jsinger - 12:11 pm on Sep 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

We dropped out of the BBB 20 years ago when I saw that it was useless in fighting modern business fraud. I got sick of reading their monthly newsletter about tiny oriental rug dealers running continuing going out of business sales. I saw large mega-corps doing things that were far worse that raked in millions of dollars.

BBBs are a relic of 19th century small town America, as antiquated as a drug store soda fountain. They have some value in combating fraud by sleazy plumbers and roofers or fraudulent charities...easy targets. But that's about it.

I also perceived that scammers tended to waive the BBB seal as a marketing tool and that a major purpose of BBB fund raising was simply to keep the chapter in business.