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In article <8H7qf.5510$xF6.643@fed1read01>, saphire
<> wrote:

> Okay - here's the background.
> While I was away from home, my wife called a firm to do some work which she
> was quoted a charge of a of approximately $100.00. When they finished
> presented a bill for over &2000.00. She was intimidated and frightened into
> signing a Credit Card charge for that amount.
>
> I'm getting ready to take the firm to court and that is the
> reason for the question.
>
> The BBB and Incorporation information was easily found
> on the web but not much else was offered.

Some states (most?) have a consumer board for contractor fraud like
that.
Best to start with them, since they can probably streamline the whole
process or put you together with other complaints to the same company
if there are some.

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:42:28 -0700, "saphire" <>
wrote:

>Okay - here's the background.
>While I was away from home, my wife called a firm to do some work which she
>was quoted a charge of a of approximately $100.00. When they finished
>presented a bill for over &2000.00. She was intimidated and frightened into
>signing a Credit Card charge for that amount.
>
>I'm getting ready to take the firm to court and that is the
>reason for the question.

Try a legal newsgroup.
Us.legal maybe the one you need

>
>The BBB and Incorporation information was easily found
>on the web but not much else was offered.
>
>"saphire" <> wrote in message
>news:iG2qf.5473$xF6.4618@fed1read01...
>> What can be done to a firm that advertises it is a
>> member of the Better Business Bureau and also that
>> it is Incorporated although it is neither one?
>>
>

"saphire" <> wrote in message
news:8H7qf.5510$xF6.643@fed1read01...
> Okay - here's the background.
> While I was away from home, my wife called a firm to do some work which
> she was quoted a charge of a of approximately $100.00. When they finished
> presented a bill for over &2000.00. She was intimidated and frightened
> into signing a Credit Card charge for that amount.
>
> I'm getting ready to take the firm to court and that is the
> reason for the question.
>
> The BBB and Incorporation information was easily found
> on the web but not much else was offered.
>
> "saphire" <> wrote in message
> news:iG2qf.5473$xF6.4618@fed1read01...
>> What can be done to a firm that advertises it is a
>> member of the Better Business Bureau and also that
>> it is Incorporated although it is neither one?
>>
>
>
Did you report the incident to your bank? They can't delay or stop a
disputed transaction if you didn't tell them about it.

saphire wrote:
> Okay - here's the background.
> While I was away from home, my wife called a firm to do
> some work which she was quoted a charge of a of
> approximately $100.00. When they finished presented a
> bill for over &2000.00. She was intimidated and
> frightened into signing a Credit Card charge for that
> amount.
>
> I'm getting ready to take the firm to court and that is
> the
> reason for the question.
>
> The BBB and Incorporation information was easily found
> on the web but not much else was offered.
==================================
I guess that explains why you were interested
in the BBB and incorporation info.

Seems to me that this type of fraud should be
reported to your credit card company and your
local police department.

--

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saphire wrote:
> Okay - here's the background.
> While I was away from home, my wife called a firm to do some work
> which she was quoted a charge of a of approximately $100.00. When
> they finished presented a bill for over &2000.00. She was
> intimidated and frightened into signing a Credit Card charge for that
> amount.

Gun? Knife? Club?

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Evan Platt wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:42:39 -0500, SgtMinor
> <> wrote:
>
>>You had to contact the BBB to learn this firm is not a member, did you
>>say anything?
>
> A simple lookup on the BBB's web site would verify if a company is a
> member. No human interaction involved.
>
>>And how did you figure out this firm is not a corporation?
>
> Most states have a online lookup.

Thanks for that reply Evan, but I was addressing the OP.

If you look up someone's BBB membership, for whatever that may be worth,
is there not an opportunity to lodge a complaint on that site?

Which states do not have an online lookup for corporations? Maybe the
OP lives in one of those. And if a corporation is registered in, say,
Delaware will that show up in Ohio?

saphire wrote:
>
> Okay - here's the background.
> While I was away from home, my wife called a firm to do some work which she
> was quoted a charge of a of approximately $100.00. When they finished
> presented a bill for over &2000.00. She was intimidated and frightened into
> signing a Credit Card charge for that amount.
>
> I'm getting ready to take the firm to court and that is the
> reason for the question.

1. Cancel/challenge the credit card charge.

2. Go to court. They wont show up. You win.

saphire wrote:
>
> What can be done to a firm that advertises it is a
> member of the Better Business Bureau and also that
> it is Incorporated although it is neither one?

Nothing can be done to the firm, except not to buy from it if it falsly
advertises.



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"Evan Platt" <evan@*******************************> wrote in message
news:...
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:06:13 GMT, "Rich Wilson"
> <> wrote:
>
>>There's no OT here!
>
> Oh? Ok, I'll have all my friends TEST here then.
> --
> To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address.

My apologies but I don't frequent this group much any more. got too big and
annoying trolls run me off. In the old days OT was Off Topic. Sorry if you
got offended.

That's funy Evan

>snip>
There's no OT here!
..