Stop ripping off small businesses

The Issue

AT&T Advertising Solutions - YP.com engages in a despicable practice wherein they solicit new businesses to provide online advertising at yp.com by getting the business owners to agree to a 12 month contract over the phone in a recorded conversation and then when AT&T Advertising Solutions - YP.com provide a horrible product and terrible service (as evidenced by the following: 28 Complaints and Reviews about YP.com​, yp-com | Ripoff Report | Complaints Reviews Scams Lawsuits Frauds Reported​, AT&T Advertising Solutions Complaints, Reviews - yp.com as well as by their abysmal record of complaints at the Better Business Bureau - over 1200 resolved complaints over the last 3 years with over 24% of them resolved while the business owners/consumers remained dissatisfied http://www.bbb.org/stlouis/business-reviews/publishers-directory-and-guide/y-p-in-saint-louis-mo-310014449/complaints) the business owner is threatened with collection action and penalty fees if they refuse to pay. Worst of all, even if the new business goes out of business, AT&T Advertising Solutions - YP.com still insists the owner pay the remainder of the contract despite the fact that there is no longer a business in existence to provide advertising for! It is time for AT&T to stop these deplorable tactics. Small business owners have a rough enough go as it is without AT&T's "ad solutions" taking money they can ill afford out of their pockets. Tell AT&T this is no way to do business with small business.

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The Issue

AT&T Advertising Solutions - YP.com engages in a despicable practice wherein they solicit new businesses to provide online advertising at yp.com by getting the business owners to agree to a 12 month contract over the phone in a recorded conversation and then when AT&T Advertising Solutions - YP.com provide a horrible product and terrible service (as evidenced by the following: 28 Complaints and Reviews about YP.com​, yp-com | Ripoff Report | Complaints Reviews Scams Lawsuits Frauds Reported​, AT&T Advertising Solutions Complaints, Reviews - yp.com as well as by their abysmal record of complaints at the Better Business Bureau - over 1200 resolved complaints over the last 3 years with over 24% of them resolved while the business owners/consumers remained dissatisfied http://www.bbb.org/stlouis/business-reviews/publishers-directory-and-guide/y-p-in-saint-louis-mo-310014449/complaints) the business owner is threatened with collection action and penalty fees if they refuse to pay. Worst of all, even if the new business goes out of business, AT&T Advertising Solutions - YP.com still insists the owner pay the remainder of the contract despite the fact that there is no longer a business in existence to provide advertising for! It is time for AT&T to stop these deplorable tactics. Small business owners have a rough enough go as it is without AT&T's "ad solutions" taking money they can ill afford out of their pockets. Tell AT&T this is no way to do business with small business.

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AT&T Advertising Solutions YP.com
AT&T Advertising Solutions YP.com

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Petition created on August 1, 2012