Whether you’re buying groceries for the week or a swanky new car, you expect to get good value for money, especially if it’s something that you’ve saved up for. Unfortunately life doesn’t always work out the way you hoped it would, which is what the Carte Blanche Consumer team are looking in to this week.

On a more positive note, the team will also demonstrate the benefits of green alternatives to exorbitant municipality bills and how to hold on to more of those hard earned Rands.

Fake Leather

For some there’s nothing like a spanking new car with gleaming paint work and that glorious smell of genuine leather. Or so you think. Carte Blanche Consumer reveals that you don’t always get the quality you’re paying for – or the peace of mind. Presenter: Devi Sankaree Govender; Producer: Kate Barry.

Off The Grid

Rocketing municipal bills have made running an average home a budgeting nightmare. What’s the alternative – can one live entirely off the grid? Carte Blanche Consumer demonstrates how going green can possibly save your pocket and the planet. Presenter: Derek Watts; Producer: Nguni Productions.

Watch the show at 7pm on M-Net on Thursday for more.

Source: Carte Blanche Consumer; Image sources: it.northwestern.edu, rsportscars.com