- BestStuff
- Better Business Bureau
- Better Business Bureau - Serving Greater Iowa & Rock Island County, IL
- Calculate Payments - Consumer Guide
- Choose to Save
- A Consumer Guide To Safer Alternatives To Hazardous Household Products
- Federal Citizen Information Center
- Consumer Action
Provides advice and consumer tips on: car repair,
purchase, and leasing; shopping from home; avoiding consumer and investment
fraud; home improvement and financing; choosing and using credit cards
wisely; and much more.
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Press Releases (including Recalls)
- Consumer Protection - FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
- Consumer World
Consumer World has gathered over 1100 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet. Whether
you want to check an airfare, find an ATM machine anywhere in the world,
file a consumer complaint with a state agency, read 100s of consumer booklets,
find a low rate credit card or mortgage, research a law, look up the wholesale
price of a car, locate a Better Business Bureau, find a toll-free number,
listen (literally) to the latest news, contact a company's customer service
department, comparison shop for bargains and last minute travel, check
stock quotes or CD rates, read a movie review or see a preview, clip electronic
coupons, or search the Internet, you can do it in Consumer World.
- Consumers' Directory of Certified Efficiency Ratings for Heating and Water Heating Equipment
- FDA Consumer Magazine
- Frugal Living
- Home Energy Saver
- Homes and Communities - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Internet ScamBusters
- Iowa Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Includes a "Consumer Complaint Form"
- Iowa State University Extension
- Junkbusters
Guide to Reducing Junk
Telemarketing, junk mail, junk faxes, junk databases, junk e-mail
- National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators
State offices for unclaimed or abandoned property
- Practical Money Skills for Life
- The Public Eye: Undercover Shoppers
- Safer Shopping Guide
- The Queen of Clean - Cleaning Tips
- Savingforcollege.com
- Spam: Where to Complain about Frauds & Scams on the Internet
- Stain Removal Guide
- U.S. Consumer Gateway: Your Link to Federal Consumer Information
See Automobiles for consumer information on vehicles.
Call 1-800-222-1600 for the Better Business Bureau for Iowa.
Credit Information and Credit Agencies
Trans Union
PO Box 1000
Chester, PA 19022
www.transunion.com
800-916-8800
Experian (formerly TRW)
PO Box 2002
Allen, TX 75013
www.experian.com
1-888-397-3742
Equifax
PO Box 74021br>
Atlanta, GA 30374
www.equifax.com
800-685-1111
Where to Turn for Help
Better Business Bureau of Iowa
1-800-222-1600
Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance
4200 Wilson Blvd. Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
1-703-276-0100
Call for Action
Nonprofit network of consumer hotlines affiliated with local
television and radio stations.
5272 River Road, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20813
301-657-8260
www.callforaction.org
Consumer Health Information Research Institute Hotline
300 E. Pink Hill Rd.
Independence, MO 64057-3220
1-800-821-6671
Takes reports of quackery and fraud. Provides referrals.
Council of Better Business Bureaus
4200 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22203
703-276-0100
FirstGov.gov
1-800-FED-INFO
Provides information on Government agencies and services.
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Room 130
Washington, DC 20580
Accepts written complaints of fraud. Provides information on new-
and used-car buying and auto-service contracts.
www.ftc.gov
National Fraud Information Center
Report complaints of fraud to toll-free hotline. Referrals given
on case-by-case basis.
1-800-876-7060
Comparison Shopping Sites
Insurance Information
Junk Mail and Calls
Consumer Price Index (CPI) Information
