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by authority- Strafgericht, in der Quelle nicht benannt (Anklage: Commerce Commission) €565,485 100 % · 1 case
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1 case
5 Jun 2026 CityFitness Group LimitedCityFitness: 1,120,000 NZD for a price rise disguised as a “transaction fee” €565,485
New Zealand's largest gym chain kept advertising a membership at 6.99 NZD a week on its website, Instagram and Google ads, although all new members had to pay a compulsory 3% surcharge that it presented as a “transaction fee” but which in fact served to raise revenue generally. After pleading guilty to eight representative charges (offending period 21 December 2023 to 30 April 2025), the company was sentenced on 5 June 2026 to a fine of 1,120,000 NZD. According to the Commerce Commission (ComCom, New Zealand's competition and consumer authority), the surcharge affected more than 125,000 members and generated around 1.6 million NZD in additional revenue.
Unavoidable surcharges belong in the advertised price and must not be passed off as a payment-related fee.
Transparent total prices and honestly labelled surcharges
- Authority / court
- Strafgericht, in der Quelle nicht benannt (Anklage: Commerce Commission)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Fair Trading Act 1986, ss 11, 40(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- According to the court, the labels “transaction fee” and “Payment Authority Fee” were approved at the highest level; the fee increase was decided by senior executives.
- Published
- 9 Jun 2026
Original amount 1,120,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Jun 2026.
- Commerce Commission: ComCom action sees CityFitness fined $1.12m for a misleading ‘transaction fee’ (09.06.2026) Press release of an authority
- Commerce Commission, Case register: CityFitness Group Limited (PRJ0048254) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link