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Re: Has anyone dealt with Americap International Corp.? (by KC):
lisam500 wrote:=====================================I have filed a billing dispute with Americap and reported them to Better Business Bureau. Chris knew I would do this if he didn't provide my confirmation or a refund by a date he chose. The credit card company has refunded me my money. I believe it is now up to them to work with Chris, but as of now, I believe I am no longer dealing with him.
The Better Business Bureau is a well intentioned but otherwise impotent and powerless entity, capable of doing nothing more than just "keeping track" of filed consumer complaints. "Keeping track" doesn't solve a thing and also doesn't scare a company one bit. All a company has to do is change its name to take on a new identity and thereby acquire a completely "clean slate". BBB does serve to let people know that complaints exist, but to be blunt it's capable of doing nothing more than that. Also, I tend to believe most folks only check BBB complaint history AFTER they experience a problem.
I do hope that you would make the effort to notify the Attorney General's Office in Florida of your experience, and do so in writing. Specific address info for the AG office appears in other RedWeek forum posts. The new RedWeek "search" function is primitive and basic, but it may be able to retrieve the posts for you which contain that address info. Complaints lodged with the people who actually have the power and the legal authority to deal with these parasites are more effective than complaints to the completely powerless BBB. Just a suggestion.....