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I got a call today from a guy that works for the BBB. He said that someone tried yesterday to search on their website (bbb.org) to see if I was a BBB Accredited business. So he called me and tried to get me to become accredited. I told him I am not interested.

My questions:
  1. Is any LCO on here BBB Accredited?
  2. If so, have you gained any business from it?
  3. How much money is it? Nothing is free!

Thanks!
 
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kirkmbrown2001 said:
I got a call today from a guy that works for the BBB. He said that someone tried yesterday to search on their website (bbb.org) to see if I was a BBB Accredited business. So he called me and tried to get me to become accredited. I told him I am not interested.

My questions:
  1. Is any LCO on here BBB Accredited?
  2. If so, have you gained any business from it?
  3. How much money is it? Nothing is free!

Thanks!
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They called me last year a couple times.. I went as far as them telling me what it would cost me to become a member. It was over 300 dollars... I didn't see it being a good investment at the time.
 
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honestly the BBB almost seems like a racket to met. They solicit complaints from the public then want you to pay to be accredited?
 
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I got a call from them a few weeks ago as well, He told me they were doing checks on local businesses and noticed i dont have any complaints to them ( which he said was amazing) and wanted me to sign up to be accredited, It cost nearly $500 bucks to get the sticker saying im BBB accredited. And also said if i sign up they will fight for me and try and resolve any future complaints people might have with me, So it doesn't affect my rating.

I told them to call me back later when i was out of work, They called later that night but i never answered the phone.
 
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THEGOLDPRO said:
I got a call from them a few weeks ago as well, He told me they were doing checks on local businesses and noticed i dont have any complaints to them ( which he said was amazing) and wanted me to sign up to be accredited, It cost nearly $500 bucks to get the sticker saying im BBB accredited. And also said if i sign up they will fight for me and try and resolve any future complaints people might have with me, So it doesn't affect my rating.

I told them to call me back later when i was out of work, They called later that night but i never answered the phone.
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HEY: thanks for the post.....

I like that. NEVER tell everythig you know.
 
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THEGOLDPRO said:
I got a call from them a few weeks ago ... I told them to call me back later when i was out of work, They called later that night ...
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
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The BBB is kind of a relic of the pre-internet era...I know a lot of guys on here are young and don't remember a time when the internet wasn't around, but pretty much before good search engines existed, there really wasn't any good way to find out any info on a company. Potential customers referred to the BBB to find out if a company was good to deal with or not. Now, you can just enter a company's name and find out all kinds of stuff in about 2 seconds.
 
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have a friend ofmine who is a plumber. he WAS a member and had a complaint called in on him from someone who he was trying to collect a debt from. BBB resolved the issue, but told him since there was a complaint that they had do post it or whatever they do, OR he could pay an extra $350 and they could resolve that also. so i agree with WBW, they are extortionists
 
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Very true, extortion comes in all shapes and sizes these days. The BBB expects you to live by their so-called "Accreditation Standards" for which you get their blessing and "right to work" in their so called service area. Furthermore they expect you to hand over “proof” that your business is in compliance which is, in some cases, a request for sensitive inside business information.

You did the right thin in telling them that you are not interested.
 
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