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Ask for a copy of the tax I.D #

You can find out if a company is legitimate or not by checking it out at the website of the Better Business Bureau; see the link below.

When I am checking on a business, I like to go to www.bbb.com That is the better business Bureau and they will grade businesses. You can read and see what has been done against them, such as not honoring their warranties, etc.

Also, whoever you are wondering about, you can Google them, write for instance, if you were wanting to find out what others think about Walmart, you can write, Walmart reviews, and if there is any they will pop up and you can see what others are thinking.

Contact your local BBB (Better Business Bureau) either in person or online.

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Recently, it has been exposed that business that join BBB can 'elevate' their ratings, based on the membership dues that they pay. As well, there is no automatic investigation as to the veracity of either complaints or responses.

From Wikipedia:

"Companies cannot achieve a 100% or A+ rating without paying membership dues, which begin at [US]$350 and go up to $10,000 for large companies. That aspect has been criticized as biased towards members. One unanswered complaint will cause the business to receive an 'F'."

You can read more about BBB, below.

If you are looking for a vendor best practices dictate that the vendor be licensed, bonded and insured in order to work on the property. Best practices further dictate that you check references of any potential vendor.

If you want to verify the legitimacy of the association, as a corporation, it is required to file annually with the secretary of state.

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