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Here are some tips to avoid overspending this festive season
Bank fraudsters get F2F with the elderly - in their homes!
Bank fraudsters get F2F with the elderly - in their homes!
Hiring a wedding photographer? Here’s what you need to know!
What’s to stop teenagers from having booze delivered to them via an...
What’s to stop teenagers from having booze delivered to them via an...
What’s to stop teenagers from having booze delivered to them via an...
How impossible are food prices looking in Joburg, Cape Town, and Du...
How impossible are food prices looking in Joburg, Cape Town, and Du...
All about the “confirm your Telkom directory listing" scam - Consum...
What if your shop was looted and you thought you had SASRIA cover, ...
Weekend plans: Pick n Pay and Checkers' big special and discount we...
Weekend plans: Pick n Pay and Checkers' big special and discount we...
Everything you need to know about the recalled Woolworths apple juices
"Can I hold a business accountable for losing my important belongin...
"Can I hold a business accountable for losing my important belongin...
ATM charges to be reintroduced by SA banks from 1 October
ATM charges to be reintroduced by SA banks from 1 October
Beware the non-existent puppy scam, says Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler
Beware the non existent puppy scam, says Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler
Get your full refund back as events and bookings are cancelled
Cash deposits made easy and all things car jamming
Cash deposits made easy and all things car jamming
"Minimum card swipe" does not exist, Wendy Knowler explains
"Minimum card swipe" does not exist, Wendy Knowler explains
World Consumer Rights Day: The Best of Consumerwatch
World Consumer Rights Day: The Best of Consumerwatch
How do I get a credit record when no-one will give me credit?
Students' safety compromised and trip cancellations - Wendy Knowler...
Students' safety compromised and trip cancellations - Wendy Knowler...
It never rains but it pours - best you get your roof checked out!
It never rains but it pours - best you get your roof checked out!
Wendy Knowler offers solutions to Keri Miller’s municipal bill issues
Wendy Knowler offers solutions to Keri Miller’s municipal bill issues
Refunds for cancelled trips and a warning about bling cake décor
Refunds for cancelled trips and a warning about bling cake décor
Companies - get your own (throwaways) back!
Companies - get your own (throwaways) back!
About those extra costs on your store account...
About those extra costs on your store account...
Wise up to credit card fraud via phone and don’t wear a “no point” ...
Wise up to credit card fraud via phone and don’t wear a “no point” ...
Drink on this - it wasn’t glass after all
Drink on this - it wasn’t glass after all
Business interruption insurance claim rejections
My husband would be proud of me: Denise Ganas
Momentum criticised for refusing to pay life policy
Wendy Knowler’s lowdown on lay-by
Wendy Knowler’s lowdown on lay-by
What's up with Telkom?
What's up with Telkom?
The secret’s out - this weight-loss product is illegal
The secret’s out - this weight-loss product is illegal
LISTEN: SA can expect more listeriosis cases
LISTEN: SA can expect more listeriosis cases
Listeriosis crisis: Wendy speaks to a survivor
Listeriosis crisis: Wendy speaks to a survivor
Listeriosis crisis: Wendy speaks to a survivor
Store club fees - What are you getting for your spend?
How to spot, tackle an unauthorised debit order
How to spot, tackle an unauthorised debit order
Listeriosis - a crisis with a mystery source
Customer's ring taken in store robbery - her bad luck?
21 ways to become a clued-up consumer
Why you should care about the price of car parts
LISTEN: Expiry dates, sugar intake and other food lessons
KUGA LATEST: Still more fires, and yet another recall
Crunch time: Tough economic times sees consumer cut-back
From bagged, sliced bread to recycling bags
Are customer body searches lawful?
Time to tell all, timeshare owners
LISTEN: Want your gift? Pay up
Who’s coining it?
Customer services lapses - What not to do
LISTEN: Rapper MarazA on his supermarket humiliation
Selling your car online? Know the risks
LISTEN: Sleepless nights for customers after bed store closes
LISTEN: KZN’s got heart (problems)
LISTEN: Promotional campaign includes free cruise to nowhere
LISTEN: Fancy a little syrup with your honey?
LISTEN: If the shoe doesn’t fit, do you have the right of return?
LISTEN: Holiday stay gone wrong? Take photos!
LISTEN: You want it, but is it worth a bad credit record?
