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Excellent Service at Dent Magic Waterfront

by Chris M on April 8, 2012 in Cape Town, Cars, Shops with 3 Comments

I recently wrote a post about awful service from Euro Suit at Canal Walk, but now I have a chance to write about some great service from Dent Magic at the Waterfront.

My house in Harfield Village has a very tricky driveway to get into and this has caused a few bumps and bangs on my precious car, along with a few dings that have come from goodness knows who/what. I decided that I would give Dent Magic a go and see if they could fix up my car as I had previously been quoted around R12,000 from JCF Motors in Kenilworth and I felt that was a complete rip off.

It was a Saturday morning when I called Dent Magic, a gentleman answered the phone, gave me some information and told me he’d like me to go through so he could see the damage. I arrived 45 minutes later, he greeted me, looked at my car and turned around a quote in about 15 minutes. The quote was just over R2,000 and he assured me that I wouldn’t be able to see a single problem afterwards and further assured me that because the dings were so minor that it wouldn’t take them more than a few hours. I happily accepted and hurried off to have a haircut and some lunch.

Sure enough, a few hours later I received a text message from Dent Magic telling me my car was finished. I walked around my car with a huge smile on my face as I saw every single ding completely gone. The gentleman then asked if I wanted a voucher for a car wash or whether I’d prefer to have my parking costs covered – bonus!

From this day onwards, every single time I get a small ding on my car I will be the first in the queue at Dent Magic – excellent service!

Thank you Dent Magic.

Awful service from Euro Suit at Canal Walk!

by Chris M on April 8, 2012 in Cape Town, Shops with 4 Comments

I’ve procrastinated over writing this post, but when I received a call early this morning (Easter Day!) I decided that I would because I don’t want anyone else to go through the hassle that I’ve gone through when hiring a suit in Cape Town.

A few weeks ago I was invited to a Casino party for a friends Birthday and the whole idea was to dress up as James Bond. This meant I needed a suit, so whilst I was out at Canal Walk I decided to pop into Euro Suit. I went in and after some time I was attended to, they didn’t have many suits as apparently this particular weekend was a busy one, but we managed to find a suit that fitted well and looked good. I was told to return the next day to pick up the suit.

I arrived at the exact time (I’m awfully punctual by nature) I was asked to arrive and was told to sit on the couch and wait – 40 minutes later I decided that I’d waited long enough and I approached a scruffy looking employee who was more interested in dressing mannequins so he could go home than help potential customers. He was incredibly rude to me and spoke down to me as if I was nothing. At this point I called the manager over and was told that there was no suit assigned to my name, nobody had written down any details and to be honest, it felt like they were accusing me of lying. Finally, I was told that they would help me find a suit, but now they didn’t have any more of the style I chose so I had to go with another style, which was so matric-dance boring and costed more than the one I had initially booked! Nevertheless, I needed a suit, I was running out of time and I just went with the flow and booked a new one, again, I was told to come back the next day for fitting.

I returned the next day to get fitted and take the suit, but the seamstress was not there so I just had to take the suit as is. Fortunately it looked decent and I just took it as enough was enough.

This morning, 3 weeks later, I received a voicemail asking if I ever returned the suit? WTF!

I will never use Euro Suit again, never in a million years and would urge you to rather use a place like Remmingtons, who I have previously had great service from.

Annual plant sale at Stodels!

by Chris M on April 5, 2012 in Cape Town, Gardening, Shops with No comments

Each year Stodels Nursery holds a big sale where they sell off stock in order to create space for the winter months ahead. All prices are heavily slashed, so if you’re into gardening, you’ll want to pop through for this.

The sale runs between April 16 and April 30 and is naturally free to attend. I’m going to head down, here’s to hoping for some great discounts on some interesting plants; I wonder if they’ll ever slash the prices of their bonsai’s!

Have you been to a Stodels sale before? Let us know what your experience was like!

The Car Guard Song

by Chris M on March 26, 2012 in Cape Town, Music, Video with 3 Comments

I did a few photoshoots with a guy called Nic (whose brother actually matriculated with me), several years ago, and after getting to know him a little, I knew he was highly talented and today I present you with his next wicked music video:

Love it!

