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• 'I'm like SO Off The Grid Man'
  29 Jul 2010 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Call it hippy talk but some folks are doing it: going off the grid to become self-sufficient. Also on CB Consumer: paying higher prices for poor quality.
  

• Hidden Cams Watch Repair People (15 July)
  15 Jul 2010 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Carte Blanche Consumer uses hidden cameras and a faulty laptop to see if computer repair people give the same diagnosis and quote on the problem.
  

• TV Personality Squats In Mansion
  8 Jul 2010 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Tonight's Carte Blanche Consumer features a scandal about a TV personality who's moved into a mansion, refuses to pay the rent - and won't move out.
  

• Cash, Wine and Parrot Scams (20 May)
  20 May 2010 00:00 (2 replies)

  

  Are you rich enough to have fallen victim to wads of fake R200 notes? How do you know if money's counterfeit? CBC investigates. Also: scam parrots and wine.
  

• Schemes, Electro Danger, Green Tax (13 May)
  13 May 2010 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Tonight's CBC puts pressure on: work from home schemes, a new electro-danger and an upcoming 'green' tax that WON'T be used to save the planet.
  

• Best Washing Powder Awards (22 April)
  20 Apr 2010 00:00 (5 replies)

  

  Carte Blanche Consumer puts four washing powders to the test to see which REALLY wash best. Also on the show: can you tell a fake-copy and genuine item apart?
  

• Drunk Driving & Hot Cross Celebs
  25 Mar 2010 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  Who is liable when you end up injured after an accident with a drunken driver? CBC investigates. Also on the show: celebs find the best hot cross buns in town.
  

• Fast Food, Online Gambling, Scam Ships
  17 Mar 2010 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  What's the slowest/fastest fast food you've ever bagged? On Thursday CBC does a speed test. Also on the show: fraudster cruise ships that offer dream jobs.
  

• SARS & Medical Aids: 11 February 2010
  11 Feb 2010 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Did you do your SARS return using E-Filing? Was it more convenient? Tonight's Carte Blanche Consumer looks at E-Problems that have come up in the system.
  

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