When you spend your money buying goods or services, no doubt, you deserve the best ‘value’ for the money paid.

Have you ever been in a situation where you purchased a food item from a supermarket, market or a street vendor and it may be out of date, havemould or other foreign objects?

As consumers, we all are exposed to more than a dozen advertisements daily.

When it comes to financial abuse, it has no borders and boundaries as far as gender and age goes. Those who thrive on fraudulent acts do not stop to think that they may be tricking an elderly person who is too fragile to know that he or she is being preyed on by a scammer.

Everyone wishes for a good health and wellbeing.

When a good deal isn’t really real!

It’s that time of the year again when mothers, grandmothers and wives will be showered with gifts, from their children and husbands to express their love and gratitude.

Many of us prefer to buy goods on hire purchase when we don’t have ready cash, be it white goods, furniture or hi-tech electronic gadgets such as mobile phones, laptops or desktops.

“Congratulations! You’ve won! We just need your Social Security number to process your prize! Plus, you need to send us a processing fee! Don’t worry! You’ll love your prize!”

With the ongoing technological revolution, more and more people are now using internet for several reasons – business, employment search, education, medical, banking, modeling, keeping in touch with families and friends and even to find love.

Scams are big business and scammers keep thriving in every corner of the world.

As the long Easter weekend nears, our towns and cities are once again abuzz with loud music, colourful poster advertisements, grand sale stickers, discounts, give-aways, promotions and fresh deals, building on the momentum already set by, ‘Mad March’ crazy sale.

Tough new controls must be introduced to stop food companies marketing unhealthy foods and drinks to our children. The wait and see strategy, allowing the food and beverage industries to experiment with self-regulation will not work. Junk food is a huge contributor to obesity in our children.

Tomorrow is a special day when consumer movements around the world will be celebrating World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD).

This year, the World Consumer Rights Day, a global annual event celebrated on 15th March, has a special theme, “Consumers‟ Right to Healthy Food”.