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WARM WEATHER BRINGS
OUT HOME IMPROVEMENT SCAMMERS |
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Warm weather is here and so are the
scam artists who prey on homeowners, especially the
senior citizens. These rip off scammers usually go door
to door offering a variety of home improvements......more |
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2008 HOME FAIR EXPO |
The BCB’s 24th annual Home Fair Expo
home show co-sponsored by GMAC I and ESL Federal Credit
Union was a great success with 285 exhibits. We had 10
potential exhibitors on a waiting list that we were
unable to accommodate. Other than having to deal with
some unpleasant weather on Friday overall the attendance
was good with a total of 11,648 attending. Of that
amount 1,629 attended on Friday and of that amount over
1,000 were seniors who were let in free. Saturday we had
approximately 5,310 attend with 2,000 of those admitted
with the free VIP comp tickets and on Sunday 4,709
attended with over 1,000 of those admitted with the VIP
comp tickets. Many attendees came to the show office and
called the BCB office on Monday to say how well planned
and organized they thought the show was. We had both
entrances open for attendees which worked out well, as
even though some exhibitors in the Dome felt the traffic
was down there because of the new entrance the survey we
took showed that both entrances were pretty close to
having the same attendees. The only noticeable
difference was that the traffic was more spread out
without the usual backup at the box office at the Dome
entrance.
We are happy to say that the show helped this year’s
charity Gilda’s Club raise over $7,000.00. Next year’s
show dates are February, 27, 28 and March 1, 2009 and
plans are already being made to make it even better than
previous years. Past exhibitors should reserve ASAP as
after May 31st all booth space not reserved with the
required $100.00 deposit per booth will be put up for
grabs and given to exhibitors on a first paid deposit
basis.
We thank the BCB staff who worked so hard to make the
show another success and especially the exhibitors who
participated!
Carmen Santora
Executive Director
Better Contractors Bureau
phone: 585-338-3600
Fax: 585-467-3740 |
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AVOIDING SCAMS & RIP
OFFS |
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BCB Executive Director Carmen
Santora offers some great tips on how to Avoid Scams &
Rip Offs on his Advice Page. |
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THE
BCB BEGINS IT'S 34TH YEAR |
The
Better Contractors Bureau is a non-profit consumer
protection agency established in 1974 to be of
assistance to the home owner. It's goals are to
"PROTECT & INFORM"
the consumer,
ELIMINATE
unscrupulous contractors in the area and upgrade the
IMAGE
of the industry.
For more information
please see the About
BCB
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INSIDE
THE BCB WEBSITE |
The BCB website contains a
wealth of information about the BCB, The Members and
consumer protection.
General
information about BCB and consumer protection are
available from links at the top and bottom of each page.
Member information is
available from links to the right of each page.
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NOTICE |
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As required by IRC the annual BCB financial statements &
tax returns are available for public inspection during
the hours of 9-4 @
1151 Titus Avenue.
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