[adrianmsmith]

A mate of mine was paying, say, $50/month for his gym, and had been doing so for a few years.

When he cancelled he was informed he’d actually been on a reduced rate based on an expected 10 year subscription, and as he hadn’t stayed 10 years, the price had actually been $60/month, so he now to pay a one-time fee of $10/month for every month he’d been with them, in order to be able to cancel.

Or, if he couldn’t afford that or didn’t want to pay, of course he could withdraw his cancellation and keep on paying his $50/month fee.