And gym pricing is a mess.
"I have the unproven sense that restaurant reservations are like gym membership prices," she said, expressing a frustration that many diners share with me.
I've come across the carcasses of obsolete appliances from the radio age, tattered one-eyed dolls straight out of horror movies and a prehistoric eroded gym locker priced at $375.
The new Yogaworks in New York is built on a gym membership pricing plan.
As more of the very young reach for their parents' smartphones, toy companies are responding with motion-sensing, app-infused toys like the Fisher-Price Apptivity Gym ($35, www.fisher-price.com).com
If Pure Gym wouldn't price its shares at a clear discount, why should investors buy?
Most gyms offer lower prices if you sign up for longer-term contracts, banking that you probably won't get through the door.
With a Fisher-Price gym set and makeshift foam weights, the puppet Donald grunted his way through a free-weight session, Lamar spotting him.
IT is 12 30 p.m. and I am riding the stationary bicycle at the LivingWell health club, a moderately priced gym a stone's throw from Parliament, in London's (smaller, dinkier) approximation of Capitol Hill.
"Or a cut-price gym membership," adds Tony but then asks: "How many HullCoin do you think we should charge for a plate of chips?" I doubt this ever came up during the Euro negotiations but it gets to the heart of what HullCoin stands for – value.
