 Ableton On Air is sponsored by Green Mountain Support Services, empowering people with disabilities to be home in the community. Washington County Mental Health, where hope and support comes together. Media sponsors for Ableton On Air include Park Chester Times, Muslim Community Report, WWW, this is the Bronx.info, Associated Press Media Editors, New York Parrot Online Newspaper, U.S. Press Corps, Domestic and International, Anchor FM, and Spotify. Partners with Ableton On Air include Yachad New York and New England, where everyone belongs, and the Orthodox Union. Ableton On Air has been seen in the following publications, Park Chester Times, New York Parrot Online Newspaper, Muslim Community Report, WWW, this is the Bronx.info, and www.h.com. Welcome to the edition of Ableton On Air, the one and only program that focuses on the needs, concerns and achievements of Ableton On Air. I'm Neal Holmes-Loren Seiler. On this edition of Ableton On Air, first of all I would like to thank our sponsors, Washington County Mental Health, Green Mountain and Green Mountain Support Services, and many others. The title of this program today is Scams and How to Get Out of Them. What if you are a person with a disability, or just a normal person, everybody's normal in their own respect, and you get taken care, and you get, as they say, taken to the cleaners and scammed a large advantage of, well, taken advantage of, or there's a term used, taken to the cleaners in terms of being scammed out of large amounts of money. Recently, recently, I need dental work in the state of Vermont, and recently I had gone to affordable dentures in Burlington, Vermont. Now, affordable dentures is a large discounted or a corporate chain of dentists. So come to find out. When I go there, they couldn't help me anyway, because I have seizures, almost had a seizure in the chair, and I told them to stop. They stopped, and they're giving me my money back. However, due to some of the people that I've spoken to, why is it that it takes a company 10 days to two weeks to give you your money back? They owe me a large amount of money, $2,255. So it turns out I disputed it with the bank, and the bank is going to be giving me the money before affordable dentures is. Now, here's the snafu. First of all, it should not take a company 10 days to two weeks to give you your money back. According to the bank, they said they should give it to you within one to three days. Now, here's what I want to talk to our audience about. There's an organization called the Better Business Bureau. Now, depending on where you live, if you live in the Midwest, if you live in Vermont, if you live in now the New England Better Business Bureau turned around and gave affordable dentures of Burlington and F. Now, the way, in a matter of fact, we will show Better Business Bureau, we will show their website coming up in this program. The way it works is you get an A, B, C, D, F, like a report card type of rating. Now, some years ago, back in 2012, PBS did a wonderful we will show a clip of this program. It's called Frontline. They did a wonderful documentary within the Frontline program called Dentists and Dollars. Basically, corporate dentists like Aspen Dental, Affordable Dentures, and different corporate places treat people similar to going into Burger King on McDonald's. I'm going to give a large piece of advice. Do not, I repeat, do not, now this is part of this commentary, do not go to a dentist that treats you like McDonald's or Burger King. Burger King, Burger King has a slogan, have it your way. Well, it turns out I didn't have it my way. Yeah, no, no, no, Burger, matter of fact, I'm going to look them up. No, no, no, McDonald's is give us a break today. Okay, Burger King is have it your way. You know, you can have pickles, onions, anything you want on that burger, you know, or you can have no toppings at all. It's the same thing like dentists. I'm going to give you guys a piece of advice too. When you get a large item such as a dentist, a doctor, you know, a wheelchair, anything of those nature, of that nature, a car, a boat, etc., you know, not to say people in our audience can't afford a boat. Always go and check it out first before you buy it. Yeah, research it. Research it. Now, in terms of researching, you have the Better Business Bureau, then you have other agencies such as the U.S. Department of Consumer Affairs, the Board of Registration of Dentistry in Vermont, you have the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, you have all these other agencies that can help you find what you need. So happens that if you're in pain and you need something quick, this is where affordable dentures works, but sometimes it doesn't always work. So now, the way the Better Business Bureau works here, I'm going to go through their website here. So if you need help or an agency that deals with tax preparation, if you need a plumber, if you need a landscape contractor, if you need an electrician, if you need internet services or car dealers, you can click anything that you need. So let's go through, let's type in the word dentist. Just as an example, okay. They even have categories such as pediatric dentistry, dentists, etc., all right. Put in a zip code and put in our zip code 05602, which is the city of Montpelier. And then it goes, oh, click search. Okay. And this is, all businesses, click both. It asks you whether or not you want accredited dentists or non-accredited dentists. So it gives Williston Dentistry, it gives all these dentists here. Okay. Aspen Dental, not accredited. That's, you know, Central Vermont Dental, not accredited. Barry Dentistry gives an A rating. So there's different dentists here. Okay. You're good to go to accredited dentists. This is good, you know. You can also call 211 and ask them too. Yeah, we're going to give that. Let's put affordable dentures. If I sold online, it was terrible. Affordable dentures, all right. Yeah, here we go. I'm getting to that part. Yeah. Affordable dentures, Burlington, PC. Now, when you click, when you click here, 1162 Williston Road, which is in Burlington, it gives them two complaints, complaints, complaints, complaints. Yeah. It gives them, it gives them an A rating here. Okay. I mean, I mean, F rating, excuse me, F rating. Yep. So it gives them a 1.5 start pretty much, which is F. This business, I'm going to turn it around. If I can, well, okay, we'll get it with the camera. And, you know, it's not good. Again, if you are being taken advantage of, it's never good to do that. And anything, no, in terms of big items, is there anything you want to say about the big items and