SHOPPING
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- AddALL: Book comparison price search engine
- Airfare finder/ITA Software - most comprehensive search
- AllBookstores: provides comparisons of delivered prices for books
- Amabuddy: Get Amazon Book/CD prices free by phone
- Amazon price drops tracking from RefundPlease.com
- AutoSlash.com: get lowest car rental rate, and alerts if prices drop
- Best Book Buys (finds lowest price from 28+ bookstores)
- Best Bike Buys: bicycle parts/accessories price comparison service
- BizRate: comparison pricer, store ratings, user reviews
- Book Price Comparison: enter the ISBN or UPC number
- Book Sale Finder: used book sales by state
- British Telecom CallPricer: enter call details, it finds the price
- Bublos: books comparison price finder
- Call Sense: help finding the lowest long distance phone service
- Cellular phone and plan comparisons from Let's Talk
- CNET Shopper: computer/components comparison price finder
- ComparisonShopping.com: four+ shopbots in one
- Consumer World Price Check Comparison Price Shopping Robot
- DealTime/Shopping.com shopping robot
- Dental Care price comparisons in 300 cities
- Dental/Dentist Services price comparisons, state by state
- FetchBook: compare book prices easily
- Gas Buddy: find low gasoline prices by location
- Gas Price Watch
- Gas Prices Mapped near you
- Gas Prices in your area by AAA Fuel Price Finder
- Gas Prices from Mapquest
- Get Connected: compares prices/plans for cable, cell, local/long distance telephone, Internet, more
- Gift Card Granny: compare prices for selling/buying discounted gift cards
- Infochoice: compare phone, bank, broker, and air prices in Australia
- Magazine Price Search: find lowest price for magazines
- Menu Pages: online menus for restaurants in eight big cities
- Moving companies online quotes database (50 states)
- My Rate Plan: help figure out best long distance, cell plans, etc.
- My Simon: comparison price search by category/specific item
- NexTag: you negotiate with sellers for lower computer eq. prices
- Oodle: search multiple newspapers' classified ads by city
- Orbitz: find low fares, very comprehensive comparisons
- PC Today/Processor - street price comparisons of computer products
- PharmacyChecker: compare online/mail order prescription drug prices
- Pinpoint Shopping: AOL's comparison price engine
- Price Checker: UK-based shopbot for books, music, videos, games
- Price Drops: track price decreases for select computers/electronics
- PriceProtectr: automatic emails when a price drops, aids price guarantee claims
- PriceHistories.com: find prices charged for items over the past 6 months
- Price Scan (database comparing computer prices)
- PriceSpider: shows price history/fluctuation of items
- Sales Circular.com: chain store sales in your area arranged by product category
- ShipGooder: compares USPS, Fedex, DHL, and UPS shipping rates
- Shop Local: find sales and coupons in your area
- StreetPrices (search 15,000+ computer product prices)
- Wize: price comparison engine with aggregated product reviews and total score
Retail Stores' Weekly Advertising Flyers - Ace Hardware circular
- Best Buy's weekly ad
- Big Lots' biweekly flyer
- Cairo: search weekly sale circulars in your area, get price notifications via email
- Circulars for a variety of stores (from ShopLocal/CrossMedia)
- CVS drugstore weekly circular
- Fred Meyer's weekly ad
- Fry's weekly newspaper ad
- Giant Food Supermarket weekly circular
- HyVee supermarket weekly circular
- JC Penney's current advertisement
- KMart's advertising circular
- Kohl's Sale Circulars
- Kroger supermarket ads
- Lowes Home Improvement weekly circular
- Radio Shack's current store flyer
- Rite Aid drugstore weekly circular
- Safeway and Vons Circulars
- San Jose Mercury News - copies of ads and circulars
- Sears' weekly ad
- Shopko Weekly circular
- Staples not quite weekly sales circular
- Stop & Shop supermarkets weekly circular
- SundaySaver: links to stores' weekly advertising circulars
- Target's weekly ad
- Walgreens weekly circular
- Wal-Mart's advertising circular
Product Reviews and Surveys by Consumer World - Review of HTC One M8 Smartphone
- Review of LG G2 Smartphone
- Review of Samsung Galaxy S 4 Smartphone
- Review of Samsung Galaxy Tab2, 10.1" Tablet
- Survey: Metric Measurements on Food Nutrition Labels Mislead Many
- Annual Return Policy Survey
- Sears Caught Cramming Service Contracts onto Appliance Orders
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Tablet Reviewed
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablet Reviewed
- Samsung Smart Media Player (cable box) GX-SM530CF
- Dishwasher Detergents Survey 2010 -- Phosphates/Phosphorus Content Found in 90% of Stores
- Product Review: Air HD -- Connect HDTVs wirelessly to cable box, dvd player
- Product Review: Magellan Maestro 4350 GPS
- Product Review: Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS
- Product Review: Magellan Roadmate 1700 GPS with 7-inch screen
- Product Review: TomTom XL 340s GPS
- Product Review: ZTE Overture 2 smartphone on Cricket Wireless
