The Better Business Bureau; Is it real?

Does the Better Business Bureau have too muchcase the BBB, use their excellent brand name to
power? What do you really think of the BBB?use extortion techniques and hypocrisy to sign up
Have you questioned their sales tactics orother unknowing first time small business
questioned their validity? If so you are not alone.customer to join their ranks.
Home Depot ended up kissing up to the extortionJust listen some time to their line of BS as they
tactics of the Better Business Bureau. Whytry to bully their way into your pocket book.
bother, they are nuts those people.They should be shut down and the FTC ought to
As many of you know the BBB, which is the littlecatch a clue, they are sleeping with the enemy.
darling of the FTC - Federal Trade CommissionAn enemy who uses terrorism and extortion
often uses extortion techniques to get it'stechniques to conduct a sales progam. How many
business members to foot the bill of it's businesspossible customers is Joe's Plumbing going to get
and even goes so far as to tell such businesses ifbecause he is a member of the BBB, one or two;
you do not pay up, we will refer work toand if he isn't they will bad mouth him. The BBB
someone else. The FTC even has a link to theat some of there offices have those voice mail
BBB and therefore is promoting its dastardlyhell machines; Press one, Press two, leave a
scheme. Use scare tactics and fear to drivemessage, email us, go to our web site at..., never
consumers away from the vary businesses whoa return call, never a live voice, unless you are
pay their salaries and allow for their existence all inpaying them to join and then a sales man/woman
the name of righteousness. Why should Homelies about all the services they offer, this is opinion.
Depot listen to the BBB and why is it that theThe FTC is afraid to call them onto the carpet
BBB can launch a negative campaign in the mediaand instead uses their petty tactics in conjunction
against a business that provides jobs, helps into do their dirty work. The BBB is a fraud in my
natural disasters and is one of the best successopinion; only the older crowd believes it still stands
stories of the last two decades? Why? Whosefor the same vision it started as. It is not your
team is the BBB on anyway?grandfather's BBB. So what does this author think
The BBB has bad information, erroneousthe BBB stands for? BBB-Bunch of Bull and
databases and frequently the BBB hasBaloney? I believe that the FTC is AFRAID to
complaintants who are competitors lie aboutlook into this issue. Any government agency
information. Our customers love us, we are fairwhich conducts business that way and harbors
and great at what we do, we do everything toterrorists against the Truth, Justice and the
help them, but when one goes crazy on us andAmerica Way they claim to protect is also
they call the BBB because of an impasse, that isfraudulent and should have their budget cut into a
when I say to the BBB, screw you. Get out of1/3 immediately.
the way. We will never allow extortion tactics ofWe have new telemarketing calls in this country, I
the government, a competitor or the BBB tosay great, now let us start closing down those
attack our great company. Thank god theycompanies and organizations that do not comply
cannot tele-market call our country's smallwith the new law, namely the BBB which uses
businesses anymore and try to get them to paytelemarketing tactics to extort membership fees
300 dollars to be in a phone book that is notfrom hard working small businesses claiming
distributed to anyone and help us get the same"some called us and we noticed you were not a
customers we already have. Besides why would amember do you want to join" and then on with
company wish to allow another company, in thistheir spill... Think about it.