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Better Business Bureau: Are Good Ratings Bought? - R&G Brenner

Written by R&G Brenner | Nov 17, 2010 8:50:41 AM

The Better Business Bureau, one of the country’s best known consumer watchdog groups, is being accused by business owners of running a “pay for play” scheme in which A plus ratings are awarded to those who pay membership fees, and F ratings used to punish those who don’t.

To prove the point, a group of Los Angeles business owners paid $425 to the Better Business Bureau and were able to obtain an A minus grade for a non-existent company called Hamas, named after the Middle Eastern terror group.

Follow this link to Watch the 20/20 Special on the Better Business Bureau and judge for yourself.

Source:  20/20 ABC News