"The Better Business Bureau waded into the icky mess that is Trump University on Tuesday. It wanted to clarify the letter grade received by Donald Trump's Excellent Academic Adventure.
All this to-do brings back happy memories for me of the time I attended a Trump University seminar and Trump tried to have me fired.
In last week's Republican debate on Fox News, moderator Megyn Kelly asked about former students suing to get their money back after the BBB gave Trump University a grade of D-minus. Trump countered that his university actually enjoyed an A rating.
Which was it?
in a detailed statement that when Trump University was a going concern, it received a lot of complaints.
"These complaints affected the Trump University BBB rating, which was as low as D- in 2010," it said. "As the company appeared to be winding down, after 2013, no new complaints were reported. Complaints over three years old automatically rolled off of the Business Review.
"As a result, over time, Trump University’s BBB rating went to an A in July 2014 and then to an A+ in January 2015."
In other words, the grade improved only because no one was attending Trump University any more and lodging complaints about the racket.
The BBB also disputed Trump's contention during the debate that the organization had just faxed him proof that Trump University was Grade-A..."
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-laz-donald-trump-and-me-20160309-column.html
All this to-do brings back happy memories for me of the time I attended a Trump University seminar and Trump tried to have me fired.
In last week's Republican debate on Fox News, moderator Megyn Kelly asked about former students suing to get their money back after the BBB gave Trump University a grade of D-minus. Trump countered that his university actually enjoyed an A rating.
Which was it?
in a detailed statement that when Trump University was a going concern, it received a lot of complaints.
"These complaints affected the Trump University BBB rating, which was as low as D- in 2010," it said. "As the company appeared to be winding down, after 2013, no new complaints were reported. Complaints over three years old automatically rolled off of the Business Review.
"As a result, over time, Trump University’s BBB rating went to an A in July 2014 and then to an A+ in January 2015."
In other words, the grade improved only because no one was attending Trump University any more and lodging complaints about the racket.
The BBB also disputed Trump's contention during the debate that the organization had just faxed him proof that Trump University was Grade-A..."
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-laz-donald-trump-and-me-20160309-column.html
