Consumer Reports 2000 Buying Guide

by Consumer Reports

Book Overview

In today's marketplace, there are an array of products that can be purchased and several ways to buy them. Consumers today are faced with numerous choices when deciding on which products to purchase.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890439257
• ISBN13: 9780890439258
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Consumers Union U.S.
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Good guide, worth getting

This buying guide is worth getting. It will help you make good buying choices. Still ckeck out user reviews for whatever it is your looking to buy. To the review no mp3 players. You can get the consumer reports electronics buyers guide that does give mp3 player ratings. You can get it via torrent file if you can't find a copy to buy. The electronics buyers guide does not give ratings for dvd recorders.

2009 Buying Guide

We were looking for a new television and the guide was very helpful in our choice. Worth spending time and money on.

As always, a welcome publication each year

This is another of those annual publications that is always rewarding to latch on to. Part of the book reads as "greatest hits of Consumer Reports." The first part provides the reader with advice about what to look for in products, although not rating individual products (that comes later). For instance, on page 83, a discussion of what to look for in gas grills begins. Among the features to look for, according to CR: nature of the grates, what you want in carts, exterior shelves, interior warming racks, number of burners, whether or not you would want a side burner, and so on. Good guidelines to look at when viewing a grill. Later, this volume actually rates gas grills (pages 249 and afterwards). They rate midsized models, large models, small models, and portable ones. Thus, between the advice early on and the ratings later on, the consumer has a chance at making an educated purchase. Always special is the long section on autos--evaluation of new cars, rating of used cars (including which ones to look for and which ones to avoid [e.g., 2000-2002 Pontiac Bonnevilles]), a listing of the reliability of each make, and so on. When going out to buy a car, I normally take my Buying Guide with me and use it to help frame the quest for a new (or used) vehicle. The final segment of the book includes a listing of product recalls, web sites and phone numbers of manufacturers, an index (covering the prior 4 years) of different products evaluated in Consumer Reports, and the issue, year, and pages that they appeared. All in all, a satisfying volume that keeps consumers up-to-date.

My Bible for the best bargains!

I totally rely on these books when I need to know the best bargain for whatever I am buying.

Be Prepared..Buy this Book

As a woman buying a car it can be an intimidating experience. Everyone tells you to take a man with you to negoitiate, I say take this book! It provides you with info on the lemons to avoid, safety records and even gives you a base price to negoitiate. The car dealers quake in their boots and grumble under their breath, but you get the best deal for you money when you go prepared!