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Shopping on the Internet
- Amazon.com - The Earth's Largest Selection
- Antiques and Collectibles:
- Artwork and Art Supplies:
- Art.com - "Where you start for art."
Over 100,000 prints and custom frames.
- Cheap Joe's Art Stuff - art supplies,
creative inspiration and Peace of Mind. Fine art supplies for the artist who desires
quality and price Everything for watercolor, oil, acrylic and pastel – all at great
prices, a 100% guarantee, and the best and friendliest service in the world. Friendly
folks.
- Daniel Smith Fine Artists' Materials
- Art materials, supplies and accessories for oil, acrylic, watercolor, drawing,
ink, pastel and other media.
- Dick Blick Art Materials
- Liquitex
- MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) Online Store
- "Accessories, gifts, holiday items. Shop for designer items for adults, kids,
home, office. Zoom, 3D, and animated images available."
- NextMonet - The "best place"
to learn about and buy original contemporary art.
- PaintingsDirect.com - The "easiest
way" to find and buy original paintings. Search their database of hundreds of
paintings by artist, size, color, etc.
- Utrecht Art Supplies - Great prices!
- Yahoo's Arts
and Crafts: Supplies and Equipment page.
- Auctions Online:
- Amazon.com Auctions - Online auctions
with many, many categories to choose from.
- Auction Universe - "Auctions
you can trust."
- Bidder's Edge - A free service which
allows you to search across many auction sites at once. They provide historical pricing
to help you determine if you are getting a good deal, and allow you to monitor ongoing
auctions and watch for items in upcoming auctions.
- CityAuction - Provider of online auctions,
both local and everywhere in the world.
- eBay Auction Classifieds - Antiques, Collectibles,
Computers, and lots more!
- Escrow Services section
- First Auction Internet Shopping Network
- Online auctions of computers, electronics, housewares, gift items, collectibles,
office equipment, photography, and other unique merchandise.
- Live
Auction Online - 900 categories of Antique & Collectibles to buy and sell
from.
- ONSALE! - Auction Supersite. The "world's
largest" online auction specializing in computer products, consumer electronics,
sporting goods, and auction classifieds.
- Yahoo! Auctions
- ZDNet Auctions - "A leading computer
products auction Web site. Sellers list their own products, buyers bid, and the remainder
of the transaction happens offline."
- Automobiles: (Both Reference Information and
Car Shopping)
- Auto Channel
- Auto Trader Online (also trucks, motorcycles,
boats, planes, RV's, and more.)
- Auto.com - Daily automotive news and reviews
- Auto-By-Tel - Ready to buy a car? Then
visit this site to get the best possible price from a nearby dealer. Loaded with
lots of automobile information, as well. Available free to those in U.S. and Canada.
- Autocenter
at MEL (Michigan Electronic Library)
- Autoweb.com - Buy new and used cars, sell
your car,as well as auto financing, insurance, products, and services.
- Car Point - A comprehensive guide for
new car and truck shoppers. (Owned by Microsoft.)
- Car Talk - You know, the radio show. All
about Cars.
- Carfax - "Vehicle history reporting,
delivers guaranteed reports to the used car consumer and dealer about the entire
history of the used vehicle that they are considering, directly from the Carfax database
of vehicle history records, including the VIN number, salvage, flood, damage and
"Lemon" records." ($15 per report, $20 for unlimited reports)
- Cars.com - New and used car pricing, reviews,
and buying information.
- CarsDirect - Find dealers closest to
your ZIP code that have vehicles you want at the price you prefer. You can make the
entire purchase online without talking to a dealer. You can be in a car as soon as
the same day. Available in 40 states and has a network of more than 3000 dealers.
"Buy cars online - Research and Compare, Pricing and Financing."
- DADAcars.com - Detroit Auto Dealers Association's
used vehicle database: search for cars, trucks, sport utilities, domestic and import.
- Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides - New
and Used prices, reviews, and much more.
- FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center
- research center concentrating in vehicle crashworthiness research.
- Giggo.com - "Your Car, Your Loan, Your
Way — Online automotive financing. Apply today and get a check tomorrow, the fastest,
easiest way to finance your next car."
- Kelley Blue Book - New and Used Car Price Reports
- NADAguides.com - New and Used Car Prices,
Car Buying Guide. "The world's largest source of vehicle values and information
for new cars and trucks, used cars, classic cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles, personal
watercraft, ATVs, RVs, boats, airplanes and manufactured housing."
- The New York Times: Autos Site
- Old Time Garage Automotive Links
Page
- PartsAmerica.com - Auto parts, truck
parts, auto accessories, performance parts, import and domestic, maintenance info,
car care tips, order online, in-store pick-up. Especially for those who want to repair,
maintain and restore their vehicles, this site provides immediate access and expert
advice on over a million auto parts with dedicated delivery, convenient in-store
pick-up and return options through more than 2,800 established stores nationwide.
- Preownedcars.com - "Preowned
car and vehicle services consumer information site that provides automotive research/reviews
on safest, eco-friendly vehicles, plus information on child safety, warranties, and
recalls. Users can also buy or sell a vehicle through this site."
- Trader Online Classified Ads - Boats,
Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, RVs, Planes, and more.
- Zero Pollution
Motors - Cars than run on compressed air, ie. no pollution!
- Baby Products and related sites:
- Babiesrus.com - "The Baby Superstore"
(Part of Toys 'R' Us)
- BabyCenter.com - Guidance and gear for
new and expectant parents. "Complete resource for pregnancy and baby. Created
by parents and reviewed by doctors and other experts. Current articles, answers to
thousands of questions, week by week information, baby name finder, connections with
other parents online, a huge baby store, and more."
- Kids In Danger - Dedicated to protecting
babies and young children from defective products, through the effective removal
of potentially deadly nursery equipment from circulation, the promotion of strict
safety standards among manufacturers, and the development of legislative oversight.
- Benzie County Michigan Area Web Site Directory
- BizRate - Provide the lowest prices and
best online shopping information. Compare prices, check store ratings and read consumer
reviews before you buy.
- Bluefly! - Clothing outlet store
- Books, CDs, DVDs, Music, Video:
- 800.com - Movies, Music, and Electronics
- AAABookSearch.com - A free service
for book search and price comparison. Allows you to compare book prices for 20 books
at dozens of bookstores.
- All Discount Books - Compare book
prices at 110 online bookstores worldwide for the lowest price for new & used
textbooks and discount books.
- Amazon.com - Earth's largest bookstore with
over 2.5 million titles and growing. Savings of up to 40%. Music (CD's) and Videos,
too.
- Audiotome - A Warehouse of Used Audio
Books.
- Barnes and Noble - "The World's
Largest Bookseller."
- Bartleby.com: Great Books Online - "Publishes
thousands of free online classics of reference, literature, and nonfiction."
- Bestbookbuys.com - Searches seven bookstores
for new books or books in print and finds the best deals on them.
- Bibliofind.com - This site gives you
access to over 6,000,000 old, used, and rare books offered for sale by 2,000 individual
book dealers.
- BookFinder - A search engine that immediately
finds the best buys from over 10 million used, rare, antiquarian, and out of print
books for sale.
- BookSpot.com - An excellent book information
resource site, "simplifying the search for top online texts, book reviews, reading
lists, author and publisher information, book stores, book news, book events and
more."
- Borders - Books, CD's and Videos - "The
best selection in the world."
- BUY.com - Internet Superstore: Books, Computers,
Games, Music, Software, Videos.
- CD Now - The World's largest music store
- CD Warehouse - The largest selection
of new and used CDs on the 'Net.
- College textbooks:
- BIG Words - Rent
or Buy your New and Used textbooks online, fast. Tell a friend, and get your text
books free!
