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Grocery Store Sites

* My Grocery Check List
(Create grocery lists and print them)

Leading Name Supermarkets

Big-Y Foods
* Food City
Hannaford Brothers Supermarkets
Price Chopper - Home
* Roche Brothers
Safeway Supermarkets
Shaws Supermarkets
Star Markets
(Star now owned by Shaws)
Stop & Shop Supermarkets
Super Value
* Thriftway
* Win-Dixie

Trader Joe's Markets

Organic Natural, etc
Whole Foods Market

* The Organic Consumer.org
looking for sensible, credible information and
guidance to help you live a healthier, more environmentally friendly
 and socially responsible lifestyle... without the income of a
 Hollywood movie star or living in a tree? The Organic Consumer is
 here to help guide you!
 

Find-Locate a Store

* List of Online Grocery Stores
List of Supermarkets (A-Z)
* Wikipedia List of Supermarkets United States
(National Chains, Defunct, Ethnic, etc Past and Present)

* Wikipedia List of Supermarkets Worldwide
(By Country Past and Present)

- Search for  'Grocery Stores'
- Search for  'Supermarkets'
 

   
Sporting Goods, Camping Stores and Outlets

Dick's Sporting Goods
L.L.Bean - Outdoor Specialties since 1912
Kittery Trading Post - Kittery Maine
The Sports Authority

Dry Cleaning

Zoots
 

** Yahoo - Locate/Find By Store Name
(enter store name to find in search)

* Yahoo - Locate/Find By Brand Name
(enter brand name to  find in search)

*  FindOwnerSearch
Find the owner of a brand name, find all brands owned by an
individual company, all brands in a given area/category.

IKEA
Sears.com
Target
Walmart

* Wikipedia List of Department Stores Worldwide
(By Country Past and Present)


(See Clothing Stores below as well)

Bath and Body
The Body Shop
Bath and Body Works
Crabtree & Evelyn


Specialty Stores/Catalogs
The Container Store
Christmas Tree Shops
Bite Me Live Bait Co.

BrookStone
The Sharper Image
The DuPont Registry
* The Rob Report - Luxury resource
(Art,Autos,Aviation,Boating,Dining,Travel,RealEstate)

L.L.Bean - Outdoor Specialties since 1912
Kittery Trading Post - Kittery Maine

   
Linens - Bath Needs - Kitchen
 Supplies Etc
 
Linens 'n Things
Bed Bath & Beyond
Williams-Sonoma
 

     
Technology and Electronic Stores

Apple Store
Best Buy Stores
Bose Stores
Circuit City
* CompUSA.com
Dell Direct Stores
* Micro Center
Radio Shack
Tweeter Etc

BrookStone

Think Geek
Fun Stuff for smart masses - What's New, Gadgets, Apparel

* Batterymart.com - Battery Backup UPS's, House, Cars, etc

 Reviews:
PC Magazine
PC World
CNET Reviews

Outpost.com
 (Internet Wholesale)
 

UPS Store - (Formally known as Mail Boxes Etc)

*NOTE: (Both Staples and OfficeMax provide drop-Off shipping of packages, please check their respective websites to see which carriers they use).

Other Useful Links
United States Postal Service - Homepage
* US Postal Service (postal rate calculators)

National Customs Brokers & Forwarders
Assoc of America updated
(A Large list of useful links & contacts)

US Customs Office
 

Epinions.com - Check here to review what others may
be saying about various products and/or stores.

*  FindOwnerSearch
Find the owner of a brand name, find all brands owned by an
individual company, all brands in a given area/category.

