It is always great to see that some stores offer quality service all of the time and are able to build long standing relationships with their customers. This can be seen by the compliment sent trough by Piet van Romburgh:
“Thanks Edgars Amanzimtoti! I have been a customer of yours for years now. Your staff is [...]
Compliment of the week: Edgars
Blekko – an alternative to Google?
A new search engine called Blekko went live to the public on 01 November 2010 and is already active on twitter with over 7 000 followers.
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Blekko aims to be a strong competitor to Google, but has taken a different approach in terms of the way that it presents content. When searching for specific terms on [...]
Find out what determines the price of wine on Carte Blanche Consumer
Have you ever wondered why some wines can be bought at a low cost when you have to pay at a premium for others? Carte Blanche Consumer investigates why there is such a discrepancy in prices and whether a higher price equates to a better wine or not. Other highlights of the show include a [...]
Not everything on Facebook is private
Have you ever wondered how advertising agencies get hold of your details? Well, in some cases you are unknowingly handing information to them over Facebook. According to a recent study by The Wall Street Journal, many of the Facebook applications have been sending your information and even your friends’ information to these companies.
This affects most [...]
FIC clamps down on cash transactions
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has enforced a new reporting obligation on casinos, car dealers and attorneys. The cash threshold reporting system requires the organisations to report all cash transactions of R25 000 or more.
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The cash threshold reporting obligation has come into play since Monday, 04 October 2010, in an attempt to help law enforcement [...]
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