BBB Under Scrutiny

Link: http://www.bbbroundup.com

Today was interesting. Traffic up to even higher levels than yesterday. May have to upgrade my server?

Thanks to George from ConnecticutWatchdog.com for tracking down Gary Almond from the BBB. I know a couple of Los Angeles businessmen who are anxiously awaiting their refunds.

Nice job too from Melissa at InvestorsResourceNews.com in telling the complete Goldline story as it stands to date.

But to me, after doing two radio interviews, one yesterday and one today, the amazing thing was to come home and find some awesome emails in my inbox.

There were a number of emails from businesses across the United States telling me they were embarking on registering bogus businesses with the BBB.

There were even a handful of emails offering donations to keep the Bogus Business drive alive.

You have to ask yourself this question: "Why would businessmen offer to pay anywhere from $400 to several thousand dollars when they get nothing in return?"

To me, this is the true judge of the frustration level small business has reached with the Better Business Bureau. We've maintained for a long time that the arrogance of the Better Business Bureau will be their undoing.

We hope the Hamas Lesson will open their eyes, but so far we've seen no change in BBB behavior.

Link: http://bbbroundup.com

A little bit past 9AM PST, the LA BBB disappeared their listing for HAMAS. This was predicted yesterday on bbbroundup.com. Unfortunately for the BBB is is too little, too late as many reporters have already seen the A- Grade the LA BBB gave to HAMAS.

The real question now is will the BBB show enough ethics to refund the membership fee they accepted?

Link: http://bbbroundup.com/LeadStory.html

Apparently, the terrorist organization HAMAS is now a member in good standing with the Los Angeles BBB. HAMAS joined the LA BBB on July 12th of this year and have been given a BBB company ID number of 100096748.

HAMAS is described by the Better Business Bureau as a company who provides educational programs for troubled youth. This sounds like a ‘cleaned up’ description of exactly how HAMAS recruits its members for jihad.

The contact listed for HAMAS is one Bill Mitchell. It may be a co-incidence, but the CEO of the LA BBB is one William Mitchell.

However, five minutes of due diligence reveals that this listing for HAMAS is a joke. Of course, that is five minutes more due diligence than the BBB ever undertook. This speaks volumes about the credibility of the Better Business Bureau. In fact it's all you really need to know to understand just how corrupt the BBB actually is.

For the complete story on how HAMAS joined the BBB and received an A- grade, click here.