{"id":1028201,"date":"2021-06-21T14:45:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1028201"},"modified":"2021-06-22T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:45:00","slug":"bbb-warns-of-problems-with-local-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1028201","title":{"rendered":"BBB warns of problems with local business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/06\/betterbusinessbureau-1-175x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"193\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1028202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/06\/betterbusinessbureau-1-175x193.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/06\/betterbusinessbureau-1.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>TYLER &#8212; An East Texas-based online business that sells indoor and outdoor HDTV antennas displayed a pattern of complaints from customers who say they have been frustrated in their efforts to get the items they ordered and refunds for defective or missing merchandise. That&#8217;s according to a news release from the Better Business Bureau Serving Central East Texas.  BBB advises caution when dealing with AntennaDeals.com, which lists an address in Flint. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>AntennaDeals.com markets its website and products extensively on social media sites, according to the release. The BBB says consumers report receiving defective products, a lack of communication after purchase has been made, and a failure to provide refunds even after a defective item was returned to the company. KTBB has reached out to AntennaDeals.com but has yet to receive a reply.  The BBB says it has also tried to contact the company without success.  Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/local-bbb\/bbb-serving-central-east-texas\">here<\/a> for more information, including how to contact the BBB with any questions or comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; An East Texas-based online business that sells indoor and outdoor HDTV antennas displayed a pattern of complaints from customers who say they have been frustrated in their efforts to get the items they ordered and refunds for defective or missing merchandise. That&#8217;s according to a news release from the Better Business Bureau Serving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1028201\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BBB warns of problems with local business<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1028208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/06\/betterbusinessbureau-1-175x193.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BBB warns of problems with local business","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 10:33:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/06\/betterbusinessbureau-1-175x193.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BBB warns of problems with local business","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1028201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028211,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028201\/revisions\/1028211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1028208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1028201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1028201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1028201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}