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Shopping and Consumer Links

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Nature & Science

Auctions

• eBay.com - The biggest auction site on the web with over 700,000 items and 1100 categories
• FirstGov: Government Asset Sales
• FTC Consumer Alert! - Online auctions

Consumer Resources

Free Credit Reports
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act allows consumers to get a copy of their credit report for free once a year from the big three national credit reporting firms: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. A credit report contains information on where a person lives, how the person pays bills, and whether the person has been bankrupt, arrested or sued. There are three ways to get them:

1. https://www.annualcreditreport.com/
2. Call toll-free: 877-322-8228
3. Print out the annual credit report request form (41K PDF - Do you need the free PDF reader?)

• Better Business Bureau
• Your Access to Free Credit Reports
• Consumer Reports
• Federal Trade Commission
• Internet Fraud Watch - check here for articles, bulletins etc. so you can protect yourself!
• Managing Your Credit include tips on how to legally improve your credit report, explains the system creditors use to help determine whether to grant you credit, how to dispute and correct inaccurate information in your credit report, help with identity theft, and more.
• Recalls.gov - get recall info on vehicles, food, medicine, consumer products etc.
• Consumer Credit Counseling - debt counseling services

Online Shopping

• Bargain Clothing - get great deals on clothes
• BizRate Guide - an independent directory of rated shopping sites with hundreds of links
• Bottom Dollar - searches the web for the best deals
• The Dollar Stretcher - An online newsletter for living better for less!
• mySimon - Comparison shopping for everything!
• Priceline - lets you name your own price for new cars, airline tickets and hotel rooms
• RoboShopper - find the best values on the web fast!
• Yahoo Shopping! - Yahoo's shopping channel with everything you need

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