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.