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1971-12-14 Compost Page 27
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consumer protection CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY 303 Third Ave. Iowa City 337-5875 After you file the complaint about faulty merchandize, the CPA contacts local dealer. The original manufacturer is contacted if this bring futile results. The last resort is a lawyer. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU Chamber of Commerce 129 E. Washington St. 337-9637 Forms sent on request to file a complaint. Some typical problems: salesmen, faulty products, mail order problems. Often a roundabout process. CONSUMER INFORMATION The Public Library has a consumer information center on the main floor which includes: Consumer Reports, Buying Guide, Consumer Bulletin and Everybody's Money (all good consumer oriented magazines). There are also bulletins with quality comparisons and and price guides on specific products. Copies of a free governmental brochure called "Consumer Product Information" are at the library. This brochure is an index of federal publications (usually free or very cheap) that you can send for on how to buy and care for different products. (Example: Facts About Microwave Oven Radiation--Free Prenatal Care--20 [cents]) The library also gets Consumer Legislative Monthly Report which is an up-to-date listing of the bills currently being considered in Congress concerning consumer issues. (Example: Senate S 1461 Truth in Advertising Act: a bill to require the documentation of claims concerning safety, performance, etc. Introduced 4/1/71 by Mc Govern and Moss.) SURVIVAL LINE see under Information. Often helps with faulty merchandise, or other commercial rip-offs. God is closer to me than my own self. Meister Eckhard seconhand goods FREE CLOTHING STORE basement of Center East Run by the Womens Centers. Bring, take, or trade used clothing. Freedom's just another word For nothin' left to lose And nothin' ain't worth nothin' But it's free. Janis Joplin INTERSTATE SHOPPER See under information TRADING POST 10:45 a.m. Monday-Friday on KXIC 800 338-1181 Listeners call in and tell about items they want to sell or buy. Only two items per phone call, and no motor vehicles. You state your phone number, and other listeners call you up. RIGHT ON! 60,000 American soldiers desert from the Army every year--1 every 10 minutes. HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM 221 So. Linn St. Iowa City 338-3696 Usually has boxes of free clothing. To give some bring to the HACAP office. GOODWILL 111 East College Cheap secondhand clothes, toys, furniture, books, jewelry...You can give them any salvageable goods that you no longer want--collection boxes are scattered around town (Me Too, K-Mart). USED BOOKS Epsteins' Book Store 109 S. Clinton & 125 S. Dubuque Books bought and sold, pretty cheaply. Boxes of hardcover books can be bid and bartered for. GARAGE SALES One of the best ways of getting good quality at low prices. Check the Interstat Shopper, Daily Iowan and Press-Citizen. (And your local landromat.) THE BUDGET SHOP 2230 S. Riverside Dr., Iowa City 338-3418 Old clothes, books, kitchen utensils, records. Love without attachment is light. N.O. Brown PAGE 27
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consumer protection CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY 303 Third Ave. Iowa City 337-5875 After you file the complaint about faulty merchandize, the CPA contacts local dealer. The original manufacturer is contacted if this bring futile results. The last resort is a lawyer. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU Chamber of Commerce 129 E. Washington St. 337-9637 Forms sent on request to file a complaint. Some typical problems: salesmen, faulty products, mail order problems. Often a roundabout process. CONSUMER INFORMATION The Public Library has a consumer information center on the main floor which includes: Consumer Reports, Buying Guide, Consumer Bulletin and Everybody's Money (all good consumer oriented magazines). There are also bulletins with quality comparisons and and price guides on specific products. Copies of a free governmental brochure called "Consumer Product Information" are at the library. This brochure is an index of federal publications (usually free or very cheap) that you can send for on how to buy and care for different products. (Example: Facts About Microwave Oven Radiation--Free Prenatal Care--20 [cents]) The library also gets Consumer Legislative Monthly Report which is an up-to-date listing of the bills currently being considered in Congress concerning consumer issues. (Example: Senate S 1461 Truth in Advertising Act: a bill to require the documentation of claims concerning safety, performance, etc. Introduced 4/1/71 by Mc Govern and Moss.) SURVIVAL LINE see under Information. Often helps with faulty merchandise, or other commercial rip-offs. God is closer to me than my own self. Meister Eckhard seconhand goods FREE CLOTHING STORE basement of Center East Run by the Womens Centers. Bring, take, or trade used clothing. Freedom's just another word For nothin' left to lose And nothin' ain't worth nothin' But it's free. Janis Joplin INTERSTATE SHOPPER See under information TRADING POST 10:45 a.m. Monday-Friday on KXIC 800 338-1181 Listeners call in and tell about items they want to sell or buy. Only two items per phone call, and no motor vehicles. You state your phone number, and other listeners call you up. RIGHT ON! 60,000 American soldiers desert from the Army every year--1 every 10 minutes. HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM 221 So. Linn St. Iowa City 338-3696 Usually has boxes of free clothing. To give some bring to the HACAP office. GOODWILL 111 East College Cheap secondhand clothes, toys, furniture, books, jewelry...You can give them any salvageable goods that you no longer want--collection boxes are scattered around town (Me Too, K-Mart). USED BOOKS Epsteins' Book Store 109 S. Clinton & 125 S. Dubuque Books bought and sold, pretty cheaply. Boxes of hardcover books can be bid and bartered for. GARAGE SALES One of the best ways of getting good quality at low prices. Check the Interstat Shopper, Daily Iowan and Press-Citizen. (And your local landromat.) THE BUDGET SHOP 2230 S. Riverside Dr., Iowa City 338-3418 Old clothes, books, kitchen utensils, records. Love without attachment is light. N.O. Brown PAGE 27
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