Scam and Consumer Alerts

Better Business by Robb Hicken: Deft customer care helps pest control firm find success

There are thousands of ants - black, red, crazy, army, fire, leafcutter and carpenter ants. Chasing those small six-legged bugs around can make a pest expert buggy, and sometimes insensitive to customers. But it shouldn't.

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Better Business Bureau: It's a dog-eat-dog world of scams

When Rob put his cute dachshund puppies up for sale, he knew he was going to get a lot of interest.
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Better Business by Robb Hicken: Shrewd use of social media can enhance company's brand

Ah ... the weekend. Time to relax, mow the lawn or do something crazy. That's where the warning comes from Rod Puzey, chief operating officer for Zenware, a business technology company in Boise.
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Better Business Bureau: 'Free' airline tickets come with a catch

Boise resident Ben Murray, recently retired and looks forward to travel abroad like many other retirees.
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Better Business Bureau: Things to keep in mind before joining a 'thon'

Nonprofit organizations survive on grants, contributions and volunteer labor. Sometimes the two combine and take center stage and none shows it better than the "thon."
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Better Business by Robb Hicken: Beware of business directory sales pitches; many are bogus

Better Business Bureau, serving the Snake River Region, warns area businesses to watch for questionable bills from a company called AYPR Inc., with a mailing address in the Banner Bank in Boise.
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Better Business Bureau: Think before entering contests

It's that time of the year when special events galore take place every weekend - outdoor expo, horse show, monster truck show and every other show.
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Better Business Bureau: Be careful with your lawn care

The tree was 20 feet tall, and the hedge behind it was 5 feet tall. It was overgrown and invading the sidewalk on Daniel's home in Meridian.
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Scam Alert by Robb Hicken: Beware of sweepstakes scammers, FBI impersonators

The 81-year-old grandmother in Grandview, Idaho, was in the worst of ways. She'd taken in her 50-something daughter who was ill, the bills were stacking up, and it seemed that things were going down hill fast.
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Better Business Bureau: Door-to-door sales may be scams

Jeff, in East Boise, said he wasn't quite prepared to ask the right questions when the door-to-door solicitor knocked on his door this week.
SCAM AND CONSUMER ALERTS

Better Business Bureau: Don't fall victim to loan modification scams

On March 12, FlagStar Lending will take Alyssa Fackler's Middleton home in foreclosure proceedings and sell it out from under her.