"Better Business Bureau" and "BBB" are registered service marks of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. We are not members of the Better Business Bureau and by the use of "Better Business Bureau" or "BBB" herein we do not intend to suggest or imply any affiliation with or endorsement by any Better Business Bureau. To determine whether a company is a member of a Better Business Bureau, you should contact th
Many consumers view our BBB report and feel confused. Unfortunately, the Better Business Bureau has been unresponsive to our many inquiries and requests regarding our report so we are providing as much information as possible here so you can make informed decisions that are right for you and your family.
Most consumers greatly misunderstand the Better Business Bureau. Most consumers, for example, are not aware that companies that are "accredited" by the Better Business Bureau are not necessarily companies that are more trustworthy than other companies, but rather, they are companies who have written large checks to the Better Business Bureau so that consumers are given the appearance that the company is trustworthy! Many "accredited" businesses are solicited by phone by Better Business Bureau sales people who often work on commission. The Better Business Bureau tells you that you can "trust" its members, in actuality the Better Business Bureau often has no idea whether a company is trustworthy or not when they accept their fee and approve their membership.
You can decide for yourself if you believe that buying and selling reputations that may mislead consumers is an honest thing to do. At our company, we have found it distasteful and want no part of it. We have never applied to become accredited with the Better Business Bureau.
Our reputation as a "Scam-Free" work at home resource and as experts in our industry by the media who were not paid a fee to write about us is a reputation that we earned, not bought. And it is truthful.
In our thirteen years of experience with the Better Business Bureau, we have come to understand that the BBB is NOT an agency devoted to your best interest as a consumer as you may currently believe. They are devoted to their own best interest as a revenue-producing business (which is also a nonprofit organization that does not pay taxes like other businesses) and to the businesses who contribute the majority of the BBB's income to become "accedited".
In addition to paying a large annual fee to become "accredited", companies that apply for membership with the Better Business Bureau also agree on paper to abide by certain membership guidelines. Companies that agree to the same business principles and guidelines that the Better Business Bureau claims to uphold are NOT welcome to become accredited unless they pay a fee.
One of the benefits the Better Business Bureau provides to its "accredited" members is that, if you trust the Better Business Bureau to arbitrate a problem you have with one of its members, you may lose your legal right to sue the company for the losses you may have sustained from them. The service protects BBB "accredited" businesses from being sued. (But wait, weren't they supposed to be trustworthy?)
The Better Business Bureau itself doesn't endorse its own "accredited" members. If they don't endorse their own members, consumers shouldn't either.
If you are someone who uses the Better Business Bureau to make consumer decisions, you should educate yourself about them first. Additional links that may be helpful:
About our Report
More information and links about the Better Business Bureau
"Work at home" and the Better Business Bureau
About the A-F Rating System
Complaints
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