Stephanie's Links
Action 16's Stephanie Thornton offers these links as places you can turn for consumer
information and help with your consumer problems.
 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission- This is the best site for product recall information. Most of the recalls I report on
during Action 16 are listed here.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General- This site has lots of news and other useful information for Pennsylvania consumers.
PA Bureau of Consumer Protection- Pennsylvania department that fights for consumer's rights. If you have a consumer
problem and you fill out this form,
they can help. They also have local offices on Scranton
and Allentown.
The Better Business Bureau- Before you do business with a company check here to see if others have filed a
complaint. Or you can file a complaint against a company you had problems with.
US Consumer Gateway- Consumer information from the Federal Government.
National Consumer Information Center- More consumer information from the Federal Government.
Federal Trade Commission- Consumer protection from the Federal Government.
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)- Consumer information about banks and saving money.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)- Testing the safety of products.
Internet ScamBusters- Lots of information about Internet scams.
Internet
Urban Legends and E-mail Hoaxs- Is this e-mail really true? Find out here.
Consumer World- Great consumer information site.
CarFax- Get information on that used car before you buy it.
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