Sage Blogger » Reputation Management http://sageblogger.com Musings About Affiliate Marketing and Blogging Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:10:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dear Consumer, BBB Has Failed You.http://sageblogger.com/dear-consumer-bbb-has-failed-you/ http://sageblogger.com/dear-consumer-bbb-has-failed-you/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:37:52 +0000 Vlad Zablotskyy http://sageblogger.com/?p=1529 Not so long ago, I would not hesitate to recommend to my friends and/or clients to consider joining BBB.org and become what is known an “accredited” member. In the past I used the website of Better Business Bureau to check out more than one business. But watching last night ABC’s 20/20 report about BBB’s shady practices, I am completely disappointed by the company. Especially disappointing was BBB’s Steve Cox answers to questions of ABC’s Brian Ross.

I doubt Mr. Cox would ever read my blog, but if he does here is the script he might consider using next time he speaks to a reporter: “BBB screwed up and we are ashamed about all the allegations. We will investigate every case and will make every effort that every business gets a fair treatment by BBB.” Or something to that effect.

I have to say that as an affiliate marketer looked to BBB to see how my potential partner is handling complaints by consumers.

Gary Vaynerchuck’s Wine Library gets C from BBB?

BBB gives C to Wine Library

BBB gives C to Wine Library

The original title for this post was supposed to be “Dear Gary, BBB has failed you”. Gary Vaynerchuk is the founder of Wine Library and the host of internet’s most passionate wine show Wine Library TV. He is a best selling author and a host of a radio show Wine & Web. Gary ofter speaks to entrepreneurs, CEOs and business owners across many industries and is highly respected by many people. Yet BBB.org as of this writing rated Wine Library with a C. And the irony is that right on the same page it states the following: “BBB processed a total of 0 complaints about this company in the last 36 months, our standard reporting period.” How can that be Mr. Cox? Zero complaints in last 36 months yet still a C? Is that yet another mistake or BBB just trying to get some money out of Gary Vaynerchuk? If any of my companies will every get a bad rating from BBB, it will only make me proud to be in the company of people like Gary Vaynerchuck or Wolfgang Puck, who is till rated “F” by BBB even after airing of the ABC’s 20/20 investigative piece.

Why you should not trust BBB?
We do not leave in a perfect world. People screw up. Companies screw up. Just the fact you have screwed up does not mean you are a bad individual or a sleaze company. Mr. Cox, in my opinion, missed a golden opportunity with ABC’s Brian Ross to apologize for the BBB’s screw up. Mr. Cox failed miserably choosing the sweet “denial”. By doing so, Mr. Cox made BBB to fail every consumer in US and Canada. There is no reason anyone should trust BBB or their rating system. BBB just got an “F-”! And one thing is most certain, BBB will never get a penny out of me and if I can help it neither out of my friends and/or business partners.

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Trace Richardson is a Licensed California Real Estate Broker and the funder of LeadPress.com. Interesting thing about the accusation on Ripoffreport is that they are accusing LeadPress.com for taking money from clients without providing services. While LeadPress.com is indeed the company founded by Trace. However it is still in pre-launch state and as of today has not a single paying client.

Why some one do such a thing? Evidently there are people who have only goal in life – to destroy other people’s reputation.

As a blogger, Trace is one of those guys that lays it out as he sees it. Many bloggers should aspire to do just that- be honest.

The unfortunate par of Traces predicament is that websites like Ripoffreport.com are able to rise quickly to the top of the search engines. In fact, you can see such result in the position #1 on Google if you search for “Trace Richardson”.

How can you help Trace? You can write an article about Trace and link to his online profiles (see the code below). Even if you decide to link just to one of the Trace’s online profiles, I know he would greatly appreciate your help.

Why would you want to do defend Trace? Simple- next time it can be you who will need help. I have been there before and it is not a pretty place- a subject I will write about in the upcoming posts.

So here are the profiles where you can find Trace. Don’t be shy to friend him up! If you would like to link to Trace profiles (and I sincerely ask you to do so), scroll down – I have provided a code for “copy and paste” process.

Trace Richardson on LeadPress

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Trace Richardson on LeadPress
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Trace Richardson on Technorati
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Trace Richardson on Digg
Trace Richardson on Facebook
Trace Richardson on LinkedIn
Trace Richardson on Bebo
Trace Richardson on Pandora
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Trace Richardson on Plaxo
Trace Richardson on Seesmic
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Trace Richardson on Pipl
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Trace Richardson on Last.FM
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Trace Richardson on Zillow
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