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Get Human.com gethuman Our goal is to improve the quality of customer service and phone support in the US. Most popular on gethuman is the "gethuman database" of secret phone numbers and codes to speak to a human when calling a for customer service. You can rate the quality of your customer service experience, too! The gethuman website also offers a blog and newsletter!
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fraud.org Scams Against Businesses Businesses, from large corporations to small "Mom and Pop" stores, are targets for a variety of illegal schemes. No matter whether the con artist uses the mail, the telephone, or the Internet, the best defense against scams is to follow these basic rules:
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BadBusinessBureau.com BadBusinessBureau Unlike the Better Business Bureau, badbusinessbureau.com / Rip-off Report™ does not hide reports of "satisfied" complaints. ALL complaints remain public in order to create a working history on the company or individual in question; unedited. Victim of a consumer Rip-off? Want justice? Rip-off Report™ is a worldwide consumer reporting Website & Publication, by consumers, for consumers, to file & document complaints about companies or individuals who ripoff consumers.
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BBB.com Better Business Bureau A non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining an ethical market place for consumers and businesses.
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Complaints.com Complaints Complaints.com is a database of personal, first-hand, consumer experiences with products and services. This information is collected from Complaints.com site visitors, and published to the Complaints.com site for the primary benefit of consumers to learn from the personal experiences of other consumers.
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ConsumersDigest.com Consumer Digest Online Online complements and enhances the printed version with many special features, including easy-to-use search and compare functions.
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ConsumerLawPage.com Consumer Law Page Protect against consumer fraud, what to look for when hiring a lawyer, consumer complaint center for anyone injured by a car, consumer product, food or?
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ConsumerWorld.com Consumer World Consumer World is a public service, non-commercial guide cataloging over 2000 of the most useful consumer resources.
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CorpWatch.org Corporate Watch Corprate Watch provides news, analysis, research tools and action resources to respond to corporate activity around the globe.
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ConsumerXchange.org Consumer Xchange
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eConsumer.gov eConsumer.gov A joint project of consumer protection agencies from 17 nations. Report a Complaint - See Ways to Resolve Your Complaint.
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Pueblo.GSA.gov Federal Consumer Info Center The current catalog and publications, along with a library of consumer news and features.
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FTC.gov Federal Trade Commission US Government.
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FightBack.com Fight Back! With David Horowitz Consumer alerts in print, video and on the air.
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FraudBureau.com Fraud Bureau Welcome to the Fraud Bureau, a free service, established to alert online consumers and investors of prior complaints relating to online vendors including sellers at online auctions and to provide consumers, investors and users with information and news on how to safely surf, shop and invest on the net.
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IDTheftCenter.org Identity Theft Resource Center™ Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nonprofit, nationally respected program dedicated exclusively to identity theft It provides consumer and victim support and advises governmental agencies, legislators and companies about this evolving and growing crime. Identity theft is a crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of information such as Social Security and driver's license numbers and uses it for their own personal gain. ITRC invites you to browse our website. Some of our more popular pages are scam alerts, assistance on lost/stolen wallets, victim issues, victim impact studies and identity theft in the workplace.
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NatlConsumersLeague.org National Consumers League To identify, protect, represent, and advance the economic and social interests of consumers and workers in the marketplace and the workplace.
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Fraud.org NFIC National Fraud Information Center, protect yourself from internet fraud, scams, telemarketing schemes, elderly fraud and more.
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RipoffReport.com Rip-Off Report Victim of a consumer Rip-off? Want justice? Rip-off Report™ is a worldwide consumer reporting Website & Publication, by consumers, for consumers, to file & document complaints about companies or individuals who ripoff consumers. Unlike the Better Business Bureau, badbusinessbureau.com / Rip-off Report™ does not hide reports of "satisfied" complaints. ALL complaints remain public in order to create a working history on the company or individual in question; unedited.
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consumerworld.org Consumer News & Alerts Fighting fraud against older consumers.
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fraud.org Elder Fraud Fighting fraud against older consumers.
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consumerworld.org Money and Credit Consumer Issues Investing, money matters, insurance and credit/banking.
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eLoan.com E-Loan A better way to get a loan.
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FDIC.gov FDIC Consumer Rights State laws and regulations.
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FTC.gov FTC Credit Choosing and using credit cards.
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USTreas.gov IRS Tax Information Download current tax forms and get all questions answered here.
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MyVesta.org My Vesta The nation’s first non-profit, Internet-based financial counseling and services organization. Helping people overcome money troubles through education and special programs.
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fraud.org Internet Fraud It's sometimes hard to tell the difference between reputable online sellers and criminals who use the Internet to rob people. You can protect yourself by learning how to recognize the danger signs of fraud. If you are a victim or attempted victim of Internet fraud, it's important to report the scam quickly so that law enforcement agencies can shut the fraudulent operations down.
