The Glenn Beck – Goldline Scam

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Glenn Becks Goldline Scam

From the good folks at The Big Picture: Fools Gold: Inside the Glenn Beck Goldline Scheme.

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  • http://dOg1948@hotmail.com Mustang from Texas

    So he is sell. The great theifs Obama, Frank, Soros stole my money without even providing a product. At least I know what I am getting. Grow up you pansies!

    • Anonymous

      Do you know what LOL is? ‘Cuz thas what I jus did reaaal loud.

    • Noname

      So the income tax was invented when Obama got elected? And when did it increase? Last time I checked, it hasn’t yet. It wasn’t Obama who stole your money, it’s the US Government, and the didn’t steal they use it for your wars that your dumbass Texan Ex-President got us in, and oh yeah the economic meltdown, and oh yeah the crumbling public school systems, and oh yeah the corporatist greed that has set up a way of life in wall st that they will not give. Do I need to go on?

      • LiberalsHAVEnoBRAINS

        shut your dirty liberal mouth. For one, the two major contributors to the national debt are social security and medicare. Hmmm that’s funny both liberal programs. Wars and military are third. Obama is a fake, narcissistic, self centered puppet. He was supposed to be the “savior” to the “change” we needed. So far he has only made the situations worse. About Bush, he was a liberal president. Today, we have liberal party 1(Republicans), and Very Liberal party 2(Democrats). This is why the Tea Party is key to this countries future. When are you liberals going to start realizing the key to decreasing the national debt is not by increasing the size of the government. Shut the hell up and move to Canada, America does not need anyone like you.

        • pmrcalaby

          Basic research shows that you are wrong. Furthermore, by world standards (by that I don’t mean Scandinavia, I mean Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and such) the US Democrats are right-wing. Also: social benefits and especially public medicine represent investments in a nation’s populace. A better-educated, healthy population will be able to produce more, increasing a nation’s GDP. Although war has a short-term positive effect on the economy, the medium and long-term negative ramifications far outweigh any temporary stimulus. The only way to make an unnecessary war (that is, one in which the short or medium-term security of a nation is not at stake) economically worthwile is to remain in a perpetual state of war. In a democracy in which dissemination of opinion and information is not censored, public opinion will eventually turn against unnecessary wars, especially when said war either has high death tolls on home forces, or displaces social benefits programmes such as public medicine.

          • Anonymous

            ” social benefits and especially public medicine represent investments in a nation’s populace. A better-educated, healthy population will be able to produce more, increasing a nation’s GDP…”

            Ummm…Have you taken a look at Socialism’s “positive influence” on the GDP of Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Britain…lately?

            Whadda moron.

        • Anonymous

          partisan bickering will get all of us nowhere. perhaps you should both leave the country and leave the people from your parties who are willing to do what’s right for the people.

        • Anonymous

          I’m a Republican, and my grandma, who can’t walk, just got a scooter through Medicare… is that bad? I feel like I should go over to her house and beat her up and give the scooter and the money from Medicare back to the government so they can spend it on something more important…

  • Patrick

    I love that you are from Texas. That alone makes me think you are a joke, Pansy…..

    • ShanghaiWillie

      I’d take a Texan over a Liberal/Socialist ANYDAY!

      • Texans are idiots

        …and A-holes.

      • Anonymous

        Do you pay taxes? Did you send your kids to, or yourself, attend Public school? Do you drive on the state funded roadways, and federal highways? What about the Police and the Fire Department? Aren’t those socialist? What do we do about those assholes?

  • Cindy

    Mustang, learn some spelling and grammar before you pretend to understand politics and economics.

  • Basta

    And where are you from? Northeast? California? Then you’re as much a stereotype as he is. Dismiss Texas and they will bury you in the midterms.

    • Patrick

      Texas is gonna bury California in the mid-terms? Wow you just went full blown retard.

      • http://dOg1948@hotmail.com/ Mustang from Texas

        Ya, ya’ll know their the biggest state in the union right?

