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Consumer Reports: Services
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YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national study by Consumer Reports reveals that haggling over the cost of goods and services is not only alive and well, but can be successful in many cases. More than 90 percent of shoppers who tried to negotiate a better deal on goods and services including furniture, electronics and appliances, floor and demonstration mo.....
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Consumer Reports just published its latest Annual Survey of Cellphone Service in its January 2008 issue, consisting of responses from 47,629 readers. As it's noted in its previous surveys over the past six years, the respected nonprofit publication says that cell service is "among the lower rated services we survey." The wide-ranging poll found that "fewer than half of the respondents were completely or very satisfied with their cellphone service." more
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Consumer Reports has released the results of their cell phone customer service survey. Sprint and Cingular were among the lower-rated performers, while Verizon came out near the top of all cities surveyed. Apparently in Cleveland, Pheonix and Tampa there is a company called Alltel that people are very fond of as well. more
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If an employer does not engage the services of a consumer reporting agency, it is not subject to the requirements of either law. However, the definition of a consumer reporting agency is very broad and includes all entities that regularly engage in the practice of assembling credit or other background information. Therefore, credit bureaus, detective agencies and background check services fall within the definition of a consumer reporting agency.
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