- Bookbyte.com - New and Used College Textbooks.
- Direct Textbook - "Textbook
price search engine will help you find the best prices on new and used college textbooks
and school text books, often at more than 50% off the publisher's list price."
- eFollett.com - New and Used College Textbooks.
Claims to be the world's largest college bookstore.
- FetchBook.Info - Quickly and easily
compare prices of new and used books. Whether it's used college books, used textbooks,
new fiction books or new poetry books, FetchBook.Info will find the book stores providing
the lowest available prices.
- StudentMarket.com - Products and services
for college life, including new or used discounted college textbooks, discounted
academic software, scholarships, student loans, student credit cards, dorm room furniture,
clothing, study aides.
- Test Books Online - Test Preparation,
College Admissions, Study Materials, and more.
- Textbooks R Us - Sells new and used
college textbooks for all subjects at the lowest prices.
- VarsityBooks.com - online college
and university textbooks discounted to 40%. Huge selection ready for immediate shipping.
- DVD Express - Online DVD Superstore,
with savings up to 50%
- eBooks (Electronic Books)
- iPublish.com - A new eBook publishing
company from Time Warner Books connecting readers, authors, and editors online. Allows
aspiring writers to submit their work to be considered for publication. Before posting,
they must review short excerpts by other authors. iPublish editors will decide if
submissions should be published as e-books or as print-on-demand books.
- NetLibrary - "Premier provider
of electronic books (eBooks)."
- Fatbrain.com - Online bookstore specializing
in professional books (computer, programming, business, science & math, and technical),
interactive training, and certification (such as MCSE).
- FetchBook.Info - Quickly and easily
compare prices of new and used books. Whether it's used college books, used textbooks,
new fiction books or new poetry books, FetchBook.Info will find the book stores providing
the lowest available prices.
- Half.com - Buy & Sell Used Books, Music,
Movies, Games, and more. Like eBay (which is the parent company to Half.com) sellers
hold all the merchandise and send directly to buyers. Unlike eBay, there's no waiting
for an auction to finish, you can buy right now and the price is fixed, based on
the condition. Half.com just gets a 15% commission. Better than eBay because there's
little chance for fraud: Half.com is the "middleman" — they bill the buyer
and then pay the seller by check. There is also buyer-protection guarantee on all
sales.
- MP3 Music Files
- GoodNoise
- IUMA - Discover unsigned artists, independent
bands, local talent - new, free mp3 music files, mp3 downloads, mp3 tracks,
mp3 players, search engine, CDs, software and hardware. (IUMA offers unsigned artists,
independent bands, local talent free airplay, publishing, and promotion plus free
new mp3 and real player music track downloads for listening.)
- MP3.com
- Music Boulevard - "The world's #1
online music store. Over 200,000 CDs, cassettes, T-Shirts, videos and more -- at
great prices!"
- MX Bookfinder - Searches five databases for
new, used, rare, and out of print books.
- Powell's Books - Used, New, and Out of
Print - "The largest independent used and new bookstore in the world. They carry
an extensive collection of out of print, rare, and technical titles as well as many
other new and used books in every field."
- BravoGifts.com - "Brilliant gifts
for every business occasion." Offers business buyers a fast, easy, and convenient
way to search for and buy business gifts.
- Brookstone - Unique Gifts in many categories,
such as: Health & Fitness, Outdoor Living, Home & Office, and Travel &
Auto.
- Bridal Registry - See the Wedding Resources
section below.
- Canoes - See our Canoe and Kayak section.
- CompareNet - Interactive buyers guide.
Helps you narrow down a list of products based on price and features.Or go a to a
partner site and make a purchase.
- Cars - See Automobiles above.
- Computer-related: See our Computer & Internet
section.
- Consumer Product Reviews - Product
reviews and ratings written by consumers on product quality and best buys. Get top
product recommendations or write your own reviews.
