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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
Selling your car on consignment - what could go wrong?
Selling your car on consignment - what could go wrong?
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: No party for Ford as the Fiesta’s recalled
LISTEN: Who pays if that laptop is stolen or damaged after check-in?
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
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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#Consumerwatch: Audis ablaze
Where there’s fire there’s a PR crisis. Thanks to the Ford Kuga catastro...
5 years, 9 months ago -
#Consumerwatch: Audis ablaze
Where there’s fire there’s a PR crisis. Thanks to the Ford Kuga catastro...
5 years, 9 months ago -
Do you really know where that invoice has come from?
In case you missed last month’s show and because you really can’t afford...
5 years, 11 months ago -
Do you really know where that invoice has come from?
In case you missed last month’s show and because you really can’t afford...
5 years, 11 months ago -
Consumerwatch: The latest on listeriosis
As the listeriosis crisis continues to grip the nation, and more product...
6 years, 1 month ago -
Consumerwatch: The latest on listeriosis
As the listeriosis crisis continues to grip the nation, and more product...
6 years, 1 month ago -
Listeriosis outbreak: All your important questions answered
The origin of Listeriosis has officially been traced. Wendy Knowler unpa...
6 years, 1 month ago -
Listeriosis outbreak: All your important questions answered
The origin of listeriosis has officially been traced. Wendy Knowler unpa...
6 years, 1 month ago -
Listeriosis outbreak: All your important questions answered
The origin of listeriosis has officially been traced. Wendy Knowler unpa...
6 years, 1 month ago -
Store club fees - What are you getting for your spend?
Do you know how much you're spending on membership fees for a store acco...
6 years, 2 months ago -
Buying online, avoiding traffic and more tips ahead of Black Friday
Start your shopping hours earlier. That's one of the key pieces of advic...
6 years, 5 months ago -
Buying online, avoiding traffic and more tips ahead of Black Friday
Start your shopping hours earlier. That's one of the key advice Consumer...
6 years, 5 months ago -
Buying online, avoiding traffic and more tips ahead of Black Friday
Start your shopping hours earlier. That's one of the key advice Consumer...
6 years, 5 months ago -
21 ways to become a clued-up consumer
In honour of East Coast Radio’s 21st birthday, Consumerwatch - now in it...
6 years, 7 months ago -
From bagged, sliced bread to recycling bags
Last week’s Consumerwatch was all about the butter shortage and its hell...
6 years, 9 months ago -
LISTEN: Clash of the Christmas Custards
For the first time in 13 years of weekly Consumerwatch shows, we did a t...
7 years, 4 months ago -
Road accident claims: An attorney’s response
The Durban attorneys who specialise in Road Accident Fund cases were non...
7 years, 6 months ago -
How to avoid pension fraud
We’ve covered a few scams that target pensioners on Consumerwatch, but t...
8 years, 2 months ago -
Shopping, refuse bags: Are you paying more for less?
Plastic bag issues concern quite a few consumers. So this first Consumer...
8 years, 3 months ago -
He said, she said: Wendy on verbal assurances
This week’s Consumerwatch is devoted to a “he said, she said” case which...
8 years, 6 months ago
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