Analysis Topic: Consumer Watch
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Owning and Driving a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2020 - 2 YEAR Review / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
If your considering buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2020, either New are Approved Used then watch my comprehensive 2 YEAR review of what to expect after having owned and driven a Disco Sport for 2 FULL YEARS!
This is Landrover Discovery Sport HSE BLACK that I bought under Approved Used when the car was 15 months old with 11,000 miles on the clock, so still well under manufacturers warranty, followed by a few months under Land Rovers Approved Used extended warranty.
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Saturday, January 11, 2020
Land Rover Discovery Sport 2020 - What You Need to Know Before Buying / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
If your considering buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2020, either New are Approved Used then watch my comprehensive 2 YEAR review of what to expect after having owned and driven a Disco Sport for 2 FULL YEARS!
This is Landrover Discovery Sport HSE BLACK that I bought under Approved Used when the car was 15 months old with 11,000 miles on the clock, so still well under manufacturers warranty, followed by a few months under Land Rovers Approved Used extended warranty.
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Wednesday, January 08, 2020
What to Know Before Buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2020 / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
If your thinking of buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport either New are Used then here is my comprehensive review of what you need to own after having owned and driven a Disco Sport for 2 FULL YEARS!
Lan drover Discovery Sport HSE BLACK that I bought under Approved Used when the car was 15 months old, with 11,000 miles on the clock, so still under manufacturers warranty, followed by a few months under Land Rovers Approved Used extended warranty.
So Here's my top 10 of what’s good and bad of what you need to know if your considering buying a Landrover Discovery sport of what to expect, as per my experiencing of owning and driving one for 2 full years.
Monday, December 30, 2019
Is Sports Direct Racial Profiling Shoppers? Meadowhall Sheffield / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: N_Walayat
Racial profiling is basically where retailers single out shoppers on the basis of skin tone for 'special attention'. Usually this means staff traipse around the store after targeted shoppers with smartphone's or walkie talkies in hand in an obvious manner, which obviously creates for an unwelcoming climate for shoppers.
Virtually every ethnic person in Britain experiences being racially profiled whilst out shopping to some extent, in fact it's become so common that many like us have become immune to the special attention, and just tend to blank them out.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Amazon Boxing Day Sales - How to Spot REAL vs FAKE Sales Bargains / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: HGR
Amazon's boxing day sales frenzy is about to begin in just over 24 hours time, when the nations arm chair shoppers literally go mad on buying supposed bargains. However, Amazon like most retailers to prone to pumping up most of its prices just before the sales begin and then cutting them on Boxing day resulting in a FAKE sale price that may be higher than were the item was selling just a few weeks earlier. In this video we show you have to spot the real vs fake Amazon sales so that you really do pick up a sales bargain and not end up paying for something that will sell for cheaper AFTER the sales frenzy is over.
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Tuesday, December 03, 2019
Land Rover Discovery Sport Brake Pads Uneven Wear Dash Warning Message at 2mm Mark / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
If you own a Land Rover Discovery Sport then your likely going to get a Brake Pads Worn dash warning a lot earlier than you were expecting to do because of uneven wear as this video illustrates of what to expect when you own and drive a land rover discovery sport, that here gave a Brake pads worn dash warning at less than 17,000 miles driven, which is set against many cars that can go for as long as 70,000 miles before they need new brake pads.
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Friday, November 29, 2019
How to Spot REAL Amazon Black Friday Bargains and Avoid FAKE Sales / ConsumerWatch / Amazon
By: HGR
Amazon Black Friday Sale has already been going for a week with more deals likely to be added today. However, before you rush to click the buy button, understand that many of the sales are FAKES, where items on sale during Black Friday have recently sold for a lower price!
The good news is there is a way to spot the genuine bargains which is the focus of this video across a number of product categories. So watch the video before you shop for how to spot the real vs fake sales on Amazon.
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Saturday, November 02, 2019
Amazon Half Price Bargains or Scams? 6Tb WD Blue for Just £74! / ConsumerWatch / Amazon
By: HGR
Are Amazon half price bargains too good to be true? You know, you've seen them an item being sold for a ridiculously low prices, at less than 50% of the price it should be selling at. As I happened upon an WD Blue 6TB Hard Drive selling for just £74, an irresistible bargain! For instance the 5tb drive was selling for £175, and the 4tb for £95. So how the hell can the 6TB be selling for just £74? Is this an example of the bargains that regular browsers can happen upon or is it a SCAM! Find out in my latest money saving amazon shopping video.
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Monday, October 21, 2019
Land Rover Discovery Sports Out of Warranty Top Money Saving Tips / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
As soon as my Discovery Sports 3 year manufacturer warranty is up, up popped the dreaded yellow engine management warning light prompting a visit to the local land rover dealer for a diagnosis. Apparently the EGR Valve is failing that typically are supposed to last 10 years or 100,000 miles and the job to replace the gasket is billed at £1000!
So here are my top money saving tips for when your Land Rover Discovery Sport goes out of Warranty.
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Sunday, October 13, 2019
Discovery Sport EGR Valve Gasket Problems - Land Rover Dealer Fix / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
As soon as my Discovery Sports 3 manufacturer warranty is up, up pops the dreaded yellow engine management warning light prompting a visit to the local land rover dealer for a diagnoses. Apparently the EGR Valve is failing hence prompting the engine warning light to come on. EGR or Exhaust Gas Recirculation Valves are typically supposed to last 10 years or 100,000 miles, so why is it failing so early in a Discovery Sport? Only 3 years old and 18,000 miles? Find out of what's likely in store for your Discovery Sport once it passes the 3 year mark and the probable solution.
