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Terror Group Gets 'A' Rating From Better Business Bureau
Posted on 2/16/17 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 2/16/17 at 2:55 pm
I have said for years that BBB is a joke and basically acts like the mafia in that it offers you protection in the name of higher ratings for money.
They will also hound the shite out of you trying to get you to accept a hearing put on by them if you and another party have a disagreement yet they have no legal ground to do so.
In short, the BBB continues to be a joke yet many people still think they yield some sort of power because they have "bureau" in their name.
Old Article found on /r/todayilearned
They will also hound the shite out of you trying to get you to accept a hearing put on by them if you and another party have a disagreement yet they have no legal ground to do so.
In short, the BBB continues to be a joke yet many people still think they yield some sort of power because they have "bureau" in their name.
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The Better Business Bureau, one of the country's best known consumer watchdog groups, is being accused by business owners of running a "pay for play" scheme in which A plus ratings are awarded to those who pay membership fees, and F ratings used to punish those who don't.
To prove the point, a group of Los Angeles business owners paid $425 to the Better Business Bureau and were able to obtain an A minus grade for a non-existent company called Hamas, named after the Middle Eastern terror group.
"Right now, this rating system is really unworthy of consumer trust or confidence," said Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal in an interview to be broadcast as part of an ABC News investigation airing tonight on 20/20.
In an official demand letter sent to the national headquarters of the Better Business Bureau Thursday, Blumenthal called on the BBB to stop using its grading system, which he said was "potentially harmful and misleading" to consumers.
Old Article found on /r/todayilearned
This post was edited on 2/16/17 at 2:57 pm
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Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:04 pm to stout
We had the BBB logo on our website (small business, small town, crappy website with no traffic) when our site was created because at the time we were a BBB member. Well, one year we decided to drop it because it's pretty much worthless but nobody even thought about having their logo on our website removed. Fast forward at least 4 years and we get a call from the BBB demanding we either rejoin the Bureau or immediately remove their logo from our site...and if we didn't do either within 48 hours they were going to update us to an "F" business rating on grounds of copyright infringement or something similar. Clearly we should have dropped their logo when we dropped the membership so shame on us, but it really was an honest mistake/oversight. But the fact that they have employees on the payroll trolling past members' websites for crap like this truly amazed me.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:06 pm to pigpickin
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and if we didn't do either within 48 hours they were going to update us to an "F" business rating on grounds of copyright infringement or something similar.
The mafia practiced extortion as well
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:07 pm to stout
quote:not really a
for a non-existent company called Hamas
quote:
Terror Group
then
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:09 pm to stout
Upvote for the enlightenment
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:11 pm to Chad504boy
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Chad504boy
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:14 pm to TheAlmightySmash
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Maybe, or maybe he wants to call his hunting club the Ku Klux Klan.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:15 pm to TheAlmightySmash
Yep
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:16 pm to stout
In their defense, you can be a terror group AND have great customer service.
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:26 pm to pigpickin
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the fact that they have employees on the payroll trolling past members' websites for crap like this truly amazed me.
It shouldn't at all. It should be expected.
It's like that with every professional or trade association. If you claim to be an attorney and are not, why would you be surprised if one day the bar association calls you and threatens legal action for claiming you're a member?
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:28 pm to stout
so they're like yelp?
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:37 pm to barry
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In their defense, you can be a terror group AND have great customer service.
Unless you are a company that doesnt exist
Posted on 2/16/17 at 3:38 pm to stout
quote:Which insurance company?
Terror Group Gets 'A' Rating From Better Business Bureau
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