Send Mail to Dan

ACTIVISM AND FREEDOM / SAFETY AND PROTECTION / BUY AND SELL / TAXATION / BUSINESS INFORMATION AND CREDIT

ACTIVISM AND FREEDOM

• Ralph Nadar: consumer protection, social issues
• Straight Goods: - Canadian - http://www.straightgoods.com/
• Activism and Social Justice: can download E-zine too
• Web Active - protest
• The Activists Resource Network, Fast Cars, Movie Stars, Sex and Drugs, and much more
• M c S P O T L I G H T - on the activities of Macdonalds Restaurants
• News Ombudsman - International
• The Canadian Electronic Frontier - promotes and discusses free expression
• Essential Information - started by Ralph Nadar - http://www.essential.org/EI.html
• Demotivators - from Despair, Inc., Corporate Culture Critics - http://despair.com/
• Idealist - Non-profit and Volunteer Organizations - http://www.idealist.org/
• Echelon: Exposing the Global Surveillance System - http://www.c4i.org/erehwon/echelon.html
• Hip Mama...right on! - leftist social issues, parenting, kidse-zine - http://www.hipmama.com/
• CHARACTER COUNTS! National Homepage - Doing the Right Thing - http://www.charactercounts.org/
• 30 Hour Work Week - economic analysis, opinion - http://lamar.colostate.edu/~terrel/
• Join the Fight Against Spam! - Coalition Against Unsolicited E-Mail - http://www.cauce.org/
• Activist Consulting - Scott Piatkowski - Marg Johnston - http://www.ionline.net/~activist/
• M c S P O T L I G H T - Mcdonalds exposed - http://www.envirolink.org/mcspotlight/home.html
• The Activists Resource Network, Fast Cars, Movie Stars, Sex and Drugs, Friendly Hugs, Peacefull Fights, Animal Rights,
• The Activist Resource Network - Usefull Gifs - http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/arn/gifs/index.htm

SAFETY AND PROTECTION

• APA - AUTOMOBILE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION with Drive Clean Report - Canada - http://www.apa.ca/
• Web Resources Related to Consumer Protection
• CPSC Consumer Products SAFETY USA: recalls, a 4 kids section
• Strategis - Canadian Consumer Information
• Web Resources Related to Consumer Protection - http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/cts/osue/conprt.htm
• Strategis - Canadian Consumer Information - http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_consu/engdoc/homepage.html
• Environmental Protection Association: K-12 Resource Materials, Scavenger Hunt - http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/eog/resmat.html

BUY AND SELL

• Consumer Guide Best Buys
• Open Market: Internet Commerce Index
• Pricewatch.com - compare computer component costs
• Price Costco: - ads
• Computer Product Prices by Manufacturers- Canada and USA
• Gadget Boy: Product Reviews With Attitude!
• Scambusters - Internet service fraud
• INFACT: Political Action re: Big Business, Advertizing - http://www.infact.org/
• RealityClick.com: sit for consumer complaints and compliments - http://www.realityclick.com/
• Feedback Direct: The Future of Customer Service - http://www.feedbackdirect.com/
• uGripe.com -- Get your gripe heard and resolved by companies for free. - http://www.ugripe.com/
• eComplaints.com - The Complaint Registry and Resource Site - http://www.ecomplaints.com/index.php3
• passengerrights.com - https://www.passengerrights.com/
• The Better Business Bureau Serving Metropolitan Toronto - http://www.toronto.bbb.org/
• Price Watch(tm) - Street Price Search Engine - http://www.pricewatch.com/
• RE/MAX Real Estate Network - http://www.remax.com/
• Costco Online - http://www.pricecostco.com/
• Welcome to SharpShopper.com - http://www.sharpshopper.com/
• PriceLine.com - Buying Service based on price - http://www.priceline.com/
• The Fun Zone's PRICE HUNTER SHOPPING AGENT - http://www.afunzone.com/ph.html
• CompareNet: - compare quality and price of products - http://www.compare.net/
• Clickabid.com: - Canada's Online Auction - http://www.clickabid.com/
• AuctionInsider.com: The Inside Track to Online Auctions! - http://www.auctioninsider.com/
• Global Grocery List Project: submit local prices and share for data analysis - http://www.schoollife.net/schools/
• SHOP! Information Service: no ads, straight goods on consumer issues - no search - http://www.sis.org/
• iSleuth MarketPlace - find products for sale - http://209.185.142.200/servlet/shop/qs?p=isleuth
• BUY.COM   The Internet Superstore - http://www.buy.com/bc/default.asp?
• Surf Point by Link Exchange - catalogued links - http://www.surfpoint.com/
• ComputerESP: Search Engine to Computer Prices on the Internet - http://www.computeresp.com/
• Welcome to $ensible $aver Publications, Inc. - http://www.sensiblesaver.com/
• The Dollar Stretcher: - Living Better for Less, saving money - http://www.stretcher.com/
• Frugal/Mindful Living Resources: develop a low cost lifestyle - http://www.igc.org/frugal/
• GTE Superpages - Consumer Guide - uses Lycos sreach - http://cg.gte.net/bestbuys/
• Stragegis: Guide and Service to Canadian Companies - http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.html
• THE MALLS OF CANADA INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE - http://www.canadamalls.com/
• uBid.com - often get clearance items - http://www.ubid.com/
• Hudson's Bay Company - http://www.hbc.com/
• Eaton's: Home (now bankrupt) - http://www.eatons.com/winter/home/
• Sears Canada! - http://www.sears.ca/
• Oriental Trading Company - trinkets - http://www.oriental.com/home.htm
• 1-800-228-2269
• Stores Online - Services for Selling on the Web - http://www.storesonline.com/
• Bottomdollar.com - Internet Shopping - http://bottomdollar.com/
• Canada's On-line Marketplace - Find Canadian products and services FAST. - http://www.retailcanada.com/
• Discount Direct Liquidation Sales - Texas - http://www.discountsdirect.com/
• Gadget Boy: Product Reviews With Attitude! - http://www.gadgetboy.com/
• NewsPage - Latest Electronic Items Reviewed - http://www.newspage.com/

