Action 16 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 mentioned 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 in 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 that e-mail really true? Find out here.
Consumer World - Great consumer information site.
CarFax - Get information on that used car before you buy it.
Lemon Law
Is your car a lemon? PA's Lemon Law may protect you.