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Home Computing Help and Technical Support Antivirus Resources Hardware: Building/Buying a PC GNU/Linux and Open Source Microsoft Windows Internet Connectivity History of Personal Computing Forums, Periodicals, and Programmes
Internet Forums Chat E-Journals E-Mail Mailing Lists Newsgroups
Portals Webcasting Web Rings
Web Weaving Accessibility Hypertext and HTML Web Style: Writing for the Web

Life and Leisure (cont.)

Consumer Services

For book price comparison, see Books On-line.

AARP Marketplace (American Association of Retired Persons)

AARP | Telemarketing Fraud

Access Place Electronics (ed. Bryce W. Westover)

Acses, the Ultimate Comparison Shopping Engine

Active Buyer's Guide

Active Shopper - InfoSpace.com

ActivistCash.com (ConsumerFreedom.com Network of Restaurant and Tavern Operators)

AdCracker.com (Steven Lorin McNamara)

Ad nauseam: Advertising turned anti-consumerism into a weapon (Adam Corner, Aeon Magazine, 21 Nov 2013)

AllBusiness Barter (BigVine)

The Alliance Against Fraud in Telemarketing & Electronic Commerce
(US National Consumers League)

All Things Frugal: Home of The Pennypincher E-zine and Tightwad Tidbits Daily

AltaMax Online Shopper $

AMA Health Insight: Consumer Health Information

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (University of Michigan)

Angrybox.com

The Anti-Telemarketer Source

Auction Universe

Auto Insurance Tips (Charles E. Boyd, Newmarket, Ontario)

-- Vehicle Identification Number Library

Automotive Helper

AutoWorld.com

Barter.com Retail Barter

BarterItOnline

B.C. Government On-line Consumer Assistance Directory

Become: Be Smart, Be Thrifty, Just Be (Mountain View, California)

Become UK

Behind the Label

Bernard Callebaut Chocolaterie

Better Business Bureau of Mainland B.C.

Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island

Better Business Bureaus, Directory of Canadian

The Better Business Bureau System

-- BBB Alerts and News

-- BBBOnLine

-- Better Business Bureau Resource Library

BidFind

BidRobot.com - eBay sniper (Charles Eglinton)

BizRate.com Marketplace

Bottom Dollar - The Shopping Search Engine

Bountii Price Search Engine

Boycott Network (Jack Koenig et al.)

BrandChannel.com (Interbrand)

Britannica.com Shopping

BuildingBrands | Brands and Brand Management
(Elmer Cagape)

BuyBlue.org (Raven Brooks et al., San Francisco)

BuyDirectory: Where Shoppers Search First

Buying a Car - Vehicle Claims History (Insurance Corporation of BC)

Buying a Star: The Facts (Kevin D. Conod, sci.astro FAQ)

BuyItCanada.com

Buy IT Online - Your Guide to Locating Products/Services Online

Buzzle.com eCommerce and Shopping

By the Numbers! Math for Consumers and Investors

CafePress Canada

Cairo.com Shopping Search Engine (Michael Smith, New York)

Call For Action

Canada.com | Shopping

Canadian Consumer Handbook (Strategis)

Canadian Consumer Information Gateway

Canadian Consumers' Preferences for Food Safety and Agricultural Environment Safety (Michele Veeman & Yu Li, University of Alberta, Feb 2006) PDF

Canadian Importers Database (Strategis)

Canadian Trade Index

Can I Buy a Star? (Bill McClain et al.)

CarBuyingTips.com

CBC News In Depth: Consumers

CBC News Indepth: Consumer tips (CBC News Online)

CDIC: Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

CEDRIC - Consumer & Economic Development Research & Information Center (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

Center for Auto Safety (Washington, DC)

Center for Responsible Lending: A Resource for Predatory Lending Opponents (Durham, North Carolina)

Christmas Gifts Advice (Grace Galloway, The Gift Guru)

Clickthebutton

CNET Auctions

CNet Newsletters

The Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network (ed. Hilda Bastian)

Commercial Alert - Protecting Children and Communities from Commercialism (dir. Gary Ruskin)

Commercialism in Education Research Unit
(Alex Molnar et al., Arizona State Univ)

CompareNet (Microsoft eShop)

ComparisonShopping.Net

CompCorp

Competition Bureau (Government of Canada)

