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CONSUMER’S VOICE 30.11.12
Dec. 1 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I bought a Blackberry 9810 at a store at Riverwalk on Tuesday the November 20, 2012. I was told that it doesn’t come with a memory card. A few days later one of my colleagues went to another branch at Old Lobatse Road...
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Jul. 13 | In January I paid a supplier over P90,000 for farming equipment for my land. Unfortunately it took longer than I planned to clear my land and the Land Board refused me a certificate until the land is 100% cleared. I went back to the supplier and...
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Sep. 9 | I received an email from DHL saying that they had failed to deliver a parcel to me because the address was wrong. Is this true? CV: No, it most certainly is NOT. Readers should be very careful about emails like this. The full email said: SOMETIMES...
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Sep. 2 | I wonder if you can help me understand this Baariz product which I understand heals HIV/AIDS which I am NOT sure but i have had someone who testified was healed by this product. How true is it about this Baariz Tabs?? Treatment Success Chart CV:...
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Aug. 26 | I bought a phone on the 16th June, and after 3 weeks I started experiencing some problems with the phone and I took it back to the supplier on the 20th July. They promised me the phone will be fixed in 3 days but they only called me after 2 weeks to tell...
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Aug. 19 | I bought leather sofas from a store in Francistown in August 2009 and the price was P10,999.95. With all the interest the total cost went up to P24,610.34. We were advised that they were expensive because they were made of leather that would last a lifetime....
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Aug. 12 | I understand that a company called Legend Venture is from Singapore and has agents in South Africa. They have a series of group meetings at a local hotel recruiting Batswana to buy shares from them. The presenters are from South Africa. I did some checking...
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Aug. 5 | I received an email from a South African company called the Susca Watts Academy offering training certificates in beauty treatments and saying they could guarantee me a job on a cruise liner? They say this will cost R6000 and I must pay R1000 to register....
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Jul. 29 | I saw an advertisement for “Immune solutions” and treatments for “sugar diabetes”. Do you think they can be real? SMS communications CV: No, they’re not. I contacted the advertiser and asked him whether he could really offer treatments...
Jul. 8 | Dear Consumer’s Voice I went to a furniture shop today and what they told me is that some charges like handling fee and insurance are compulsory so I would like to know if they are telling the truth? CV: I suspect that they’re telling the truth, at...
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Jul. 1 | Dear Consumer’s Voice I took a pair of brand new dark brown fine wool business trousers to a dry-cleaners in Riverwalk last week. They had never been cleaned before. I explained this to the attendant, and very clearly specified that I wanted dry-cleaning....
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Jun. 24 | Loan shark cartton from internet Dear Consumer’s Voice Last year at our school a guy came advertising his product on loaning money using the same rates used at the Bank. At our school six of us took loans. I took P12,000 first and later another P7,000...
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Jun. 17 | Dear Consumer’s Voice We bought a king size bed for more than P10,000 from a furniture wholesale store in the Broadhurst area. After one year, the base bed completely broke down to pieces and as I am writing this message, I and my wife are supporting...
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Jun. 10 | Dear Consumer’s Voice [These are the highlights of a very long email we received.] I bought a bed at a furniture store in Molepolole in 2010 October. After 3 weeks when I was asleep the bed made a funny noise when I turned and it sank in the middle....
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Jun. 3 | Dear Consumer’s Voice I have an argument with a furniture store. I started having credit with them when I was at University and my income was my allowance which came to an end obviously at the end of my university days. They called me asking me how...