LISTEN: Spammed by a Recording
LISTEN: Insure that car or the bank will
LISTEN - Shrinkflation: How to make sure you’re getting the best deal
Good customer service - are you feeling it?
Road accident claims: An attorney’s response
Road accident victims - where is the money going?
Gym contract traps: Exercising your right to protect yourself
'There's a fly in my coffee' - how companies deal with foreign obje...
Getting a tattoo? Get the deal in writing, says Wendy
Parody accounts causing corporate havoc on Twitter
Wendy on challenges of the new metro bill
Wendy on what to look out for when renting a car
Park & Fly Africa update: How not to be taken for a ride
What's in your chicken? Wendy on new brining rules
Wendy on paying credit when it’s due
ATM Card swapping cases keep Banking Ombud busy
Why cellphones top the Consumer Complaints List
Holiday booking: Are you entitled to a refund deposit?
Telesales scams: Why call recordings should always be available
The Consumer Protection Act explained
Wendy lays down the lay-by law
Wendy on keeping your personal info out of the wrong hands
What you need to know about loan offers
Shopping, refuse bags: Are you paying more for less?
Festive frenzy: Wendy's advice on returns
What you need to know before renting a car
Why gifts sent from abroad could cost you
He said, she said: Wendy on verbal assurances
Wendy on the no credit card, no flight policy
Articles
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Bank fraudsters get F2F with the elderly - in their homes!
Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler warns about a new very direct method fraud...
2 years, 4 months ago -
Bank fraudsters get F2F with the elderly - in their homes!
Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler warns about a new very direct method fraud...
2 years, 4 months ago -
Consumer journalist Wendy Knowler shares how NOT to do Black Friday
Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler shared some sage advice on the eve of the ...
2 years, 4 months ago -
What’s to stop teenagers from having booze delivered to them via an app?
That’s what Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler asked the retailers selling al...
2 years, 5 months ago -
What’s to stop teenagers from having booze delivered to them via an app?
That’s what Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler asked the retailers selling al...
2 years, 5 months ago -
What’s to stop teenagers from having booze delivered to them via an app?
That’s what Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler asked the retailers selling al...
2 years, 5 months ago -
All about the “confirm your Telkom directory listing" scam - Consumerwatch's Wendy Knowler shares
Have you unfortunately been a victim of this. Here are new developments.
2 years, 5 months ago -
What if your shop was looted and you thought you had SASRIA cover, but you didn’t?
In this week’s Consumerwatch, WENDY KNOWLER took up one such case.
2 years, 6 months ago -
Everything you need to know about the recalled Woolworths apple juices
Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler shared the juicy details of the Woolworths...
2 years, 6 months ago -
"Be very wary of payment 'holidays' on loans or cars," Wendy Knowler shares
When Covid saw people’s income reduced or destroyed, the offer of a paym...
2 years, 6 months ago -
Beware the non-existent puppy scam, says Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler
If you’re still not sure about when you can demand a refund and when you...
2 years, 6 months ago -
Beware the non existent puppy scam, says Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler
If you’re still not sure about when you can demand a refund and when you...
2 years, 6 months ago -
Uber and their new cancellation penalty
Some Uber drivers and their riders get locked into a game of cancel chic...
2 years, 7 months ago -
Was your item looted while in for repairs? Here's how to negotiate compensation
Not all the appliances which were stolen from shops and warehouses by lo...
2 years, 7 months ago -
Are funeral policy increases killing your budget? Wendy Knowler advises
Some insurers have increased their clients' funeral policy premiums for ...
2 years, 8 months ago -
Beware! Scammers are using Capitec bank accounts as so-called business accounts
There are many ways to tell if you’re dealing with a fraudster posing as...
2 years, 8 months ago -
Beware! Scammers are using Capitec bank accounts as so-called business accounts
There are many ways to tell if you’re dealing with a fraudster posing as...
2 years, 8 months ago -
How Mango airlines' lack of prompt communication left a family stranded
Mango's communications is vrot, says Consumerwatch’s Wendy Knowler.
2 years, 8 months ago -
Are you being charged unreasonably high prices for goods after the looting?
Price gouging - if you can prove it, here’s what to do, says Consumerwat...
2 years, 9 months ago -
How to get insurance for your looted business with Wendy Knowler
With so much of our city destroyed, and businesses and consumers having ...
2 years, 9 months ago
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