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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.
Index
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