Knowledge: advocacy and protection
See Also:
- home → consumer information → complaints
- home → personal finance
- society → law → legal information → consumer protection
Links
- HomeOwners for Better Building
http://www.hobb.org - Dedicated to helping homeowners resolve their construction defects, and exposing the use, abuse, and unfair tactics of binding arbitration in new home contracts.
- Independent Consumer Complaint Network
http://www.phpdevshed.com/iccn/ - Allows users to log complaints on any company globally. Browse through the database and read all about complaints on various companies.
- Fight Back
http://www.fightback.com/ - Offers a public complaint board, special reports and advice.
- Complaintline.com.au
http://www.complaintline.com.au - Gateway to complaints agencies and codes of practice.
- Fraud Bureau
http://www.fraudbureau.com - Web Fraud and Web Scams Complaint Centre providing Information on internet scams and internet fraud prevention.
- Consumer Line
http://www.consumerline.org - Consumer advice and complaints information for consumers, contains a directory of consumer organisation contacts.
- My Woes
http://www.mywoes.com/ - A consumer complaint site. Post and read complaints from other consumers.
- TheSqueakyWheel
http://www.thesqueakywheel.com/ - Helps dissatisfied consumers get refunds and apologies.
- Theme Park Accident Reports
http://www.themeparkinsider.com/accidents/ - A volunteer-run program to create a database of accidents involving injury at major amusement parks around the world. Includes safety tips for visitors and families.
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC )
http://www.cpsc.gov/ - Official federal agency website, including recalls, reports, and alerts.
- Complaintbook.com
http://www.complaintbook.com/ - A consumer action and advocacy portal for addressing and articulating complaints.
- National Consumer Protection Week
http://www.consumer.gov/ncpw/ - A week to highlight consumer protection and education efforts around the USA.
- Find-It Consumer
http://finditconsumer.wa.gov/ - Search engine for "one stop consumer help". It provides a single stop for searching more than 100 consumer protection and public safety web sites.
- Justice Junction
http://www.justicejunction.com - Read consumer complaints or post your own.
- Best Frauds
http://www.bestfrauds.com - Site that claims to exposes con jobs, shams, public deception, fraudulent marketing, schemes, RICO, and extortion.
- Consumer Advocate Tim Duffy
http://www.timduffy.com - Consumer advocate offering advice on how to get the most for your money and pitfalls all consumers should be aware of.
- ConsumerTips.com
http://consumertips.com - Links to complaint sites, scam alerts, fraud complaint centers, advice columns, advocacy resources for products, automotive, real estates, taxes, financial including credit cards.
- Contractors From Hell
http://www.contractorsfromhell.com/ - Information and resources on contracting for and hiring home remodeling contractors.
- Holiday TravelWatch
http://www.holidaytravelwatch.org/ - Consumer advice relating to holiday and travel complaints. Offers assistance to consumers who have suffered appalling holidays.
- Insurance Consumer Advocate Network
http://www.ican2000.com/index.shtml - Retired adjuster created site where consumers receive tips on buying auto and/or homeowner insurance as well as help in settling auto insurance claims, home insurance claims and personal injury claims.
- eCrooks
http://ecrooks.20m.com/ - Discusses how to deal with ecrooks or Internet con-artists, who do not deliver merchandise.
- Oil Filter Wrench Complaints
http://hometown.aol.com/oilfilterwrench/index.html - Submit and view complaints from "backyard mechanics" and auto professionals frustrated with currently available oil filter wrenches. Complaints will be issued to tool manufacturers.
- SMG Consulting
http://www.leakinvestigation.com - With over 30 years of experience S.M.G. Consulting provides services ranging from leak investigation and field testing to legal dispute resolution.
- FairComment.com
http://www.faircomment.com - FairComment.con is an organisation dedicated to championing the consumer's rights for fair play for goods or services purchased from big businesses.
- Capital Recovery Group
http://www.erecoverygroup.com/ - Specializes in the identification and recovery of funds from property-related class action settlements for defective construction materials to compensate qualified residential property owners adversely affected by the defective products.
- NewBuyer Buying Guides
http://www.newbuyer.com/ - Buying portals of rated links in objective, easy to navigate buying guides to help buyers make confident buying decisions
- Massachusetts Housing Consumer Education Centers
http://www.masshousinginfo.org - One-stop Shopping for Housing Information and Referrals offered by the Massachusetts Nonprofit Housing Association's statewide network of housing agencies. Tenants, landlords, prospective buyers and homeowners can access information, referrals, brief counseling or workshops on a wide range of housing issues.
- Theft Library
http://www.theftlibrary.com/ - Offers free on-line electronic library of theft reports submitted by anyone who has had something stolen from them.
