Discusses topics of bill paying, budgeting, expense reduction, shopping, bartering, saving, and management of credit during a time when income is reduced due to unemployment, divorce, or retirement. 23 minutes.

Marketplace: Your Personal Video Tour

Winn Dixie Marketplace shows what the store has to offer and also gives recipes, gourmet secrets, and ideas for entertaining.

Secrets of Selling: How to Turn Shoppers into Buyers

Explains some of the common tactics used to lure consumers to purchase items, including store layouts and impulse purchasing. 24 minutes.

Why Ads Work: The Power of Self-Deception

Ads may not lie, but they often decieve consumers. This video explains that the most important part of an ad is what consumers do not see or hear. 23 minutes.

Supermarket Persuasion: How Food is Merchandise

Explains how supermarkets attempt to control consumer behavior, in order to help consumers make more informed choices. 23 minutes.

Why You Buy: How Ads Persuade

Discusses persuaion tactics used in advertising. 33 minutes.

Don't Let Ads Getcha

Shows how advertisers produce their advertisement and how they get consumers to buy their product.

Buyer Be Aware: Avoid Rip-offs

Describes examples of deceptive promotions and representation. 24 minutes.

Connect Consumerism

Uses humor to demonstrate smart consumerism, discusses how a department store's set-up promotes sales, and features a music group popular in the early 90s called "Guys Next Door." 28 minutes.

Shopping Guidelines

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/mm08.htm

Back-to-School Shopping

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/ss02.htm

Mail Order Shopping Can Save You Time and Money

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/H01.htm

Plan Holiday Shopping

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/H03.htm

Last Minutes Gift Ideas

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/H04.htm

Mail Order - Your Rights and Responsibilities

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/H05.htm

Holiday Shopping - Compare Warranties

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/H06.htm

Shoplifting - Everybody Pays

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/H07.htm

Unnecessary Spending

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/mm01.htm

Spending Snob

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters//mm02.htm

Impulse Buying

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/mm03.htm

Dollar Dribbler

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/mm04.htm

Beyond 50.04: A Report to the Nation on Consumers in the Marketplace from AARP

http://www.aarp.org/research/reference/agingtrends/Articles/aresearch-import-860.html

Consumer Choices

Publications

Extended Warranties and Service Contracts HTML PDF

Consumer Rights, Responsibilities, and Laws

Stepping Stones for Stepfamilies Lesson 5: Understanding Financial and Legal Matters PDF

Landlords and Tenants: Rules and Regulations Revised September 2005

Consumers: Express Your Views

Living Independently: Knowing Your Legal Rights Under Revision (PDF)

Videos

A Penny Saved: How to Grow Money

User friendly budgeting, value shopping, consumer rights, credit basics, and understanding salaries and benefits. 2000.

Contact Dr. Jo Turner for more information on this video.

Your Consumer Rights

Explains contracts and some federal laws, including lemon laws, cancellation of contracts, and the Mail and Telephone Order Rule. Also explains different types of warranties, the importance of comparing warranties when you buy an item, and the importance of reading before you sign a contract. 21 minutes.

Contact Jo Turner for Information on this video.

Media Articles

Mail Order - Your Rights and Responsibilities

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/H05.htm

Frauds, Scams and Deceptions

Pubs

FCS 5051/ HE816 Don't Get Ripped-Off HTML PDF Revised June 2005

FCS 9193/ FY615 Avoid Fraud During Emergencies PDF

Media Articles

Credit Repair and Credit Offer Scams Target Consumers Every Day

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/mm06.htm

Protect Credit Cards During Holidays

http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Newsletters/H02.htm

Power Point Presentations

Programs

Striking Back

Contact Dr. Jo Turner for more information on this program.

Links

Consumer Reports	http://www.consumerreports.org
National Consumers League (NCL)	http://www.nclnet.org
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm
Division of Insurance Fraud, Florida Department of Financial Services	http://www.fldfs.com/fraud/
Bankruptcy Survey from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)	http://www.consumerlaw.org/initiatives/ bankruptcy/bankruptcy_survey.shtml