ivan S

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53 reviews

2 months ago

About DOUBLE !

I needed to replace a downpipe at my house and got Marley Vynadeep from Cashbuild in Meadowdale. 5 items in total cost me R295.00 I had previously gone to Build-it where the quote (verbal) for the same 5 Marley items was approx. R595.00 About DOUBLE !

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Duram Smart Paint

3 months ago

Laborious and frustrating exercise.

Bought 5l Duram Wall and Ceiling Premium Matt. I used a mechanical stirrer which didn't work. Complained to the rep about the paint being very caked up after a relatively short period of standing. His reply was to use a flat paddle. Using a flat paddle will eventually loosen the lumps (I wish I could post a video), but it is a laborious and frustrating exercise. I have been using paints from various manufacturers including Duram for 30 years. I should not have to battle like this. I also previously complained about Duram EcosStripp which simply didn't work (received a refund). I don't know what has happened to Duram...

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Mini Move Specialist

5 months ago

spare car battery ******

I used this company in Aug 2024. I was happy with their service at the time but subsequently noticed that a spare car battery had been ******.

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RSE ELECTRONICS

5 months ago

Friendly and fast service from Sharlene and James.

I needed rubber belts for a cassette deck. After contacting at least 9 companies, I received a positive response from RSE. Friendly and fast service resulted in the restoration of A classic NAD 6150C.

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O Peri Peri Edenglen

6 months ago

Potato Supplier

Ordered a Chourico roll and chips. The chips and sausage were dry / stale. Some weak excuse from the manager via the waitress about the potato supplier. Almost inedible. Like something you'd get at a corner cafe in an economically depressed area.

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Nedbank

11 months ago

And what if one were hard of hearing ?

In a heated phone conversation with an employee of Nedbank I insisted that what he was telling me be backed up in an email, since I will have no record of the conversation. He did so and I now have an email in black and white: dated; clear; unambiguous; with a reference number; together with my original inquiry and to which I can easily reply to. And I can print it, forward it, or make a screenshot and attach it to a message. How on earth is a phone conversation, most of which is legal mumbo-jumbo, superior to the abovementioned email exchange ? Also a phone conversation, which is difficult to retrieve and to refer to, is reliant on one memorizing the details thereof, especially for older customers. And what if one were hard of hearing ?

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Samsung South Africa

11 months ago

Superior in every way

I recently replaced my Samsung A10 smartphone, which is 5 years 9 months old, with a Redmi (Xiaomi) A5. BIG MISTAKE, I should have stuck to Samsung. The A10 still works but is painfully slow at times and the battery is deteriorating. Samsung is superior in every way !

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The General Store

14 months ago

Every consumer body

I visit your Meadowdale branch almost every day. Many of the items I buy are useful but many are defective / useless. Among the latter are USB / Micro adaptor cables. And it seems that you KNOW this, because the prices are reduced to R10 and R12. I have bought at least 5 of these only to subsequently throw them away. And no. I do not still have the receipts. If I don't get any satisfaction from you, I will contact every consumer body I can find. It is a matter of principle.

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Frontline Hyper Edenvale

16 months ago

Too scared to enforce the rule.

There are check-outs devoted to "Pesioners and disabled only" and clearly signposted as such. But the cashiers are too scared to enforce the rule. As for the cashiers, they receive NO training before being unleashed to the general public and therefore have no clue how the systems work.

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property practitioner regulatory authority

17 months ago

Sinister cover-up

I've been waiting for a reply from the Executive manager of the PPRA (Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority) since Dec 2024. Hello Peter has my permission to supply my contact details to anyone who would like to see the correspondence referred to below for context. Timeline: 2.7.2024 Complaint submitted to the PPRA (Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority) 3.12.2024 Letter to Clarence Catin (Executive Manager of the PPRA). “I am writing to you because I am dissatisfied with the way Mr Mphepya has dismissed my complaint. Is there something more sinister going on here, like a cover up ?” 9.12.2024 Reply from Clarence Catin. “Apologies for the delayed response. I acknowledge receipt of your letters. I will respond as soon as possible”. 23.1.2025 Email sent to the Dept. of Human Settlement and copied to Thato Ramaili (CEO of the PPRA). “The PPRA falls under your department. Please see the attachment for context. At this stage I take it that my suspicions are confirmed and that my observations are accurate.”

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ivan S

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About DOUBLE !

Laborious and frustrating exercise.

spare car battery ******

Friendly and fast service from Sharlene and James.

Potato Supplier

And what if one were hard of hearing ?

Superior in every way

Every consumer body

Too scared to enforce the rule.

Sinister cover-up

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