        • Patrick

          I’m getting tag-teamed by idiots. I have stupid in stereo.

          The mid-terms are not state vs. state. Please don’t reproduce.

        • Anonymous

          Ya’ll know that land mass has nothing to do with the ability to influence the vote right? CA>Texas in the midterms, simpleton.

        • Larry from Earth

          “Ya, ya’ll know their the biggest state in the union right?”

          That’d be Alaska. But thanks for trying!

        • Anonymous

          Mustang,

          People vote in elections not acres of land.

          Thus, California is by far larger than both Texas and Alaska.

          It actually says in the Preamble, “We the People”, not “We the land mass”

          • kayla

            I adore this comment.

        • Mikeylol

          they’re*
          Learn to spell if you want people to take you seriously.

          Also, I live in Texas… the stereotypes are true for those who are wondering.

  • John

    No one is being forced to buy anything. Just another case of people (Liberals) who don’t want to take responsibility for themselves or their purchases.

    • Jordan

      Liberals would not buy ANYTHING Glenn Beck was selling. If anything this is yet another case of Liberals trying to save Conservatives who don’t know any better. Though I don’t know why we bother.

      The only thing that’s going to be worth shit in a Glenn Beck type financial collapse is goods and services. Melted gold is not worth anything when you’re starving. Nor will it produce anything you can trade, and if it did you wouldn’t have the know-how or tools needed to do it.

      Hopefully you don’t expect anyone to trade their labor or goods for some rocks.

    • Alice

      lol — this is the point, as Jordan say,s liberals wouldn’t even watch Beck let along buy anything he recommends. Beck is helping an advertiser rip off his own loyal fans.

  • LoudPatriot

    Glen Beck is an ignorant Nazi who doesn’t give a fuck about America or Americans. Anyone who supports this idiot proves they are bigger idiots than GB is.

  • Idahoj1

    Glenn Beck deals in half-truths.
    Gold IS a great investment. Actually silver is cheaper and has been outperforming gold, but that’s a different story.
    Either way, Federal Reserve notes have lost 97% of their buying power since 1913- gold on the other hand sold for about $21 an ounce in 1913- today it is at $1187.
    Anyway GB and Goldline are for suckers- someone who forks out thousands without checking prices or facts about their investment probably allow television talking-heads to choose their opinions for them.

  • anOPINIONATEDsob

    Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, ad infinitum, they all hawk junk to the ignorant as a way of becoming rich on the backs of the stupid. They are selling a con job as a distraction to the real theft of their heros from the trough of the treasury. So long as their is the fool to be fooled there will be a fake to take advantage of their “base” and unfortuneately the rest of us pay the freight for it.

    • IhateNY

      Obama, Pelosi, Reid, ad infinitum, they all hawk junk to the ignorant as a way of becoming rich on the backs of the stupid. They are selling a con job as a distraction to the real theft of their heros from the trough of the treasury. So long as their is the fool to be fooled there will be a fake to take advantage of their “base” and unfortunately the rest of us pay the freight for it.

      • pinkocommielib

        HAHA! You just took his comment and inserted the names of several democratic politicians, even though he was talking about pundits. You’re soooo clever.

  • Patrick, but not the one who posted already.

    I am not the other “Patrick” poster. I don’t wantonly dispense childish insults. Mine are atomic bombs and used with great care. The other “Patrick” is small and practices douche-baggery.

  • Patrick, but not the other one who posted.

    to Patrick
    Your insult is a sad cliché born of an adolescent mind. It flounders in its blandness. In fact, to say it flounders, insults flounders. You know those ungraceful and clumsy fish whose eye migrates to the other side of their asymmetrical head, which by the way is far more handsome than you, since we’re on the subject. You on the other hand, have achieved an ugliness that matches the feces expelling end of a wart hog. Your visage is retrograde to human evolution. In short, you’re bat-shi-fugly and your desiccated excuse for a sense of humor is deceased. With all due respect, you sir, may shut the fuck up

    • Corey

      To the second Patrick,

      You’re the only one who cares what you’re saying.

