Consumer Resources
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| Automobiles |
|  | Auto Repair Reference Center | | Repair information for 25,000 vehicles from 1954 to the present. Includes factory drawings, wiring diagrams, technical bulletins & recalls, labor estimators. Accessible anywhere with SCLD card. |  | Edmunds | | Edmunds offers information about used and new vehicles to help you pick your next car. | | • | Gas Prices | | | Find the lowest gas prices in town with the help of these links collected by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. | | Kelley Blue Book | | Along with pricing information about used and new vehicles, KBB rates, reviews and provides articles for prospective buyers. | | • | NADAguides.com | | | Look here for prices and information about buying, selling, and trading new and used cars, trucks, vans, motorcycles, boats RV’s, aircraft, and manufactured homes. | | • | RepairPrice Estimator | | | Think your mechanic’s overcharging you? Don’t blow a head gasket! Check RepairPal’s estimates. While you’re there: find a shop, chat with owners, and get the lowdown on the latest recalls for your vehicle. |
| | Miscellaneous Resources |
| | • | Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance | | | Discover the wealth of federal programs offering assistance to governments, groups, organizations, institutions, and individuals and get advice in writing your grant, too! | | • | Credit Counseling & Debtor Education Information | | | Looking for a legitimate credit counseling agency or a debtor education course? Check out these agencies vetted by the U.S. Department of Justice. | | • | Deter-Detect-Defend Avoid ID Theft | | | Scope out the Federal Trade Commission’s comprehensive take on how to avoid identity theft and what to do if your identity has been stolen. | | • | INTEREST.COM | | | Repair bad credit, manage your debt, and make informed financial decisions by comparing rates from numerous lenders and calculating the costs of your investments. | | • | National Fraud Information Center | | | Don’t be a victim--learn how to avoid fraud and how to fight back if you’ve been conned. | | • | Safe Shopping | | | Take these tips from the American Bar Association to heart and you’ll become a smart online shopper. | | • | Washington State Licensing | | | Check the status of a business or professional license and discover if the person you’re doing business with really is on the up and up. |
| | Reports & Reviews |
| | • | Charity Navigator | | | Compare similar charities side by side and make the most of your donation dollars by selecting a responsible, reputable charity that’s able to sustain its programs over time. | | • | Consumer Guide | | | Don’t reach for your wallet until you’ve checked ratings and reviews, compared prices, and discovered just how that item works. | | Consumer Reports | Provides unbiased ratings, reviews, comparisons, recommendations, and buying advice for products in a wide range of categories, including new and used cars, and includes brand reliability and user reviews, blogs, forums and video content. Accessible anywhere with SCLD card.
| | • | FDA: Food and Drug Administration | | | Uncover all sorts of information about food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics, including what’s been recently recalled or approved. | | • | JustGive.org | | | Make charitable giving a greater part of your life by getting the financial scoop on more than 1,000,000 charities and then taking advantage of the convenient gift certificate and wedding registry features. | | • | NexTag Comparison Shopping | | | Before you make that big purchase, stop by by here to find the best deal by comparing prices and customer comments, printing out rebates and coupons, and reviewing price histories. | | • | Product Reviews and Reports from ConsumerSearch.com | | | Why waste time scouring a variety of print and online sources to find out what the experts are saying when the folks at ConsumerSearch have done it for you? | | • | Washington State Secretary of State Charities Program | | | Before you write that check, find out a little more about the organization you’re donating to by searching the Charities and Commercial Fundraisers Registration Database. | | • | www.Recalls.gov--Your Online Source for Recalls | | | Search all government agency recalls in one convenient location. |
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