Consumerwatch: How to avoid a scam when buying or selling online
Here’s how to protect yourself, writes Wendy Knowler.
Consumer Hacks
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Why are those bags so rubbish?
Why are Durban homeowners being saddled with black refuse bags which are...
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Online Retailers Feel The Heat
How not to treat your customers - don’t deliver the goods they’ve paid y...
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The truth about disinfectant tunnels
Tunnel vision - disinfectant tunnels continue to be erected in transport...
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Why can churches re-open but not restaurants?
That’s what the Restaurant Association of SA (RASA) demands to know. Wen...
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Returning items during lockdown
It's a case of buyer beware when it comes to lockdown return policies, w...
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Shopping for specific items in lockdown explained
What to buy? New government regulations aim for function over style, say...
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Clothing, fees, and selling and buying cars
Clothing, fees, and selling and buying cars
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Lockdown - various levels of vagueness and confusion
One of the recurring themes of our lives in lockdown is mass confusion a...
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Pay now, enjoy later
Missing your local restaurant, pub or neighbourhood business and wonderi...
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What if your warranty expires during lockdown?
Expiring warranties travel cancellation compensation and the dangers of ...
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Can’t afford my medical aid and insurance premiums? What now?
Wendy Knowler looks at what the various insurers are offering their clie...
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Coronavirus: Essential services during the lockdown
One of the main conversations which this extraordinary lockdown situatio...
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Locked down by law - what tenants and landlords need to know
In today’s Consumerwatch we focus on one such issue - if you were suppos...
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Coronavirus: Are you covered if you want to cancel your overseas trip?
COVID 19, commonly referred to as the coronavirus, is causing major havo...
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Living with load shedding - how prepared are you for when the lights come back on?
It’s annoying when the power gets cut during “load shedding”, but it’s w...
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What if your Valentine's Day flowers are delivered late?
For florists, Valentine’s Day is their Black Friday and Christmas all ro...
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Cracked TV: Who is responsible?
If you buy a new TV and when you remove the packaging at home, you disco...
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What to do with an excessive municipal bill?
What do you do if you open your municipal bill and discover you’re being...
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How dare you?
Wendy Knowler asks what it’s going to take to nab the airport baggage ha...