Consumer Information

Abby's Guide - Buying guides with tips and advice. Also has forums where people can post their experiences and degrees of satisfaction with products they have purchased.
http://www.abbysguide.com/

Federal Citizen Information Center - Provides a library of consumer interest publications on a variety of topics. A service of the U.S. General Services Administration.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

Welsh Consumer Council - Details of current projects, staff and publications, with advice, help and articles on a variety of consumer topics.
http://www.wales-consumer.org.uk/

EnerGuide - Produced by the Canadian government's Office of Energy Efficiency, rates home appliances for cost of operation and gives tips and advice.
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/energuide/

InstructionSheets.com - Includes alphabetical list of manufacturers with links to their sites and list of product instruction manuals offered for download.
http://www.instructionsheets.com

ePublic Eye - Monitors e-businesses 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.
http://www.epubliceye.com

ConsumerSearch.com - 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.
http://www.consumersearch.com/

Moving Company Guide - Covering choosing a moving company, insurance, checklists, and tips.
http://www.moving-company-guide.com

Master Me Meter - Life calculators and tools for career, family, and work.
http://www.myprimetime.com/misc/me_meters.shtml

InfoFAQ - Questions and answers about buying products and services over the Internet.
http://www.infofaq.com/

InfoChoice - 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.
http://www.infochoice.com.au

JD Power Information Center - Using consumer satisfaction data collected, this site provides consumers information to help them in their buying decisions.
http://www.jdpower.com/

Fixya.com - Support information for consumer electronics and appliances, repair services, manuals, guides, faqs and troubleshooting.
http://www.fixya.com/

Make Life Easy - An analytical shopping tool for consumers and businesses. Users can create smart shopping lists and personal consumer reports to make skilled purchase decisions.
http://www.makelifeeasy.com

BestStuff.com - A network of reporters, authors, and industry experts offering reviews of new products.
http://www.beststuff.com/

MouthShut.com - Consumers research, compare, and review products and services.
http://www.mouthshut.com

The User Manual Site - Contains instruction manuals and other support documents including operator and user guides, and how-to information for all sorts of appliances, machines and devices.
http://www.theusermanualsite.com/

Federation of American Consumers and Travelers (FACT) - 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 non-partisan political reports.
http://usafact.org/

Consumers' Checkbook - This independent, non-profit consumer authority provides articles and ratings for local services in the United States.
http://www.checkbook.org/

Ineed2know.org - An independent, not-for-profit service providing articles and tips about products and services.
http://www.ineed2know.org/

EConsumer.gov - Provides information on consumer protection laws in thirteen countries and offers consumers a way to file complaints online.
http://www.econsumer.gov/

Check Out - Wal-Mart's buyers blog about products they evaluate and solicit input from customers.
http://checkoutblog.com/

Canadian Consumer Information - Consumer information guides covering a variety of topics including children, consumer products and services, environment, food, health, housing and finance.
http://consumerinformation.ca/