[WATCH] Mistyped word lands Wendy Knowler her very own Jingle Oats campaign
15 December 2020 7:32 PM
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Tiger Brands acts on a wonderful Christmas idea the consumer ninja happened on by chance. Kudos to them! says Bruce Whitfield.
Consumer journo Wendy Knowler posted a tweet recently after typing a rather Christmassy error while forwarding her shopping list.
She d come up with
Jingle Oats in place of South African breakfast staple, Jungle Oats.
Would that not make for a great festive season campaign? Knowler wondered.
Well, Tiger Brands jumped right on it.
See the result below:
We heard someone was craving a Jingle Oats festive season campaign. @wendyknowler this one goes out to you. #gottaloveporridgepic.twitter.com/Pp9mYlW7Nyâ JungleSouthAfrica (@Jungle ZA) December 9, 2020
Early December debit orders - is it legal?
14 December 2020 1:32 PM
Consumer journalist Wendy Knowler says many people sign without reading the fine print.
Debit orders coming off your bank accounts early this month? Is that legal? People are reporting debit orders coming off accounts long before the usual agreed on month-end date.
While many people are paid earlier than usual in December, around the 15th, should banks be debiting early?
Consumer Journalist Wendy Knowler talks to Lester Kiewit on The Midday Report?
One example posted on Twitter is of someone whose 30 December home loan was deducted on 12 December with no prior communication, not even a smoke signal, says the Twitter user.
Are dealership fees and other extras mandatory on your car deal? Nonsense, says Wendy Knowler Updated
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Recently, Tim shared with Wendy Knowler email correspondence he had with a salesman at the Honda & Suzuki dealership in Pinetown, part of the massive CMH dealership group.
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The salesman told him in an email that R1,100 was for the licensing of the car - “an outsourced company does our licensing but I can speak to the boss if you want to license the vehicle on your own,” he said.
But the R4,950 “documentation fee was a “mandatory charge on all deals per CMH, the salesman said. And then this, the most outrageous of all: “There is other stuff like smash and grab and 2 in 1 which is also mandatory, but I will remove it and take the swearing from my boss.”