Better Business BureauReviews of bbb.org

bbb is a fake gov agency. they make you think they are a gov or nonprofit by the use of their name bbb.org and logo but many people realize they are actually a for profit business only after they dealt with them. bbb takes money from companies to get A+ ratings. it is required by the bbb to be accredited. YES its paid to be accredited. looooool

The worst of the worst - suddenlink - with nothing but 1-star reviews is rated A+ by bbb. Obviously, bbb is not concerned about its credibility and/or Karma. What a scam!

BBB company is worse!! They are also fraudsters and all the businesses under them are scammers. I wrote a review about US Beauty Bazaar and how they defrauded me. Some weeks later BBB sent me a nonsense email telling me I didn't receive my order from US Beauty Bazaar because when the USPS came to deliver the order in my house they didn't find a secure place to leave the order so they returned it back to the sender. And my money has been refunded to me back. Even if I'm staying in the forest then I would understand there was no secure place for USPS to deliver my order. Meanwhile the tracking number the US beauty bazaar sent me was confirmed by USPS that it doesn't exist and it was created by the sender and I didn't even see the refund in my account till now. So why must BBB company support such a defrauding charge. Government needs to stop all those businesses from the system.

Are BBB Ratings Reliable? A 2015 investigative report from CNNMoney found more than 100 businesses that were not as credible as their BBB ratings of A- or higher made them seem. In fact, many of them were being investigated by the government for fraudulent or other illegal behavior at the time of the reporting. The report suggests accredited members of the BBB are at a significant advantage, even if their businesses aren't trusted by their customer base. Additionally, the rating system seems to be "seriously flawed." The BBB has been serving consumers since 1912, but the rating system has been called 'seriously flawed.' Fortunately, there are alternatives.

The BBB whom once was a respected validation of other company’s business practices has become a sham. Their complaint resolution feature for companies is barely functional. They provide inconsistent and invalid ratings for companies and hold them hostage while refusing to honor protested and unverifiable consumer reviews. No company should acknowledge this racket or participate.

As many here have stated already, I too have come to the conclusion that the Better Business Bureau is a farce and just another parasitic entity. I lodged a complaint about a service provider recently, only to have the BBB seek my satisfaction via an email service I don't even use. I won't go so far as to accuse the BBB of aiding cyber criminals intentionally, but having me leave yet another point of access for the ever growing band of thieves etc. is exactly what they required for me to say that they had been of little help. I wouldn't do it so they posted that the issue had been resolved, which is nowhere near the truth.

The BBB is a useless and misinformative website. The BBB rating system is a complete scam. They basically make businesses pay for a good rating. Businesses get listed on the BBB website whether the business wants it listed or not, which results in consumer complaints going unresolved because the business didn't even know a complaint was filed on the BBB. This results in low ratings (F-ratings) that the BBB uses to extort money from the business by forcing the business to pay the BBB for a high rating (A- or better rating). In turn, consumers/customers are also being scammed into thinking a business is good, reputable, and legit because it has an A-rating. BBB has ZERO validity and cannot be trusted.

The BBB is a self-serving, outdated, bloated organization that markets accreditation status to businesses and protects them, rather than the consumer. This "non-profit" supposedly impartial organization receives huge amounts of funding and representation from big business. How's this for a quote: "Smart Money magazine ran an exposé of the U.S. Council of Better Business Bureaus in which it details the private organization's "too cozy" relationship with some of the businesses it claims to monitor. According to the article, the 112 U.S. BBBs collected $131 million in dues in 2007, comprising 90 percent of their total revenue [source: Parmar]. Perhaps more surprising is that 90 percent of BBB board members are corporate executives from industries that generate large numbers of BBB complaints [source: Garrett]." Perhaps this is one of the reasons the BBB, Inc. is becoming increasingly irrelevant as a useful forum or service. Like many self-serving non-profits, it has failed to keep up with innovation and grown very insular while lining its own pockets. Look at see how many reviews you'll find there compared to Google or Yelp. Look at all the A+ ratings. Then stop wasting your time with BBB, Inc. It must be tough watching the steady erosion of what was once almost exclusive control of public opinion in the business sector and a diminishing position of respect and authority. I would encourage all businesses to stop supporting BBB, Inc. by refusing to buy their once vaunted accreditation status and recognize it for the not-so-subtle form of extortion that it is. I would also encourage all consumers to use more effective, honest, consumer-based forums for reviews and feedback that are not in bed with the businesses they claim to evaluate.