Yelp is a greedy scam site for businesses!

We started our business last year and things took off pretty quick. We then set up a Yelp page as we assumed every business did. Immediately after setting it up we kept getting calls from "Shana" to advertise with them. We were interested at first as we had no real idea what marketing in our area was going to cost. We had her call us back a few times as we discussed and decided what to do. After pricing other marketing sources we found Yelp to be the highest cost with no guarantee for clients, so we declined to use them for ad purposes. After telling Shana that almost magically the only client review we had up yet (a 5 star review) just disappeared. It became a non recommended review, and we have come to find this is common practice for Yelp. We are going to be forging a formal complaint with the Better Business Bureau as they cannot hold business hostage to their ridiculous fees anymore. Lets get the word out that Yelp is just a scam site whos only purpose is to gouge local business until they pony up their fee. Even crooked cops and mobsters have more tact when it comes to extortion, then the likes of Yelp and its employees!

Charles Ahlstrom about Yelp for Business App