Good old Auntie Carole

I got my renewal notice through at the start of this month from H&R to find
they wanted £450 to cover me for another year. A quick on-line quote with
them turned out at £274, so I thought they were taking the piss a bit adding
a 60-odd percent mark-up.

Anyway, Carole Nash matched the £274 quote, so I decided to go with them,
paid up on Saturday and got the documents this morning ...

.... to find that instead of giving me class 1 business use, that I asked
for, they've given me SD&P _excluding_ commuting to and from a place of
work! According to customer services they want an extra £50 to allow me to
commute and an extra hundred for business use.

So they can shove their policy up their arse and I'll have to swallow my
pride and go back to H&R. What a pain in the arse.

--
AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

On the bright side, I had my renewal today from Auntie Carole.

My 3 bikes plus breakdown cover, legal cover, cover for riding other bikes,
all the usual malarkey for the grand total of £88. I paid it quickly before
they changed their minds.


For that kind of price it`s hardly worth even trying to shop around.

 

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:00:40 +0100, "AndrewR"

<snip some old bollox>

Enough of that. Where were you last week when were having a go at
your missus and her wierd anti-public-nudity prudishness?

 

You were having a go at my missus?

I ... I don't know how to feel.

--
AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Well, there was a little criticsim, yes. Mostly more a bit of general
puzzlement.

Don't worry, it's only the internet.

 

With both hands is best.

 

I've recently had to shop around for the car insurance, after Direct
Line doubled the premium[1]. After a go on www.confused.com [2] I
called a few more people, the last putting me onto "call connections" -
some middle-man that takes a few details, does a confused.com style
thing then connects you to a likely lot.

They quoted a good 40 quid cheaper than the cheapest, so went with
them. So, if anyone's got any horror stories about Direct Motor Line,
tell them now while I'm in the cooling off bit. Ta. All in all, 200
quid saved, so that's good.

[1] I did change cars partway through the policy, so it wasn't
unexpected.
[2] I think I got the link from here, but worth repeating - handy site,
type your details in and 20-odd quotes come back.

 

I was with Direct Line, then a year on the renewal came through - up 55%, so
I queried and they said "first year new business discount removed and things
have gone up in the last year" sort of bollocks..... that £460 first year
insurance went up to £750 odd, and eventually I renewed at £385 after
ringing around - Direct Line catch you then hope you won't leave / notice
the second year's premium, like most I guess unless you ring around every
year......
Nick

 

I've recently had to shop around for the car insurance, after Direct
Line doubled the premium[1]. After a go on www.confused.com [2] I
called a few more people, the last putting me onto "call connections" -
some middle-man that takes a few details, does a confused.com style
thing then connects you to a likely lot.

They quoted a good 40 quid cheaper than the cheapest, so went with
them. So, if anyone's got any horror stories about Direct Motor Line,
tell them now while I'm in the cooling off bit. Ta. All in all, 200
quid saved, so that's good.

[1] I did change cars partway through the policy, so it wasn't
unexpected.
[2] I think I got the link from here, but worth repeating - handy site,
type your details in and 20-odd quotes come back.

 

In the 3rd Millenium, on Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:00:40 +0100, "AndrewR"

Same thing happened to me with H&R the year before last. I pointed out
to them that they had valued the bike as though it was still only a
year old. 'That won't make much difference' says they. When I told
them that it made around £200 difference on their on-line quote they
eventually quoted me a price even cheaper than the on-line price.

 

That's similar to the post you made two hours ago.

<Zebedee> Boing Boing! Time for Bed! </Zebedee>

 

I've got my car insured with their spanish branch. They are heavily
pushing their bike insurance here, so I asked for a quote, only to be
told that one has to have a car policy with them for 13 months before
they'll insure a bike. Odd.

--

Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

That's why I tried to cancel it. Why there's two of them, I don't know.

 

It's just magic.

Oh, and Confused.com do appear to get some good quotes.

 

I'm quite chuffed with that whole insurance deal. Apparently I can
drive other cars on my car policy and other bikes on my bike policy.

Woo-hoo!

<grin>