-- Consumer Info

Complain!com - Consumer Complaint Site

Consumer Action and Advice Ring

Consumer Action - Marketplace Education and Advocacy for the Consumer

The Consumer Action Website (US Federal Citizen Information Center)

Consumer Advocacy and Support for Homeowners Society (C.A.S.H. Society, Coquitlam, BC)

ConsumerAffairs.Com (Santa Monica)

Consumer Connection (Strategis)

Consumer Connection: The Office of Consumer Affairs
(Industry Canada)

Consumer Databases @ Internets

Consumer Education for Teens

Consumer Electronics Association

Consumer Energy Info Home (EREN)

Consumer E-News Alert (SL&B)

Consumer Federation of America

Consumer Fraud Alert Network

ConsumerFreedom | Website of the Center For Consumer Freedom
(ConsumerFreedom Network of Restaurant and Tavern Operators)

The Consumer Gateway (UK)

Consumer Guide

Consumer Guide® Automotive

Consumer Health Resources on the Internet (Healthnet)

Consumer Info About the Year 2000 Bug (Y2K)

Consumer Information (Strategis)

Consumer Information (US Federal Trade Commission)

Consumer Information Center (Pueblo, Colorado)

The Consumer Information Organization (Russell Smith)

The Consumer Information Organization's Consumer.Net

Consumer Jungle--Promoting Consumer Literacy for Young Adults

Consumer Life (CBC.ca News)

Consumer Mailing Lists Home Page (UK)

ConsumerNet

Consumer Product Ratings Reports

Consumer Project on Technology - Home Page (Ralph Nader et al.)

Consumer Protection Information (eConsumer.gov)

Consumer Reports® Online $

Consumer Reports on Safety (Don Mays & Caroline Mayer, Consumer Reports)

ConsumerREVIEW.com Consumer Product Reviews

Consumers' Association of Canada

Consumer Savvy Tips (Max Anderson et al., Boone, North Carolina)

Consumer's Choice (Consumer Resource Network)

Consumer's Choice Council (dir. Chad Dobson)

Consumers Digest Online

ConsumerSearch.com

Consumer Services (Ministry of the Attorney General, BC)

A Consumer's Guide to E-Payments (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)

Consumers International

Consumer's Resource Handbook
(US Government Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, Colorado)

Consumers Union: Nonprofit Publisher of Consumer Reports

Consumer Tips and Reports (Max Anderson, Boone, North Carolina)

ConsumerWatchdog.org | The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (US)

Consumer WebWatch (Consumers Union)

Consumer World (Edgar Dworsky)

The Co-operative Bank (UK)

Coops: Consumer Cooperative (Consumer Federation of America)

CraigsList (Craig Newmark et al., San Francisco)

CraigsList Canada

-- CraigsList Vancouver

-- CraigsList Victoria

Credit Card Tips, Etc. (Max Anderson & Jessica Hunter, Boone, North Carolina)

Credit.net - Unlimited Business Credit Reports
(InfoUSA, Omaha, Nebraska)

Crimes of Persuasion: Schemes, Scams, Frauds (Les Henderson)

CSEC Home Page - World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Customer Service Assistance & Help Online (Manuel Alonso et al.)

CyberCop: Keeping Cyberspace Safe for Consumers

Cyberian Outpost, Inc.

CyberShop

The Daily Green: The consumer's guide to the green revolution (Deborah Jones Barrow et al., Hearst Magazines)

Data-Driven Ethics: Exploring Customer Privacy in the Information Era (Erica L. Wagner & Olga Kupriyanova, Cornell Hospitality Reports 7:10, Center for Hospitality Research, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, Jun 2007)

Deal of the Day (SmartMoney.com)

Dealsatnet.com

DealTaker Home

DealTime.com

deBarcode Directory of Bar Code and Universal Resource Identification

Debit Card Danger (Eric Halperin et al., Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, North Carolina, 25 Jan 2007) PDF

Deepa - Shopping Comparison

Deja.com

Denialists' Deck of Cards: An Illustrated Taxonomy of Rhetoric Used to Frustrate Consumer Protection Efforts (Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, UC Berkeley School of Law, 9 Feb 2007; SSRN, 11 Feb 2007)

Dialashop.com: Online Shopping Guide (Vic Stathopoulos, Dublin)

Digital America (Consumer Electronics Association)