  • Navia

    Reading the comments was just as exciting as reading about this scheme :)

  • Stever Weaver

    I think it’s something like a $20 gold piece bought a suit back in the 30s or 40s? Now, that same gold piece still buys a suit. That’s a nice nest for your dollar.

    • Anonymous

      Actually, putting $20 in a reputable investment in 1929, before the crash, would result in you having enough money to buy 25 suits.

      So go gold and indeed you can buy a suit. Put it in something a bit more sane and you can buy 25 suits.

  • http://mmckee44@hotmail.com marl

    Seems to me that conning people to vote conservative and keep the rich rich and powerful powerful is not all that different from conning them to make stupid investments.
    Sounds like Beck has really found his shtick.

  • Arson Nick

    Aw shite, who cares. I mean really, conservative, liberal, republican, democrat…. A thief in any suit of arms is still a thief. And that friends, is what we all are, theives. That’s what capitalism is, theivery by way of profit margins. Glen Beck selling gold at a 30% mark-up is no more vile than McDonalds selling me 10 cents worth of Coke for three bucks.

    The problem isn’t the people who sell us sod and tell us it’s diamonds. The problem is our own self serving ignorance and empty wants.

    For shame…

    • Griff

      ^ That ^

    • Tony Ess

      Well said brother well said.

  • http://www.can-you-hear-us-now.com DesertCactus

    Rep Weiner hates Glenn Beck and will do anything, and I mean anything, to destroy him. If a snake and winder were both dead in the road, the snake would at least have skid marks. Weiner would have nothing!

    • Anonymous

      I’m glad my vote cancels out yours…

  • http://glennbeckisanidiot.com Steve

    What a fraud, and an idiot!

    http://GlennBeckIsAnIdiot.com

    Glenn Beck news

  • TheComingGeneration

    The face of news. Rubbish. News on T.V. to get hits from people who are actually in search for the daily ‘ish’ but are fed BS to cover up the real perverted world behind the curtain. That’s besides the fact. Corporations are what powers the station to air and what better than a familiar face to advertise their repetitive ‘get rich’ schemes to those who are struggling to hold on. Pow.

  • God

    Listen to all of you. I think it is about time for another flood.

    • Anonymous

      Dear God:

      The God I know is benevolent, magnificent, omnipotent, and has created us for a reason. To live and to experience, both the good and bad, direct and indirect, both natural and man made, goodness and destruction . To be created from utter and complete imperfection, to grow and evolve into complete perfection which is coded into our DNA.

      A god that sends floods to wash away humans sins?
      DID GOD NOT CREATE US WITH THE ABILITY TO SIN, AND THAT THE SINS WE COMMIT TEACH THE LESSONS OF TOMORROWS SOLUTIONS? Yes!
      DID GOD NOT CREATE US WITH OUR DIFFERENCES IN RELIGION SO THAT ONE DAY WE MAY LOOK BACK AND SAY, WHY WERE WE FIGHTING ALL THOSE CENTURIES WHILE ALL BEING CREATED FROM THE SAME GOD? – ie we wouldn’t have have been taught all the lessons of indifference, and bigotry, and intolerance that we now know to be completely disruptive and destructive to ourselves and our future.

      Jesus did not exist but for those of you that THINK he did here you go:

      “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.”

      To bad there is no hell for you…

  • Fuck Jesus

    Eat shit and die you ignotarded down south piece of white trash shit. You talk so much you don’t hear anything. Why? Your fat ass is doin your fat sister, living in your nasty trailer, look like you should be on horders, not educated, fear spreading, faux news watching, John Hagee lovin’, dip shit for brains….

    THE FOLLOWING IS AIMED RIGHT AT YOUR FOREHEAD.

