General Information
- ABI World Premier Bankruptcy Site - http://www.abiworld.org/ -
This site provides information on bankruptcy, how to file, alternatives to
bankruptcy, and court and legislative news.
- The Better Business Bureau - http://www.bbb.org/ -
Provides access to helpful business and consumer resources. Features offered
include: consumer warnings, locating a local Better Business Bureau, charity
reports, dispute resolution, and more!
- Center for Food
Safety & Applied Nutrition - http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/ -
Provides information on food safety, foodborne illness, food additives, and
more.
- Consumer Credit Counseling Service - http://www.cccsintl.org -
Includes debt-management assistance and credit counseling, tax tips, and
links to consumer financial sites.
- Consumer Price
Index - http://www.bls.gov/cpi -
Provides current as well as historicial information about the CPI.
- Consumer Reports Online - http://www.consumerreports.org/index.html -
Provides access to a wealth of information from Consumers Union. If you wish
to subscribe to the electronic version of Consumer Reports, there is a fee.
However, this site is full of useful, free information.
- Consumer World - http://www.consumerworld.org/ -
Provides a wide variety of consumer related information arranged by category.
Find airfares, consumer booklets, law, credit rates, toll free numbers, and
much more.
- Consumer's Resource
Handbook - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/crh/respref.htm -
Published by the Consumer Information Center. Contains consumer advice & tips
in all areas, as well as the Consumer Assistance Directory.
- Corporate Consumer
Contacts - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/crh/corpora.htm -
This site provides information to help you resolve a complaint about a particular
service or product. Includes phone numbers, many toll-free, for company customer
service departments.
- Credit Management Resource Site - http://www.genus.org -
Genus provides information to financially empower individuals to achieve
their goals and dreams.
- Dollar Stretcher - http://www.stretcher.com -
Provides a wide range of consumer information. Check the categories each
week for news and articles.
- GE Center for
Financial Learning - http://www.financiallearning.com/ -
This site from GE was developed to promote financial literacy - learn about
financial planning, managing your taxes, estate planning and much more. The
site is not supposed to promote or sell GE products.
- Ginnie Mae - http://www.ginniemae.gov
Ginnie Mae, the Government National Mortgage Association, provides information
to low and moderate income homebuyers.
- Homebuyer’s
Kit - http://www.hud.gov/buyhome.html -
HUD provides information on buying your first home, mortgages,
legal matters, inspections, insurance, and much more.
- The Inflation Calculator - http://www.westegg.com/inflation -
Adjusts any amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price
Index, from 1800 to 1998.
- National Consumers
League - http://www.nclnet.org/ -
The NCL is a private, non-profit advocacy group representing consumers on
marketplace and workplace issues.
- National Fraud Information Center - http://www.fraud.org -
An extensive consumer information site with information on Internet fraud
as well as telemarketing fraud and fraud against the elderly. This site contains
an online incident report form.
- New York State
Consumer Protection Board - http://www.consumer.state.ny.us/ -
Provides access to information on where to file a complaint, consumer
links & resources,
and product recalls and alerts.
- Right on the
Money - http://www.rightonthemoney.org -
This site follows the television series "Right on the Money," with
straightforward financial information.
- The Truth About
Credit - http://www.truthaboutcredit.org
This site, a project of the state PIRGs, helps the consumer evaluate credit
card offers. Also provides information on credit card problems, obtaining
your credit report, and more.
- U.S. Consumer
Gateway - http://www.consumer.gov -
This site is a "one-stop" link to a broad range of federal
information resources available online for consumers.
- U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission - http://www.cpsc.gov/indexmain.html -
Helping to keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or
death from consumer products.
Car Buying & Leasing
- AutoVantage - http://www.autovantage.com -
Find the car you want at a dealer near you. Includes New Car Summaries with
dealer invoice prices.
- Edmund's Automobile
Buyer's Guides - http://www.edmunds.com -
Provides access to comprehensive information on new and used cars, and a
new service for buying or leasing new cars, Auto-by-Tel.
- N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides - http://www.nadaguides.com -
Provides access to the following consumer guides: boats, truck campers, motor
homes, travel trailers, camping trailers, motorcycles and ATV, snowmobiles,
domestic cars, imported cars, trucks, and more.
- National Association
of Buyers' Agents - http://www.naba.com/index.html -
Consumer advocates and consultants to consumers who wish to avail themselves
of significant savings with their new vehicle purchases.
- Yahoo! Autos - http://autos.yahoo.com/ -
Find information on buying new and used cars and lemon laws. Free auto classified.
Automobile
Magazines
Car Repair
Charities
- The American Institute of Philanthropy - http://www.charitywatch.org -
A nationally prominent charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help
donors make informed giving decisions.
- GuideStar - http://www.guidestar.org -
"The donor's guide to charities and nonprofit organizations" provides
information on more than 660,000 American charities and nonprofit organizations.
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