Shopping for Products & ServicesBuying Plans
Facts for Consumers
- Auction Guides: Not So Hot Properties
[PDF]
Warns about ads for auction guides that promise vehicles for as little as $500 or foreclosed homes from $5,000, with no money down. How to avoid shelling out your hard-earned dollars for fraudulently marketed auction guides. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
- Continuity Plans: Coming to You Like Clockwork [PDF]
Explains how negative option and "trial period" plans work, how to protect yourself in shopping for a plan, and where to complain. 8.5"x11", 2 pages.
- Prenotification Negative Option Plans
[PDF]
Explains how negative option plans work and your rights under Federal Trade Commission's Negative Option Rule. Lists factors a buyer should consider before subscribing to a plan. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.
- Service Contracts [PDF]
Gives questions to ask before buying a service contract on a major appliance or car. 8.5"x11", 2 pages.
- Trial Offers: The Deal is in the Details
[PDF]
[en español]
Explains how conditional trial offers work, and what "No Risks or Obligations" really means. 8.5"x11", 4 pages.