The Second Life Business Bureau

OK, we all have been screaming for a long time for LL to make changes to MANY things. This is why I started the Second Life Business Bureau.

The SLBB functions very much like the Better Business Bureau in RL, However, because this is SL we can mold this organization into something better! Something where you can go to the website and SEE for your self who you should be doing business with.

We function by membership and we do make referrals to ONLY SLBB members. We have never received a complaint on ANY member in the SLBB, and have been able to help recover over 72K Lindens.

Many of our members do thousands of USD transactions monthly and no complaints!!

LL is only selling computer space. The want us to control our own SL community! I started the Second Life Business Bureau back in February and I am really trying to make some changes with the help of many.

We are exposing some real scams and real problems due to ethics in SL, but this is a HUGE problem that has been allowed to run free since the beginning of SL and will always be there, the difference is WE'RE TRYING! to make changes.

Robin Linden has agreed to be a part of the board. Board Meetings are every first Thursday of the month at 9am SLT.

We take complaints and post them on our website. www.slbb.biz - We list the name of the person being complained about and what the complaint is. Please understand that we are not just putting peoples names up there, we investigate the claim to make sure it is legitimate.

We are now going to black list potential scammers. If there is someone that is potentially or has scammed someone but there is nothing that can be resolved from the issue then send me the name on a note card. I need a description of what the scam or potential scam is!

I've been looking for a link on your site.

I will drop you a kit, they minute we get back into world! The Website is being redone and will have a place in the future to join from the site.

The membership fee for 1 year membership is L$1000 or L$100 per month.

Making a list to send kits to as soon as we get back in world

I'm also interested. This sounds like something that would be good to look into for my particular business.

Send me one as well please

We are located at the Business Bureau Isle, Ethics City... I got ya on the list Steve, Faybot, Spotz and Clarissa

They are also available on 'Business Bureau Island', the big tall building

*reminder to self, I must creep round Olive to change my business name registered

I'd also be interested in learning more...checking out the website now. Have a few questions that I'm hoping it answers.

This OP is obviously an advertisment for your business and as such is totally inappropriate for it to be poste here. This doesn't say much for the ethics of this "better business" organization.

We do all our advertising in world my friend, this is for people in this forum to see there are people out in the SL community TRYING very hard to make a change, why do you object so to this?

Ethics (via Latin ethica from the Ancient Greek ἠθική [φιλοσοφία] "moral philosophy", from the adjective of ἤθος ēthos "custom, habit", a major branch of philosophy, is the study of values and customs of a person or group. It covers the analysis and employment of concepts such as right and wrong, good and evil, and responsibility.

if its so ethical why do you charge? that to me says anyone can buy themselves a good rating

I noticed an interesting comment in this complaint:

(the relevent text follows

AS OF 3/14/2007 Mr. [name removed] has requested that the we no longer contact him. Due to the TOS of Second Life, we will honor his wishes and no longer contact him.

I understand that the SLBB must comply with the TOS, but how does this improve things? What do you do that others cannot do on their own, other than listing member companies and complaints.

That (listing companies and complaints) clearly did not help in cases one through six - case seven was resolved, but six people still lost quite a bit of money.

-2fast

I like the idea of a SLBBB. We can start to move away from the 'wild, wild, west' reputation we have and begin to become a serious business platform. But I did see that a response to a complaint was edited and re-worded to sway public opinion toward SLBBB's paying member. This concerns me.

I do hope that with Linden involvement there will be a fair and unbiased panel put in place of the OP being judge, jury and hangman.

oh heck wrong guy

hi there can I get a kit as well I had been to the site etc and well i know what it costs and what it is and stuff but had been looking for a way to apply can you send me info as well please

thanks

Please send me a kit also.
Thank you

The only thing that bothers me about this site is, while the Accused business' name and owner's name is clearly stated for all to see, the accuser's name is nowhere to be seen. I think it's only fair to be able to judge the reputation of the accuser as well as the accused in all cases.

This whole post is VERY UNETHICAL and breaks the rules of the forum, this is Resident Answers, not 'Advertise my fake business' forum.

how can anyone trust a company that tries to build it self on trust when it breaks the rules in something as simple as the message board......

Is this i non-profit organization? Where do the membership fees go?

lol @ people whining about ethics.

Exactly my question. There are thousands of businesses in SL, if only 100 sign up at $1000 per that provides this organization with $100,000L. Sorry, but something smells there. Also, an awful lot of the small businesses in SL can't afford $1000L, they barely cover their mall rental fees, who's to say they aren't ethical?

A $100L membership fee I could see, but $1000L heads into scam territory in my book.