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Terror Group Gets 'A' Rating From Better Business Bureau?
Terror Group Gets 'A' Rating From Better Business Bureau?
Consumer Watchdog Accused of Running 'Pay for Play' Scheme With Grading System
By JOSEPH RHEE and BRIAN ROSS
Nov. 12, 2010
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.
"Right now, this rating system is really unworthy of consumer trust or confidence," said Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal in an interview to be broadcast as part of an ABC News investigation airing tonight on 20/20.
In an official demand letter sent to the national headquarters of the Better Business Bureau Thursday, Blumenthal called on the BBB to stop using its grading system, which he said was "potentially harmful and misleading" to consumers.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/busine...ry?id=12123843
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