Find out which leading pharmacy and supermarket chains will give you the most value for your hard earned Rands on the show this week. The other two featured stories cover the ins and outs of the Small Claims Court and smart phone subscription charges.
Price Watch: Supermarkets
In Carte Blanche Consumer’s monthly grocery comparison we buy a basket of goods from each large supermarket group and compare the totals. This time, our consumer sleuth, Dorothy Dearheart, goes shopping for a basket of non-perishable dry goods. Producer: Haley Horan.
Pharmacies
Cold and flu season can prove to be expensive as enticing new products hit pharmacy shelves promising to take away the winter sniffles. But which pharmacy chain offers the best value overall on a basket of general health and lifestyle products? Carte Blanche Consumer went shopping for answers. Producer: Haley Horan.
Small Claims Court
Legal issues, often unexpected, can lock you into an expensive, time-consuming court battle, wreaking havoc with your budget. But the Small Claims Court makes swift work of any small civil claim. And the best part of it all is that hearings take place after hours. Carte Blanche Consumer attends a session to see ordinary people have their day in court. Producer: Sophia Phirippides.
WASPs
Smarter phones put downloadable content – such as ringtones, pictures and music – at your fingertips. But many users, unhappy with expensive content subscription charges, claim to have been billed for unwanted and unsolicited content. Attempt to trace the content provider to get your money back and you’re stung by a barrage of rude operators and denials from local and international players in this multi-million rand industry. Carte Blanche Consumer investigates. Presenter: Derek Watts; Producer: Karen Brooks; Journalist: Susan Comrie.
Carte Blanche Consumer is aired on M-Net at 7pm every Thursday.
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