DigitalConsumer.org Home Page

Digital Librarian: Consumer Resources

Digital Librarian: Shopping

Direct Marketing Association - Consumer Home

The Dollar Stretcher

DomainNameBuyersGuide.com

Do-Not-Call.com | A Consumer's Resource for Stopping Unsolicited Telemarketing Calls

Don't Buy It | PBS Kids (KCTS Television)

DoorOne - Shopping made simple (UK)

Do Travel Search Engines Deliver?: An Examination of the Leading Sites (William J. McGee, Consumer Reports WebWatch, Consumers Union, 20 Dec 2005) PDF

Driving.ca | Autos/Cars - New/Used Car Classifieds and Review
(CanWest Interactive, Hamilton, Ontario)

eBay (San Jose, California)

eBay Canada

Ebay.Consumerreview.Com

eBay Pulse - Trends, Hot Picks, Cool Stuff

e-BuyersGuide.com

eComplaints - Speak Up!

eConsumer.gov - Cross-border eCommerce Complaints
(International Marketing Supervision Network)

Eddie Bauer (Redmond, Washington)

Education Consumers Clearinghouse

The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study (Janice Tsai et al., 6th Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, 8 Jun 2007) PDF

Elderluxe - Luxury for the Elite Elder (Patrick Conboy et al., Chicago)

Electronics.net

eMedicine Consumer Health

An Empirical Approach to Understanding Privacy Valuation (Luc Wathieu & Allan Friedman, Harvard Business School, May 2007) PDF

ePilot [Paid to Surf]

Epinions.com

eShop (Microsoft)

eSmarts: The Community for Bargain Shoppers

Etsy :: Your place to buy and sell all things handmade
(Rob Kalin, Brooklyn, et al.)

Excite Shopping

Family Wonder

Farmer's Market Online

Federal Trade Commission Home Page (US)

Fight Back! (David Horowitz)

The Filter - Your Ultimate Music Companion (Peter Gabriel & Martin Hopkins et al., Bath, England)

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

FindGuru: Search engine for product specifications and company information (Advantage Business Media)

For Health Consumers (CAPHIS, Medical Library Association)

Freebies (Lee Seats, About.com)

Freebiescenter

Freebie Stuff Freebies (Pamela Heywood)

Freecycle

Free Information on Identity Theft

Freepages Home Page

The Free Site

Free Stuff Center

Froogle (Google Product Search)

Frugal Corner

The Frugal Gazette Newsletter

Frugal Moms: Live Better for Less

Funeral Consumers Alliance: A Federation of Nonprofit Consumer Information Societies (US)

Funerals: A Consumer Guide (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)

Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (U.S. Department of Energy)

GasPriceWatch (Canada & US)

GasWars (Lower Mainland, BC)

Geniusfind Auctions

Geniusfind Free Stuff

Geniusfind Shopping

GeoShopper.com, Complete Shopping Directory

GetHuman - Advocacy for High Quality Customer Service for Consumers (Paul English et al., US)

Gizmodo, the Gadgets Weblog (Nick Denton, New York)

Global Consumption Database (The World Bank)

-- World Bank and IFC launch Global Consumption Database (World Bank Data, 11 Jun 2014)

Gómez.com eCommerce Authority

Google Catalog Search

GoTo Auctions

GreaterGood.com

Green Adviser

Greendex: Survey of Sustainable Consumption (National Geographic)

The Green Guide (National Geographic)

Green Vehicle Guide (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Grocery Alerts Canada - Online Grocery Deals (Lina & Steven Zussino, Victoria)

Hammacher Schlemmer

HealthWatcher.net | Canada's Best Consumer Health Watchdog

HelpFindit

HelpFindit Canada

Homeowner Protection Office, British Columbia, Canada

Homestore.com (Stuart Wolff et al.)

