BEST ONLINE REFERENCE SITES: Consumer_and_Household/Consumer

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Consumer World - Whether you want to find buying advice and product reviews, comparison shop for bargains and last minute travel, file a consumer complaint with a government or company consumer affairs department or the BBB, read 100s of consumer rights booklets, find a low rate credit card or mortgage, look up the wholesale price of a car, get personal finance tips, read news of the latest scams, research a law, or clip electronic coupons, you can do it in Consumer World. ^pop (Added: 26-Apr-1999 Hits: 848 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

A.M. Best Insurance Ratings Search - Search A.M. Best's extensive database of nearly 6,000 life/health, property/casualty, and international insurance companies. Try our Advanced Search to help focus your results using additional filters for Business Type, Location and Date. (Added: 5-Nov-1999 Hits: 216 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

ABTolls - Includes: Impartial Interstate Long Distance Rate Comparison; Impartial Intrastate Long Distance Rate Comparison; Impartial Calling Card Rate Comparison; and more. (Added: 26-Apr-1999 Hits: 181 Rating: 9.17 Votes: 6) Rate It

Better Business Bureau - The BBB's Core Services include: Business Reliability Reports; Dispute Resolution; Truth-in-Advertising; Consumer and Business Education; and Charity Review. (Added: 7-Jan-2005 Hits: 74 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

ConsumerSearch - For each product category, ConsumerSearch offers: All The Reviews Reviewed: Our ranking and descriptions of all the top reviews, complete with links; Full Story: Our complete analysis of who the experts are and what they say; Fast Answers: Our listing of the top-rated products, according to the experts. (Added: 22-Nov-2005 Hits: 119 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Dollar Stretcher Subject Index - A number of money saving ideas and tips from readers around the world, arranged alphabetically. (Added: 26-Apr-1999 Hits: 177 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

Federal Citizen Information Center - Full text versions of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications available. Select a category to see the publications in our latest Catalog, check out Special Stuff to see other great information that isn't currently in our Catalog, or use our Search to zero in on just what you're looking for. (Added: 26-Apr-1999 Hits: 305 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Hoaxbusters - In addition to describing hoaxes and chain letters found on the Internet, we will discuss how to recognize hoaxes, what to do about them, and some of the history of hoaxes on the Internet. (Added: 7-Jan-2005 Hits: 44 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

National Do Not Call Registry - The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. (Added: 7-Jun-2003 Hits: 47 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Recalls.gov - To provide better service in alerting the American people to unsafe, hazardous or defective products, six federal agencies with vastly different jurisdictions have joined together to create www.recalls.gov -- a "one stop shop" for U.S. Government recalls. (Added: 11-Jan-2007 Hits: 17 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Search Consumer Product Safety Commission - This search allows you to find everything on CPSC's web site that contains the keywords specified. Please note - searching on the words PRODUCT SAFETY finds documents containing only the intact phrase; to find documents with both words but not as a phrase, you must enter PRODUCT AND SAFETY. (Added: 26-Apr-1999 Hits: 87 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

State, County and City Government Consumer Protection Offices - A variety of state, county, and city government offices can help if you have problems with companies that provide credit. Start with your city or county office because they’ll be familiar with local businesses and local ordinances. If you don’t have a local office, try your state consumer protection agency. (Added: 5-Mar-2000 Hits: 126 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

U.S. Consumer Gateway - 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 -- such as Food, Health, Product Safety, Your Money, and Transportation. Each category has subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal web sites containing related information. Includes search engine. (Added: 26-Apr-1999 Hits: 163 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

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