{"id":506,"date":"2007-02-05T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T17:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/02\/05\/national-consumer-protection-week-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-02-05T13:27:27","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T17:27:27","slug":"national-consumer-protection-week-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/02\/05\/national-consumer-protection-week-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"National Consumer Protection Week 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 February 4 &#8211; 10, 2007, is the ninth annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.gov\/ncpw\/\">National Consumer Protection Week<\/a>\u00a0(Federal Trade Commission <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/opa\/2007\/02\/ncpw.htm\">presss release<\/a>, Feb. 5, 2007).\u00a0 This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;<em>A Time to Read Up and Reach Out<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Like <em>shlep,<\/em> the FTC encourages consumers &#8220;to arm themselves with knowledge. By gathering information \u2013 and sharing it with their friends and families \u2013 consumers can become more confident, savvy, and safe in the marketplace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"24\" alt=\"NCPW2007\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/02\/ncpw2007.jpg\" width=\"128\" \/>\u00a0&#8220;[C]onsumer information can help people recognize a rip-off, smell a scam, or find a fraud. &#8221;\u00a0 It can help you avoid a consumer problem or find a solution to a consumer complaint on your own\u00a0(by going to the seller or to the appropriate consumer adovcacy agency or group).\u00a0\u00a0 Here are some\u00a0useful sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.gov\/ncpw\/\">NCPW 2007<\/a> website, you&#8217;ll find an extensive, annotated\u00a0list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.gov\/ncpw\/consumer.htm\">Consumer Info<\/a> links and a short <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.gov\/ncpw\/business.htm\">Business Info<\/a> list.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>At the federal government&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumeraction.gov\/\">Consumer Action Website<\/a> information can be found by topic, and you can order a copy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumeraction.gov\/caw_orderhandbook.shtml\">free <em>Consumer Action Handbook 2007<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pueblo.gsa.gov\/rc\/d52heloise.htm\">Heloise<\/a>&#8221; has put together a package of 15 consumer information brochures and booklets, and has an online order form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"30\" alt=\"ProfPointer\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/02\/pointerDudeNegF.gif\" width=\"40\" \/>\u00a0Here&#8217;s some info for the consumer of law-related weblogs: Diane Levin of the <em>Online Guide to Mediation<\/em> hosts <a href=\"http:\/\/mediationblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/blawg-review-94.html\"><em>Blawg Review<\/em> 94<\/a> this week.\u00a0 Her theme is <em>win-win negotiation<\/em>, and the comprehensive posting is structured around the &#8220;seven elements critical for negotiation success: interests, options, alternatives, objective criteria, relationships, communication, and commitment.&#8221;\u00a0 Thanks to Diane for pointing her readers to this weblog today, and on numerous other occasions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 February 4 &#8211; 10, 2007, is the ninth annual National Consumer Protection Week\u00a0(Federal Trade Commission presss release, Feb. 5, 2007).\u00a0 This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;A Time to Read Up and Reach Out.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Like shlep, the FTC encourages consumers &#8220;to arm themselves with knowledge. 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