How to Keep Your Personal Information Secure (US Federal Trade Commission Consumer Information)

Hubley.com: Services for Ethical and Green Investors and Incubators
(Craig Hubley)

ICanBuy

iChoose

Icoste Shopping - Compare Prices & Price Comparison

Identity Theft (Bureau of Consumer Protection, US Federal Trade Commission)

Identity Theft Fixes (Max Anderson)

Identity Theft: Making the Known Unknowns Known (Chris Jay Hoofnagle, SSRN, 1 Mar 2007)

Identity Theft - Prevention and Victim Information

Identity Theft - A Research Review (National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC, Jul 2007)

-- Identity Theft Literature Review (Graeme R. Newman & Megan M. McNally, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC, 27-28 Jul 2005) PDF

Identity Theft Resource Center (San Diego, California)

iGive.com

InfoCentre - Consumer Guides, Postal Information
(Government of Canada)

INFOLUST (Trendwatching.com)

In The Name of Cool (Solutions Research Group, Toronto)

Intellibarter

International Directory of Alternative Dispute Resolution Providers (eConsumer.gov)

Internet Auction List

The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide

Internet Fraud Watch (The National Fraud Information Center)

Internet Resources: Shopping/Shopping Services Index
(Kirk W. Smith, CWGH)

IPL Ready Reference Collection: Consumer Issues and Services

ISO - International Organization for Standardization (Geneva)

JNet Consumer News (JournalismNet)

Kelly's Korner - Freestuff, Freebies, Free Products, Samples, Downloads

Law Enforcers Target "Top 10" Online Scams
(U.S. Federal Trade Commission)

Lemon Law US (Peter Amaral)

Lifestyle Fascination

Like Visual Search (Riya, San Mateo, California)

LiveManuals

A Lot o' Free Resources Ezine

LYCOShop - Home Page

Market Place Homepage (CBC TV)

Mercata

Microsoft Passport

Mpire Shopping Service (Seattle)

MSN - The Shopping Community - Home

MSN Sidewalk

MultiCrawl Parallel Search and Free Auctions

MyCoupons Savings Central

MyRatePlan.com - The Right Service at The Right Price
(Allan Keiter et al.)

mySimon inc. - Comparison Shopping

Mystery Shopping Providers Association

NADAguides.com Vehicle Information (US)

The Nader Page (Ralph Nader)

National Consumer Law Center (US)

National Consumer Policies (EUROPA Consumer Affairs)

National Consumers League (Washington, DC)

The National Foundation for Consumer Credit (US)

National Fraud Information Center

NetFlip [Paid to Surf]

NetMarket | Name Brands at Warehouse Prices

NewsWatch: A Consumer's Guide to the News
(Center for Media and Public Affairs)

NexTag - Compare Prices Before You Buy (San Francisco)

NN/LM MAR Consumer Health Resources...
(US Nat'l Network of Libraries of Medicine)

NTIS Product Search Page (National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce)

OECD Guidelines for Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce

Olympic Price Watch (Richard Taylor et al., Vancouver, BC)

Online Shopping Directory (Barnes & Noble)

Online Shopping Directory (Richard Seltzer, B&R Samizdat Express)

Oodle.com Classifieds (Craig Donato, San Mateo, California)

Open Directory - Home: Consumers

Open Directory - Shopping

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio

Parents' Choice Awards (Parents' Choice Foundation)

PepeShopping

PlanetFeedback (Pete Blackshaw et al.)

The Power of Sharing (Marnie & David Newsome)

Price Comparison Sites and Competition (JRJ Gatti, ESRC Society Today, 13 Dec 2006)

PriceFight.com - Price Comparison Shopping, Product Reviews, and Store Ratings (Austin, Texas)

PriceGougers.org

PriceGrabber.com Comparison Shopping

Priceline.com

The Price Search

PricingforYou.com: Your Online Pricing Pages (dir. Desmond Chen)

A Primer on Gasoline Prices (U.S. Department of Energy)

PrivacyFinder (Laurie Cranor et al., Carnegie Mellon Usable Privacy and Security Labs)

Privacy.net - The Consumer Information Organization

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (San Diego)

Product Liability Lawyer (Charles Brinson et al., US)

Productopia

ProductOpinion.com

Product ReviewNet

Product Reviews by Consumers

Public Citizen (Ralph Nader et al.)

The Pulse: A Consumer's Guide to Public Opinion Data on the Web (Ruy Teixeira, Economic Policy Institute)

Quik-Free.com: A Free Resource Directory

Recalls.gov (US)

Recall Warnings (Free Recall Warnings and Alerts, Nolo, Berkeley, California)

RecordStoreReview.com (Gunnar Van Vliet et al.)

