Active since Mar 2009
Misleading consultation fees!!! My wife had an appointment with Dr Melinda Aesthetics on the 19th January 2024. They have send the price list via whats-app before the consultation. On the price list is clearly states the following: 5min consultation fee R1000 5min-60min consultation fee R3000. Also in red: "15% VAT will be added to all procedures" When leaving the consultation room for paying, the consultation fee was suddenly R1150. Their explanation was that they add 15% VAT to the consultation. Surely clients don't look and just pay. BE AWARE: Think twice as they add fees to their consultation fees. And they do not tell you of this.
My wife had an appointment with Dr Melinda Aesthetics on the 19th January 2024. They have send the pricelist via whatsapp before the consultation. On the pricelist is clearly states the following: 5min colsultation fee R1000 5min-60min colsultation fee R3000 Also in red: "15% VAT will be added to all procuderes" When leaving the colsultation room for paying, the concultation fee was suddenly R1150. Their explanation was that they add 15% VAT to the consultation. Surely clients dont look and just pay. BE AWARE: Think twice as they add fees to their consultation fees. (Will not know where else). And they do not tell you of this.
My wife had an appointment with Dr. Chantelle at Dr. Melinda Aesthetics on the 19th January 2024. Dr. Melinda Aesthetics sent the price list via whatsapp. The price list stipulate clearly that the consultation fees are R1000 for 15 MIN and 6-60 min R3000. When leaving the doctors room to pay, the fee was suddenly R1150. The explanation was that they add 15% VAT to the consultation fee as this go to SARS. On the price list it clearly states that 15% VAT will be added to procedures and nothing is mentioned regarding the consultation fees. BE VERY CAREFUL: They are misleading their clients with the consultation fees. Surely no-one looks and just pays. Section 65 requires prices advertised or quoted by electronic services suppliers in respect of a taxable supply of electronic services to include VAT and the electronic services supplier must state in its adverti*****t or quote that the price is inclusive of VAT. The VAT Act further states that price advertised or quoted by a VAT vendor must include VAT and the vendor must state in the advertised or quote that the price includes VAT, unless the total price quoted or advertised is displayed as excluding tax and the price inclusive of tax are advertised or quoted.
Concultation fees misleading. My wife had an appointment with Dr. Chantelle at Dr. Melinda Aesthetics on the 19th January 2024. Dr. Melinda Aesthetics sent the price list via whatsapp. The price list stipulate clearly that the consultation fees are R1000 for 15 MIN and 6-60 min R3000. When leaving the doctors room to pay, the fee was suddenly R1150. The explanation was that they add 15% VAT to the consultation fee as this go to SARS. On the price list it clearly states that 15% VAT will be added to procedures and nothing is mentioned regarding the consultation fees. BE VERY CAREFUL: They are misleading their clients with the consultation fees. Surely no-one looks and just pays. Section 65 requires prices advertised or quoted by electronic services suppliers in respect of a taxable supply of electronic services to include VAT and the electronic services supplier must state in its adverti*****t or quote that the price is inclusive of VAT. The VAT Act further states that price advertised or quoted by a VAT vendor must include VAT and the vendor must state in the adverti*****t or quote that the price includes VAT, unless the total price quoted or advertised is displayed as excluding tax and the price inclusive of tax are advertised or quoted.
My wife had an appointment with Dr. Chantelle at Dr. Melinda Aesthetics on the 19th January 2024. Dr. Melinda Aesthetics sent the price list via whatsapp. The price list stipulate clearly that the consultation fees are R1000 for 15 MIN and 6-60 min R3000. When leaving the doctors room to pay, the fee was suddenly R1150. The explanation was that they add 15% VAT to the consultation fee as this go to SARS. On the price list it clearly states that 15% VAT will be added to procedures and nothing is mentioned regarding the consultation fees. BE VERY CAREFUL: They are misleading their clients with the consultation fees. Surely no-one looks and just pays.
