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General
Comparison Shopping
Customer Service
Product Reviews & Feedback
Catalogues
Localized Shopping

Accessories
Apparel
Auctions
Automobiles
Beauty
Business Equipment & Supplies
Communications
Consumer Electronics
Domicile
Gifts
Hardware
Jewelry
Legal Services
Luggage & Leatherware
Music
Office Supplies & Services
Photography
Racquetball
Shopping venues/Outlets
Stuff


General http://directory.google.com
Befor buying online at brand-name sites, it's a good idea to check for special coupon offers
at these sites:
http://www.shoppersresource.com/
http://www.dealhunting.com/
http://www.quicktoclick.com/

Center for Science in the Public Interest http://www.cspinet.org/ a strong advocate for nutrition and health, food safety, alcohol policy, and sound science.

Comparison shopping
http://froogle.google.com/
http://www.bizrate.com/


Customer Service
I was inspired by Ellen V. Hobbs following her site being featured on Morning Edition on 05.01.08. She had
a dispute with Amazon, and was absolutely unable to find a phone number on their web pages. So she
discovered the numbers and published them on her website. In that spirit, I am doing the same here.

Amazon U.S. customer service Toll-free in the US and Canada: 800.201.7575
Phone – Toll-free from US/Canada: 800.201.7575. Toll calls 206.346.2992, 206.266.2992, 206.266.2335
Corporate Offices, Seattle 206.622.2335; Legal Department Fax 206.266.7010
email addresses – orders@amazon.com, resolution@amazon.com, charge-inquiries@amazon.com
snail mail – Amazon.com, Inc.; Customer Service; PO Box 81226; Seattle, WA 98108-1226

eBay Toll Free: 800,322,9266 and 888.749.3229; also408.376.7400 And another one:

PayPal 888.221.1161




Product Reviews & Feedback
www.cnet.com Very good site. Mostly computer/electronic devices
http://www.complaints.com/ Not very well organized
http://www.epinions.com/ Similar to cnet

Catalogues
CatalogCity http://www.catalogcity.com/
Google http://www.catalogs.google.com/


Localized Shopping
http://www.craigslist.org/ For most major U.S. cities and several overseas
http://www.shoplocal.com/
http://www.livedeal.com/
http://www.cairo.com/
http://www.stepup.com/ Probably the least useful of this group


Accessories
Solace Marbled Artwear (my checkbook cover) http://www.solaceinc.com

Apparel
General
Blair www.blair.com
Bluefly www.bluefly.com
Chinese-Tailor http://www.chinese-tailor.com/ Good source for cheongsam and other Asian styles
Clothing from Bali http://www.realbodies.com/home.htm
Plus Size Yellow Pages http://www.plussizeyellowpages.com/
Saris http://www.sarisafari.com/
Foundations
Inchant http://www.inchant.com/
Lingerie
BraExperience www.braexperience.com
Shoes
Birkenstock http://www.birkenstock.com/
New Balance http://www.newbalance.com/
Zappos http://www.zappos.com/welcome.zhtml?0905 Incredible selection


Auctions
What's It Worth To You http://www.wiw2u.com/ online appraisers

http://auction.amazon.com/
http://auctions.msn.com/
eBay http://www.ebay.com/ and SiteMap http://pages.ebay.com/sitemap.html
Quick-loading page of ebay categories and URIs.
Search http://search.ebay.com/searchargument
Go to a specific listing http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=nnnnnnnnnn
Abbreviations used in eBay listings http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/community-terms.html

eBay turbo lister FAQ http://pages.ebay.com/turbo_lister/turbolisterfaq.html
eBay seller tools http://pages.ebay.com/sell/tools.html
Seller's Assistant http://www.ebay.com/sellers_assistant/index.html
Hot Categories Report - monthly http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/hotitems.pdf
basic http://pages.ebay.com/sellers_assistant/basic.html
pro http://pages.ebay.com/sellers_assistant/pro.html
eBay HTML tips for listing http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/html_tips.html?fromFeature=Sell%20Your%20Item
eBay shipping calculator http://payments.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EmitSellerShippingCalculator&itemId=0
eBay weight & size tutorial http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/ship-calc-package.html
eBay developer http://www.developer.ebay.com/
eBay mature audiences http://everythingelse.listings.ebay.com/Mature-Audiences...
The things I'm selling http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&...&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50
The things I'm bidding on & recently viewed http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyeBay&Log...MyeBayBidding&ssPageName=STRK:ME:LNLK
My feedback page http://feedback.ebay.com/ws1/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback
Report an Unpaid Item Dispute http://feedback.ebay.com:80/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?CreateDispute