This week in weather

by Chris M on March 25, 2012 in Cape Town with No comments

We’re definitely exiting Summer, a week without a day over 30 degrees?! As much as I’ve enjoyed the Summer vibe, I’m starting to look forward to the cooler days. I think we’ve still got a good few weeks before the rain comes though, so enjoy it whilst it’s here!

2012 MK Award Winners

by Chris M on March 25, 2012 in Cape Town, Events, Music with No comments

The 2012 MK Awards took part this evening and from what I’ve heard it was a smashing event.

I caught up with who’s won what and decided to publish them here for you:

  • Best Video: Locnville – Stars Above You
  • Best Newcomer: Moses Metro Man – Huigelaar
  • Best Group: Van Coke Kartel – Ondier Kom
  • Best International: Adele – Rolling in the Deep
  • Best SFX/Animation: Mr Cat & The Jackal – Bad Man Comin
  • Best Rock: Van Coke Kartel – Vir Almal
  • Best Indie: Dance, You’re on Fire – Boxes of Tigers
  • Best Hipster: Jack Parow, Byellville
  • Best Dance: Jax Panik – Get Up
  • Best Radio Hit: MFM, Jax Panik – Dinosaur
  • Best Live Act: Van Coke Kartel

Congratulations to all the winners!

Consumer Electronics Show Cape Town

by Chris M on March 20, 2012 in Cape Town, Events with 1 Comment

Samsung are treating Captonians with the Samsung Electronics Africa Forum 2012, which is a three day technology event taking place at the ITICC from March 22nd to March 24th.

This event brings dealers, media and businesses together in much the same way that the Samsung Electronics event does at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Expo. This event is the largest consumer technology tradeshow in the world, featuring new product announcements and previews, which are otherwise not available to the public, so if you’re looking for the latest technology, this is the event to attend! We’re talking about technology, music, lifestyle and so much more, a geek’s dream basically!

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The event’s not all about just looking at technology, it’s about enjoying yourself, DJ Dean Few, Tommy Gun and Ricky H will be playing on the decks and photographers Michael Edwards and Julian Goldswain are putting on a show. One our demos from celebrated chefs, Jodi-Ann Pearto, Kylie Debbo, Craig Cormack and Rudi Liebenberg are another thing to keep your eyes open for!

The event is free on Sunday!

To find out more about the event, please visit the Facebook Page.

This week in weather

by Chris M on March 18, 2012 in Cape Town with No comments

So who’s noticed the chill in the air in the evenings? I certainly have, we’ve clearly started moving away from Summer and are progressing towards Winter, but that certainly doesn’t mean that we’re there just yet and it looks like we still have some sunny days ahead:

What’s up with the weather?

by Chris M on March 14, 2012 in Cape Town with No comments

The weather’s been really odd in Cape Town recently, just when we all thought it was going to start getting cooler, we’ve had two incredibly hot and humid days which bounced us right back into summer mode, but just as quickly as they arrived, so it appears that they’re leaving.

Here’s the forecast for the next few days:

I wonder if next week’s going to present us with rain or another few days of heat. What’s your guess?

4.3 metre Great White caught on Fish Hoek beach!

by Chris M on March 11, 2012 in Cape Town with 2 Comments

Some local fishermen, fishing for whelks (snails), from Kalk Bay caught a 4.3 metre female great white early this morning in Fish Hoek in their fishing nets!

As the fishermen were pulling their nets back, they realised it was incredibly heavy and to their surprise they hauled up the monster great white, which was apparently dead already.  A local shark operator picked up on the happenings and made sure that the shark was taken to Marine and Coastal Management, where they can do further investigations.

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great White Shark Caught in Fish Hoek Beach

I’m not completely clued into sharks in our local seas, but I can tell you one thing, there’s definitely an increase! I’ve read many stories lately about shark sightings and shark attacks, something’s attracting them to our waters!

This story comes from Zig Zag magazine.

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