WENDY KNOWLER | Contracts — easy to get into, not so easy to escape
Contracts for cellphone and gym membership, home security or tracking for a car are described as ‘fixed-term’, but in reality they aren’t fixed at all
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Contracts for cellphone and gym membership, home security or tracking for a car are described as ‘fixed-term’, but in reality they aren’t fixed at all
Health Squared advised late on Wednesday that it will continue honouring patients' accounts in hospital after August 31, with the proviso that the scheme would need daily updates of the status of the patients in ICU or high care and every second day for general ward patients.
One consumer paid out almost R59,000 to a fraudster. Bottom line — if you apply for a loan and you are asked to pay any form of upfront fee, it’s a SCAM.
When is it OK to let rip with swear words at a service provider who’s let you down in some way?
Only 22% of 18 hand sanitisers tested in a study by the National Institute for Occupational Health were found to be fully effective