Consumers Union Offers Tips for Holiday Shopping.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1998--Whether by shopping online or using more traditional methods, U.S. consumers will spend billions of dollars during the holiday season. Consumers Union, nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. publisher of Consumer Reports, has released a three-page Holiday Shopping and Credit Tips to help consumers spend their dollars wisely and safely. "Now is the time for consumers to do a quick financial check-up," said Gail Hillebrand, senior attorney with the West Coast Regional Office of Consumers Union. "Shoppers should know their finances and make a gift-buying budget before the holiday rush lures them into debt they didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do plan on." Consumers Union offers facts and tips to help consumers deal with these shopping pressures. The Holiday Shopping and Credit Tips offers guidance on (1) choosing whether to pay with cash, check, debit card debit card, card that allows the cost of goods or services that are purchased to be deducted directly from the purchaser's checking account. They can also be used at automated teller machines for withdrawing cash from the user's checking account. , or credit card; (2) delayed payment programs; (3) extended warranties The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. ; (4) catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. and on-line buying; (5) returns; and (6) debt consolidation. The tips are available on the Consumers Union advocacy web site, www.consunion.org. They are also available by mail or fax. Contact Consumers Union at 415/431-6747. Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, is an independent, nonprofit testing and information organization, serving only the consumer. We are a comprehensive source of unbiased advice about products and services, personal finance, health, nutrition, and other consumer concerns. Since 1936, our mission has been to test products, inform the public, and protect consumers. Note to Editors: For a copy of the three-page Holiday Shopping & Credit Tips, please call Ven Barrameda at 415/431-6747. For more consumer tips on shopping online, contact Rana RANA abbreviation for Registered Animal Nursing Auxiliary in the UK. Used as a qualification by persons admitted to its membership. Rana a genus of amphibians in the family Ranidae. The genus of frogs. Silver, 914/378-2434. Call staff attorney Gail Hillebrand to comment on holiday shopping tips, 415/431-6747. |
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