Consumer Information
Better Business Bureau
This site provides business reliability reports on companies relevant to their service or performance to consumers. The site also enables consumers to file a complaint online, including Lemon Law complaints, and gives information on dispute resolution, truth in advertising, consumer information on numerous products and scams, and a safe shopping link to over 12,000 companies' websites who are members of their local BBB. Consumer WorldA "one-stop shopping" website that catalogs and provides links to over 2,000 of the most useful consumer web resources. Links providing information on product reviews, prices, consumer agencies, travel, money, credit, and companies are just some of the areas covered by Consumer World with the purpose of providing the consumer with knowledge and insight in order to make wise and prudent decisions with their money and time. ConsumerSearch.comProvides the top reviews for products that have been reviewed both on and off the internet, giving links to the actual review article. ConsumerSearch also presents a complete analysis of who the experts are and what they say, and also gives a listing of the top-rated products, according to the experts. FDA ConsumerThis website provides full text and keyword access to articles in the FDA Consumer, the official magazine of the Food and Drug Administration, from 1989 to the current issue. The magazine gives information on health and reports the activities of the FDA to ensure that the products the agency regulates - food, human and animal drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, radiation-emitting products, and biologics - are fit to use. Federal Citizen Information CenterThis U.S. government site is a source for answers to questions about consumer problems and government services. Links and information about the National Contact Center, the Consumer Information Catalog (includes full text of all its publications), scams and recalls, consumer new and notes from various Federal agencies, online complaint filing, and the most popular FCIC web feature - The Consumer Action Handbook (full text providing tips on topics such as buying and leasing cars, protecting your privacy and yourself from fraud, shopping from home and much more). Firstgov for ConsumersProvides a wide variety of federal consumer information available on the web. Presented in categories (such as transportation, product safety, food, health, your money, etc.) that further divides into subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal websites containing related information. Mortgage Calculator & Financial CalculatorsThis resource features over 100 financial calculators. Try one of the 20 most common mortgage calculators below (or add them directly to your website), or scroll down to browse through the rest of the calculators by category. National Fraud Information Center/Internet Fraud WatchProvides a means of information retrieval and reporting of possible fraud in telemarketing and internet promotions or sales. They also provide educational information for consumer awareness. U.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionThe CPSC is an independent Federal Regulatory Agency helping to save lives and reduce the risk of injury from products that are currently on the market. Their website provides articles, injury statistics, recalls, laws, regulations and contracts pertaining to product safety, an online reporting system for unsafe products, and safety alerts. |