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BBB Partners with U.S. Army
U. S. Better Business Bureaus and the U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center have forged an alliance to encourage Army personnel and their family members use programs, services and materials of BBBs as part of a formal program assisting Service members and their families with a variety of consumer-related issues. MORE

 | MONEY FOR NOTHING GRANT OFFERS FREE GRANTS, NEVER REPAY…acceptance guaranteed. Government and private sources $500 to $5,000 use for education, home repairs, to pay bills, home purchase…
The ads claim that you will qualify to receive a ‘free grant’ for just about anything. They say your application is guaranteed to be accepted and you never have to repay the money. BBB and the Federal Trade Commission warns that ‘money for nothing’ grant offers often are a scam. The grant isn’t free, it isn’t guaranteed, and often it isn’t even available to you.
[more] | | THIS WEEK ON THE CONSUMER'S EDGE: LINDELL JEWELERS Watch Newschannel 5+ (Comcast Cable Channel 50) for the Consumer's Edge hosted by Better Business Bureau CEO, Kathleen Calligan. The Consumer's Edge features Better Business Bureau members with the latest marketplace information from their industry that will turn consumers into informed market-savvy customers[more] |  | FREE MEDICATION NOT SO FREE Few ads offering "FREE" products or services have generated more consumer calls to BBB than the newspaper advertisement ‘free prescription medication’.
This particular ad refers consumers to an 800 telephone number for a company in Melbourne, FL operating as Free Medicine Direct. Consumers are told they can receive the medicines they need without the hassle or expense
[more] | | BBB BEGINS 2005 WITH NEW LEADERSHIP, NEW NAME & NEW PROGRAM David Craig, Co-Owner Craig & Wheeler Realty & Auction has been elected to the BBB of Middle Tennessee Board of Directors. Mr. Craig will serve as 2005 Advisory Board Chairman for the newly re-named Central Tennessee branch office.
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Warren Schon Elected as TennTucky Advisory Chair -- Thursday, February 03, 2005BBB Tracks Rise In Gifting Clubs Such As Elite Activities -- Wednesday, February 02, 2005Consumer's Edge - Dale Carnegie of Nashville -- Wednesday, February 02, 2005Rufo Elected Chairman of the Board -- Thursday, January 27, 2005It's A Lottery Scam... Again! -- Monday, January 24, 2005
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