Len going to disagree with you on this one, sounds like you bought into the myth.
this is from
here also the
LA Times last
Smart Money
Myth: not for profit
Fact: The BBB franchises are privately owned, choose to be treated as a “Non Profit Organization” in order to cultivate and strengthen the wrong myth that they are “government” or a charity organization.
I personally spoke to the owners of the local franchise and they confirmed this.
myth" The BBB is impartial and non biased as its funding comes from the government.
Fact: The BBB income is generated from selling memberships to businesses and collecting yearly membership fees.
The BBB has nothing to do with any governmental body and does not receive any financial assistance from the government.
Myth: All the BBB franchises follow the same rules and directions as set and published by the CBBB.
The Truth: Each BBB franchise is a privately own business responsible for its income, costs and expenses.
Being a “Not for profit” is a marketing choice, which cannot stop the franchise owners from drawing pay and or benefits from their business, the amount of such “benefits” is totally at their discretion and ability.
The BBB franchises do not have to publish their “Tax Return” to the public, allowing the owners to conceal how lucrative it is to own a BBB franchise.
The BBB franchises minimize their costs utilizing staff which does not possess the qualifications that will enable them to judge which complaints are valid and which are not.
The public and thousands of businesses are faced with unprofessional and wrong decisions made by unqualified staff with the “authority” and capability to damage one business enormously through their ignorance.
Decisions and judgments are made against the CBBB’s own published explanations of how complaints are handled.
Whatever the initial idea was when the BBB started many years ago, none of its good intentions and merits survived the changing times.
The business community and the public are faced now with a bunch of corporations “Not for Profit” but for personal gain to their owners, with inadequate staff, cultivating wrong myths and providing misleading information.
It is time to spread the truth and let the public know.
With greater public knowledge – the BBB “asset” will diminish and so its capability to collect fees and cause damages.
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If your a member there will never be a negative report they fix it right up for ya.
I have one of the worst competitors in world in the same biz he's written up in newspapers with his bad biz practices, on the local TV station, a really bad guy.
Guess what he has the best rating with the local for profit franchise of the BBB.
When I was first in biz over 30 years ago I was approached by their hard sell tactics and have since told numerous business to spend their money elsewhere. Now with the Internet you can likely learn more about the bad operators.