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There have been times when this site is a good choice -- they had Hamilton tickets at face value plus their fees when the alternatives were triple face and more on the resale sites. It's not a scam, though, as the prices are listed before you hit the BUY button. You have to chose to pay their amounts, there are no surprises or scamming going on.
Probably I'd ask the Chamber folks which Better Business Bureau (or whatever agency) office would be the one to receive any complaints that may have been filed against their members. Also it is interesting (to me, anyway) that some NYC lodgings don't show up on TripAdvisor, but are reviewed on non-US sites such as Guardian UK travel boards. I ...
Answer 21 of 26: After living/working in NYC for the past 13 years, for the first time someone tried to scam/con me on the streets. Thankfully, I was alert to my surroundings and had just recently read about this, so that helped.
With a legacy of more than 100 years, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is the go-to watchdog for evaluating businesses and charities. The nonprofit organization maintains a massive database of ...
The NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board ( CCRB) is a civilian oversight agency with jurisdiction over the New York City Police Department (NYPD), the largest police force in the United States. A board of the Government of New York City, the CCRB is tasked with investigating, mediating and prosecuting complaints of misconduct on the part of the ...
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, [2] consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.
There is a series of TV shows dedicated to this topic (not specifically related to NYC...but worldwide).The title is something like "Ultimate Tourist Scams". A few scams I recall from the shows involved drugging/robbing tourists after "befriending" them (basically a confidence con); a "local" befriending a tourist then taking them to a restaurant for a ceremonial tea service (with an ...
The Association for a Better New York ( ABNY) is a real-estate advocacy group in New York City founded in late 1970 by Lewis Rudin and other prominent CEOs to market New York as business-friendly amid concerns about crime and lobbied for policies friendly to members. It was possibly the first public-private partnership in the United States and ...