- Search for 'Comparison Shopping'


Consumer Co-Written
Comparison & Review Sites:

* DealTime.com
Bizrate.com
Cnet Reviews
* Epinions.com
RateItAll

Industry (Magazine)
Comparison & Review Sites:

Consumer Reports
PC Magazine
PC World
CNET Reviews

Shopping Comparison Sites:

PriceGrabber.com
MySimon.com
Nextag.com
Shopping-Yahoo!
PriceScan.com
CNet Shopper
BestWebbuys.com
BottomDollar.com
MonsterMarket.com
 

* Buyer Beware
Susan Wornick  - Consumer Reports
(WCVB Chan-5 Boston, MA)

Bruce Mohl's Consumer issues - Boston Globe

Paula Ebben - Consumer Reporter
(WBZTV Chan-4, Boston, MA)

Hank Phillippi Ryan - Investigative Reporter
Help Me Hank! - (WHDH Chan-7 Boston, MA)
and
Her Help Me Hank Series

- Search for 'Consumer Fraud'

- Search for 'Consumer Beware'

- Search for 'Consumer Protection'

Consumer Fraud Reporting
* Consumer Fraud Reporting.org
Lot of great and useful info - Thanks Blake!

* USA.Gov - Consumer Guides and Protection
US Government official links to consumer guides and protection

* Complaints Board.com
News, Forums by Category, Tips, Submit a complaint

* National Insurance Crime Bureau

The NICB is the nation's leading not-for-profit organization dedicated exclusively to preventing, detecting and defeating insurance fraud and vehicle theft through information analysis, investigations, training and public awareness. Search their unrecovered stolen vehicle, flood, and hot spot databases, plus more.

Lemon Laws and Car Fact Finding Sites

AutoCheck.com
CarFax.com

Consumer Affairs - Lemon Laws
Autopedia - Lemon Law Information and Sites
Dealer Select - Lemon Laws by State ^popup
E-Lemon Law.com
What-Is-A-Lemon.com

- Search for  'Lemon Laws'
 

FYI
* Strange and Unusual Vehicles

Review Sites:
Cars, Trucks, SUV's, RV''s, etc
Auto.com
Automobile Mag.com
Automobile.com
Edmunds
Motorplace
Motortrend
Car and Driver
Consumer Reports.org
CNET
Road and Track
Popular Mechanics Automotive

Epinions.com
(Reader Opinions - Enter Vehicle make & model)

Car Pricing - New and Used Guides
*Note: Numerous car locator sites will also give you
ball park values of new and used vehicles as a rule of thumb
as well as some review comparison sites.

* Kelly Blue Book
NADA Official Used Car Guide
 
Car History Reports:
Car Detective
CarFax

* See our Auto Manufactures Section also
(For info such as Manufacturer Company Sites, Dealers, Service Centers, Build a vehicle, etc.)
 

Parts Stores
Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, SUV's, RV's, etc
Advanced Auto Parts
* AutoZone
CAP
NAPA
O'Reilly
Pep Boys
Walmart
BJ's Wholesale Club
CKS Auto Inc
(For Checker, Kragen , Murrays, Schuck's)

Online Stores
Auto Parts Fair
Online list of over 60,000+ parts
Auto Parts Warehouse
Car Quest
more than 3,400 auto parts stores nationwide

- Directory (Parts and Accessories

OIL-Lube Service Centers:
Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, SUV's, RV''s, etc

Jiffy Lube Service Centers
Valvoline Instant Oil Change Centers
Walmart Tire and Lube Service Centers updated
(See Yellow Pages also)

Tire and Battery Dealers
Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, SUV's, RV''s, etc

* Batterymart.com - Battery Backup UPS's, House, Cars, etc
Nat'l Tire and Battery - NTB
SEARS Automotive Center
SEARS Automotive - Main Page
Walmart
BJ's Wholesale Club
The Nitto Invo - Performance Tire
(See the Yellow Pages also)

Automotive (Mechanic) Service Centers

Chrysler 5-Star Service Center Locations
Chrysler Homepage
(Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth/Jeep)

Farina (Chrysler/Plymouth/Jeep) Marlboro MA

Herb Chambers Dealerships

- More to come -
See Automotive Manufactures Section below for up
to date listings of dealers for specific brands and makes.