- Consumer Reports Online
- Consumer.gov - U.S. Consumer Gateway -
Resource for consumer information form the federal govenrment. Includes tips on how
to shop safely, and a lot more.
- CoolSavings.com - The place for BIG
savings from your favorite stores, online merchants, restaurants, and travel companies.
Free membership, guaranteed privacy. Print real coupons from your computer.
- Deja.com - Helps you decide what products
to buy and where to buy them.
- Dynamic Living - They offer hundreds
of product for seniors, busy parents, and others with disabilities (low vision, hearing
impairment, stroke, arthritis, alzheimers, MS), including: kitchen products, bathroom
helpers, and unique daily living products that promote a convenient, comfortable
and safe home environment for people of all ages.
- Electronic Greeting Cards:
- Electronic Payment Systems:
- DotBack.com - Transfers fund between Visa
cards of both parties. Free to consumers, merchants pay about 1% above credit-card
association price.
- ECash - Funded from a savings, checking, or
credit-card account. Transfers funds between any accounts at banks that both use
eCash.
- PayPal.com - Pay buy email, for free.
Both parties open a simple X.com account, and money
is transferred between accounts when an email is sent. Recipient receives money using
a Visa automated teller machine/debit card. Very popular and used widely on eBay.com
auction site.
- ProPay - Accept online credit card payments
without a merchant account.
- Electronics:
- 800.com - Electronics, Movies, and Music
- Amazon.com
- Best Buy
- Circuit City
- Crutchfield - Audio Electronics for
Car and Home.
- ElectricWish.com - Home Electronics
Shopping Without The Hassles
- J & R Music/Electronic/Computer World-
Home Entertainment & Computer MegaStore.
- Price Watch - "Search Engine that
covers Computer Component and Consumer Electronics Street Prices"
- RadioShack
- Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC)
- Helps you recycle portable rechargeable batteries, commonly found in cordless power
tools, cellular and cordless phones, laptop computers, camcorders, digital cameras,
and remote control toys. RBRC recycles the following battery chemistries: Nickel
Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion) and Small Sealed
Lead* (Pb).
- Epinions.com - Comparison shopping information,
reviews from other consumers.
- Escrow Services Online
- Escrow.com - An Internet transaction intermediary
that provides a secure haven for the transmission of the funds and merchandise between
a buyer and a seller.
- i-Escrow Inc. - Safe Online Transactions:
enables ordinary individuals to transact safely and conveniently with each other
at web auctions, classifieds, and newsgroups.
- Flowers:
- 1-800-Flowers.com - Flowers and plants,
garden products, home accessories, gourmet foods, specialty gifts.
- Florals.com - Florist and Flower Shop specializing
in flower arrangements, house plants, red roses, funeral flowers and balloons, ideal
birthday or anniversary gift, offering nationwide flower delivery.
- FTD.com - "Same day delivery of flower
arrangements, roses, bouquets, plants and other gifts for anniversaries, birthdays,
new babies, housewarming, sympathy, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Christmas and
other occasions."
- FancyBox.com - Online shopping
for cool things, one-of-a-kind gifts from around the world.
- Froogle.com - Find products for sale from
across the Web. Run by Google, it does a great job of helping you find what's available
out there, online.
- Furniture.com
- Gifts.com - "The perfect gift for any
occasion be it unique, practical, romantic or just for fun with the convenience of
online ordering. Free cards and attractive gift packaging with order."
- GreaterGood.com - Shop here and at
least 5% of every online purchase benefits the not-for-profit of your choice – at
no extra cost! A broad assortment of brand-name merchandise from the leading Internet
retailers.
- Groceries:
- HomeGrocer.com - Online grocery store
for all your shopping needs. Groceries are delivered direct to your home.
- HomeRuns.com - Order groceries online
for next day home delivery.
- NetGrocer - Grocery Shopping Online (delivered
anywhere in the 48 United States)
- Peapod.com - Online grocery shopping and
delivery service.
