Avalon Family Films, which produces G-rated films, is D‑rated by the Better Business Bureau.  It’s not that we’re against family or G-rated movies or that we disagree with Avalon’s mission statement that “Making wholesome movies is not only good citizenship, it’s good business.”

Here’s the catch:  DreamKicks.net sells clothing--mostly shoes, or “kicks”--from their website.  With brand names such as Nike, Adidas, Coach and Louis Vuitton advertised at prices of less than $100 per item, with free shipping worldwide and no other fees or even taxes added, we might expect consumers to complain about the quality of the item.  But not one of the customers who’ve complained to us so far has mentioned quality, because not one of them has ever received what they’ve ordered.  They feel they’ve been kicked around, and now they’re probably dreaming about kicking back.

As we approach the year’s end, we at the Better Business Bureau extend our good wishes to our readers for the holiday season and the coming year.  To our members, we add our sincere thanks for continued support throughout this past year. 

The article about eChurch.com that appeared in our July 2004 newsletter incorrectly referred to AeChurch.com@ as the name of the company that was the subject of the article.  The correct name is eChurch Network. 

A U.S. Appeals Court has upheld a district court’s grant of an injunction to the Federal Trade Commission and its determination of the proper amount of consumer redress.

In the article about Cars 4 Causes in the September Business Link, we referred to “Cars 4 Cash” several times.  This was an error on our part.  All references should have been to “Cars 4 Causes,” and we regret any confusion this error may have caused.