I was a member of the XXXX in XXXX XXXX when I lived at the apartment complex that had their facility on the property. I lost my job and could no longer afford living there so moved from the apartment to XXXX. Before leaving i went to the office, told an employee what the situation was and left a note telling them I cold no longer afford the membership and was moving to another city. I did not get any sort of receipt nor was I told that this was not sufficient notice. 
Several months passed and as I did n't hear from them assumed it was done. Some time later they contacted me and demanded I pay nearly {$300.00} dollars claiming that I have not given them 30 days notice of my intention. They also claimed I had n't ever informed them on my desire to cancel. I called several times and left several messages. It took a long time to finally get talk with someone who was not even remotely helpful. I offered to print out a copy of the original letter but was told it would not be accepted because as they said, " How do we know you have n't just written it? '' I then offered to pay another month 's payment and mail them a new letter telling them I wanted to stop my membership. They refused to allow me to even consider this. I feel I have made good faith attempts to resolve this but no solution I have offered was acceptable. They have finally sold this account to a collection agency and I continue to be plagued by this. I am adamant that I will not pay any more than one single month payment. This seems to be a reasonable solution that a reputable company would accept. I need to have them either accept my offer or stop dinging my credit every month. I would appreciate your assistance in dealing with this. Thank you kindly, XXXX XXXX