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Consumers Digest
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Consumers Digest is an American for-profit magazine publication that allows companies to use its reviews for marketing purposes. Contrary to some reports, it has not accepted advertising since 2001.
To subscribe, the interested party must write to Consumers Digest asking for more information. The magazine is sold on the newsstands--$3.99, $5.99 in canada--bar code is 2527403404.
The magazine awards its Consumers Digest Best Buy seal to products its staff judges to be of the best quality for the most reasonable price. However, because Consumers Digest reportedly receives money from many of the corporations it reviews, uncertainty has arisen regarding how merit-based such an award can be. The name "Best Buy" also has been used by rival Consumer Reports since the early 1970s, leading to questions about the seal's actual origins.
Some of the brands that employ the green and gold "Consumers Digest Best Buy" seal include Thermospas hot tubs, Bridgestone Tires, Brinks Home Security, Multi-Pure Drinking Water Systems, and Mercury Automobiles.