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How to rise above debt

Choose your counsellor carefully and check statements

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Different sizes, same price

Why is it that all supermarkets sell uncooked whole chickens at a price determined by their weight, but in their deli sections, most of them sell cooked whole c... Read Story

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Ihsaan Haffejee

Hotel call fees: beware of bill shock

Until the mid-1990s, when you’d stay in a hotel, the only way you could communicate telephonically with colleagues or loved ones was via the landline phon... Read Story

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A major concern in non-bank credit is where a consumers payments are misallocated or they do not receive a statement on their account.

How to rise above debt
May 16 2012 at 14:13

Choose your counsellor carefully and check statements

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A major concern in non-bank credit is where a consumers payments are misallocated or they do not receive a statement on their account.

Different sizes, same price
May 14 2012 at 03:18

Why is it that all supermarkets sell uncooked whole chickens at a price determined by their weight, but in their deli sections, most of them sell cooked whole chickens at a set price, despite the fact that their weights va... Read Story
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Ask: Dont make assumptions about what a service will cost you. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee

Hotel call fees: beware of bill shock
April 25 2012 at 09:47

Until the mid-1990s, when you’d stay in a hotel, the only way you could communicate telephonically with colleagues or loved ones was via the landline phone in your room.

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Pick n Pay released weaker-than-expected results. Photo: Simphiwe Mbokazi.

Card dents Pick n Pay profit
April 19 2012 at 03:23

Five million active users of Pick n Pay’s Smart Shopper card received combined benefits worth R350 million.

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The new format of the MultiChoice Dish magazine has left some viewers up in arms because of the omission of the full months programme listings. The company says it has discontinued printing the listings because they were outdated by the time they reached customers because of the magazines three-month lead time. Pictures: Oupa Mokoena

Not programmed for DStv changes
April 18 2012 at 13:38

MultiChoice to conduct survey of subscribers to determine way forward on printed version of listings

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NO LOSS: Dont fret if the product or service you paid for with your credit card did not materialise. All banks have chargeback facilities to refund you. Picture: Leon Nicholas

Chargeback works for ticket refunds
April 16 2012 at 14:40

IF you own a credit card, there’s a good chance you’ve been using it for years without ever having heard the term “chargeback”, much less understood how it could work for you.

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All Gold tomato sauce has shrunk its product size from 750ml to 700ml without fanfare.

We can stop these dodgy price hikes
April 11 2012 at 12:35

Regular readers of this column will know that I’ve got a bit of a “thing” about pack shrinkage – a global phenomenon which sees grocery manufacturers going to the huge hassle and expense of repackag... Read Story
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CLOSER LOOK: Investigation of food labeling in the light of new legislation. Picture: Mujahid Safodien

Legislation limits misleading labels on foods
April 3 2012 at 09:35

DID YOU know that that olive oil spread only contains 20 percent olive oil?

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No trace: Date marks on packets of Lays chips and Marie biscuit packaging are easily removable.

Sell-by stamps on food packaging now required by law
April 2 2012 at 08:57

We South Africans have become accustomed to seeing date marks – those “use by” and “best before” dates on food, but it’s only in the past month that they’ve become a legal requirem... Read Story
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Mzansi account holders have suffered the most at the hands of fraudsters because not much information is required to open an account.

Mzansi clients easy prey for fraudsters
March 28 2012 at 13:49

Mzansi bank accounts, established in 2004 as a means of making banking more accessible and affordable to previously “unbanked” South Africans, have sadly been used to further a rather less noble cause, in some ... Read Story
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