- Trading Standards Consumer Complaints
http://www.consumercomplaints.org.uk - This website is a free online service, which allows you to make a consumer complaint to your local Trading Standards Service concerning consumer problems.
- Tattletale Consumer Hotline
http://www.tattletaleconsumerhotline.com - A consumer information web site providing consumer tips, alerts, health and fitness notes, and private sector and public sector information. Additonally, consumers may post complaints and get answers to questions.
- North East Mediation & Arbitration
http://www.northeastmediation.com - North East Mediation & Arbitration Expediates Resolutions Through a cooperative and Supportive Environment.
- ChoiceTrust
http://www.choicetrust.com - Consumers can access their personal credit report and insurance score. Also offers tools to find doctors, dentists or chiropractors, and research to verify professionals and businesses.
- BizOpRefund.com
http://www.bizoprefund.com/ - Offers members only access to assistance in getting money refunded without an attorney.
- Damn Companies Complaint Center
http://www.damncompanies.com/ - A consumer advocate company's site where one can submit a complaint and they'll actively try, on your behalf, to satisfy your complaint.
- Consumer Voice
http://www.consumervoiceusa.com - Consumer-oriented website designed by professionals with an expertise and special interest in protecting and educating the consumer.
- Protecting Yourself from Consumer Fraud
http://myfloridalegal.com/pages.nsf/4492d797dc0bd92f85256cb80055fb97/81bf89afaf04dbeb85256cc6006... - Florida Citizen Safety Center. Short text articles on many potential fraud situations.
- Consumers' Association of Canada
http://www.consumer.ca/ - An independent, non-profit volunteer organization, represents and informs consumers and advocates action on their behalf to improve the quality of life.
- Seal California Arrest Records On Line
http://sealarrestrecords.com/resources.htm - Obtain free investigator search tools that allows you to operate like a private investigator and obtain information plus a section to seal court records on line.
- Texans for Builder Reform
http://www.hadd.com/texas - Working to bring about reforms to the unregulated Texas home building industry to provide consumer protection for new home buyers and licensing of all Texas home builders.
- DisciplinedDocs.com
http://homepage.mac.com/atdipietro/ddocs.html - Search State databases to see whether a medical doctor or physician has been fined, disciplined, lost his/her license to practice medicine, been suspended, or had license revoked.
- Consumer Patrol 1
http://www.consumerpatrol1.com - Offers a complaint forum, news tips, and customer service and product ratings.
- The Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs - MCCA
http://www.consumer.gov.au/ - Consists of all Commonwealth, State, Territory and New Zealand Ministers responsible for fair trading, consumer protection laws and credit laws.
- Consumers Online
http://www.consumersonline.gov.au/ - The Australian government's one-stop-shop for consumer information and advice.
- Indbazaar.com
http://www.indbazaar.com/consumerguide/ - A guide for the Indian consumer, with consumer rights and contact information.
- Consumers International (CI)
http://www.consumersinternational.org/ - Supports, links and represents consumer groups and agencies all over the world. It has a membership of over 250 organisations in over 100 countries. It strives to promote a fairer society through defending the rights of all consumers, especially the poor, marginalised and disadvantaged.
- Consumer Direct
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/ - A one-stop service run by the United Kingdom's Department of Trade and Industry. Provides information and links to sources of further advice on issues of concern to general consumers.
- So You Wanna.com: Refunds
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/refund/refundFULL.html - Consumer information regarding refund requests, effective letter writing tips, enlisting outside sources, follow up and small claims court.
- The Troubleshooter Network
http://www.troubleshooter.com/ - In conjunction with Tom Martino's syndicated radio show, the site provides business referrals, consumer news, and a discussion board.
- Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org - A nationally-recognized, California-based, non-profit consumer education and advocacy organization. Deals in insurance reform, healthcare reform, billing errors, and other issues.
- The Swedish Consumer Coalition
http://www.konsumentsamverkan.se/english/indexeng.html - An organisation for consumers and other organisations, who has the goal to increase the influence of the consumers on the market and in the politics.
- Infomercial Watch
http://www.infomercialwatch.org/ - A critical view of the health infomercial marketplace.
- Ticket Scam Resource Center
http://www.gocek.org/ticketscams/ - Informs consumers about the different types of scams involving concert and sporting event tickets.
- Consumer Reports WebWatch
http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/ - Consumers WebWatch, a project of Consumers Union, publishes research and journalism on credibility issues that matter to consumers, and recommends Web-wide guidelines to address widespread problems of credibility and trust.
- Social Security Number FAQ
http://www.cpsr.org/oldsite/externalSiteView/cpsr/privacy/ssn/ssn.faq.html - Other Information on SSNs and Privacy
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