* Recalls - Defects - Safety
Notifications - Etc

* Recalls.gov

Food and Drug:

FDA - U.S Food and Drug Admin
(Recalls, Withdrawals, and Safety Alerts)

FDA - MedWatch
Providing information about issues involving medical products, drugs, etc
 

Automotive, Motorcycle, and Recreation Vehicles:

Safercar.gov
DOT - Office of Defects and Recalls

Miscellaneous:
Safety Alerts.com
Consumer information on a variety of products, latest news, reports, etc
 

*Note: For Parts, Tires-Batteries, Oil Changes, etc
please see the corresponding segment of our automotive
section as well as manufacturers listed here below.

Review Sites:

Touring, classic, Off Road, Sport, Dual Purpose, etc

Rider - Buyers Guide
PowerSports Network - Rider Reviews
PowerSports Network - Professional Reviews
Cycleworld - Buyers Guide

Motorcycle USA - Road Tests

Epinions.com
(Reader Opinions - Enter make & model)

- Search for  'motorcycle reviews'
 

 
Manufacturers
Leading Brand Names

Aprilia (Moto-Guzzi/Laverda)
BMW
Buell
(see Harley Davidson also)
Ducati
Geely (china)
Harley Davidson
(see Buell also)
Honda
Indian Motorcycles (reborn)
Kawasaki
MV-Augusta
Norton
Suzuki
Petronas
Peugeot
Triumph
Victory
Yamaha

F.Y.I - For comprehensive complete lists of more
manufacturers check these out.

* Wikipedia - List of Motorcycle Manufacturers
The Following manufacturers produce or have produced motorcycles
 in the past (worldwide).

* Motorbike Search Engines
Wonderful list of manufactures and supplies by our great brothers in the UK

SMC Shop Bike  "The Comet"
Rat's Hole Custom/Essen Motor Show Winner

Custom Motorcycle Builders -  C o o l
Look out - You'll get lost here - It's a big List !

A Few Well Known
* V-Force Customs - Rock Tavern, N.Y
It a may be presumptuous for us to say it's just motorcycle customization
Barely 3-months since the departure from OCC. Visit Vincent DiMartino
and Cody Connelly's brand new shop located in Rock Tavern, N.Y
Best of Luck Guy's we'll be watching and wishing the best.

Orange County Chopper OCC - Montgomery, NY
(Home of the Teutul's Paul Sr., Paul Jr., Mikey, and the Gang)

West Coast Choppers WCC - Longbeach, CA
(Home of the famed Jesse James and his Gang)

* Stones Custom Motorcycles SMC - Northborough, MA
(One of Doc's personal favorites and home to where he grew up)

Red Wing Motorcycles - Manchester/Nashua NH
(Rock Legend Steven Tyler and Mark Dirico Team up to create Red Wings Motorcycles)

More
Custom  - Builders Links

American Eagle
American Ironhorse
Bourget Bike Works
Big Bear Choppers
Big Dog
Boss Hoss
Confederate Motorcycles
Desperado
Fischer
Hellbound Steel
Ironworks
KPX
MTT - Turbine Superbikes
Pantera
PCW
Red Horse
Rokon
Ridley
Rucker
Saxon
Steed
Swift
Titan
United Motors updated
Vanquish V8
Vengeance
Vincent
Viper
Wild West
Xtreme
Xtreme Rydz

Custom Builder Links!

MCInsurance - Customer Builders List
 

Motor Cycle Magazines/Auctions:

World Newspapers - Motorcycle Magazines

* The Rob Report - (Motorcycles)
(Adventure, Cruiser, Custom, Off Road, Retro, Sport, Touring)

- Search for  'Motorcycle Magazines'

Motor Scooters

Manufacturer
Leading Brand Names

Geely (china)
GSMotorWorks (US)
Honda
TNG
Vespa

- Search for  'scooters'

Dealers

ScootersUS
(Geely, Hitong, Jalon, Tank, Roketa , Vento, Yamaha Zuma )

   
Boating, Sailing, & Yachting

 Magazines/Sites
* The DuPont Registry (Boating)
(Exotic, Classic, Sailboat, Sport fish, Yachts, Luxury, others)

* The Rob Report - (Boating)

- Search for  'boating magazines'