Rentwww.com

Reporter Resources (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)

A Report on the Evaluation of Criteria Sets for Assessing Health Web Sites (ConsumerWebWatch, 30 Sep 2003)

ResellerRatings.com (Scott Wainner)

Resources of the Week: Consumers...around the corner and around the world (Shirl Kennedy, ResourceShelf, 8 Mar 2007)

Responsible Shopper (Co-op America)

Restaurant Equipment World

RetailCanada.com

Retrevo Consumer Electronics Reviews (Sunnyvale, California)

The Reviewboard Magazine

The Rip Off Report (BadBusinessBureau.com)

RoboShopper

Routes to Success for Consumer Magazine Websites (Guy Consterdine, International Federation of the Periodical Press, ed. 2, May 2005) PDF

SafetyAlerts.com

SalesHound.com

Samarin's Used Car Information (Vladimir Samarin)

SavingUMoney.com | Coupons Online...

Scamfreezone.com

SciBid: Online Scientific Equipment Auctions

Searching for Company Information (James Bondra)

Search Shopping (Internet Sleuth)

Search Society - Consumer Information (Internet Sleuth)

SearchtheWeb.com - Shopping

SelectScience - The Consumer Guide for Scientists

SelectSurf -- Shopping

ShopEasier (SurfWax)

Shopfind (Yahoo!)

ShopLocal.com (Seattle)

ShopNow Market (The Internet Mall)

ShopOnSaltSpring.com

Shopper.com Comparison Shopping (CNET)

Shoppingbots (BotSpot)

-- Shopping Bots Search

ShoppingBots and Online Shopping (Virtual Private Library)

Shop Safely Online (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)

Shop2Give.com

ShopWiki (Kevin Ryan & Dwight Merriman et al., New York)

Shopzilla - Comparison shopping online (E. W. Scripps Co., Los Angeles)

Site Seeing On the Internet: A Consumer's Guide to Travel in Cyberspace (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)

Six Degrees of Reputation: The Use and Abuse of Online Review and Recommendation Systems (Shay David & Trevor Pinch, Social Science Research Network, 25 Nov 2005)

Slider Search - Shopping

Smarter SMS - Compare Prices Online at Smarter.com
(Mezi Media, Monrovia, California)

The Smart Traveler's Guide to Identity Theft (GuestDoor)

So You Want to Buy A Star? One Planetarian's Perspective (Jim Craig)

Stacey's UK FreeStuff

StartUp-TV (PlanetFeedback.com)

StoreScanner - Online and Local Comparison Shopping
(Brad Horstkotte)

Straight Goods - Canadians Informing Canadians
(Ish Theilheimer et al.)

Strong Numbers - The Blue Book for Everything

Summize - Find user and expert reviews across the web

-- Summize Blog

SustainLane - Reviews of Green and Organic Products (dir. Warren Karlenzig, San Francisco)

Telecom Pricer (US)

TeleTruth: Alliance for Customers' Telecommunications Rights
(New Networks Institute, New York)

Ten Thousand Villages (New Hamburg, Ontario)

ThomeasNet Product Search (New York)

Toy Tips Magazine (Marianne Szymanski et al.)

Tradaq Global Trading Network (BarterTrust)

-- Tradaq Canada Co.

Trovetopia (Yahoo!)

TrustE-Marketing Company Reviews Directory & Product Comparison Search Engine (UK)

20-20Consumer, Helping Consumers See Clearly

2000Freebies.com

Ubarter (ITEX Corporation)

UK Consumers Complaint List

UncommonGoods: Creatively Designed and Unusual Home Accessories and Gifts

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (Northbrook, Illinois)

The Unemployed Philosophers Guild (Brooklyn, New York)

URateStuff Consumer Products & Services Review (US/Canada)

U.S. Consumer Gateway

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

U.S. PIRG Home (Public Interest Research Groups)

-- State PIRGS Working Together

Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG)

Video Overseas

Virtual Freestuff

Virtual Shopping Mall

The Visa Shopping Guide (Yahoo!)

Wal-Mart

Warning Letters (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

WebAssured.com (On-line Consumer Confidence Bureau)

WebBuyingGuide.com

Web.com Shopping Directory

WeBidz Auction Site (Yakima, Washington)

Which? (UK)

Wize.com | Consumer Research & Consumer Product Reviews (Doug Baker, Minneapolis)

Women.com Network Online Shopping

Yahoo! Shopping

Yahoo! Tech

Zeal.com - Online Shopping

ZIA Free-Stuff Resources

Zillions Online (Consumer Reports for Kids)

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