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Better Business Burea http://www.bbb.org/ Provides information about businesses, charities, helps resolve consumer disputes, promotes ethical business standards. Among other things, you can check to see if a business has any complaints about it.
http://www.bizrate.com/
Customers rate on line businesses through surveys. Listed in Inc.
October 1999. You can get free reviews of on line sales sites.
consumerguide http://www.consumerguide.com/index.cfm
reviews of products
Consumersearch http://www.consumersearch.com/www/
reviews the reviews about products, and includes summaries.
Consumer Research is mentioned in this pcworld story http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article.asp?aid=34799&pg=2
is listed here http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/mcdermott.html
and is ranked 23k at this page http://www.alexa.com/data/details/?url=www.consumersearch.com/
of alexa.
http://www.cartalk.cars.com/
see Cartalk's guides at http://www.cartalk.cars.com/info/
http://www.resellerratings.com/
vendor survey. If you plan to buy a computer, especially through the
internet,
check this site. People rate their experience in buying computers over
the net.
15th annual survey
Annual Reader Survey: Service & Reliability http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,364585,00.asp
This is the most recent I can find.
and complaining
USA Today story http://www.webassured.com/usatoday.cfm
on consumer rating and how to get responses from companies. Lists
some organizations such as:
http://www.planetfeedback.com/
consumer ratings on stuff.
http://www.fightback.com/
from David Horowitz
http://www.webassured.com/
Planet feedback is also mentioned here http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/12/earlyshow/saturday/main506041.shtml
and here http://www.bbbonline.org/about/press/2002/121102.asp
and here http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2004p109id81997.htm
http://www.badbusinessbureau.com/
The Rip-Off Report. You can file a report or search reports by
others.
badbusinessbureau is listed here
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Activism/Consumer/
http://www.stop-scammers.com/reporting_resources.asp
http://www.highindex.com/Society/Activism/Consumer/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/
rip off report. This is another name for bad business
bureau http://www.badbusinessbureau.com/
same thing.
ripoff report is mentioned here http://www.nysconsumer.gov/PressReleases/2004/June22004.htm
and here http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codec/cc/Pages/Editions/navig_06_04.pdf
Reviews of specific types of products
phone service
10-10PhoneRates.com, http://www.10-10phonerates.com
SaveOnPhone.com, http://www.saveonphone.com
Telecommunications Research and Action Center (TRAC) http://trac.org/
10-10PhoneRates is also mentioned in this Christian Science Monitor
story http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1015/p20s1-wmcn.html
Kansas city star mentions 10-10PhoneRates and SaveOnPhone,
at
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/3308118.htm
these sites link to trac.org, and have interesting information on their own.
http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/telecom/consumer_info.htm
http://www.psc.state.mt.us/Consumers/telecom/
http://www.fraud.org/scamsagainstbusinesses/tips/pager.htm
http://www2.state.de.us/publicadvocate/dpa/html/internet_links.asp
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