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FTC.gov Federal Trade Commission US Government Internet Usage:
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...Adults Only
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GetConnected.com GetConnected Comparisons for internet, wireless, long distance, local phone, calling cards, TV, downloads.
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Point.com Point Providing the most effective means to compare and buy wireless phones, service plans and accessories.
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SecurityFocus.com SecurityFocus SecurityFocus is the most comprehensive and trusted source of security information on the Internet. SecurityFocus is a vendor-neutral site that provides objective, timely and comprehensive security information to all members of the security community, from end users, security hobbyists and network administrators to security consultants, IT Managers, CIOs and CSOs.
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AltHouse.BlogSpot.com Althouse
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BadBusinessBureau.com BadBusinessBureau
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News.BBC.co.uk BBC News
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BlogBusinessSummit.com Blog Business Summit
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BrainBasedBusiness.com Brain Based Business
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CallCenterScript.com Call Center Script
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Complaints.com Complaints
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Explananda.com Explanada
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Typepad.com in tune
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WordPress.com Marisacat
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OneAngryCustomer.org One Angry Customer
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Typepad.com seth godin's BLOG
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Spinfluencer.Blogspot.com Spinfluencer
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Squidoo.com Squidoo
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Technorati.com Technorati
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ActiveBuyersGuide.com Active Buyer's Guide Comprehensive product recommendations.
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AddAll.com AddALL Book search and price comparison.
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AngiesList.com Angie's List A word-of-mouth network for consumers. Angie's List is a growing collection of homeowners' real-life experiences with local service companies. The people who join Angie's List are like you — looking for a way to find trustworthy companies that perform high-quality work.
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Appliance.com Appliance.com Home and office.
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Best-Price.com Best-Price Almost everything.
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BizRate.com BizRate Ecommerce ranked according to your needs.
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BottomDollar.com Bottom Dollar Comparisons, top picks.
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CollageVideo.com Collage Video guide to exercise videos, selling exercise videos since 1987.
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ConsumerReports.org Consumer Reports Online version of the famour magazine. To view the testing of products, to inform the public and to protect consumers.
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ConsumerWorld.org Price Comparisons & Product Reviews A public service, non-commercial guide cataloging over 2000 of the most useful consumer resources.
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Dealtime.com Dealtime
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DrToy.com Dr. Toy's Guide Information on the best toys and educational products, as well as, articles, resources, and toy-related links, a free public service provided by The Institute for Childhood Resources.
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Epinions.com Epinions Offers over one million reviews and comments and covers over 150,000 products and services to help you make better buying decisions.
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eSmarts.com eSmarts The community for bargain shoppers, guides, newsletter, coupons, rewards, shopping boards.
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fraud.org
...Fraud News
...Fake Drugs Learn more to protect yourself and your love ones from the dangers of counterfeit drugs.
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GoodHousekeeping.com Good Housekeeping Research Institute The Good Housekeeping Research Institute (GHRI) is the product evaluation laboratory of the magazine, with a staff of scientists, engineers, nutritionists and researchers dedicated to evaluatingtesting everything from moisturizers to bed sheets to cell phones. Also part of GHRI is the test kitchen, which creates, tastes and triple-tests (at least) the thousands of recipes appearing in the magazine.
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Google Base - Reviews by Type Department stores, hotels, movies, products, restaurants.
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Jewelers.com Jewelers of America Jewelry info and retailers, affiliate only section.
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MySimon.com MySimon
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NextTag.com NexTag
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PCWorld.com PCWorld Shopping Smarts, an online shopping guide to smart shopping.
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Priceline.com Priceline Name your own price and save.
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PriceSCAN.com PriceSCAN -Don't buy it before you PriceSCAN it.
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Productopia.com. Productopia -On over 600 products.
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ShopGuide.com ShopGuide The Largest Shopping Guide and Search Directory for over 20,000 Online Stores, Malls and Cyber Shops.
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Shopzilla.com Shopzilla Welcome to Shopzilla - the Web's most powerful and easy-to-use shopping search engine. With more than 25 million products from over 45,000 stores on our site, if it's on the Web, it's on Shopzilla. From air conditioners to zebra tights, whatever you're shopping for, we've got you covered.
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SmartMoney.com Smart Money The Wall Street Journal Magazine of personal business.
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TechnoFile.com TechnoFILE The consumer's non-technical guide to today's technology.
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VideoFitness.com Video Fitness Extensive comments and discussion of the specifics by regular video exercisers.
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Alexa.com Alexa Internet traffic ranking.
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JDPower.com JD Power & Associates Independent consumer opinion and satisfaction ratings.
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TrafficRanking.com Traffic Ranking Ranking.com performs market research upon a statistically, geographically and demographically significant number of Internet surfers. By recording these surfers' website visits, Ranking.com calculates the ranking for the top 900,000.
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