BBB doesn't mean a company is perfect. BUt it does mean they do well considering how much business they do, as opposed to a successful fraud.

Even without BBB, there's negative reviews out there of both companies SE has as bed-mates.

Frankly, I don't see how FFXI can survive without the current payment plans undergoing significant modification to what they have planned.

On topic, I see the OP's point. The sooner we see an announcement about payments, the sooner we can start killing each other about the game itself. But in a way, talking about whatever wine and circuses they have planned merely diverts us from what and how we must pay for such festivities.