877-739-8555

Telemarketing number for the Better Business Bureau.

The Better Business Bureau does not employ telemarketers. I think you must be mistaken.

Yes, just minutes ago I received a call from the "Better Business Bureau", leaving a name and phone number but no message. I called back and got an answering machine and told the indivdual if she calls back to leave the reason for the call. My business is not big enough, nor has it been active enough to warrant a call from the BBB, so this must be a new technique to sell memberships. Which is in and of itself misrepresentation.

Received a call from this phone number, woman said she was from the Stockton CA better business bureau. Asked me my title, she had the name of my business already, asked me what makes my company different than other staffing companies. Who is really behind this phone number?

I had a strange call as well left this number with an extension no details just CALL ME....hate that! Don't have a clue what it could be about very small business no altercations that im aware of. Quite frankly if it is a complaint I'll just shut my doors not worth the grief! If it is a telemarketer shame on them for stressing me out for no good reason.

The number is the Stockton BBB.  They wanted to basically provide business with their services.  Since I am no longer in business, it did not pertain to me.

Same MO- call from BBB requesting to speak with shareholder regarding "what is said when someone contacts the BBB aobut your company." Not the first time we've received the call, and when we call back they try to sell ad space. Waste of time. I wonder how/if they are really associated with the BBB? You'd think company with there reputation wouldn't employ such techniques....

I also received a call from this number. The person stated her name was Kathy Harry from the Better Business Bureau. She would only state her reason for the call with the "owner" of the business. When asked if this was an attempt to get an ad placed in their magazine, she wouldn't respond by saying "this is the better business bureau." I called the number back and it was an automated answering machine saying it was the business relations for the better business bureau.

Below is the entire message that was left for me:

Yes, this is the Better Business Bureau, my name is Sharon Betten (? could have been Betts) and this message is for the owner (she had my business name correct). Please return my phone call here at 877-739-8555 ext 230. I'll be in my office until 4pm today. Thank you.

After reading accounts of what others have said you can bet I am not taking my time to call her back.

I received a call as well and when at first I thought it might be a sales call or something I was pleasently surprised. I didn't realize that to be a part of the "Better Business Bureau" you get invited and have to go through an application process to be approved. Most trade organizations have always just taken my money and never checked anything. This makes me feel much better about companies I research with the BBB because I'm tired of getting ripped off. All the companies listed on their website that are members have all been checked out and go by high set of business standards and ethics. What's not OK with that. Business is what business does.

The BBB is a non-profit organization completely supported by the business community.  They don't sell "ad space" or anything for that matter.  If they contact you, it's to see if you qualify to be accredited with the BBB.  If you're approved for accreditation, you pay an annual fee that supports all the services they provide both businesses and consumers.