Active since Nov 2014
I bought a new Apple Watch online, 24th November 2025, with the intention of doing a trade in on my Apple Watch Ultra 2. It showed a value of R10500 as per the iStore website. Today, the 18th December, I finally am on leave am went to the Woodlands iStore just to be told the new trade in value dropped to R7900. This is a ****** *******. That is why more and more people are moving away from Apple. The Core Group (sole importers), just like the government **** and plunder its customers.
You walk in, and immediately think it's a human hospital. As a 'walkin-in' and them being beyond busy, I understood. Mine wasn't an emergency, yet. After waiting a bit Dr Chan Isvarlal had a look at my Luca. Earlier in the week I had a Kennel-cough inoculation done at ******-24-vet. Unbeknownst to me the vaccine (Nobivac KC) was intranasal and NOT intracut i.e. injected. Luca then spent 3 days in pain just to have gotten a granuloma/ abscess. I was freaking. Dr Isvarlal stayed calm explained everything to me and even went to fetch the "how-to" booklet of the Nobivac KC. Reading and seeing this just made me more angry, although I think that was more to help me understand what happened, how and whey - I'm not dumb when it come to medicine so wanted a proper explanation. She pre-scribed meds, gave Luc the utmost care and attention (to detail). She heard my concerns about certain medications and we both decided on the best step. My story here - I was not received by a Veterinarian that just smiled and played with my pup. I was received by a Doctor. Proper bedside manner and got to the task at hand. Throughout my ranting she stayed calm, listened but most importantly gave Luca undivided attention. She made a diagnosis, not immediatelty based already on the wrong treatment method, but 3 checked her work. Sometimes you need a smiley Vet for a quick shot (the correct kind) and sometimes you need a Doctor. I thank and applaud Dr Chan Isvarlal for her professionalism, calm demeanour but still kind heartedness with the patient. I'll recommend Valley Farm Animal Hospital any day. P.S For some of the other peeps out there. Get medical insurance for your companions. It will save you a lot of heartache and stress. Just like you need Medicaid, so do they. And it's really not expensive, there are some great plans out there.
I would like to thank Kaidene Anderson at dotsure.co.za for all her assistance! From sending a request for a quote (something I'm not a fan of) to Kaidene Anderson calling was an experience. I was frank with her about what I want and expected. Within minutes she curated my plan, explaining everything detail (without knowing it) and mentioned the parts of the policy I was looking for. It was such a great pleasure talking to Kaidene Anderson. Customer excellence isn't something we experience on a daily basis. Great work and thank you for dotsure.co.za for taking my new pup, and not so new, onboard. 😊 P.S. She didn't bombard me with calls and respected the time I asked her to give me to think and phoned when I was ready. Amazing.
About a year ago I would've moved from MTN to Vodacom. But the service was so bad I went BACK to MTN within 24hrs (rather the devil you know). In the whole process I did a number port but couldn't port it back to MTN. Have 2 wait for 3 months. Now when I finally made the effort to get my number back every department at Vodacom tells me it's been recycled but the porting department said as it came from MTN to begin with they can take it back. When I phoned MTN I got the same answer. 8 call, 2 visits and a total of 6-8 hours I'll never get back and I just get the run around. Just indicative of how the private sector's monopoly isn't much different to our Government.
About a year ago I would've moved from MTN to Vodacom. But the service was so bad I went BACK to MTN within 24hrs. In the whole process I did a number port but couldn't port it back to MTN. Have 2 wait for 3 months. Now When I finally made the effort to get my number back every department at Vodacom tells me it's been recycled and a random person will now get it and I have no say in the matter. And this indicates why I did a u-turn when I wanted to go to Vodacom.
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