The LAWCHEK® Bulletin
December 2000 | Vol. 3, Issue 5

Consumer Information

BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU

Better Business Bureau
Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.
4200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203-1804
Telephone: (703) 276-0100
Fax: (703) 525-8277
URL: http://www.betterbusinessbureau.com


BBB Shopping Safely Online:
http://www.bbb.org/library/shoponline.asp

BBB Tips On Cyber Shopping:
http://www.bbb.org/library/cybershop.asp

BBB Tips On Filing a Complaint Online:
BBB Tips On Filing a Complaint Online:

http://www.bbb.org/bbbcomplaints/welcome.asp

To Find BBBs in your area, use the following search!
(Searches are by zip code and state.)
http://www.bbb.org/BBBComplaints/lookup.asp

 

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CREDIT BUREAUS

Equifax
Fee: $8.50
P.O. Box 740256
Atlanta, Georgia 30374-0256
Telephone: (800) 997-2493

URL: http://www.equifax.com/

Trans Union
Fee: $8.50
Post Office Box 2000
Chester, PA 19022
Telephone: (800) 916-8800

URL: http://www.transunion.com/

Credit Restoration:
Direct Credit
http://www.directcredit.com/frmindex.htm


Debt Consolidation:
AMS Financial Services, Inc. 
http://www.crsfinancial.com/

 

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CONSUMER AFFAIRS

Consumer Protection Association of America
P.O. Box 271097
Fort Collins, CO 80527-1097
Telephone: 970-484-9008
URL: http://www.consumerpro.com/index.html

Consumer Information Center
Room G-142, (XC)
1800 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20405
Telephone: 1-800-688-9889
1-800-326-2996 (TTY)
E-mail: catalog.pueblo@gsa.gov
URL: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Consumer Protection
CRC-240
Washington, D.C. 20580
Telephone: 202-FTC-HELP (202-382-4357)
URL: http://www.ftc.gov/
Shopping Tips: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/holiday/

Consumer Line
(An online service of the Office of Consumer and Business
Education of the Bureau of Consumer Protection.)
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm

Consumer Protection
(An online service of the Bureau of Consumer
Protection regarding E-Commerce & the Internet.)
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-internet.htm

Complaint Form
(If you have a complaint about a particular company or organization,
this form outlines the information that is useful to the Bureau of
Consumer Protection and allows you to e-mail it asap.)
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm

Consumer Reports Online
(A great source for unbiased, reliable, useful information
for making smart buying decisions online.  Holiday shopping
tips include Credit "Do's" and "Don'ts," and information on Checks,
Debit Cards, Warranties, returning merchandise and much more.)
http://www.consumerreports.org/index.html

 

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CONSUMER INFORMATION BY STATE

ALABAMA . ALASKA . ARIZONA . ARKANSAS . CALIFORNIA . COLORADO 
CONNECTICUT . DELAWARE . FLORIDA . GEORGIA . HAWAII . IDAHO . ILLINOIS  
INDIANA . IOWA . KANSAS . KENTUCKY . LOUISIANA . MAINE . MARYLAND 
MASSACHUSETTS . MICHIGAN . MINNESOTA . MISSISSIPPI . MISSOURI . MONTANA  
NEBRASKA . NEVADA . NEW HAMPSHIRE . NEW JERSEY . NEW MEXICO . NEW YORK 
NORTH CAROLINA . NORTH DAKOTA . OHIO . OKLAHOMA . OREGON . PENNSYLVANIA 
RHODE ISLAND . SOUTH CAROLINA . SOUTH DAKOTA . TENNESSEE . TEXAS . UTAH  
VERMONT . VIRGINIA . WASHINGTON . WEST VIRGINIA . WISCONSIN . WYOMING

Alabama

Consumer Protection
http://www.ago.state.al.us/consumer.cfm


Alaska


Consumer Protection
http://www.law.state.ak.us/consumer/

Arizona

Consumer Protection
http://www.attorney_general.state.az.us/consumer/cnsmrpro.html

Arkansas


Consumer Protection
http://www.ag.state.ar.us/


California


Consumer Protection
http://caag.state.ca.us/

Colorado


Consumer Protection
http://www.ago.state.co.us/consprot.htm


Connecticut


Consumer Protection
http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/attygenl/mainlinks/tabindex3.htm

Delaware


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.de.us/attgen/consumer.htm

Florida


Consumer Protection
http://legal.firn.edu/consumer/protect.html

Georgia


Consumer Protection
http://www.ganet.org/ago/

Hawaii


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.hi.us/dcca/ocpnew/

Idaho

Consumer Protection
http://www2.state.id.us/ag/index.html

Illinois


Consumer Protection
http://www.ag.state.il.us/toc.htm

Indiana


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.in.us/hoosieradvocate/index.html

Iowa


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/consumer.html

Kansas


Consumer Protection
http://www.ink.org/public/ksag/contents/consumer/main.htm

Kentucky



Consumer Protection
http://www.law.state.ky.us/Default.htm

Louisiana


Consumer Protection
http://www.ag.state.la.us/conpro.htm

Maine


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.me.us/ag/consumer.htm

Maryland


Consumer Protection
http://www.oag.state.md.us/consumer/index.htm

Massachusetts

Consumer Protection
http://www.ago.state.ma.us/

Michigan


Consumer Protection
http://www.ag.state.mi.us

Minnesota


Consumer Protection
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/default.shtml

Mississippi


Consumer Protection
http://www.ago.state.ms.us/consprot.htm

Missouri


Consumer Protection
http://www.ago.state.mo.us/

Montana


Consumer Protection
http://www.doj.state.mt.us/ago/index.htm

Nebraska


Consumer Protection
http://www.nol.org/home/ago/

Nevada


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.nv.us/

New Hampshire


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.nh.us/nhdoj/consumer/cpb.html

New Jersey

Consumer Protection
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/home.htm

New Mexico


Consumer Protection
http://www.ago.state.nm.us/

New York


Consumer Protection
http://www.consumer.state.ny.us

North Carolina


Consumer Protection
http://www.jus.state.nc.us/

North Dakota


Consumer Protection
http://expedition.bismarck.ag.state.nd.us/ndag/

Ohio


Consumer Protection
http://www.ag.state.oh.us

Oklahoma


Consumer Protection
http://www.oag.state.ok.us/oagweb.nsf

Oregon


Consumer Protection
http://www.cbs.state.or.us/

Pennsylvania

Consumer Protection
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/

Rhode Island


Consumer Protection
http://www.riag.state.ri.us/

South Carolina


Consumer Protection
http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/

South Dakota


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.sd.us/attorney/attorney.html

Tennessee


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.tn.us/consumer/

Texas


Consumer Protection
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/consumer.htm

Utah


Consumer Protection
http://attygen.state.ut.us/

Vermont


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.vt.us/atg/

Virginia


Consumer Protection
http://www.oag.state.va.us

Washington

Consumer Protection
http://www.wa.gov/ago/

West Virginia


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.wv.us/wvag/

Wisconsin


Consumer Protection
http://www.doj.state.wi.us/

Wyoming


Consumer Protection
http://www.state.wy.us/~ag/index.html

 

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