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Ismail K
Active since Mar 2009
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17 reviews6 months ago
Curtains for Tilly Doors?
In June Tilley Doors installed garage doors at my sister's place. Should have checked reviews and HelloPeter first. Paid them in full in June, but my Body Corp also paid their half-share direct to Tilley instead of to my sister, so they got R9000 extra! Despite multiple emails and calls (with the manager still avoiding my sister, THEY HAVE NOT REFUNDED HER or my Body Crop, taking advantage of a widow! will update when payment is finally received! 120 days and counting for something that should have taken 7 you decide it this is an honest company?
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7 months ago
only a façade of quality
Is there any difference in quality between Europe and the far East anymore? Remember how in the 70s a Merc was good for 30+ years, whilst a Datsun was a rustbucket as it left the showroom? How the tables have turned : nowadays the high compression mercs can barely last a decade whilst China is on a near vertical trajectory. Is Nivea a quality product or is that too presumptuous? Lacking the wherewithal to sustain their growth they are always looking for or Creating new markets. Hence many of their products could be suitable for the whole family, but they insisted on putting feminine and masculine scents and doubling their sales and market. Next the kids, metro***ual and *** markets? They already have tweaked our kids noses, already *******ing our kids so they will spend much more, and earlier, than we ever will! And mostly through Social Media and Influencers/ ****s my main gripe is with Beiersdorf in Germany, who make myriad Nivea products for men since the introduction of their shave balm in the 80s. At the end of December i phoned the Nivea helpline to complain that their New can of shaving gel just leaked out in 1 continuous stream! unfortunately the call was answered by a Chinese speaker in Germany who was already in the Xmas spirits [pun intended] i waited months for my replacement, in vain. 2 other cans malfunctioned in the interim. FORTUNATELY I HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE! In July i drove to Beier <the company that owns Nivea >. in Umhlanga, with the 3 cans, [1 full, but with a broken nozzle] for replacements. And showed AND sent them the Video! They were seemingly apologetic and promised to investigate! But i never heard from them again! I reminded them again at the end of July, but still no reply or satisfaction! i'm more than a little miffed. 3 cans that cost me over R200 reveals that there is no real difference between established names like Nivea and dubious Chinese brands; in the same way that there is no difference between Samsonite and the cheap Chinese generics, as i found out the hard way; the lifetime warrantee is vapour. my father joked 40 years ago that differentiating between the ***es was just a money-making gimmick to double sales and that male products were turning us moffies. seeing today's metro***uals, I'm hard pressed to disabuse him of that notion. and seeing the burgeoning market for kid cosmetics, how soon can we expect LGBTQ+ products for that elitist market? and it all started when 1 clever guy doubled sales for headache pills by just adding "take 2". sorry for the poor quality of the video or the state of my bathroom. it was 6 am. obviously I wasn't expecting to make a video. as South Africa and the world slides down an abyss, look for full value, not elitist names and money making differentiation. How soon before we get different zambuk, for males, females, kids, adolescents, aged, ***...?
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13 months ago
Hifi low-fidelity
Whilst they sell some good stuff, their grey imports mean you have to lug in a huge TV for repairs each time. After several trips in a month I insisted on a full refund. They comp**** with poor grace, delaying payment and finally refunding via CASH deposit into my account so I had to pay almost R200 in cash deposit fees!
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16 months ago
Off Target by 45 days, work not even started in 2024
After reading their rave reviews, I paid my 70% deposit on 14 November. Must admit they are magic because you just can't see where they did the work. Maybe because they DID ZERO WORK! Despite verbal and written promises. So much for : " if you notice a leak, be sure to take immediate action to minimise damage" So what does Werner's 45 days of inaction constitute? Refund my money
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19 months ago
Tracker Connect? Will they take a week for Your car?
YOU BE THE JUDGE! double charging both my brother and I for the same car! Then Tanya fails to sort out a whole week later. Can you trust them with your car? From: Tania Pretorius <tpretorius@tracker.co.za> Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 16:21 Thank you for your communication and for bringing the matter to our attention. I will be facilitating your concern, please allow us time to investigate the matter and we will revert back to you asap. any surprise that their website is currently down
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19 months ago
TRACKER CONnect
Tracker are actually double-charging both my brother & I for the same vehicle! They have not rep**** to my August email except an automated reply :Your work item number is 18896638. They refuse to give any email addresses of a Director or Manager! So much for integrity and accountability. And you trust them with your car? Are they also double debiting you?
