LISTEN: Looking for loans in all the wrong places
There’s a terrible irony in someone trying to get a loan and losing mone...
Consumer Hacks
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LISTEN: Promotional campaign includes free cruise to nowhere
The offer was simple: sign a two-year cellphone contract and get a free ...
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LISTEN: Fancy a little syrup with your honey?
When a food product carries a premium price, there will be those in the ...
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LISTEN: If the shoe doesn’t fit, do you have the right of return?
Wendy Knowler receives a lot of complaints about shoe purchases gone wro...
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LISTEN: It's not love, actually - it's fraud
It’s bad enough being conned out of money by a stranger, but when it’s s...
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LISTEN: The Kuga Catastrophe - Ford’s still putting out fires
No more of those fire hazard 1.6 Ford Kuga models which were part of the...
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LISTEN: Is there such a thing as a non-refundable deposit?
It’s been almost six years since the Consumer Protection Act made it ill...
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LISTEN: Holiday stay gone wrong? Take photos!
It’s long been said that a picture paints a thousand words, and that’s n...
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LISTEN: Wendy's take on 'Kugas on fire'
There are forty-four Ford Kugas which are said to have caught alight. So...
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LISTEN: You want it, but is it worth a bad credit record?
I know most of us are wanting to kick back at this time of year: live it...
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LISTEN: Clash of the Christmas Custards
For the first time in 13 years of weekly Consumerwatch shows, we did a t...
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LISTEN: Spammed by a Recording
Companies have a new way of contacting us, as if email, SMS, landline an...
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LISTEN: When a car deal turns ugly
People behaving badly in shops makes for great social media traffic, but...
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LISTEN: Insure that car or the bank will
There’s no dodging paying insurance on a financed car.
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LISTEN - Shrinkflation: How to make sure you’re getting the best deal
Toblerone is making international headlines for all the wrong reasons, t...
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Good customer service - are you feeling it?
What is good customer service? There was a time when companies patted th...
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Road accident claims: An attorney’s response
The Durban attorneys who specialise in Road Accident Fund cases were non...
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Road accident victims - where is the money going?
Sadly it should come as no surprise to South Africans that vast amounts ...
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Gym contract traps: Exercising your right to protect yourself
Spring is here and that means the gyms are working hard to push that tir...
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As consumers, we are not one; says Wendy
WHAT would you do if you won three times your monthly income, Wendy?