Mass. woman struggles to cancel gym membership despite strong state law [Video]

Talk about an exercise in frustration. One of the easiest things in life to get can also be one of the hardest to get rid of: a gym membership. When a North Shore woman’s teenage son was roped in to one by the opening of a new gym, and he found it impossible to cancel, she asked NewsCenter 5 for help. Jennifer from Danvers — who asked us not to give her last name since she also owns a business on the North Shore — says she’s spent countless hours simply trying to cancel a $10 per month gym membership for her son, since he’s now out of state at college. But it’s been a heavy lift.”It’s way too much work. Way too much work,” she said. “In their contract it says you show up with a letter, and that’s what we did.” Last summer, Jennifer’s son signed up to …