RE: Call to Action with the #BBB for #VerifiedAccounts on #Twitter @Verified & #Facebook
and we filed the following review about Facebook with the B.B.B. "We, Richard and Tatiana of Design's the Limit, believe Facebook's business practices including granting large businesses the verified account checkmark while denying small business the opportunity to compete on a level playing field is a violation of the ethical business practices which the B.B.B. embodies. We hope that our effort will provide us with a verified checkmark, but also assist other companies and individuals who seek one with access. We have been in business for over six years selling on Etsy, Ebay, Amazon, our own website, locally, and on other e-commerce platforms. We have a business license issued in the city of Virginia Beach, we are a registed LLC in the Commonwealth of Virginia, we have registered and received a trademark for our company name with the USPTO, we are Members of the Virginia Glass Guild of glass artists in Hampton Roads Virginia, we are in the top 1% of all Etsy sellers in the world, and we are B.B.B. Accredited with an A+ rating. We will be happy to submit the information and documentation required to complete the verification process and look forward to working with the B.B.B. to determine the ethical nature of the verification process at Facebook. If the verification process is in place to support large businesses over small businesses, we believe it should be taken into consideration on Facebook's B.B.B. rating. In addition, we have tried on numerous occasions and using various methods to contact Facebook to have another page which is using our Trademarked name and our logo without our permission and have been unable to receive a response or correction. We believe their customer service, policies, and procedures should negatively affect their B.B.B. rating and the fact that they are A+ rating reflects negatively on the B.B.B. and other accredited businesses such as our own. As an owner of an A+ rated B.B.B. Accredited business, I take less pride in our business score as a result of Facebook's score given our experience, the large number of negative reviews, and the volume of complaints against them which remain unresolved. As Facebook is a B.B.B. Accredited business, shouldn't it fulfill it's oath the B.B.B. and arbitrate these complaints in a more timely and ethical manner. "