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32 months ago
the future of banking? DEFINITELY NOT
The future of Banking??? I have a Discovery bank account and Discovery credit card BUT DISCOVERY DOES NOT ALLOW AUTOMATIC DEBIT ORDERS FROM THEIR ACCOUNT TO THEIR OWN CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT!!! They insist I open an account at ANOTHER Bank (and pay more fees) & set up a debit order with another bank. They also hide their Email address so you have no written record of your complaints. And though I finally got an address they have not responded to several emails from February! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <***********> Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 11:54 AM Subject: Thank you for your email To: Ismail Kathrada <***********> A Discovery Banker will be in touch with you as soon as possible. We take complaints seriously and will do our best to assist you. STILL WAITING FOR 5 MONTHS THE REPLY FROM GIRSHWIN : Our systems do show that your debit order has been set on your account. However, you will need to ensure that your transactions account has funds deposited into it on a monthly basis. Failure to meet this condition will result in your account going into an unpaid status. Now I am really ****ed at the him 1} for not answering the question, and 2} FOR IMPLYING THE DEBIT ORDER WAS NOT DONE BECAUSE I HAD INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. I give you leave to publish in which months I had insufficient funds. My reply : I will be closing my bank account and cancelling my credit card soonest - I instruct him to cancel my supplementary cards immediately and cancel my Virgin membership. I will probably also cancel my Discovery medical Aid. Well done Girswin
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33 months ago
THE FUTURE OF BANKING??? NOT
The future of Banking??? I have a Discovery bank account and Discovery credit card BUT DISCOVERY DOES NOT ALLOW AUTOMATIC DEBIT ORDERS FROM THEIR ACCOUNT TO THEIR OWN CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT!!! They insist I open an account at ANOTHER Bank (and pay more fees) & set up a debit order with another bank. They also hide their Email address so you have no written record of your complaints. And though I finally got an address they have not responded to several emails from February! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <complaints@discovery.bank> Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 11:54 AM Subject: Thank you for your email To: Ismail Kathrada <kathrada@gmail.com> A Discovery Banker will be in touch with you as soon as possible. We take complaints seriously and will do our best to assist you. STILL WAITING FOR 5 MONTHS
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37 months ago
takealot - an online company without an e-mail address?
Order #125250194 They cancelled above order after trying to deliver on March 20th & 21st (EFF day & a public holiday!) when I was closed & incommunicado at Tembe Ele Park. They could have delivered on Wednesday but using the same EFF brains they cancelled the order. Even worse I cannot contact them. What major online company doesnt divulge their email address?
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45 months ago
CAPITEC already rated by Jesus
All you need to know about Bankers Jesus already said 2000+ years ago. I asked Capitec to close my account last year and give me my funds, but they crooks only suspended my account, and are still withholding my funds, 8 months later!. Even worse someone overpaid me several years ago, but Capitec neither refunded the money, nor put it in my account but in a suspense account earning interest for themselves all these years. Vipers? They failed to correct this or even inform me by telephone or email, And I only became aware of this when I asked them to close my account. The Banking Ombudsman must investigate just how much money is in the suspense amount because it seems that Capitec is either waiting for clients to die or the amount to become prescribed so they can get their mittens on the ill gotten gains . And The reason I told them to close my account was their gross inefficiency: They informed me separately that my card was expiring and that I needed to update my fica records. I duly went into the branch with my proof of residence. They gave me a new card but failed to update my details. I deposited R17000 into my account as I was going overseas and was told I would pay no transaction fees if I used their card. (But I wouldn't trust those crooks anymore). I duly went overseas only to find that they had frozen my account and I could not access MY funds. Spoiled Mt whole holiday! I even emailed them many times begging them to unfreeze my account for just a month as I would bring in the relevant documents again when I returned to South Africa, but they refused to give me MY money. The person who responded was totally useless. The supervisor was even worse, with no intelligence, initiative or application. Remember this was not a loan or credit card BUT MY OWN MONEY that they refused to let me access AND ARE STILL REFUSING. I want the ombudsman to similarly freeze their banking licence for the same period so that management would have time to better train their staff or at least hire staff with a bit of acumen and initiative. The owners of Capitec are in the Stellar company of most of our Parliament: inasmuch as they are THIEVES. Their millions are not enough. Nothing will ever fill their stomachs. Only the earth of their graves. The reason they are rich is because they do not uplift the poor but keep them underfoot; hiring mimimum wage workers and over-working them. Mr Michiel Le Roux, give me back MY money, that you've been stealing for 8 months, if not more Capitec account 1485104155
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