We would to share our experience with Sezela Trading. We received a solar installation quote from Pierre Hamman on 12 May 2022. He quoted on a Growatt SPF5000ES inverter. I have asked him on the same day if we also can look at the Sunsynk inverter. His reply was it is way more expensive. He suggested the Growatt inverter, said it is an excellent product and that a lazercut housing comes with it that will make it very neat. He did not mention anything that other inverter types also has an option of taking the lazercut housing with it. I accepted the quote and he advised me he will be happy with a deposit of R50 000 (do not worry about the deposit on the quote was his words). I paid the deposit on 3 July 2022. He promised me the best service and that the installation will follow asap. After I paid the deposit he advised me he cannot get inverter stock from his suppliers. On 5th July he advised me that they are organizing me a Growatt inverter. I asked him if it is a new one – he replied yes to this. (All on whatsapp). He also mentioned that they spend a lot of money at his suppliers and they have to help him. I mentioned to him where he can get inverter stock but he had a different answer every time. On 6 July reminded me to pay the next deposit. This is where I started to get irritated but I paid him another R30 000 immediately to stay close as possible to the quote. I have asked him if I can pay the balance of R40 000 on completion – He replied this is “ no problem”. He then sent me a photo of where he said he is busy with my inverter “install”. On 8 July they arrived to do the installation. Only then did he tell me that he is installing a demo inverter because he could not get any stock. (Why did he start with the installation when he knew there were no stock?). After they have left the system started to give me errors and problems. He sent his colleague and he admit that the inverter was not function correctly. I advised him that we will pay another amount but will keep R20 000 back till the job is complete and I am happy. He told me that I HAVE to pay him another R30 000 because they gave me a loan unit as a favour. He said it was just fair to pay the money and they do NOT do incomplete work. So once again I paid him. I asked him on a regular basis on the stock issue. In the mean while we tried to use the solar panel power. Then on 14 July the inverter went totally haywire and then I informed Pierre I will not use any solar till everything is sorted. I sent him videos and this was a total inconvenience after paying R110k and sitting with a system that was not working. We kept the battery off – was afraid the inverter will damage the battery. Only then he admitted that they really have to get a new inverter but stock is a problem. He promised he will phone each and every supplier to find an inverter. I made a comment that I should be putting in another inverter brand as this was what I wanted. He then replied they install a lot of Growatts and that there is nothing wrong with Growatt. On 15 July I advised him Bundu Power had stock. He phoned me and told me that I have to go and buy the inverter myself and if anything goes wrong he will not take the warranty responsibility. After a few days he also informed me that, if he did not buy the inverter, and something go wrong with it, he will charge me a fee to remove it and reinstall it. On 21 July Pierre came back to advise me he can get stock on the Deye inverter but the price is R25720. I questioned the price and he replied he adds his profit margin. His exact words were he cannot supply me the products at “Indier” prices and they really helped me by supplying me with a loan unit (which did not work). He also mentioned the following: -He cannot supply me products at ‘Indier” prices. -He felt he went out of his way to supply me a loan unit which cost him money and I still have an outstanding amount of R10k -I never let him know (from the date of the quote) if I wanted to proceed with the installation while stock was still available. -He never needed to test the loan unit as it is a loan unit. -I have to pay him the outstanding R10k before I can complain. -He could send in the loan unit long time ago for repairs but he rather loaned it to me. -I have not complied with the quotation deposits as set out on the quotation - I need to be grown up enough to see where we stand. I therefor instructed Pierre 22 July to send his colleague to come and remove the so called “demo/loan” unit and to make sure he pays back my R2500 which makes up for a new inverter unit with the outstanding R10k. I also advised him not to set foot onto my property again. The demo unit was removed and he then refunded me the R2500. His installation was neat but this is the only good thing I can say. Please think twice before using Pierre’s service in the future. It was a bad experience and after I paid R110k to Pierre, the system still does not work. Be very careful who you choose before doing any type of installation.
