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Better Business Bureau (by KC):

marynnb wrote:

Makes perfect sense about ARDA I had never thought about it like that. And as for Better Business Bureau I totally agree. I think they just extort companies and mislead people so rarely do I go off of what the BBB says or recommends even less now that I know they are not a government agency. Thank you for your knowledge and time.

In all fairness, I do not really believe that BBB actually "extorts" businesses in any way. Businesses voluntarily CHOOSE to pay to join BBB, largely because they believe it to be good for their "image" to display that BBB "logo" on their door, web site, ads, etc. It is astute of you to realize that many (...maybe even most) people mistakenly believe that BBB is somehow "government-associated"; it is NOT and it never was --- not in ANY way.

BBB is essentially a membership dues-supported "club" which commercial business may choose to join to enhance their image. BBB membership may help to create an aura of respectability --- but little else. BBB has absolutely NO legal authority or ANY "horsepower" of ANY kind. BBB accepts and reports "complaints" about businesses and BBB "rates" businesses based upon whether or not those complaints ever get satisfactorily resolved. That's all well and good, but it is also basically the FULL extent of the BBB's ability.