Buying guides with tips and advice. Also has forums where people can post their experiences and degrees of satisfaction with products they have purchased.

url: www.abbysguide.com/

A network of reporters, authors, and industry experts offering reviews of new products.

url: www.beststuff.com/

Consumer information guides covering a variety of topics including children, consumer products and services, environment, food, health, housing and finance.

url: consumerinformation.ca/

WalMart's buyers blog about products they evaluate and solicit input from customers.

url: checkoutblog.com/

This independent, nonprofit consumer authority provides articles and ratings for local services in the United States.

url: www.checkbook.org/

Database of categorized consumer product reviews from a variety of news and trade publications. For each product, it ranks and describes all reviews, provides a full story of expert analysis, and lists top rated products by category.

url: www.consumersearch.com/

Provides information on consumer protection laws in thirteen countries and offers consumers a way to file complaints online.

url: www.econsumer.gov/

Produced by the Canadian government's Office of Energy Efficiency, rates home appliances for cost of operation and gives tips and advice.

url: oee.nrcan.gc.ca/energuide/

Monitors ebusinesses for reliability, privacy and customer satisfaction. Offers a directory of registered safe shopping web sites, streaming audio consumer alerts and the Safe Shopping Radio Network.

url: www.epubliceye.com

Provides a library of consumer interest publications on a variety of topics. A service of the U.S. General Services Administration.

url: www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

A national consumer organization offering benefits, discounts, and programs for consumers and travelers. Offers subscription based articles on cost saving health care benefits, scholarships, grants, and nonpartisan political reports.

url: usafact.org/

Support information for consumer electronics and appliances, repair services, manuals, guides, faqs and troubleshooting.

url: www.fixya.com/

An independent, notforprofit service providing articles and tips about products and services.

url: www.ineed2know.org/

Offers a family of websites focused on providing consumer information and reviews for products and services from the banking, investment, telecommunications, insurance and travel industries in Australia.

url: www.infochoice.com.au

Questions and answers about buying products and services over the Internet.

url: www.infofaq.com/

Includes alphabetical list of manufacturers with links to their sites and list of product instruction manuals offered for download.

url: www.instructionsheets.com

Using consumer satisfaction data collected, this site provides consumers information to help them in their buying decisions.

url: www.jdpower.com/

An analytical shopping tool for consumers and businesses. Users can create smart shopping lists and personal consumer reports to make skilled purchase decisions.

url: www.makelifeeasy.com

Life calculators and tools for career, family, and work.

url: www.myprimetime.com/misc/me_meters.shtml

Consumers research, compare, and review products and services.

url: www.mouthshut.com

Covering choosing a moving company, insurance, checklists, and tips.

url: www.moving-company-guide.com

Contains instruction manuals and other support documents including operator and user guides, and howto information for all sorts of appliances, machines and devices.

url: www.theusermanualsite.com/

Details of current projects, staff and publications, with advice, help and articles on a variety of consumer topics.

url: www.wales-consumer.org.uk/

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