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Wednesday, October 09, 2019
Amazon Selling Fake Hard Drives - 4tb WD Blue - How to Check Your Drive is Genuine / ConsumerWatch / Amazon
By: HGR
This video was supposed to be a review of a 4tb WD Blue drive bought from Amazon for £95. However, that's not how things turned out during the course of the review when it become apparent that the drive was a FAKE, a cheaper drive that had a WD Blue stuck onto it.
So watch this video for the necessary checks to perform on ALL New hard drives to ensure that your not unwittingly buying and using a FAKE Hard drive, and thus putting your valuable data at risk.
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Sunday, October 06, 2019
Check Engine Warning Light ECU Dealer Diagnostic Cost - Land Rover Discovery Sport / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
My Land Rover Discovery Sport has just gone out of the manufacturers 3 year warranty and up pops the dreaded yellow engine managment warning light which could be triggered by something simple as a the fuel cap, faulty sensor or as expensive as a major fault with the engine. And this landrovers only done 18,000 miles!
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Friday, September 27, 2019
Land Rover Discovery Sport Engine Management Warning / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
My Land Rover Discovery Sport has just gone out of the manufacturers 3 year warranty and up pops the dreaded yellow engine managment warning light which could be triggered by something simple as a the fuel cap, faulty sensor or as expensive as a major fault with the engine. And this landrovers only done 18,000 miles!
Anyway here's what to expect when you own a Land Rover Discovery Sport when the engine management warning light pops up on your dashboard.
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Monday, September 23, 2019
Thomas Cook COLLAPSE! 300,000 Passengers Stranded, Flights Cancelled, Planes Grounded / ConsumerWatch / Airline Sector
By: HGR
One of the world's oldest and largest travel companies, Thomas Cook has gone bust, ceased trading, all planes have been grounded whilst all planes in the air have been ordered to return back to the UK and all booked future flights and holidays have been cancelled. With the Thomas Cook website stating that the company has entered into compulsory liquidation.
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Saturday, July 06, 2019
JLR Electric Land Rovers Coming Soon Following Climate Change Collapse of Diesel Car Sales / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
So Jaguar Land Rover has finally woken up to realise that the petro car age is coming to an end so it is going to invest £1 billion in developing electric cars. This follows the announcement of a record £3.6 billion annual loss and 6,500 job losses last year following the collapse of diesel sales which has seen a 50% CRASH in UK new car sales due to increasing climate change panic and government announcements to move towards a zero carbon emissions economy by 2050
Where carbon emissions are concerned, the number 1 culprit is transport that generates green house gasses of more than twice that of conventional power stations with emissions down less than 3% since 1990.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
How Long Do Land Rover Discovery Sport Brake Pads Last? / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
How long can you realistically expect your Land Rover Discovery sports brake pads to last? For instance many cars can go for as long as 70,000 miles before they need new brake pads. However, the Discovery Sports discs are prone to corrosion of and excessive wear of brake pads both front and rear can occur. So your not going to get anywhere near what one usually expects from such vehicles regardless of driving style as my latest Land Rover Discovery Sport video reveals of when you can expect to see the dreaded yellow Worn Break Pads warning pop up on your dash board.
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Friday, June 07, 2019
Land Rover Discovery Sport Brake Pads Expected Life, Worn Pads Dash Warning / ConsumerWatch / Land Rover
By: HGR
How long can you expect your Land Rover Discovery sports brake pads to last? And what happens when they approach the time to replace them in terms of dashboard warning messages. So find out when to budget for replacement brake pads in our latest Discovery sport video.
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Monday, June 03, 2019
LinkedIn Hack Scam Extortion Emails / ConsumerWatch / Cyber Crime
By: Nadeem_Walayat
It's another day and another scam email lands in my email box trying to extort bitcoins out of me, giving me 24 hours to make payment else supposed footage of compromising activities grabbed from a web cam will be immediately made available to the whole wide world. And before you ask No, I don't have a web cam connected to my computer.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Avoiding Hype-Burn Amidst IPO Stock Mania / ConsumerWatch / IPOs
By: Harry_Dent
Given that we’re in the greatest global bubble in history, almost everything is overvalued. We’re expecting central banks to keep printing money, interest rates to stay near zero, growth to continue “into a plateau of prosperity.” Just like 1929.Dare us to say: it’s hard to find good value investments out there.
Look at this chart of accelerating IPOs at higher and higher prices, most often from companies that have no or little profits. People are buying into the bubble at prices that companies could not possibly fulfill even in many years, if ever. They don’t call these companies “unicorns” for nothing.
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Monday, May 13, 2019
Amazon SCAM Deliveries for Fake Verified Purchaser Reviews "Brushing" / ConsumerWatch / Amazon
By: HGR
We, like an increasing number of people have been on the receiving end of products from Amazon that we NEVER ORDERED! Random low priced stuff without any info of who's sending the item and most of it usually completely useless.
So what's going on?
Is someone you know sending you junk to wind you up? We'll it's likely an Amazon SCAM called 'Brushing'. Where the primary purpose is for the Seller to be able to write a glowing Amazon verified purchaser FAKE review so as to entice Amazon customers to buy.
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