Consumer news you can use on car buys, parts, contracts and debit orders
Watch-outs of the week
05 March 2021 - 14:07
If you buy a spare part for your car, you cannot take it back for a refund if you don’t need it after all. Stock photo.
Image: 123rf.com/Dmytro Kozyrskyi
In this weekly segment of bite-sized chunks of useful information, consumer champion Wendy Knowler summarises news you can use:
Beware the ‘voetstoets’ vehicle
“I went to buy a used car from a private individual.”
When an e-mail starts like that, my heart sinks because I know what’s coming. Sure enough, Mr C’s story did not end well.