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Comment by Ed on Should You Post on a Gripe Site? (September 4, 2022 01:15 AM)
Reply to Sylvia and Wolf. You are right to a degree. The BBB has no authority to enforce anything. They are only a go between. Unfortunately many peop...
Comment by Wolf on Should You Post on a Gripe Site? (September 3, 2022 04:47 AM)
Thank you Bob for another informative article! I agree with Sylvia that the BBB is toothless. I had some front end work done by a car mechanic, and, s...
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