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Not officials. BBB is essentially Angie’s list.
by semiquaver 1y ago
Not officials. BBB is essentially Angie’s list.
- dylan604 1y agoThat's strange to me that you'd compare something that's been around longer to the thing that's more recent in this way
- ryandrake 1y agoThe point is that despite their deliberately confusing decision to have the word "Bureau" in their name, they have absolutely nothing to do with the government or anything official. They are as official as JD Power, Consumer Reports or Yelp. I wonder how many millions of people continue to be fooled by their deceptive name?
- dylan604 1y agoFederal Express is not part of the federal anything, yet nobody is confused by that.
- lesuorac 1y agoI'm sure people are confused by that. People get confused that the Chamber of Commerce isn't a government body.
- em-bee 1y agoeven more so as in some countries and industries membership is mandatory. but also, delegating certain responsibilities to non-govenment bodies does happen too. these then have quasi governmental authority.
- wmeredith 1y agoI think it's more accurate to say that The Better Business Bureau is Yelp from the 1910s.
- strangescript 1y agothis made me laugh