    FUCK TEXAS
    FUCK THE SOUTH
    FUCK NEO-CONS
    FUCK LEO STRAUSS
    FUCK CHRISTIANS
    FUCK JESUS
    FUCK ISLAM
    FUCK MOHAMED
    FUCK ABRAHAM
    FUCK JEWS
    FUCK CORPORATIONS
    FUCK RACISM
    FUCK BIGOTRY
    FUCK SEXUAL DISCRIMIATION

    GO PROGRESS
    GO SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT
    GO SOCIALISM
    GO TECHNOCRACY
    GO CURE FOR CANCER
    GO FREE ENERGY
    GO THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE
    GO LESBIANS/GAYS
    GO TOMORROW
    GO MORALITY
    GO ETHICS
    GO DIVERSITY

    And if you disagree…

    GO FUCK YOURSELF!

    • Jeff

      I agree……. sort of. I like all the “Go….” but the “fuck bigotry” followed by a bigoted rant is a tad undermining. Blowing your top doesn’t help. Collaborating with your neighbors, getting involved in public discussions (with a level head mind you) and actively bettering the world does help. The “Go fuck yourself” is totally uncalled for. You can’t expect progress by excluding people because they don’t agree with you. You need to convince them to change their ways, otherwise all you’re left with is FOX News executives.

      • Anonymous

        Yeah…Or maybe you should just shoot yourself in the head and spare all us “low-brow” southern folks from any more of your “brilliance…”

        Or are you too liberal [i.e. stupid] to work a firearm?

        Happy Trails, Libtard…

  • http://dennis.taylor@cox.net Dennis

    Americans need to wake up the fact that Beck is simply another opinion pushing charlatan who is a product of mormon cult theology and he mixes this with his personal make up as a dry alcoholic. On his radio show and Fox Network program he consistent demonstrates all the unstable behaviors of a dry alcoholic which include grandiosity, judgmentalism, intolerance, impulsivity, ADD and indecisiveness. Alongside that reality, Glenn Beck does not possess a single ounce of journalistic integrity, has no college degree, has no qualifications and he is definitely not a true conservative. But then, what can anyone expect from someone who can’t find anything filthier than their own personal reflection. Since people like Beck cannot survive on the basis of any personal merits, they survive by putting others down with lies and half truths in order to feel good about themselves. The truth about Beck is that he a dry mormon alcoholic who never got the counseling required for alcoholics. To further complicate things and confuse people, Beck flippantly throws around Christian terms like “God”, “Jesus”,”Holy Spirit” as well as voices of other so called “Spirit Powers” on his radio talk show. Beck is a mormon in active standing with the mormon church and is not a Christian. Mormonism teaches many gods, that the god of the earth was once a man who attained godhood status, there is no trinity, the cross of Christ means nothing and that Jesus Christ and Satan were brothers. Because Beck does not possess a single ounce of journalistic integrity, he is the perfect abortion poster child for Fox Network. The people who love what Beck says are no different than the impressionable sheep who loved every speech made by Adolph Hitler in his early years when he brought Germany into an era of economic prosperity These same sheep also blindly followed Hitler into one of the darkest chapters of world history. Beck and the Fox Network both cater to the same lowest common denominator of demagoguery. Beck would not know the first thing about God as he is a mormon. Someone should ask him which of the many mormon gods he kept talking about during his argument with himself on Saturday on the square in DC. Like a typical dry alcoholic, Beck even lied on national television when he spoke about holding a document signed by George Washington. That event never took Place. Unfortunately, people who love being led around by the nose do not realize that Beck is talking about a different god than that of Christianity, Judaism or Islam and that he has been a product of mormonism cultism from the day he started doing a radio talk show as an opinion pusher. You don’t have to have a degree in psychology to see that he exhibits all the signs of a dry alcoholic. The only reason this unstable impressionable idiot fell into mormonism was because the woman he wanted to have sex with would not do so unless they got first got married and from that point, they joined the mormon cult. Glenn Beck is as big a charlatan as Josephs Smith or that 5th grade graduate (Charles T Russell) who started the Jehovah’s Witness cult. This is Glenn Beck in a very accurate & concise nutshell. Considering the fact that Becks personal views are extreme Marxist Libertarian, his form of patriotism is false and he is a person who has no real substance or depth. It will not surprise many of use when Beck’s next big thing is to come out of the closet and announce his homosexuality to the nation. Simply put…he is just another political neocon.