Automobiles
Gasoline prices nationwide
http://www.gasbuddy.com/
http://www.virginiagasprices.com/
http://www.richmondgasprices.com/

http://www.car-buying-tips.net/cars.html
Kelly Blue Book http://www.kbb.com/
Lemon Laws http://www.state-lemon-law.org/index.html
Car buying tips http://www.edmunds.com/

Tools
Mac Tools http://www.mactools.com/home.aspx
Northwestern http://www.northwesterntools.com/ "...broad range of tools and supplies for machine tool and manufacturing industries"
Snap-On http://www.snapon.com/
Steck Manufacturing http://www.steckmfg.com/
Parts
http://www.jcwhitney.com/
http://www.advanceautoparts.com/english/default.asp
Gates Catalogues http://www.gates.com/catalogs/index.cfm?requesting=automotivecatalog&location_id=524
Goodyear Belts & Hoses http://www.goodyearbeltsandhose.com/arp1/jsp/StartCarSearch.jsp

Beauty
General
Beauty www.beauty.com
Estee Lauder www.esteelauder.com
Frownies http://www.frownies.com/default.htm
Reflect www.reflect.com
Who's The Fairest http://www.whosthefairest.com/

Scents
FragranceNet http://www.fragrancenet.com/html/
Perfumania http://www.perfumania.com/
Sephoria www.sephoria.com
A fascinating geneology of fragrances is published by Haarmann & Reimer.
There is a chart for feminine scents and one for masculine scents
http://www.haarmann-reimer.com/en/duft/pdf/poster_genealogie_feminin.pdf
http://www.haarmann-reimer.com/en/duft/pdf/poster_genealogie_masculin.pdf


Business Equipment & Supplies
Electronic components http://www.digikey.com/
Plastic bags & poly- products https://www.nationalbag.com/

Communications
Sprint PCS http://www.sprintpcs.com/
Suncom www.suncom.com
Verizon Wireless http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/index.jsp

Verizon http://www22.verizon.com/

Consumer Electronics (Other than computers)
Tech Gadget News http://www.i4u.com/
Nokia USA http://www.nokiausa.com/
Sony
http://www.sonystyle.com/
Sony Direct Accessories & Parts Center (DAPC) http://servicesales.sel.sony.com/

Belkin connectors http://www.belkin.com/index.asp
Excellent selection of cables, connectors & routers http://www.cables4computer.com/

Domicile
Light Bulbs http://bulbs.com/ Good prices, but need to buy lots to offset shipping charges
Plumbing Fixtures
American Standard http://www.americanstandard-us.com/
Kohler http://www.us.kohler.com/
Pet Supplies
Good prices on pet meds http://www.petsuppliesnet.com/

Gifts
Healthcare
Applied Therapeutics www.ATforyou.com
Jewelry
Apsides (the Andromeda earrings and pendant) www.apsides.com
Media
Amazon www.amazon.com


Hardware
Good selection of Torx screws http://www.aaronstorxscrews.com/

Jewelry
Apsides (Andromeda) www.apsides.com
Bijougraphique (earrings with pictures) www.bijougraphique.com

Legal Services
Internet Legal Resource Guide http://www.ilrg.com/
Legal Zoom http://www.legalzoom.com/

Luggage & Leatherware
Barbara Polin, SoLace (checkbook) www.solaceinc.com or http://home.rica.net/solace/

Music
Arkivmusic – hard to find CDs http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/main.jsp

Office Supplies & Services
Highsmith http://www.highsmith.com/
Nebs http://www.nebs.com/ labels & printed items
Printing
Free business cards http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/ns/bcfree.aspx

Photography
Excellent camera cases http://www.pelican.com/cases/cases.html
Nikon http://www.nikon.com/
Olympus http://www.olympusamerica.com/
Vivitar http://www.vivitar.com/index.html as in lenses

RacquetballGoTo the Racquetball Links

Shopping venues/outlets
Virginia Center Commons www.va-center-commons.com

Stuff
Bumper Stickers & Stuff http://www.evolvefish.com/fish/stickers.html
http://www.thebumperbanner.com/about.php
http://www.peaceproject.com/
http://www.northernsun.com/index.cgi/index.html
Custom bumper stickers http://www.mavericklabel.com/bumpersticker.html
Good political bumber stickers www.democracymeansyou.com/
Good site: http://www.makestickers.com/home.asp

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