Consumer Services Guide (CSG)

Consumer Action Edition

The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the ‘Guide’, some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.

Listings for the City of Harrisburg

These are the results for consumer specific consumer resources for PA. The listing is grouped by primary service category, then sorted alphabetically.

Attorneys General

• Pennsylvania - Attorney General
  The Pennsylvania Attorney General Office is dedicated to ensuring that Pennsylvania consumers are treated fairly and properly. The work of the Attorney General's Public Protection Division includes guarding Pennsylvanians against telemarketing scams or identity theft, fighting for civil rights, monitoring charitable organizations and protecting consumers from deceptive advertising or other unfair business practices. (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Auto

• Pennsylvania - Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
  Pennsylvania DMV site has been created to help you renew or register for a drivers license, find DMV forms, practice tests, drivers ed & traffic schools, auto insurance, or just about anything else related to Pennsylvania DMV. (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Banking Authorities

• Pennsylvania - Secretary of Banking Department
  The State Departments of Banking regulate and supervise state-chartered banks. Many of them handle or refer problems and complaints about other types of financial institutions as well. Some also answer general questions about banking and consumer credit. The Consumer Services staff at the Department of Banking answer complaints and inquiries daily through this website and more than 6,000 calls each year to the consumer hotline.… (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Better Business Bureau

• District of Columbia - Better Business Bureau (BBB)
  Contact for pre-purchase inquiry and complaint information on local businesses. Takes complaints on companies and arbitrates problems and disputes. Monitors and reviews local advertising and tracks and reports on charitable organizations. Serving Metropolitan Washington, DC and Eastern Pennsylvania. (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Consumer Protection

• District of Columbia - Better Business Bureau (BBB)
  Contact for pre-purchase inquiry and complaint information on local businesses. Takes complaints on companies and arbitrates problems and disputes. Monitors and reviews local advertising and tracks and reports on charitable organizations. Serving Metropolitan Washington, DC and Eastern Pennsylvania. (Harrisburg, PA)
  
• Pennsylvania - Attorney General
  The Pennsylvania Attorney General Office is dedicated to ensuring that Pennsylvania consumers are treated fairly and properly. The work of the Attorney General's Public Protection Division includes guarding Pennsylvanians against telemarketing scams or identity theft, fighting for civil rights, monitoring charitable organizations and protecting consumers from deceptive advertising or other unfair business practices. (Harrisburg, PA)
  
• Pennsylvania - Insurance Department
  The Consumer Services Division is responsible for gathering and responding to consumer inquiries regarding insurance company or producer activities. (Harrisburg, PA)
  
• Pennsylvania - Public Utility Commission
  The Public Utilities Commission (RIPUC) and the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) are independent regulatory bodies whose mission is to ensure that safe, reliable, quality utility service is provided at a fair and reasonable cost. (Harrisburg, PA)
  
• Pennsylvania - Secretary of Banking Department
  The State Departments of Banking regulate and supervise state-chartered banks. Many of them handle or refer problems and complaints about other types of financial institutions as well. Some also answer general questions about banking and consumer credit. The Consumer Services staff at the Department of Banking answer complaints and inquiries daily through this website and more than 6,000 calls each year to the consumer hotline.… (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Insurance Regulators

• Pennsylvania - Insurance Department
  The Consumer Services Division is responsible for gathering and responding to consumer inquiries regarding insurance company or producer activities. (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Investing

• Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities
  Each state has its own laws and regulations for securities brokers and for all types of securities, including stocks, mutual funds, commodities, real estate offerings, uninsured investment products sold by banks and others. The officials enforce these laws and regulations. State securities agencies are responsible also for preventing fraud and abuse in the sale of all but the largest securities offerings. If you have a… (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Investor Protection

• Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities
  Each state has its own laws and regulations for securities brokers and for all types of securities, including stocks, mutual funds, commodities, real estate offerings, uninsured investment products sold by banks and others. The officials enforce these laws and regulations. State securities agencies are responsible also for preventing fraud and abuse in the sale of all but the largest securities offerings. If you have a… (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Utilities

• Pennsylvania - Public Utility Commission
  The Public Utilities Commission (RIPUC) and the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) are independent regulatory bodies whose mission is to ensure that safe, reliable, quality utility service is provided at a fair and reasonable cost. (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Utilities Commissions

• Pennsylvania - Public Utility Commission
  The Public Utilities Commission (RIPUC) and the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) are independent regulatory bodies whose mission is to ensure that safe, reliable, quality utility service is provided at a fair and reasonable cost. (Harrisburg, PA)
  

Weights and Measures Offices

• Pennsylvania - Bureau of Ride and Measurement Standards
  The Bureau's Weights and Measures Division of the Bureau of Ride & Measurement Standards focuses on one core objective: making sure Pennsylvania consumers get what they paid for. Every dollar matters, which is why the Weights and Measures Division has staff working across the state to protect consumers, businesses and manufacturers from unfair business practices and assure equity in the marketplace. (Harrisburg, PA)