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Public Services I

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Information Sources
---The Yellow Pages
---Newspapers
---Radio and Television
---Trade and Civic Organizations
---Consumer Resources
---Public Libraries
---The Internet

Hours of Operation

Retail Food
---Supermarkets
---Farmers Markets
---Convenience Stores
---Specialty Food Stores
---Food Labeling and Packaging

General Merchandise and Clothing
---Department Stores
---Discount Stores
---Small Specialty Stores
---How the Types of Stores Differ

Rent To Own

The Downtown Shopping Area

The Shopping Mall

Strip Shopping Centers

Category Killers

Catalogue and Internet Shopping

Street Vendors and Flea Markets

Thrift Shops

Yard and Garage Sales

Letters and Packages

---The Post Office
---United Parcel Service
---Express Services
---Facsimile (Fax) Services
---Packing, Shipping and Mailbox Services
---Telex and Telegraph
---Messenger Services

The Telephone
---Information
---Emergency Calls
---Help Lines
---Coin Telephones
---Long Distance Service
---Toll Free Service
---Phone Card Calling
---Cellular Phones and Beepers
---Facsimile (Fax) Machines
---Modems and Computer Data
---Telephone Answering Machines
---Telephone Etiquette
---Pay-Per-Minute Calls

Introduction
The United States offers a bewildering array of public services, from food shopping to photo developing. The term public services, as used in this chapter, refers to services available to you, as a consumer, offered by private stores, corporations and companies, rather than by the government or by not-for-profit organizations. If you want any product or service in the United States, you will have to do some work to familiarize yourself with the choices. Products and services vary greatly in quality, accessibility, price and suitability. Because America is so free, and because, in many respects, it has an unplanned, market economy, you will have to become an informed consumer to get the greatest value out of the American system.


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