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Internet Shopping

• BBBOnline Safe Shopping
  Locate companies that have pledged to meet reliability standards for ethical online business practices.
• Complaints
  • Better Business Bureau
  • Econsumer.gov
    A joint project of consumer protection agencies from 19 countries to "gather and share cross-border e-commerce complaints."
  • WI Dept. of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
• Consumer WebWatch (Consumers Union)
• OnGuard Online
  Advice from federal agencies & the technology industry on how to safely shop on the internet.
• Online Consumer Fraud (Nolo.com)
  Includes hazards of online auctions, cyber-squabbles & who do you sue, ISP liability, etc.
• SafeShopping.org (American Bar Association)
• Shopping Online (Federal Trade Commission)
• Sales Tax
  • Sales Tax on the Internet (Nolo)
  • Sales Made Via the Internet (WI Dept. of Revenue)
  • WI Sales Tax & Internet Shopping (WI Dept. of Revenue)

Last Updated: December 14, 2012 | Up to Top