[Publib] Better Global BusinessCommunication

[Mary Linse]

These scams take up way too much time.  Even if some member of the staff
inadverdantly said yes, send it on approval, they are probably not
authorized to make a purchase.

Back in the far past when Wisconsin libraries used teletype for interlibrary
loan.  Everybody with teletype numbers got a bill for being listed in the
directory.   Fortunately someone showed it to me.  I knew directory listings
were free so we certainly didn't need theirs.  If I remember correctly, the
name made it sound like a normal phone bill.  We were able to let other
libraries know about the bill so none would pay it.

I like the call my attorney approach.  You may not even need to give them a
heads up.

Mary Linse


On 1/27/06, kevin smith <ashkev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any dealings with Better Global Business
> Communications?  We have some how ended up on some sort of listing
> from them, and they sent us a cd-rom, and now claim that we owe them
> $514.00.  When we told them we didn't want the product, we were told
> that since we were already in the listing, we still owed the money.  I
> am nearly certain that this is a scam.
>
> They claim to have an audio recording of one of our staff members
> agreeing to all of this.
>
> Has anyone else had a run in with this company (or others using
> similar techniques) ?
>
> --
> Kevin Smith
> Assistant Director
> Cass District Library AND
> The Fiddling Librarian: http://ashkev.weblogs.us
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