now they're definitely smaller, allowing for a lot of time per coach. That will change with time, but it's our mission to provide as much value as humanly possible to our users.
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Grustaf 1921 days ago
That’s not really an answer at all. And it’s not even true. At least when it comes to gyms they have huge numbers of people that keep paying without going.
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mknippen 1921 days ago
My apologies, let me clarify. We guarantee that we will provide value by offering a money-back guarantee in the first 7 days. If you don't find value, you don't need to pay.

Many gyms work really hard to lock you into long-term contracts, where you need to provide adequate reason to unsubscribe. With Charge, you're not locked into something long-term, and it's much easier for you to leave. From a business perspective, this requires us to continue to provide value for our customers, which is exactly what we're trying to do.

Don't take me at my word though, I'd love to hear your feedback. Would you be willing to try it out and let me know if you found value in the coaching?

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snug 1921 days ago
Again, I do like your concept, so I'm only being critical because I'd like to try, but there are two things holding me back

1. I have to enter my credit card for a 7 day trial

2. then I have to email you to cancel it within 7 days. I should be able to hit a button

There should be a free trial, no credit card.

I'm usually one to get the annual subscription on services, so I would get that here, but like a gym, i can't cancel after 7 days if I don't think I'm getting value, and I think this type of service would take more than a week to know if it's valuable. $10 more per month for monthly seems steep.

I'm putting this in the perspective of Gym membership costs, idk if other people think the same way.

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Grustaf 1921 days ago
I haven't been running regularly for ages, but the gyms in Denmark are closed now so I suppose there's no time like the present to pick it up again!
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snug 1921 days ago
Do it! I started running again at the beginning of the year, after 2 years of trying to get back into it. The first few weeks really sucked, but now I can't wait for my run days. I really wanna run on more days but don't want to turn myself again.

I started 1 1/2 miles 2 days per week.

I'm up to 3 miles 3 days per week.

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