Per Consumer
Reports 12/05 Money Adviser page 6, re
shopping-comparison web sites:
"We rated the
six biggest shopping -comparison sites, plus relative
newcomer Become.com." . . . "The top three performers
in rank order were Yahoo Shopping, Shopping.com, and
Froogle."
1. YahooShopping.com
. . . "Note: Yahoo
has a business relationship with CONSUMER REPORTS." . . .
Yahoo Shopping and Froogle earned the highest scores for
finding the lowest prices, but both got low marks for
safeguarding consumer privacy."
2. Shopping.com
. . . "Shopping.com
came in third on pricing, but its overall score was
raised by top marks in ease of use and clear disclosure
of business relationships with merchants."
3. Froogle.com
4. PriceGrabber.com
5. Become.com
6. Shopzilla.com
. . . "Shopzilla
was the most vague about business relationships with
merchants."
7. Nextag.com
Consumer Reports
12/05 magazine page 18, rates of Internet Electronic
Stores as follows:
1. Crutchfield.com
. . . Crutchfield,
a catalog and Web site that had the best online
information and navigability and great selection,
received an exceptionally high score.
2. Amazon.com
. . . Two of these
online retailers, Amazonl.com and JR.com, offered the
holy grail of shopping;: low prices and wide
selection.
3. Costco.com
4. JR.com
5. Buy.com
6. Dell.com
7. CircuitCity.com
8. BestBuy.com