Tag Archive: Better Business Bureau


Heavy equipment operation

A couple of representatives of a heavy equipment operation training business are about the local Community College NVIT. Shawn Bonnough an instructor with Velocity Training http://www.YourInspirationalTraining.com . is here.

Shawn says that he can make a client able to run a heavy dozer in 4 weeks. He adds that the finished student has no experience in operation only competency in knowledge of its operation and safety. They say they have  their school in Alberta and list on their website an Osoyoos, British Columbia address.

In a short interview he expressed confidence in a train the trainer program for baby boomers, as being a proper choice for older experienced clients.

NVIT is a local First Nations run school who have hosted recruiters  like Flatrion Graham, the partnership that has a  share of the 3rd ,500 KV line now under construction to the Lower Mainland from the Revelstoke Dam.

The hosting is limited to supplying a room and advertising the activity at the front entrance.For recruiters like Flatrion  Graham ,according to a source,the Velocity people had an appointment with a  the dean.

The interview we had was in the waiting area of the foyer at NVIT and was ended when the gentlemen were called to a meeting.

A search of the Better Business Bureau in Osoyoos came up as:

Your search for – “Velocity Training” in “VOH1V5” – did not match a known location.

A search without location gets us a High Velocity Training ,201-5061 50 St, Camrose, AB T4V 1R3  showing a no rating status which means that the BBB has no information, that includes no significant government actions involving them. No advertising complaints. The BBB have a file on the company for 3 years with no complaints in the 3 years or last 12 months  that are open.

Velocity Training may be to new to have any BBB activity.

The  HighVelocity  Training website talks about the Enbridge project. The project is yet not approved. It is suggested as being a catalyst for need of equipment operators.

The June 2012 publication of Aboriginal Market Places reports a contracting of Velocity inc in Osoyoos with High Velocity Training in  Camrose Alberta.

It appears that they are trying to accommodate aboriginal aspiration to manage their own people by supplying training leading them to be trainers.

Today in history: November 1 1941

An American photographer takes a picture of a rising moon and it becomes the most famous photo ever taken.

Treasure Hunters Road Show

This week there is a scrap gold and silver buyer at the local civic center.When I talked to the one seemingly in charge a well groomed and handsome young man named Mark . He affirmed that  it is a business and he meets a need  and especially in a tough economy.

He said that contentions between heirs can be settled here for collectible stuff in a proactive way.

 He has had one instance in the last year that involved title to property serious enough to involve authorities. He says that they have a b+ rating with the better business bureau and only has public offerings in rented  facilities such as the civic center today.A quick check of the BBB at this postal code shows no listing at the the BBB in Canada for the Treasure Hunters Road Show.

The parent company in Springfield IL has a B+ rating as an overview and says it is not an accredited BBB Company.

This Business is not BBB Accredited

THR & Associates

Find a LocationPhone: (217) 726-7590Fax: (217) 726-7950
(217) 726-7950View Additional Phone Numbers3200 Pleasant Run, Springfield, IL 62711Jordan.Parsons@thrassociates.comhttp://www.treasurehuntersroadshow.comView Additional Web Addresses

 
BBB® Non-Accredited B+ RatingB+
This would mean it has been in business for a while without  many complaints.
and that:
  • Types of business that, in BBB experience, are likely to generate marketplace concerns or a high level of customer dissatisfaction because of the inherent nature of the products/services offered. Businesses that fall within this category can get no higher than a C grade.

Mark also said that he asks for Id from all sellers.

He said that he does not go to nursing homes and that his company the Treasure Hunters Road Show is has a long term presence that since 1995, sixteen years.

The scratch card for a bearer prize is from THR&ASSOCIATES an international company with a website that claims sales stating in 2008 at 3 million a year and projecting astronomical growth into the billion in a few short years .

A couple from Merritt were noted as doing business there today , and their background is of hard-working and credible people. However they are remarried and legally free for valuables in their possession and may have been there because of that convenience.

Another gentleman that attended a retired CPR worker in his late 70s attended and said that a person could do better by going directly to a collector. He however spends a lot of time collecting and studying the value of such things as old coins and books.

Old comic books, old swords and guitars are featured and unlike the Antiques Road Show he is buying and not appraising .So your family treasures will go out of your control for an amount of cash. And may end up well maintained by a collector after the road show makes a profit.

This is a business service and caveat emptor applies as always.

The Treasure Road Show is here in Merritt untill  thursday this week.

http://www.treasurehuntersroadshow.com/

Editors note: on returning to the show the attendant said I had his name wrong, I stand corrected  he says it is Martin. They are now going to Kamloops and their add in the paper includes an offer for discrete home visits something not included here.

Today in History, November,16 534

A second and final revision of Codex Justinanus is published.