We received a solar installation quote from Pierre Hamman on 12 May 2022. He quoted on a Growatt SPF5000ES inverter. I have asked him on the same day if we also can look at the Sunsynk inverter. His reply was it is more expensive. He suggested the Growatt inverter is an excellent product and that a lazercut housing comes with it that will makes it very neat. He did not mention anything that other inverter types has also an option of taking the lazercut housing with it. I excepted this and he advised me he will be happy with a deposit of R50 000 (do not worry about the deposit on the quote). I have done so on 3 July 2022. He promised me the best service and the installation will follow asap. It is then when he advised me he cannot get stock from his suppliers. On 5th July he advised me that they are orginizing me a Growatt inverter. I asked him if it is a new one – he replied yes to this. (All on whatsapp). He also mentioned that they spend a lot of money at his suppliers and they have to help him. I also showed him where he can get stock but he had an different answer every time. On 6 July reminded me to pay the next deposit. This is where I started to get irritated but I paid him another R30 000 immediately to stay close as possible to the quote. I have asked him if I can pay the balance of R40 000 on completion – He replied this is no problem. He then send me a photo of where he said he is busy with my inverter setup and installation. On 8 July they arrived to do the installation. Only then he advised me he is installing a demo inverter because he cannot get any stock. (Why have they started with the installation when they knew there were no stock?) After they have left the system started to give me errors and problems. He sent his colleague and he admit that the inverter was not function correctly. I advised him that we will pay another amount but will keep R20 000 back till the job is complete and I am happy. He told me that I will pay him another R30 000 and they gave me a loan unit as a favour. It is just fair to pay the money and they do not do incomplete work. So once again I paid him. I asked him on a regular basis on the stock issue. In the mean while we tried to use the solar panel power. The on 14 July the inverter went totally haywire and then I told Pierre I will not use any solar till everything is sorted. I sent him videos and this was a totally inconvenience after paying already R110k with the system not working. We kept the battery off – was afraid the inverter will damage the battery. Only then he admitted that they have to get a new inverter but stock is a problem. He promised he will phone each and every supplier to find an inverter. I made a comment that I should be putting in another inverter brand as this was what I wanted. He then replied they install a lot of Growatts and that there is nothing wrong with Growatt. On 15 July I advised him Bundu Power has stock. He phoned me and told me that I have to go and buy the inverter myself and if anything goes wrong he will not take the warranty responsibility. Also only a few days later he advised me there will be a fee for taking off the inverter if anything goes wrong. I decided I will rather wait then. Only on 21 May Pierre came back to advise me he can get stock on the Deye but the price is R25720. I questioned the price and he replied he add his profit margin. His exact words were he cannot supply me the products at Indier prices and they really helped me by supplying me with a loan unit (which does not work). He also mentioned the following: -He cannot supply me products at Indien prices. -He went out of his way to supply me a loan unit which cost him money and I still have an outstanding amount of R10k -I never let him know if I want to proceed with the installation while stock was still available. -He never needed to test the loan unit as it is a loan unit -I have to pay him the outstanding R10k before I can complain. -He could sent in the loan unit long time ago for repairs but he rather lent it to me. -I have not complied with the quotation deposits as set out on the quotation - I need to be grown up enough to see where we stand. I therefor instructed Pierre 22 July to sent his colleague to come and remove the so called “demo” unit and to make sure he pays back my R2500 which makes up for a new inverter unit with the outstanding R10k. Also I advised him not to put his foot onto my property. The demo unit was removed and the R2500 was paid back. Please think twice before using Pierre’s service in the future. It was a bad experience and after R110k paid to Pierre, the system still does not work. Be very careful who you choose before doing any type of installation.
I would like to share our good experience with JV Gas. We received a quote from Jaco Vermeulen of JV Gas for a gas geyser installation. We accept the quote and the installation was completed on 14 July 2022. Jaco did not ask for any deposit or funds before he did the installation. The gas geyser works excellent – I highly recommend his services as his work is of a very high standard. Please see his contact details if you want to contact him: 082 452 2664 jacofjv@gmail.com
I would like to share our good experience with JV Gas in Pretoria. We received a quote from Jaco Vermeulen of JV Gas for a gas geyser installation. We accept the quote and the installation was completed on 14 July 2022. Jaco did not ask for any deposit or funds before he did the installation. The gas geyser works excellent – I highly recommend his services as his work is of a very high standard. Please see his contact details if you want to contact him: 082 452 2664 jacofjv@gmail.com
After I lost my job during COVID, I needed to think of changing my career. I always had a big interest in wind turbines. I approached Azari Group for assistance. After speaking to three different people on three different occasions and sending three emails I did not receive any feedback from them. With frustration I decided to phone the CEO, Mr Mercle Vermaak. After explaining the situation to him, his first words were: "Why dont you then approach someone else?" He also said he do not understand why I had to call him and he does not have time to listen to my complaints in the manner I explained to him. While talking to him, he put the phone down. He was totally unprofessional and rude. Please reconsider doing bussiness with him as he puts his own company in a very bad light.
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