being taken advantage of? Mm-hmm. Well, the Better Business Bureau, well, the Better Business Bureau, well, here's the thing. Well, you know, one main thing, the customer is always right, okay, for, you know, pretty much, pretty much. You must research a business. If you don't research a business, it's like being a reporter. If you don't do your research, you're not going to come out with the right information. And there's always, there's also the, the U.S., I'm going to look them up. There's also the U.S. Department of Consumer Affairs. Okay. U.S., yeah, U.S. Department, mm-hmm. Yeah, the U.S. Department of Consumer Affairs, Consumer Protection Bureau, if you want to put a complaint in. So, yeah, so if you want to put a complaint in to the, in terms of fraud and any other complaints, you can go on to the U.S. Department of Consumer Affairs and do that. Okay. You know, matter of fact, so if you need help, go to www.bbb.org. That's the BetterBusinessBureau.org, or you can, or you can go to the U.S. Department of Consumer Protection and Consumer Affairs and check them out. And you know, if you don't, you know, it's going to end up being a scam. Okay. Mm-hmm. So, yeah, it's never too late. It's never too late to ask for help or anything. Speaking, I know one thing has nothing to do with another. Let's talk COVID for a minute. In terms of the vaccines, you have several vaccines that are out now. Pfizer, Moderna, and now you have Johnson & Johnson. What is it? Yeah. So, yeah. I haven't helped issues, though. People get sick, so they stop there. Yeah. Okay. Let's talk about, I'm not saying it's a scam, but let's talk about the Johnson & Johnson vaccinations for me. Johnson & Johnson vaccinations have been pulled, have been pulled and paused, pulled and paused because of clotting cases. Yes. Mm-hmm. Yeah. The Pfizer is usually good. So, let's go through this. It says federal health officials called for a halt to use for the company's coronavirus vaccine, which they study serious illnesses that are developed in six American women. So, women are getting illnesses with, you know, women are getting, yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Injections of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine came to a sudden halt across the country this past Tuesday after federal health officials called for a pause in the vaccine's use, and they examined a rare blood clotting disorder that emerged in six recipients. Yeah. All six women, between the ages of 18 and 48, are all developed the illness between one to three weeks of the vaccine. Yes. One woman in Virginia died, and the second woman in Nebraska said that she was hospitalized in critical condition. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. And also, according to this, according to according to this, let's see, the Biden administration tried to portray itself as well-prepared for the setback. President Biden said he would meet his goal to have enough doses to vaccinate every American adult who wanted it by the end of next month. Yeah. But here, despite Mr. Biden's assurance or President Biden's assurance to pause will complicate the nation, vaccination efforts at a time when most states are confronting a surge in new cases and seeking to address hesitancy. Regulators in Europe and elsewhere are concerned about a similar issue with another coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University researchers. At a news conference, Dr. Marx, who's a doctor that's helping with the COVID, drew a link between the two vaccines saying the clotting cases are very, very similar. The clotting cases are very, very similar. The vaccines are based on similar technologies, but AstraZeneca has not been authorized for emergency use in the United States. So that it's not usable in the United States as of yet. So anything you want to say before we end with that? Yeah. Take the ones available now. And if you have any further problems, contact your local border health to find out when and what vaccine you are going to be receiving. Okay. Well, yeah. So for more information on the Better Business Bureau, you can contact them at www.bbb.org. Or for more information on the U.S. Department of Consumer Affairs, you can contact them at U.S. Department of Consumer Affairs.org. And this puts an end to this edition of Ableton on Air. Please go get the vaccine. And in terms of scams, please make sure that you are not being scammed. And if you are, please seek help to make sure the scam does not happen to you again. Or please try to help those who need help with being scammed. Because scams, especially those that are dealing with social security or the IRS or any other scam artist, scams, once you stop a scammer, it's not going to happen again. Now let's take a look at Frontline PBS's 2012-2013 Exposay on Dollars and Dentist. Let's take a look at this. Next time on Frontline. This child died for want of a dentist. The dental care crisis in America. No dentists want to see children on Medicaid. I've been to the ER three times within the last six months. Our corporate chains filling a gap. Smile now and pay later. Or taking advantage of people in pain. Dentistry is in fact a business. Dollars and Dentists. Watch online or on air beginning June 26th. By the way, before we end this program, I would like to say thank you to our sponsors and supporters. However, please consult your service providers or anyone that's helping you in your circle, despite your disability, despite your challenge, anyone that's helping you professionally or personally in your circle. Please consult with them so no one gets taken advantage of again. It's extremely hard for someone to take even a small amount of money or a merchant to hold going to a small or large amount of money for any length of time. If you need a refund back or are or having problems getting refunds, you can call the Attorney General's office at or you can email the Attorney General's office at www.hgo.vermont.gov forward slash cap. Okay. So if you have a problem getting a refund, you can call the Vermont Attorney General's office or email the Attorney General's office at www.ago.vermont.gov forward slash cap. Again, this puts an end to this edition of Ableton on Air. I'm Lauren Seiler. Arlene was here today. Thank you to our sponsors and supporters. See you next time, and please, please be careful of being scammed. Ableton on Air is sponsored by Green Mountain Support Services, empowering people with disabilities to be home in the community. Washington County Mental Health, where hope and support comes together. 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