Confederation of Business and Traders
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Confederation of Business and Traders
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Nasty Bunch Of People Posing To Help Businesses
They will stitch you up by behaving in a very underhand manner. They have a terrible business model and catch people out who don't want to spend hours reading terms and conditions. STAY WELL AWAY OR YOU WILL END UP IN COURT WITH THEM AND THEY WILL RIP YOU OFF.
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Rip Off
automatic renewal for something ive never used and then no longer in business yet still keep getting invoices from them. paid £59.88 not paying interest since yet they still demanding i should.
unhelpful and never answer the phone - always through email
BUSINESS RESPONSE - Setting The Record Straight.
The current annual membership fee is £49.90 +vat. To ensure there is no disruption to services the CBT do operate an automatic renewal. If a member wishes to opt out and cancel their membership due to business closure or for any other reason they can do so AT ANY TIME throughout the year with just 30 days notice prior to the renewal.
The CBT was established in 2007 and all members benefit with year round advertising and a host of other benefits available on request.
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The Confederation Of Businesses and Traders
Stay Well Clear
Nothing is ever free!!!!!!
BUSINESS RESPONSE - Further From The Truth.
The fact is we give thousands of new and established businesses Free Directory Listings allowing search engines to find web links and websites easily helping to build internet authority and page ranking.
Should a business decide to join the CBT then there is a low affordable subscription fee due.
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The Confederation Of Businesses and Traders
Lost To Cbt, Serve Me Right
Today at court I lost to CBT, serve me right. I have to cough up £470.00, it is really something very hard and difficult to pay at this hard times.
If you have a dispute with CBT, avoid to go to court, there is no way you can win. I have used 1001 reasons to persuade the court to dismiss the case. But didn't work. If you are in any dispute contact them to get an agreement to pay what they want.Otherwise if you go to court, you may end up paying four or five times of what they want.
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Another Happy Member Of The Cbt.
I rate them as the best association for the small annual membership cost of £50 a year. Where can you get advertising alone for as little as a pound a week never mind all the other services they give? I am paying £50 per month for my website at the moment so I’m going to cancel it and have the CBT do a new site for me for free as it is all included in the membership.
Member services have a professional, courteous approach when dealing with enquiries. I have found the advice given most helpful and I have solved a difficult problem with their help.
I'm now in my 2nd year of membership and happy to continue with the CBT. I would strongly recommend them to any other business… except to my competitors ☺☺☺☺
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A Good Affordable Association
I’m a happy member of the CBT.
I joined as I needed a good affordable organisation with use of an association logo for help, advice and to promote my family run business. I can always discuss any problem that might be a worry and they have the lowest membership fee gong of £49.90 a year.
I can cancel at anytime with just 30 days notice so I would be very interested if anyone knows of a better organisation that gives all the benefits such as a free website, hosting, web reports and business directory listings for the low cost of £49.90 a year or less.
I haven’t found one yet so I’m going to stick with the CBT and I give them a 5 star rating.
Hi,
My review is based on my own personal experience, I have no complaints against the CBT at all and furthermore the CBT are currently getting one of my bad customers pay an invoice that I've been unsuccessfully chasing for months.
I stand by the 5 star rating that I gave them because l feel they deserve it.
It would seem that you are in the middle of some kind of dispute and all I can say is good luck to you.
Lucky you. I and many other members disagree with you. We fell to the trap of Confederation of Businesses and trades. We are offered free membership or discounted membership. Later our membership renewed without our notice for an extortion of £220.00. Each one of us has a different story to tell. In my case, I swear when I joined, the membership was under £50.00, I got a discounted membership at £10.00 + VAT. But when I got membership papers, I saw the invoice, stating membership discounted from £220.00, which meant I would have to pay £220.00 for the renewal for the following year. Frankly I didn't mind because I thought they would generate a worthwhile business and expected a return of at least 5 times of £220.00. This was based on their inflated claims and images. But guess what? I didn't get one business enquiry from their website. Because of that I forgot about them. Later unexpectedly I got a final reminder from them asking for an extortion of £220.00 for nothing, that is right for nothing. I will soon see them in court. It is my duty to put them out of business. They are a threat on small businesses.
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Stay Well Clear
I have given them 1 star because it will not let me give them none. But they deserve a minus. They are just a bunch of low life thieving toe rags. Once again i have fallen foul to the get out scam. I think the only way not to miss will be to email every month.
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Confederation Of Business And Traders Avoid Like The Plague
Conderation of Business and Traders are dreadful ripoff merchants avoid like the plague. They are ripoff merchants posing as there to offer help for small businesses yet when challenged over why they have taken payment without asking they abide by there small print terms and conditions.
Again we are a small business and the above company Conderation of Business and Traders have renewed without notifying ourselves. We challenged the auto renewal and was told about the terms and conditions.
They are a shady outfit with no substance or stature. DO NOT USE they are here to rip you off and other businesses. They are not here to help complete waste of space and money.
Conderation of Business and Traders are a dodgy outfit automatic renewal if challenged in law wouldn't stand up.
DO NOT USE CONFEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND TRADERS SHADY DODGY RIP OFF MERCHANTS
Please make it clear. Did they charge your credit or debit card to renew your membership without asking you? I assume you previously paid them with your credit/debit card. They kept details of your credit/debit card. When renewal time came, they charged your credit or debit card to renew your membership. If it is like that, you can ask your credit/debit card to get the money back. Because they were not allowed to keep details of your credit/debit card without your consent and were not allowed to charge your credit or debit card without your consent.
Stay Clear Of This Organization
I fully agree with all the other previous reviews of this company - they are conning everybody and should not be allowed to practice business in the manner they do.
I too was sucked in by their lack of notification regarding renewal and found it extreamly difficult to speak to anyone about membership, when I did eventually speak to someone who portrayed to be the Customer Services Manager he was very unhelpful, just kept quoting the 'Terms & Conditions' of membership and would not let me speak to anyone in the Accounts Dept, saying that I had to do everything by email, I too do not believe there are many staff within this organisation - I think its just one guy and an somebody who comes in a couple of days a week to answer emails.
STAY AWAY
Please contact bbc watchdog with a short complaint at this address https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg74/contact we have done the same and people need to know how bad these people are. Thank you.
One Would Expect An Organization Of Such A Name To
One would expect an organization of such a name to provide the example of best practices of trade and industry. However by just making an enquirer with them they will later make you believe that you signed up with them and will threaten you constantly until you cough up! My advice as I have done is just to ignore them.
Greetings AJ
I am another victim. I have been taken to the court by CONfederation of businesses and trades. I have discovered they are completely out of order. I have prepared a defence arguement of over 20 pages but my voice is very bad. If can come to the court to read my defence I will appreciate a lot. I let you know the time, date and place in time. I pay your travel cost.
Please contact bbc watchdog with a short complaint at this address https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg74/contact we have done the same and people need to know how bad these people are. Thank you.
http://www.trustpilot.com/review/confedbt.co.uk/52f73f5400006400027601ce
Hi AJ See if you can get the Office of Fair Trading to take notice or your MP. I'll give a statement.
hi there
my name AJ i happen to be the latest victim of CBT which i am ready fight with my last blood because i did not applied to be a member
why the police are not doing anything is what i done know.
if anybody needs a statement or want me to attended court i will do this free of charge.
please I also need statement and any one can attend court I will be grateful pls contact me on the above email.
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