    • Jeff

      Dennis is on the left wings payroll. He has posted his same rant word for word across the internet using different names in an attempt to slander conservative voices.

      • Jeffs Daddy

        Jeff really needs to get a life and recognize that no rant has taken place across the internet. Please get some counseling Jeff as it is obvious you are probably just another sexually frustrated tea—bagger who can’t please a woman so you consistently vote republican in each election. The problem with false patriots like this is the fact that they will vote for any pathetic waste of skin who claims to be conservative and a whole host of other things they are not. You probably even believe that President Obama is a Muslim and is not an American citizen. I’d even be willing to bet dollars to pesos that you probably masturbate to pictures of Christine O Donnell as they are posted on Fox News Network. Be careful because you are lusting!

        • matt

          you both suck. if you use the term “dry alcoholic” you are as much a cult member as a Jehovah’s Witness. (see: orange papers, oxford group, bill wilson, freemason, channeling “bonafice”, alduous huxley, LSD, etc.. AA is actually a not-so-subtle reference to the same high level secrets of occultism that were suggested by crowleys Argentum Astrum A:.A:. but is actually known as “Arcana Arcanorum” or the “secret of secrets” possibly another term for the Magnum Opus or the Great Work) that dude was an establishment occultist psychopath like the rest of these cult leaders. Charles Russel’s cult used to teach that god “Elohim” came from the Plaeaeidies star system. This is an adoption or cult-theological distortion of esoteric qabalism and hermetic cosmology mixed with astrology and other crap to create a narrative for a cult religion. Notice that New Age people now think Plaeaeidies is significant as well. Russel Trust is the name of Skull&Bones which is just a Yale front group for the same establishment. Russel is one of the royal-related so called “illuminati” bloodlines in the US who go back to the royal houses and back to the Venetians and Papal lines. Another one of these cults adopted from masonic and similar hermetic occultist orders around the turn of the century was Scientology. Did you know that L Ron Hubbard, Aleister Crowley AND JACK PARSON’S FOUNDER OF JPL were OTO members? That is insane to even contemplate the fact that we believe all these organizations are not connected, because of the media. Why do you think criminal organizations like Scientology are allowed to continue to operate? L Ron Hubbard’s son explains all of this in an interview with penthouse as well as his experience with Ritual Abuse which is REAL and being covered up more than anything else.. And after all that factual and relevant information you will still think I’m delusional once the word “conspiracy” is brought up and accuse me of not having any evidence -_- oh well…

          Also, my point is not that ANY religion is right, but that sociopathy from ritualized desensitization as well as mind control via traumatic dissociative disorders are both real phenomena and that all this partisan bickering is just playing into the manipulative designs of those who are both products and proprietors of these sad conditions. And if you say that’s paranoid you’ve probably either never dealt with a sociopathic manipulator or you are one and don’t want people to realize how you operate.

  • JEFF

    So wait- Glenn Beck lied to make money? But I thought he worked for FOX News, the most trusted name in news-like-substance reporting? This isn’t a Glenn Beck issue, and it’s not a political issue- it’s a populous issue. The only reason idiots like him are still on TV is because we allow it. This posting promotes Glenn Beck, and keeps him on the air. Any news is good news, remember? Ignore this moron, and he’ll go away. Nobody is immune to viewer ratings in this world.

  • jmmy10

    A fool and his money is soon parted…..doesn’t matter if it is Glen Beck, a stock broker, a carnival guy, or the US Government. It is all a part of gods plan for fools to loose and winners to win. That is a part of evolution. Ok…the US dollar is obviously circling the drain. What to do? Buy Gold, Silver, Wheat, and sell it when the storm is 90% over. Or hang on to your dollars and go down the drain with them. Good riddance sucker. God didn’t like you much anyway.

