The Silent Way Directory: E-Consumer, Shopping, Classifieds and Financial Links
The Silent Way Directory
Links for the E-Consumer: Shopping, Classifieds and Financial Research
The best sites have descriptions below the links, which open a new window.
These do not include music shopping (CDs, movies, etc.), which is covered in a seperate section: the Music Links pages.
Airline Flights, Tickets, Pricing
- Alaska Airlines / Horizon Air
- America West
- American Airlines
- Cheap Tickets: Discount Airline Tickets
- Continental Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Expedia.com- Top Travel Deals
- FlightArrivals.com
- FrequentFlier.com - Helping frequent flyers
- Hotels.com -- global discount travel reservations: flights, cars, hotels, packages, cruises
- Hotwire: Airline Tickets, Hotel Reservations, Car Rentals
- Lowestfare.com
- National Airlines
- Northwest Airlines
- OneTravel.com
- Orbitz
- points.com- Manage all your Frequent Flier Program Miles
- Priceline.com - name your own price for airfare, hotels, rental cars and vacations
- Savvy Traveler
- SeatGuru.com - Your Enlightened Guide to Airline seating
- Southwest Airlines- only place to get SW tickets online
- Traveler's Net
- Travelocity -- Airline Tickets, Hotels, Cars, Vacations and Cruises
- Travelscape.com
- United Airlines
- usairways.com
- WebFlyer :: The Frequent Flyer Authority
Automobile Tech Info, Classifieds, etc
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Car Pricing, Stats
- AutoSite
- Car Loan Calculator
- cars.com - new and used car pricing, reviews
- Edmunds Car Buyers Guide
- Kelley Blue Book Used Car Values and New Car Pricing
- Microsoft CarPoint
Manufacturers
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Technical- Advice, Auto Manuals, Recalls
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- Auto Recall Notices, Technical Service Bulletins- Alldata.com
- AutoRepairManuals.Com
- Cars.com- Car Talk
- This is the site for the Syndicated NPR Radio Show, "Car Talk." A lighthearted, yet valuable resource.
- Haynes Repair Manuals
- Manual Server- Car Manuals
- NHTSA Technical Information Services (TIS)
- Does your car have a recall or defect that was never publicized? Check this database and your dealer might fix it for free. This is more detailed than the Alldata TSB database.
- Search-Beat Auto Factory Manuals and Books
Used Car Buying + Selling
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- Auction City
- Auto Town Used Car Cinema
- Auto Trader Online
- AutoWeb Interactive - Your car, right now! (not free to post)
- CARSMART (not free to post)
- Automatic Used Car E-mail Notifier.
- Classifieds2000 Free Nationwide Automotive and Computer Classifieds
- Automatic Used Car E-mail Notifier.
- E pages classifieds- Car Classifieds
- Recycler Classifieds - Cars, Trucks
- Automatic Used Car E-mail Notifier.
- San Francisco Advertiser (not free to post)
- San Francisco Bay Area Yahoo! Classifieds - Autos and Motorcycles
- SF Gate: Classifieds: Vehicles
Classified Ads - General
- BigYellow: Classifieds
- CityAuction - Auction Classifieds
- Classified Flea Market - Oakland, CA
- Classifieds and Auctions: Best on the Web!
- craigslist: Bay Area online community
- eBay - The World's Online Marketplace
- Recycler.com
- San Francisco Advertiser
- San Francisco Bay Guardian
- San Jose Mercury News
- SF Gate: Classifieds
- Yahoo- SF Bay Area: Classifieds
Employment- Classified Ads, Temp Agencies, Resume Sites
- America's Service Locator - Find an Employment One-Stop Center
- AppleOne
- Aquent temps
- Bay Area Jobs, City + Peninsula
- California EDD - Job Seekers Resources
- CareerBuilder.com Jobs
- craigslist
- CyberCoders.com - ASP, SQL, XML jobs
- dice.com job search engine
- FlipDog.com- find jobs, employment, & careers
- Guru.com - Independent Professional Connections
- JobStar: California Job Search Guide
- LinkedIn.com
- Mandy's Film and TV Production Directory
- Marty Nemko's Career and Education Ideas
- mediabistro: media career and community for New York and beyond
- Monster.com: Find Jobs, Resume tips
- Ryze- business networking
- Salary.com: What are you worth?
- San Jose Mercury News - Jobs Section
- SF Gate: Classifieds: Jobs
Financial- Investment News, Stock Market
- Bank Rate Monitor
- BigCharts - Charting a World of Investment
- BioSpace Movers Page- Biotech Investing
- BioSpace- Biotech and Pharmaceutical News
- CBS.MarketWatch.com
- CNNMoney.com
- E*TRADE
- E-LOAN: A better way to get a loan
- Experian - Consumer Credit
- FinanceWise
- FINRA - Investor Information - Tools and Calculators
- Fortune Magazine
- H&R Block- Doing Your Taxes
- Hoover's Online - IPO Central
- ILRG Legal Forms Archive
- IndexFunds.com
- Motley Fool: Finance and Folly
- Motley Fool: Foolish Calculators
- New York Times
- Nolo: Law Books, Legal Forms and Legal Software
- Quote.com, Inc.
