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Feb. 17 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I received an email saying there were vacancies at the Harrington Hall Hotel in London. I have never worked in a hotel before. Is this a scam? Yes, it most certainly IS a scam. The hotel mentioned is real and is perfectly...
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Feb. 10 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I reside in Serowe. I have a problem that I wish you could help me resolve. I bought a TV set on credit with a furniture store that I had to take back to them due to some social problems. Initially I paid the installments...
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Feb. 3 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 Early this year my mum enrolled my sister in an English medium school to do her Form 4. The school fee was P5,000 per term and there was a registration fee of P100. My mum paid P3,100 up front. The first day my sister...
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Jan. 27 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I opened a store account in 2005. I was retrenched in April 2010 and went into arrears. I tried to pay but a month later a friend told me that you I should have registered for their account protection plan. I checked my statements...
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Jan. 20 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I have a problem with a duvet cover I bought from a store at Riverwalk. Within 5 days of purchase and use it was torn at the bottom. I called the store to complain about the issue and ask either for an exchange or a refund....
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Jan. 13 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I would really like your advice on the following matter. Two weeks ago I lay-byed a bag in a shop in Game City for P200. The following day my husband bought me the same bag from the same shop. I went back to the store and told...
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Dec. 9 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I have a problem with a generator I purchased which has never worked properly or consistently since day one of installation – leading to air conditioners blowing and numerous call-outs to my electrician to try to fix the problem. I...
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Dec. 2 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 A few months ago, I received a call from my bank requesting me to submit some documents relating to my account. I told them that I gave them the documents when I opened the account and said that if they want them again they...
CONSUMER’S VOICE-11TH NOVEMBER 2011
Nov. 18 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I bought a car from a dealer on 6th September 2011 for P33,500. On the 15th October, I made a trip to Francistown only for the vehicle to overheat 100km outside Gaborone. It is now costing me P7,500 to have this vehicle towed...
CONSUMER’S VOICE-11TH NOVEMBER 2011
Nov. 11 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 Some months ago I met a lady on one of the social networks and we ended up falling in love. Just recently the lady explained that she is Liberian but she is kept in a refugee camp in Senegal. Also, she said that she lost her...
CONSUMER’S VOICE 4TH NOVEMBER 2011
Nov. 4 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I was invited to a presentation by a South African company called Cashflow Pro. They said I could earn lots of money trading foreign exchange. Can this be correct? If you believe what they say then it’s a certainty. However...
CONSUMER’S VOICE 21 OCTOBER
Oct. 28 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 There is a company calling itself SADC Yellow Pages. Someone calls from South Africa with the details of the manager. Pic from internet What they will then request is to do you a free artwork to see if you will be interested...
CONSUMER’S VOICE 21 OCTOBER
Oct. 21 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I bought a Toshiba laptop from Home Corp on 11th June 2011. Two months later I noticed that one of the keys had fallen off. I took the laptop together with the key back to the store as it was still under warranty, that was...
CONSUMER’S VOICE 14TH OCTOBER 2011
Oct. 14 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I purchased a laptop computer for my niece in July 2009 on hire purchase. She is a student in South Africa and required it for school work. In June 2011 the computer exploded when switched on but surprisingly it was not plugged...
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Oct. 7 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I receive this kind of message on many occasions. The messages reads: “Hello,How are you today, Hope all is well with you and your family?I am using this opportunity to inform you that this multi-million-dollar business has...
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Sep. 30 | Consumer’s Voice – 30th September 2011 Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 In April 2010 I towed my car to a workshop for repair. The main problem was that it wasn’t not engaging the gears properly or running smoothly. The workshop manager agreed with me...
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Sep. 23 | I received an email from Sony Ericsson telling me that they were giving away free laptop computers. Is this true? It most certainly is NOT. The email shows a picture of a very sexy Sony Ericsson laptop and says: “Ericsson is distributing free laptops...
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Sep. 19 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I would want you to check if Omega Global University is registered in the Zambian capital. Their Professor Sibiya told me that they are registered in Lusaka. “Omega Global University” is NOT a real university, it’s...
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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 DANGEROUS:...
