If a complaint meets the following criteria, it must be accepted by BBB and treated as a complaint for purposes of reporting.
BBBs typically do not impose additional requirements, such as requiring that complaints meet a certain monetary threshold. And, while BBB’s strongly encourage consumers to first contact the business, a complaint will not be rejected because the consumer declines to do so.
Complaints Accepted by the BBB
Better Business Bureaus accept all complaints that meet the following criteria:
· The complaint includes the complainant’s name and postal address;
· The complaint includes the business’s name and provides sufficient information to determine the business’s location;
· The complaint seeks assistance from BBB;
· The complaint is from a customer, or the customer’s authorized representative, of the business complained about;
· The complaint relates to a marketplace issue;
· The complaint alleges a problem experienced with the services or products that the company provided or allegedly agreed to provide;
· The complaint is not in litigation and has not have been resolved by a previous court action, arbitration, or settlement between the parties; and
· The complaint contains no abusive language.