Product Reviews, Buying Guides & Seller Ratings - My Product Advisor: unbiased product suggester based on features you choose
- alaTest: product reviews by real consumers
- America's Test Kitchen: reviews of kitchen gear
- American Customer Satisfaction Index: consumers rate 200 companies
- Audio Review (reviews of audio products)
- BizRate (shoppers rate online merchants)
- Camcorderinfo.com: reviews of camcorders
- Cash Back Watch: percentage cash rebate programs compared for major web retailers
- Chowhound: restaurant messageboard with recommendations
- CompareRewards: how purchase rebate/reward/cashback sites compare
- Computers.com -- products specs, reviews for computers/electronics
- ConsumerGuide (product reviews, ratings, prices)
- Consumer Reports Magazine Online
- Consumer Review (computer, audio, electronics, sports, more reviews by consumers)
- ConsumerSearch: collects product reviews by category, rates reviews
- Cooks Illustrated: cookware and cookbook reviews, product tastings results
- Cosmetics reviews by the Cosmetics Cop
- Customer Respect Group: researches/rates customer service
- DCViews: digital camera reviews from multiple sources
- Digital Camera reviews, specs, and comment
- Digital camera reviews by Steve (very thorough)
- Digital Camera Reviews and news
- Digital Camera reviews from Megapixel
- DigitalCameraInfo.com: digital camera reviews
- Ecoustics.com: hi-fi, audio, video, tv, hdtv, television reviews and buying guides
- Epinions: real consumers rate and review products and services
- Ev'Reward: compare/find the cashback percentage given by reward sites for estores
- ExactChoice: helps you pick a specific computer for your needs
- Forrester Research: professional company studies
- Franklin Report: reviews of home contractors/designers in NY, LA, Chic
- GPS Lodge: reviews of GPS navigation units
- Gomez Advisors: Online ratings of shopping websites and services
- Good Housekeeping Institute Buyer's Guides
- Green Guide: reports on environmentally friendly products
- Home Appliances (compare features, find Internet offers)
- HomeTips (buying guides for a/c, home improvements, etc.)
- Hospitals: best ones by area and specialty (US News & World Report)
- Imaging Resource: very detailed reviews of digital cameras, scanners, printers
- JD Power Consumer Center: ratings for car, home, travel, finance
- MetaCritic: one-stop site for reviews of movies, dvds, music, games
- Movie and home video reviews from MRQE
- Movie Reviews aggregated by RottenTomatoes
- Mystery shopping: get paid for shopping/testing stores
- PC Magazine computer product reviews
- Reseller Ratings: regular folks rate mail order/Internet sellers
- Responsible Shopper: background on companies, green, labor, etc.
- Retrevo: aggregates reviews, sources of info on electronic products
- Review Centre: for electronics, computers, appliances in the UK
- Running shoe reviews from Runners World
- Scorescards by Gomez: ratings of 'net brokers, travel agents, banks, more
- Shop Smart magazine from Consumer Reports
- Smart Computing computer hardware reviews
- Summize: aggregates products reviews, mostly from Amazon
- Test Freaks: aggregates professional and consumer reviews of products
- Trip Advisor: reviews of hotels, by publications and travelers
- ValueStar: referrals to top-rated California service providers
- Weiss Ratings of insurance companies, banks, brokerages (worst list free)
- Wine, Beer and Spirits reviews and buying guide
- Zagat restaurant reviews
Car Buying - Auto-by-Tel: discount car buying service
- AutoVantage (reviews, dealer cost, local price quotes)
- Avoiding scams when buying or leasing a car
- CarFax (sells reports if your car has been in previous accident) ++
- CarInfo.com: an insider's tips on buying, leasing, and car repairing
- Carpoint Buying Guide from Microsoft
- CarPoint used car reliability ratings
- Car Price.com (dealer cost lists for new and used cars)
- Cars Direct: delivers new cars to your door at actual dealer cost
- Car Smart: variety of buying/selling info
- CarWizard: pricing guide including rebates
- Dealernet
- Edmund's New & Used Car Prices, Reviews and Crash Data
- Kelley Blue Book new and used car dealer prices
- Lemon Check®: see if your car was previously declared a "lemon" under state law ++
- NADA Guides: Site to research, find, finance and service your car
- Current rebates and incentives on new car purchases
- Where Can I Buy a Car Online: links to resources, quote services
- Yahoo! Autos with Chrome Data buying information
Individual Merchants - Amazon.com ++
- Best Buy
- Bloomingdales
- Books discounted by Amazon.com ++
- Brookstone's clearance gadgets
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- Drugstore.com
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- Groceries online from NetGrocer sent via Fedex
- IKEA home furnishings
- Internet invention store
- Kmart.com
- Kohl's
- Macy's
- North Carolina Furniture Online
- Officemax
- JCPenney
- Sears
- Staples.com
- Target.com
- Wal-Mart
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