Retail Stores/Products http://www.bbb.org/us 10 Don’t get Heated by High-Pressure Door-to-Door Salespeople Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT After receiving hundreds of complaints against companies using aggressive door-to-door sales tactics to pressure consumers into buying bogus or misleading products, Better Business Bureau is issuing an alert about such companies. The issues range from magazine subscriptions that were paid for but never delivered, to food products that were not of the high quality originally promised.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/US-BBB-Retail-Stores-Products/~4/ozCq4tTIMWM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/US-BBB-Retail-Stores-Products/~3/ozCq4tTIMWM/dont-get-heated-by-high-pressure-door-to-door-salespeople-34392 http://www.bbb.org/us/article/dont-get-heated-by-high-pressure-door-to-door-salespeople-34392 Magazine Sellers Claim Ties With L'Ecole Culinaire, But BBB Says Their Story Is Half-Baked Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT The BBB is warning St. Louis area residents about a door-to-door magazine sales scam that falsely claims to be linked to L'Ecole Culinaire, a local culinary school.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/US-BBB-Retail-Stores-Products/~4/z1ze43pUqUE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/US-BBB-Retail-Stores-Products/~3/z1ze43pUqUE/magazine-sellers-claim-ties-with-lecole-culinaire-but-bbb-says-their-story-is-half-baked-34284 http://www.bbb.org/us/article/magazine-sellers-claim-ties-with-lecole-culinaire-but-bbb-says-their-story-is-half-baked-34284 March Madness Scams Range From Fake Ticket Offers To Hotel Deals To Counterfeit Merchandise Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that publicity about the NCAA Basketball Tournament is likely to breed scams involving tickets, hotels and merchandise.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/US-BBB-Retail-Stores-Products/~4/wEiFHvneeos" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/US-BBB-Retail-Stores-Products/~3/wEiFHvneeos/march-madness-scams-range-from-fake-ticket-offers-to-hotel-deals-to-counterfeit-merchandise-33211 http://www.bbb.org/us/article/march-madness-scams-range-from-fake-ticket-offers-to-hotel-deals-to-counterfeit-merchandise-33211 Attorney General Brings Action Against AGT American Silver and Gold Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:00:00 GMT The Texas Attorney General froze the assets of AGT American Silver and Gold March 1, and issued a temporary restraining order against the owners of the Austin-area company, which sells gold and silver bullion and coins.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/US-BBB-Retail-Stores-Products/~4/q7k6F-RNT_k" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/US-BBB-Retail-Stores-Products/~3/q7k6F-RNT_k/attorney-general-brings-action-against-agt-american-silver-and-gold-33142 http://www.bbb.org/us/article/attorney-general-brings-action-against-agt-american-silver-and-gold-33142