- Streamline.com -
- Webvan.com - "The World's Market at
Your Doorstep. Online grocery store that delivers when you want."
- Health and Wellness:
- FamilyMeds.com - "America's Medication
Specialist"
- GreenTree - Wellness center and superstore.
Offers a wide selection of vitamins, herbs, minerals, and nutritional products at
great prices, along with credible information and advice.
- HealthQuick - "Lowest prices"
on drugstore items: over-the-counter drugs, health and beauty products, and vitamins.
- More.com - "More selection, more convenience,
and more savings on the health and beauty items you use everyday."
- MotherNature.com - Healthy living products.
- VIPPS (Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Site) Certified (by
the NABP) Online Pharmacies:
- Home Depot
- Home Related Sites (Our Home
section) - In and round the house, as well as Garden, Lawn, Pets, and more
- Infoseek Shopping Channel
- InsWeb: Insurance Online - Shop online for
insurance, and get insurance information.They provide auto, homeowners, life, and
other insurance quotes from well-respected companies and answers to many insurance
questions.
- Internet Diamonds - "The best
selection, prices, and information to help you make the perfect diamond jewelry purchase."
- iPrint.com - "The Internet Print Shop."
- iQVC Shopping Home Page - Web outlet for the
QVC shopping channel.
- Jobs - See Jobs/Employment in our Business & Financial section.
- JustBalls - "The single and broadest
source for sports, toy, recreational, exercise, promotional, and collectible balls."
- Kayaks - See our Canoe and Kayak section.
- Local Area Merchants - See the Benzie
County Michigan Area Web Site Directory.
- Mercata — Web -based Department Store featuring
online shopping that enables Group Buying Power. "Fast, easy-to-use, secure,
and packed with brand-name products."
- MySimon - Comparison Shopping - Let "Simon"
shop thousands of online of stores so you don't have to!
- National Consumers League -
Their mission is to "identify, protect, represent, and advance the economic
and social interests of consumers and workers. The National Consumers League is a
private, nonprofit advocacy group representing consumers on marketplace and workplace
issues."
- Netmarket - Name Brands at Warehouse
Prices
- NextPlanetOver.dom - The "best
place" to experience everything about comic books!
- Office Products:
- Online Business Consumer Information Sites
- Learn more about an online retailers (both good and bad).
- Outdoor Gear and/or Clothing:
- Bike Nashbar - Bicycle parts, cycling
gear, and accessories.
- Car Racks:
- Cascade Designs - Outdoor gear
- Campmor - Outdoor adventure gear
- Eddie Bauer - Outdoor Clothing and Gear
- Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) - Outdoor gear,
clothing, footwear for the active outdoor enthusiast.
- Jagged Edge Mountain Gear
- L.L. Bean - Sporting Gear and Apparel for
people who love the outdoors.
- Patagonia - Outdoor Clothing and Gear
- Performance Bike
- Home for all your cycling needs! Cycling products and accessories for mountain,
road, triathlon, along with comfort, cruiser and children's.
- REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) - Outdoor
gear and clothing for hiking,, camping, skiing, biking, backpacking, cycling, paddling,
travelling, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and many more outdoor activities.
- Snowshoes:
- Overstock.com - Name brands at clearance
prices, save up to 80 % every day.
- PC Flowers & Gifts for All Occasions
- Pets:
- Dr. Kitty.com - Answers to your specific
cat care & health questionsat a reasonable cost and provided by a cat veterinarian
with over 20 years experience.
- Pet Jungle - Online petshop offering
products for cats, dogs, birds, ferrets, turtles, rodents, and iguanas.
- Petopia.com - "The Internet Pet Paradise."
- Petstore.com - Shop for your pet.
- PriceGrabber.com - Comparison Shop
- "This site helps you find the best prices on the Web, along with all the information
you need — descriptions, specifications, merchant reviews, product reviews, pictures
and much more — to make the most informed decision."
