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Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Unjustified Yellow Pages.

A few days ago I received another call from a debt collector from Yellowbook.  For some time (several years) I've been quietly disputing what I have always felt has been a racketeering scam by Yellow book and their competitor Yellow pages via AT&T.  They want me to list but not where I could be found or they want to bill excessively more than expected for services that they pay exorbitant fees to publish via the internet.   None the less it looks like after a year of constant badgering and clearly mean spirited demeanor I will be taking my last dimes and paying another group of high powered benefactors of  Glass Steagall and even the new bankruptcy laws.   The law grossly upholds the rights of high powered corporations and banks who no longer have to settle accounts even if their methods of obtaining those funds through fees, overbilling and charges is questionable.   It may in fact be that the situation is more about the questionable acts of employees who work within these large corporations to profit personally through understanding the internal processes of that corporation.  But this doesn't change the fact the companies have a lot less to offer and see the need to use the legal process to demand their defunct outdated services have more to offer than they really do.  The biggest problem for hard copy yellow pages is that many people now use those internet and they must upsell even these processes which can be done for a lot less when individuals and small businesses simply take on this responsibility on their own by going directly to the likes of Google or MSN.   

I really doubt if my business has received even a few calls because of Yellow book which again doesn't matter and the hassle of fighting through the rigged system guarantees you will lose money one way or the other.  The upside to this hassle is that I may just finally get myself out of their books and have them out of my life forever.  Now if only I could do the same with Banks....now that statement might even get the Gustapo working overtime, but that’s the risk it takes ....