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The Better Business Bureau
<http://www.bbb.org/>

The mission of the BBB is to promote and foster the highest ethical relationship between businesses and the public. Provides reports to help you determine whether or not you’re dealing with a reputable firm. Also can help you resolve disputes with businesses. Provides information about charity groups.

Consumer Information Center
<http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/>

Site has full text versions of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications available.

Consumer World
<http://www.consumerworld.org/>

Consumer World is a public service, non-commercial site cataloging over 1800 of the most useful consumer resources.

Federal Trade Commission
<http://www.ftc.gov/>

The FTC enforces a variety of federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. Links for consumer protection information, business guidance, economic issues, etc.

IntelliChoice CarCenter
<http://www.intellichoice.com/>

IntelliChoice, Inc. is an auto information company focused on building value for retail auto buyers and sellers. IntelliChoice is committed to empowering consumers to make better decisions by showing them what it really costs to purchase and own a new or used auto. New & used car values, leases, best values.

Kelley Blue Book
<http://www.kbb.com/>
Online guide for car buying. New car pricing, used car values, motorcycles, buying and selling cars, reviews, free lemon check.

Edmund’s
<http://www.edmunds.com/>

Provides extensive automobile reviews, consumer information, information about incentives and rebates, expert analysis of late-breaking developments in the automotive world. Free lemon check.

N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides
<http://www.nadaguides.com/>
Used vehicle values. Cars, Boats, RVs, Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, ATVs, and Personal Watercraft.

U.S. Consumer Gateway
<http://www.consumer.gov/>
A "one-stop" link to a broad range of federal information resources available online. It is designed so that you can locate information by category. Each category has subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal web sites containing related information.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
<http://www.cpsc.gov/>

CPSC, an independent Federal regulatory agency, helps keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products.

A searchable database of product reviews
NICE (National Institute for Consumer Education)

<http://www.emich.edu/public/coe/nice/nice.html>
Full-text consumer publications, listings of consumer resources, fact sheets, mini-lessons, more.

Consumer Reports Online
<http://www.consumerreports.org/>
A not-for-profit website. The online version of Consumer Reports. Advice, ratings, and recommendations, based on Consumer Reports’ own independent testing of consumer products and services.

National Consumer Law Center
<http://www.consumerlaw.org/>

America’s foremost advocate for low-income consumer justice and its leading expert on low-income consumer issues.

National Fraud Information Center
<http://fraud.org/welcome.htm>
Established to fight the growing menace of telemarketing fraud by improving prevention and enforcement.

Government Asset Sales
<http://www.financenet.gov/financenet/sales/sales.htm>
Official free U.S. Government site for information on all government surplus property and asset sales and auctions.

Public Citizen
<http://www.citizen.org/>

News about consumer issues and a large number of reports on topics of interest to consumers.

Librarian’s Index to the Internet
<http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchindex>
Here you will find an excellent, annotated list of consumer related web sites. A part of the Librarian’s Index to the Internet, by Carole Leita.

 

 

Last Updated: June 6, 2007

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