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Posted by Noon-Air on November 15, 2007, 9:41 pm
>A call from a rep at the BBB. She is very friendly and tells me who
> she is. Immediately it sounds like a sales pitch but I let her talk.
> The talk went on for 12 minutes. She is asking me lots of non
> essential questions about my company trying to butter me up. After
> about 8 mins of her jabbering, I interrupt her and say, "Is this where
> the sales pitch comes in?" She acts very offended and asks me if she
> is talking to the right person. I told her, "Yup, that's me." She says
> one of our office personnel sent her a form of some sort. She also
> asked me how many people were in my company.
> Anyways, I let her start back up and she tells me that not everyone is
> selected for the BBB accredited rating and gets the sticker, labels
> and accredited logo to display in our ads. She then asks me, "Mr
> Bubba" I just have one further question to ask............What credit
> card will you be using to pay the $395 annual fee?
> I told her thanks but I wasn't worthy of a BBB "accredited rating"
> for $395.
> Bubba
I get called all the time.... I simply ask them why I should pay them to
talk good about my company when my customers do it for free, including on my
TV commercials. They try to feed me a shit filled twinky, and I'm not
biting.
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