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- 2013.09.25
Price Comparison Reports - Aberdeen
The Consumer Council today (September 25) released its weekly price survey on a basket of 45 food and household items available at major supermarket chains and other retail outlets in Aberdeen. In the analysis were listed the top 10 products with the...
- 2013.09.18
Price Comparison Reports - Tai Po
The Consumer Council today (September 18) released its weekly price survey on a basket of 45 food and household items available at major supermarket chains and other retail outlets in Tai Po. In the analysis were listed the top 10 products with the...
- 2013.09.16
A Plethora of Fees and Charges Embedded in ILAS Products - CHOICE #443
A Consumer Council market survey on Investment-Linked Assurance Schemes (ILAS) has uncovered a wide array of fees and charges and substantial variances in their levels of charges. This finding was based on the information on 22 ILAS products...
- 2013.09.16
Beware of Tele-Marketing of Bargain Health Check Offers - CHOICE #443
Be on the alert when approached, over the phone, to enroll for health check programmes. Consumer complaints arising from the marketing of health check packages are fast on the rise. In the first seven months of this year, the Consumer Council has...
- 2013.09.16
CHOICE # 443
In Quest of the Perfect Mattress A Plethora of Fees and Charges Embedded in ILAS Products Reduced Price Discounts Impacts on Textbook Expenditure Effectiveness of LED Facial Devices under Scrutiny Beware of Tele-Marketing of Bargain...
- 2013.09.16
Effectiveness of LED Facial Devices under Scrutiny - CHOICE # 443
The effectiveness of home-use LED (Light-Emitting Diodes) facial devices is at best minimal, and the effects (if any) may not be noticeable on every user, according to a study of the Consumer Council. Increasingly being marketed for use by consumers...
- 2013.09.16
In Quest of the Perfect Mattress - CHOICE # 443
Imagine the perfect mattress that fits you seamlessly to fall into deep slumber every night - in other words, the bed of your dream that you hope one day to find. Help is at hand from the Consumer Council with its release of a comparative test report...
- 2013.09.16
Reduced Price Discounts Impacts on Textbook Expenditure - CHOICE #443
Textbook retailers have cut back on their price discounts, in some cases up to 7%, a move that adds to the heavy burden of parents on textbook expenditure for this academic year 2013/14. According to the annual textbook expenditure survey of the...