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Rogue debit order?

10 March 2010 - 14:50

The issue of unauthorised debit orders cropped up at the DTI’s consumer law conference in Midrand last week which both Consumerwatch producer Diane Ma...

Paying for the packaging - an unusual case

10 March 2010 - 14:44

A listener told us that Desai’s butchery in Sparks Estate had notices up informing its customers that the weight of the packaging was includ...

Traffic fines - you're liable for 30 yrs

10 March 2010 - 14:44

A listener wrote to ask whether speeding fines prescribe as retail debts do, after three years.

Do you know where that car's been?

03 March 2010 - 14:19

In the trade it’s called cutting the clock, or giving the car a haircut.

Simply Slim: the saga continues

24 February 2010 - 14:09

A few things have come to light since we discussed the Medicines Control Council’s recall of the slimming product on this show two weeks ago...

Signed up over the phone

17 February 2010 - 15:17

A lot of people still don’t realise that you don’t have to put your signature to a document in order to be legally bound to a contract and g...

Slimming product recall

10 February 2010 - 14:38

On Friday the Medicines Control Council announced the recall of the weight product Simply Slim which hit the market with a big bang last yea...

Pay for the meat, not its packaging

03 February 2010 - 14:00

By law - the Trade Metrology Act to be exact – when retailers are selling food, they may not include the weight of the packaging with the we...

Small change – big issue

27 January 2010 - 16:25

It happens all the time – you pay for something in cash, and you don’t get your full change; it’s missing a five cent or even a 10 cent piec...

Red Letter Day

20 January 2010 - 14:10

Many consumers are literally seeing red when they open letters from a Johannesburg firm of attorneys which has been collecting very old, all...

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