Product Information

• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers - http://www.thomasregister.com/
• iParenting - Internet Communities for Parents by Moms, product safety recalls - http://iparenting.com/
• CPSC Consumer Products Safety USA: recalls, a 4 kids section - http://www.cpsc.gov/
• Consumers' Association of Canada - http://www.consumer.ca/
• Welcome to Consumer Reports® Online - http://www.consumerreports.org/
• SHOP! Information Service: no ads, straight goods on consumer issues - no search - http://www.sis.org/
• Product Price Comparisons by Kids Worldwide Database - http://www.landmark-project.com/ggl.html
• "The Consumer Information and Protection Webring" Homepage - http://www.cybercomm.net/~dale/macys/webring/
• Consumer Food Safety and Education: Canadian Partnership Website - http://www.canfightbac.org/
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers - industrial manufacturing supplies, equipment - http://www.thomasregister.com/

• The Taxbuster - trial version of Sonic Tax - full $26 Canadian
• TaxWiz Home Page - tax preparation, unlimited forms, (Canada)
• Tax Help Links CCH
• University of Toronto Astronomy Department Tax Help
• Found Money Homepage: free Canadian search for dormant Bank accounts (pay $ to get the details)
• Carswell Legal Directrory with Candadian Lawyers' E-Mail - http://www.carswell.com:80/LawDir/
• Canadian Law Resources on the Internet - http://mindlink.net/drew_jackson/mdj.html

ACTIVISM AND FREEDOM / SAFETY AND PROTECTION / BUY AND SELL / TAXATION

BUSINESS INFORMATION AND CREDIT

• Executive Pay Watch - outrageous salaries
• Consumer Connection - Cost Calculators: e.g. compare credit card costs in Canada, based on usage habits
• Canadian Strategic BUSINESS INFORMATION - regulations, rates, recalls
• Credit Card Cost Comparisons
• Consumer Connection by Consumer Affairs Canada - bank fee rates, credit cards, internet commerce - http://consumerconnection.ic.gc.ca/
• President's Choice Financial: Loblaws and CIBC Internet Banking - http://www.preschoicefinancial.com/
• ING DIRECT Internet Banking - http://www.ingdirect.com/
• MasterCard Products/Services Info - https://www.bmo.com/mastercard/personal/selfindex.html
• Beeping Wallet - Protects Credit Cards, ATM cards, and more - Great gift! - http://www.beepingwallet.com/
• President's Choice Financial: Loblaws and CIBC Internet Banking - http://www.preschoicefinancial.com/
• ING DIRECT Internet Banking - http://www.ingdirect.com/
• The Motley Fool: Finance and Folly -- Main Page - http://www.fool.com/
• BigCharts Canada - Charting a World of Investment Information - http://www.canada.bigcharts.com/
• Financial Scandals - lists, synopsis, crimes - http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/scandals/
• W e l c o m e   to   i | m o n e y - http://www.imoney.com/
• Canada Stockwatch - http://www.canada-stockwatch.com/
• Stock Market E*TRADE Canada - http://www.canada.etrade.com/
• Roper Starch really a consumer, investor, researcher/forcaster - http://www.roper.com/
• BEWARE OF BANK ONE - USA Consumer Awareness, Whistle Blowers Site - http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/7658/
• The Borrowers' Advocate - bank lies, how to get money - http://www.island.net/~mwcomm/
• Insurance - Canadian Consumer Information - http://www.insurance-canada.ca/consumerinfo/
• CBC Newsworld Online - The Money Show - http://newsworld.cbc.ca/money/
• Found Money - Canadian Dormant Accounts - http://www.foundmoney.com/

Advertizing/Media Awareness

• The Museum of Public Relations - http://www.prmuseum.com/
• Canadian Direct Marketing Assoc. - telephone and Internet sales (get name off list) - http://www.cdma.org/
• The MMF Hall of Humiliation - Put an end to online scammers. - http://www.clark.net/pub/rolf/mmf/home.html
• A free award winning e-zine: Internet ScamBusters - http://www2.scambusters.org/scambusters/index.html
• INFACT: Political Action re: Big Business, Advertizing - http://www.infact.org/
• JZ Presents: The Advertising Graveyard - http://www.zeldman.com/ad.html
• Case Studies in Business Ethics - education, advanced - http://rider.wharton.upenn.edu/~ethics/cases/cases.htm
• EconomicsAmerica - Education - http://www.economicsamerica.org/dir.html
• Media Aware: critical view of media - http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/twist/aware.html

Return to Dan's Homepage

ACTIVISM AND FREEDOM / SAFETY AND PROTECTION / BUY AND SELL / TAXATION / BUSINESS INFORMATION AND CREDIT

Do you wish to send quick E-mail ... shared interests, non-functional links or other useful URLs?

dandelong@timetraces.com --- click here!