- Priceline.com -- "Name your own
price for airline tickets, hotel rooms, new cars, home mortgages, home equity
loans and refinancing."
- Realtor.com - Largest real estate site
on the Web: over 1.2 million homes for sale in the U.S.. Official Internet site of
the National Association of Realtors®.
- Recalls of products, and related sites:
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Consumer Reports
Recalls - Hundreds of products, big and small, are recalled every year by their
manufacturers when defects and safety risks are discovered. Search their Recalls
index to see whether a product you own has been recalled. Also offered are links
to government agencies announcing the latest recalls.
- Kids In Danger - Dedicated to protecting
babies and young children from defective products, through the effective removal
of potentially deadly nursery equipment from circulation, the promotion of strict
safety standards among manufacturers, and the development of legislative oversight.
- Recalls.gov - Online source for government
recalls.
- Reel.com - A great place to buy movies online.
- Retail Chains:
- Sheet Music, Songbooks, and Digital Scores (Sheet music in downloadable
and printable form):
- Jump! Music - Sheet Music, Songbook,
and Piano Discovery Software Product Superstore.
- Music Basics - "Fine retailer for
classical instruments, books, sheet music, accessories and music gifts at discount
prices. Great for teachers, parents, and students."
- Net 4 Music - Large selection of digital
scores and MIDI files.
- Sheet Music Plus - Sheet music,
software, some instruments and equipment, and more.
- Virtual Sheet Music - Classical
sheet music downloads.
- ShopGuide.com - "Shopping guide
and search engine of online stores, malls, and cyber shops with reviews and ratings.
Plenty of incentives, freebies and coupons for bargain shoppers."
- Shopping.Com - the Online Shopping Catalog
- ShoppingSpot.com - "Shopping
information sweetspot of the Web. Find the best stores, compare prices, check out
product reviews, comparison shopping tools and more."
- Spartan Stores, Inc. - The 10th largest
grocery wholesale company in the United States, distributing more than 40,000 grocery
products to 450 retail member stores (such as Prevo's) in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
Many of these stores also offer coupons through ValuPage
(print valueable coupons from the Web for your favorite local grocery store.)
- Sporting Goods:
- Tickets:
- Tools:
- Toys:
- Amazon.com - Earth's largest selection.
- Beanie Babies Store - Beckett
& Associates, your source for Beanie Babies® and other collectibles. Order
online, or search their inventory to see what's available.
- Boozle's Toy Box - Large specialty
toy store, from art supplies to zoobs they are sure you will find the toys you are
looking for. "Carrying only the highest quality toys at low prices.
- Build-A-Bear Workshop - A store, and
much more..."It is a fun-filled place where bear-builders of all ages go to
create their own stuffed animal and furry pal! In the on-line interactive workshop
you and your children can choose, stuff, stitch, fluff, and dress your very own teddy
bear. The Master Bear Builder's will make your bear to your personal request. Each
bear will have it's very own heart inside (be sure to make a wish on it)!"
- KBkids.com - Toys, Video Games, Software,
Videos, and Collectibles.
- Once Upon A Time Toys -- Specializing
in Good, Old-Fashioned Fun!
- Toys "R" Us
- Trader Online Classified Ads - Boats,
Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, RVs, Planes, and more.
- Travel-related - See our Travel section.
- ValuPage: Print valueable coupons
from the Web for your favorite local grocery store.
- Virtual Vineyards Wine Shop - Wonderful
Wine, Fabulous Food, Gourmet Gifts
- Wedding Resources:
- The Knot - Online wedding resources, gift
registry, and more.
- Wedding Channel.com - Online bridal
registry and wedding planning resource.
- Wedding Details - Wedding Planning
and Honeymoon Information Guide with Bridal Services.
- Whole Foods - The largest purveyor of
natural foods in the world.
- WorldSpy - Online Shopping Portal
- Yahoo's Shopping Site - An awful lot
to choose from here!
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