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ACCI/American Council On Consumer Interests - Enhances consumer and family economic well-being by promoting excellence in research and educational programs.
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Consumer Handbook To Credit Protection Laws -
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A New Way To Bypass Automated Response Systems -
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How To Get A Human On The Phone -
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Angie’s List - Angie's List is a word-of-mouth network for consumers. It's a growing collection of homeowners' real-life experiences with local service companies.
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Bankrate.com - Surveys approximately 4,800 financial institutions in all 50 states in order to provide clear, objective, and unbiased rates to consumers. Provides free rate information to consumers on more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees.
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Better Business Bureau - Provides consumers with business reliability reports, dispute resolution, truth-in-advertising, consumer and business education, and charity reviews.
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Budd Hibbs.com - Consumer credit information
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Call For Action - Empower consumers by giving them a voice larger than their own. Volunteer professionals in offices around the world are trained to assist consumers through mediation and education to resolve problems with businesses, government agencies, and other organizations. Their services are free and confidential and available to all individuals and small businesses.
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California Consumer Health Care Council - Advocates for California health care consumers in all available forums. They track patient care trends, identify problems affecting individuals steering consumers in the right direction and hold corporate medicine accountable.
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Consumer.gov - Resource for consumer information from the Federal Government.
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Consumer Action - Nonprofit consumer organization that raises consumers' awareness of how technology affects personal privacy. Empowers consumers to take action to control their own personal information by providing practical tips on privacy protection. Responds to specific privacy-related complaints from consumers, intercede on their behalf, and, when appropriate, refer them to the proper organizations for further assistance. Documents the nature of consumers' complaints and questions about privacy in reports, testimony, and speeches and make them available to policy makers, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and the media. Advocates for consumers' privacy rights in local, state, and federal public policy proceedings, including legislative testimony, regulatory agency hearings, task forces, and study commissions as well as conferences and workshops.
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Consumer Affairs - Independent Web-based consumer news and resource center.
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Consumer Federation Of America - Works to advance pro-consumer policy on a variety of issues before Congress, the White House, federal and state regulatory agencies, state legislatures, and the courts. Its staff works with public officials to promote beneficial policies, to oppose harmful policies, and to ensure a balanced debate on important issues in which consumers have a stake.
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Get Human - Consumer movement to improve the quality of phone support in the US. This website has a gethuman database of secret phone numbers and codes and tips on how to get to a human when calling a company for customer service.
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Consumer Credit Counseling Services - Money Management International - Community service organization that provides professional financial guidance, counseling, community-wide educationalprograms, and debt management assistance.
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Bringo! - Look up the company you want to call, click the appropriate link, input your phone number on the web form, and Bringo! calls the company you want to yell at for you. You get a quick "verify this phone number" call, then, when Bringo! has you in the queue, your phone rings, you hit the # key, and you're in line for an operator.
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