- Redherring.com - Technology Business News
- SmartMoney.com
- The National Unclaimed Property Database
- Unclaimed property- MissingMoney.com
- This site searches many states' unclaimed property databases to see if some money or property is under your name. I found a bunch of checks for my family. Try it! (Server is slow, though.)
- Unclaimed.org- NAUPA
- This site has links to each state's unclaimed property office, and to their searchable databases. If you can't find anything at missingmoney.com, try this next.
- Universal Currency Converter - xe.com
- USAA Worldwide Insurance and Diversified Finance
- Vanguard Group
- Vanguard- Plain Talk Investor Education Library
- Warren Buffet's Annual Letters to Shareholders 1977-2000
- Waterhouse Securities Inc.
- Yahoo! Finance
Financial- Real Estate, Loans
- American Society of Home Inspectors - ASHI
- CraigStats
- DecisionAide Calculators: Multi-Loan Mortgage Comparison, Affordability Analysis
- Domania.com Real Estate Research
- Equifax Online Credit Reports
- Experian | ConsumerInfo.com | Credit Reports and CreditExpert Score
- FairIsaac | myFICO - Your Source For Credit Scoring
- FairIsaac: about FICO and Credit Bureau Risk Scores
- Fannie Mae- Resources For Home Buyers & Homeowners
- Fool.com: Buying a Home
- Foreclosure.com: Residential and Commercial Forcloseure Listings nationwide
- GreatHomes.org - Bay Area Real Estate Information
- HomeAdvisor - Find Homes and Loans (MSN.com's House and Home)
- HomeSeekers.com
- HomeStore.com/Realtor.com: Real estate MLS listings & homes for sale
- HSH - Compare Mortgages, Refinancing Rates, Calculators
- InnoVest's Foreclosure Forum
- LendingTree, the online loan center
- Loan terms glossary at ELoan.com
- MLS listings - Property for sale in SF Bay Area
- MoneyCafe.com- The Independent Financial Portal: Interest Rates
- MortgageIT.com
- Nolo: Law Books, Legal Forms and Legal Software
- owners.com
- Paragon Real Estate Group - San Francisco
- San Francisco Multiple Listing Service- Searchable MLS
- TransUnion- Credit Reports (True Credit)
- Yahoo! Loan Center resources
- Yahoo! Real Estate - Recent Home Price Lookup
- YouDecide mortgage comparisons
- zipRealty.com: Real local agents
Housing- Classified Ads, Renter's Resources
- ApartmentAccess.com Referrals - Rentals and Apartments
- California Institute of Integral Studies Student Services - Housing
- Classifieds2000 Free Nationwide Automotive, Computer, and General Merchandise Classifieds
- craigslist
- The best place to go for SF rental postings. Note that the listings cycle off the main page very quickly.
- EasyRoommate Roommate finder
- EHousing - East Bay Rentals and Roommates
- Ford RE -Apartments, Homes, Condos for Rent or Lease
- HousingMaps.com- Visual GoogleMap of Craigslist For Rent/ For Sale listings
- HousingNYC.com- Housing in New York City
- Metro Rent - Apartments and Roommates
- PHS | Rental Housing for People with Pets
- Rent.net- National rental search
- Rental Properties- Boardwalk Investments
- Rental Update- San Francisco
- rentbayarea.com - San Francisco Bay Area Relocation Rentals
- Roommate Access - Roommate Matching
- San Francisco Bay Guardian Classifieds
- San Francisco Tenants Union - www.sftu.org
- Know your rights before you rent in SF! Learn and understand Rent Control laws or you will regret it.
- SF County Rent Board
- SF Gate- Rental Housing Classifieds
- SF4Rent - San Francisco Apartments Rentals Roommates
- SFMission.com- Rentals & Resources
- Silent Way's Guide to Finding Rental Housing in Tight Markets
- Tenant Net- Rent Control resources for New York tenants
- The Housing Project Independent Media Center
- the Rental Source
- UC-San Francisco On-Line Housing Services
~Market Research Focus Groups
- CLT Research Associates, Inc.
- craigslist- et cetera jobs in san francisco
- Fleischman Field Research, Inc.
- FocusGroups.com
- FocusGroups.com: listed by city
- G Focus Groups, Inc
- MBS Internet
- Plaza Research: Marketing Research Services
- Quantum Consulting Inc.'s Market Research Center
- Silent Way's list of San Francisco Focus Groups
- Tragon Research
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