Comments on: Can You Trust What You Learn about a Company from the Better Business Bureau?

By: Dude

Dude — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:37:12 +0000

I’m going to keep researching because somebody in my family gave them a ton of my info to attempt to sign me up.
They make you send them an enrollment fee and a voided check when you enroll so they can take take take.
The amount they offered and the payment per month would not help me much, maybe even worse.
And that whole deal was with ****
an estimated value which generally look pretty good
so I imagine after I pay them and give them my checking account info
If they did not rob me blind
The deal I do not even know of yet would have been terrible.
The enrollment fee is theirs if I could quit after and I bet they have a big fee to quit.
So
I am not convinced at all based on what they admit up front.

By: SPIJO

SPIJO — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:33:48 +0000

CONSOLIDATED STINKS AND RIPS EVERY AND ANYONE OFF.

By: Mr Magoo

Mr Magoo — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:08:36 +0000

Now to be fair, George, they don’t do it for all companies that pay them. They do it more for companies that have their founder on the board of directors for that particular BBB branch, which Howard Dvorkin happens to be. Tells you how much weight to put into a rating.

By: George Landau

George Landau — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:36:27 +0000

To top it all….Mr. Howard Dvorkin – Founder of Consolidated Credit Counseling Services, Inc. is on the Board of Directors for the Southeast Florida and the Caribbean Chapter of BBB=They have A+ rating with a record of:BBB processed a total of 53 complaints about this company in the last 36 months, our standard reporting period. Of the total of 53 complaints closed in 36 months, 18 were closed in the last year.
These complaints concerned :
+ 9 regarding Advertising Issues
9 – None of the Above – Advertising Complaint Issue

+ 10 regarding Billing or Collection Issues
10 – None of the Above – Credit, Billing or Collection Complaint Issue

+ 4 regarding Contract Issues
4 – None of the Above – Contract Complaint Issue

+ 1 regarding Product Issues
1 – None of the Above – Product Quality Complaint Issue

+ 2 regarding Refund or Exchange Issues
1 – Failure to honor promised refunds, exchanges, or credit
1 – None of the Above – Refund or Exchange Complaint Issue

+ 21 regarding Sales Practice Issues
21 – None of the Above – Sales Complaint Issue

+ 6 regarding Service Issues
1 – Failure to honor service estimate or agreement
1 – Improper or inferior service
4 – None of the Above – Service Complaint Issue

These complaints were closed as:
+ 32 Resolved
1 – Company resolved the complaint issues. The consumer acknowledged acceptance to BBB.
31 – Company addressed the complaint issues. The consumer failed to acknowledge acceptance to BBB.
+ 21 Administratively Closed
Thank God for our impartial BBB(who will give all companies who afford the cost of Membership Accreditation
usuallly between $2500-$4500 monthly an A+ rating!)

By: Mendoza

Mendoza — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:26:50 +0000

Oustanding Research! A+ For You

By: thomas mc shane

thomas mc shane — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:51:18 +0000

thanks for the research

By: thomas mc shane

thomas mc shane — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:50:26 +0000

thank you for your research !