  • Donald T

    Many people are diversifying their portfolio’s with gold and silver… it is simply a good decision to invest at least 10% to hedge against inflation/deflation. The economy is in a tough position and I do not see it improving in the near future. I have been watching the gold industry for the past decade and I can tell you that I have heard some crazy things. I am currently purchasing gold through Regal Assets because they are on top of market trends and they have competitive prices. I am always up for hearing about other good gold investment firms. Does anybody currently have any recommendations?

  • Sigh

    This is great and all…but I can’t take it seriously because they forgot a “t” in “brought”. T_T

  • matt

    The “illuminati”/whatever you want to call the so-called “Black Nobility” and Co. are laughing their asses off at all this predictable fighting.. Glenn Beck is a PAID actor people. The only place I’ve ever seen the phrase “Faith Hope and Charity” was in an expounding of an esoteric philosophy of masonic “gnostic christianity” aka disguised Hermetic occultism or “The Royal Art” of Egyptian/Roman/British imperialism and social control (socialism and fraudulent psychiatry). Which is what every single scumbag billionare criminal seems to be (see high level freemasonry, Blavatsky, Alice Bailey, Lucifer Trust and the UN, Nazism, eugenics, Rockefeller funding both eugenics and the IG Farben-Standard Oil Cartel, as well as the funding and installing of the Bolshevik Revolution by Morgan and other US financial agents). Whether they say they are another religion or political party, whatever, its crap. You guys need to realize who your real enemy is. You think its liberals or neocon republicans but what you fear about either of these groups is common to both “reactionary” fascism and “revolutionary” communism. Its a fake made up divide that came at the turn of the century as a greater solution to counter the effects of populations becoming too educated and the loss of power of the Holy Roman Empire and the various monarchies of Europe. Basically the Royal and Papal lines both realized they could not maintain their wealth and power with the increasing education and advancement of the population so they began to build the newest “covert” Roman Empire, aka consumerist mind control NOT “capitalism” or “socialism” these are doublethink words to get you to ignore the fact that our markets haven’t been free since 1913 and that we became a corporation and you are an employee of it with no real rights and identified by your SSN. Now this false dialectical pattern controls our political system the more you fail to realize that there are obvious both good and bad aspects of both left and right-wing sentiment, the more losses we will suffer against the so-called “elite” or the “divine right” bloodlines who claim what David Icke says about them, regardless if you think he’s a nutter (Whether you think its stupid or not, these exact same people have literally always claimed to be of divine descent and as kings/caeasars/pharaohs have always claimed divinity as “god kings” and descendents of the “Sun God” thus you see the phallic paternal symbolism in royal or elite class related applications of esotericism. They’ve always been related, and if you think that’s ridiculous the Pope still continues the tradition and is a clear major proponent of and party to the aims of ALL of the establishment criminal political fronts whether you call it Globalism, Neoconservativism, Progressivism/Socialism, or Zionism. Its all ran by the same financial entities who are owned by the same families of the same occult/esoteric culture [Not that all such similar concepts are necessarily evil or that any religion is right.] There is no avoiding it when you face the historical facts). The fact is anything that is in our best interest or the furthering of our real education and real awareness is detrimental to their interests, which is to make up for the loss of power that comes with the population losing its dependence on an absolutist hierarchy. All the nonsense issues that are never solved are clearly designed to be that way and you keep fueling these fires which burn down the edifice of our unity and the integrity of our public discourse. PUT THEM OUT ALREADY

    Even if some of the more obscure stuff I pointed out is irrelevant or you think its “wacky conspiracy bs”, you have to see that people like Glenn Beck and Hannity are nothing more than actors and shills for a centralized, establishment safe version of controlled dissent. Same with the “liberal media”. That phenomena of even paying any attention to these clowns is in itself is a threat to liberty and to real open and substantive discourse which is absolutely essential to democracy. I think we can all agree on that right?

    • Randy

      It’s easier to control people if they think they have a choice. I’d love to have a conversation with you face to face my friend.

  • Randy

    That’s right, squabble over sides while they screw us all over.

