Consumer Issues

General Consumer Information

The Better Business Bureau
www.bbb.org

City Departments: City of Jacksonville
www.coj.net/Departments

Consumer Action
www.consumer-action.org

Consumer Information Center
www.pueblo.gsa.gov

Consumer World
www.consumerworld.org/pages/htmsrch.htm

ConsumerReports.org
www.consumerreports.org

ConsumerSearch: Product Research
www.consumersearch.com

FirstGov for Consumers
www.consumer.gov

Florida Division of Consumer Services
www.800helpfla.com

Automotive

Edmunds Automobile Guides
www.edmunds.com

Kelley Blue Book
www.kbb.com

NADAguides.com
www.nadaguides.com

National Highway Traffic Safety
www.nhtsa.dot.gov

Buying a Home

BankRate.com
www.bankrate.com

HomePath
www.homepath.com

HUD: Buying a Home
www.hud.gov/buying/index.cfm

Mortgage-Net
www.mortgage-net.com

Move
www.move.com/?poe=move

Credit

AnnualCreditReport.com
www.annualcreditreport.com

Provided the federal government, this site allows users to obtain a free annual credit report.

FACTA, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs6a-facta.htm

Fact Sheet from Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Identity Theft Prevention
www.consumer.gov/idtheft

National Foundation for Credit Counseling
www.nfcc.org

Cybersecurity

Secure Florida
www.secureflorida.org

Environment

Healthy Communities Environmental Maps
www.hud.gov/emaps

The Water Librarians Home Page
www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html

Health

Florida Department of Health License look-up
www.doh.state.fl.us/irmoopraes/praslist.asp

Florida Department of Health: Unlicensed Activity & Consumer Awareness Information
www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/unlicensed/unlic_home.html

Medicare
www.medicare.gov

Home Improvement

Do-It-Yourself Network.com
www.diynet.com

HGTV.com
www.hgtv.com

Insurance

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation: Consumer Guides
www.stateofflorida.com/Portal/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=20

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation: Company Directory
www.fldfs.com/data/companysearch/index.asp

Insurance Information Institute
www.iii.org

Online Shopping

eSmarts: Internet guide to bargain shopping
esmarts.com

Relocating

Moving.com
www.moving.com

Sperling’s Best Places
www.bestplaces.net

Telephone Services

10-10PhoneRates.com
www.10-10phonerates.com

FCC Consumer Information Bureau
www.fcc.gov/cgb

ABTolls: Long distance phone rate comparisons
www.abtolls.com