Price Watch - Report & discuss Rip-offs in SA

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discuss Rip-offs in SA - Price Watch & report

Let us report and discuss South African Rip-offs in this thread , it is not limited to Telecoms prices only ,

can report rip-off of any kind.....:cool:





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Telkom! Telkom! Telkom! Telkom! Telkom!
Done, that was quick!
 
moklet : SA tax is not high

Bank charges...yep, so true. Pity noone went to 20twenty in support of lower charges

Car prices...Another one. Something seriously wrong with the prices
 
JStrike said:
moklet : SA tax is not high Better now for sure!

Car prices...Another one. Something seriously wrong with the prices
100% duty even on locall manufacture and to save jobs, again market protection by GVT!
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Originally Posted by guang
House!!
Even food is expensive.


andres101 said:
Have you been to europe??? SA is cheap!
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Guang is right, Food price in SA , is now getting too expensive in relation to income.:cool:
 
Food: I was shocked when I came back from Europe to SA, in some cases Europe is a lot cheaper than SA esp. out of major cities. South Africa is a joke, and especially with the fact that we're a MUCH poorer countries, food prices are ridiculous!

You can get an awesome 3 course meal in Paris for like 8 - 12 euros!
 
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vodacom, cellc, mtn - dstv. Banking - big ripoff. New cars, bikes, houses.

Groceries are supposedly cheaper in Europe - and definitely a million times more choice. Really upsets me - we're a fruit growing country but we have no fruit - and little choice.
 
In the UK where I am currently petrol went up from 93p/ltr to 95p - about R9.50/ltr so petrol is still cheaper, but banks, car prices and most Hifi/tv equiptment is cheaper. I saw a new 28" Tv for 200 pounds - because they are all going digital here and no one wants them.
 
I'm trying hard to think of something in SA that's NOT a rip-off... nothing pops up! :(

Petrol is another BIG rip-off! Just look at the enormous profits made by the petrol companies to see the evidence!
 
noswal said:
In the UK where I am currently petrol went up from 93p/ltr to 95p - about R9.50/ltr so petrol is still cheaper
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Though how good is the public transport system? In the UK there are hundreds of other options available other than driving into work in the morning. Hence the petrol price as it stands
 
AFAIK SA banks charges 5 or 6 % from merchants when we use Master or Visa card to pay for purchase .

This charge is only 2.5 % in EU , and Europeans competition authority is already busy taking measures because this bank charge ultimately inflates the retails prices.

At the end of the day , consumer pays for everything.

We pay 5 % in SA , WE must CRY ...

some news link on this
http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-154326-16&type=News&Ref=RSS

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-154362-16&type=News
 
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Interesting thread...Why don't you list the Top Twenty Rip-Off artists so we can see who they are?
 
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