• AnnualCreditReport.com - the official site for getting your free annual credit report
• Bank Rate Monitor - interest rates, payment calculators, numerous articles
• Better Business Bureau of New Jersey
• Call For Action at 6ABC
• CASPIAN - consumer privacy issues
• Consumer Reports - articles available online through EbscoHost, and paper copies are at the library. If you use EbscoHost from a computer outside the library, you will need to enter your library card number. Choose the MasterFile Premier database and use the Advanced Search option. Type Consumer Reports in a search box for Journal Name.
• Consumers Checkbook - nonprofit that gathers ratings on local businesses and professional services. The library now has a subscription to their print publications; ask at the Circulation Desk.
• Cosmetics Cop - with Paula Begoun
• Costhelper.com - check what you should pay for many products and services
• Credit Source  - how to stop credit card offers
• Derek's Web Shopping & Price Comparison Sites Guide
• Dial A Human - how to get out of annoying automated phone systems and reach a live human being
• Direct Marketing Association - how to get off mailing lists
• Domania.com - request free reports on home sale prices in your area
• Epinions.com - read product reviews by consumers like you
• FCIC - Consumer Information from Pueblo, Colorado, now online
• FDIC Failed Banks List
• Get Human - similar to Dial A Human, how to get to a live person from within an automated phone system
• Google Product Search (formerly Froogle)
• How long to keep important papers, from Good Housekeeping
• J. D. Power product and service ratings
• Know Your Stuff - download free home inventory software from the Insurance Information Institute
• MyMoney.gov - financial tips compiled from 20 federal government agencies
• NBC10 Investigators - Harry Hairston and Lu Ann Cahn help solve your problems
• New Jersey Board of Public Utilities 
• New Jersey Consumer Law
• New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance - including unclaimed property search
• New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs - free credit reports, Do Not Call list, and more
• New Jersey Prescription Drug Price Registry - compare prices on 150 most common medications
• NextAdvisor - reviews and ratings of online services, including those for credit monitoring and protecting yourself from identify theft
• OnGuardOnline - computer safety tips from the federal government
• Retrevo - links to product manuals
• Wise Giving Alliance - charity reports
• Wize.com - compilation of product reviews from all over the net

Updated 10/5/2011

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