  • Jennifer

    The Better Business Bureau Gets Asked Tough Questions about Their Ethics

    For years people have turned to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) to find reliable information on businesses. The BBB grades businesses on their ethical business operations, customer service and trustworthiness. Recently, the BBB has found their own trustworthiness to be questioned after a scandal with one of their top-graded gold dealers broke out. The Santa Monica City Attorney filed charges against Goldline International Inc., including charges for alleged grand theft by false pretense, bait and switch, elder abuse, false advertising, and conspiracy. Goldline, an ‘A’ rated company by the BBB, was allegedly selling gold bullion then swapping customers to overpriced rare coins. This bait and switch operation would have earned Goldline over 2000% in commission. How could the BBB have missed so many offenses? Is the BBB really monitoring businesses? Many are questioning why Goldline former CEO Mark Albarian, current CEO Scott Carter, Robert Fazio, Luis Beeli, Charles Boratgis and Stephanie Howard are the only ones under fire and being met with charges. These BBB executives could possibly be accepting money to raise ratings in order to allow illegal operations to continue:

    Stephen A. Cox (aka Steve Cox) – President/CEO
    Beverly Baskin – Senior VP
    Genie Barton – Vice President and Director, Online Behavioral Advertising Program
    Rodney L. Davis – Senior VP Enterprise Programs
    Joseph E. Dillon – VP and CFO
    Victoria Doran – VP Brand & Digital Media
    Chris Garver – Senior VP, Chief Information Officer
    Frances Henderson – National Director, Privacy Initiatives
    Susan Kearney – Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer
    Wayne J. Keeley – VP & Director, CARU
    Elaine Kolish – VP & Director Children’s Food & Bev
    Andrea C. Levine – Senior VP, NAD
    Brenda Linnington – Director, BBB Military Line
    Peter Marimello – VP, Electronic Retail Self Regulation Program
    C. Lee Peeler – EVP & President NARC
    Steven Salter – VP, Standards & Services
    Anaise Schroeder – VP Human Resources
    H. Art Taylor – President & CEO, BBB WGA
    Mary Lou Watkins – Senior VP, Chief of Staff
    Bennett Weiner – VP, CBBB & COO, BBB WGA
    Richard Woods – VP, General Counsel
    Vincent L. Gottuso – President, Southland BBB Office
    Mary Lou Diaz – Director of Consumer Services, Southland BBB Office
    Mr. Tom Bartholomy – President/CEO
    Ms. Janet J. Robb – President
    Ms. Jan Quintrall – President
    Mr. Matthew Fehling – President
    Mr. Edward J. Johnson, III – President and CEO

    Are these executives next in line? Reports have surfaced that the BBB has accepted payment from businesses in exchange for a higher grade and also the removal of bad ratings or reviews from their website. In Goldline’s case, it’s been reported that the BBB received hundreds of complaints against them but made many disappear and gave them a high grade nonetheless. This listing of other gold dealers in the area shows that the speculation may be true:

    Goldline International, Inc. F* Rating 73 Complaints
    Monex Deposit Company A+ Rating 69 Complaints
    Capital Gold Group, Inc. A- Rating 14 Complaints
    Lear Capital Inc A+ Rating 55 Complaints
    Merit Financial Services A+ Rating 47 Complaints
    *Downgraded to an F (from an A) only after charges were brought against the company

    Gold dealers Monex Deposit Company and Merit Financial Services have many complaints against them, but the BBB has given them a perfect grade. The BBB is no longer looking out for the customer, but is instead working from the inside to exchange money for grades.

    Consumers shouldn’t stand for the actions of the BBB. They should voice their concerns, suspicions, and ask questions. How did the BBB executives let Goldline receive an A rating while allegedly operating money scandals? Get to the truth of the matter; take action and contact:

    the BBB at: The Council of Better Business Bureau, 4200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 800, Arlington, VA 22203-1838 – Phone: 703-276-0100 – Fax: 703-525-8277 your state Attorney General, let them know you want answers about the Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices by the Better Business Bureau the Federal Trade Commission at: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

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