Had what thought was a good price offered for auto renewal by existing insurer; Privilege, but as usual went onto a couple of price comparison sites to check..
and thru the site that uses the annoying opera singer got the same policy with same insurer, but with HALF the excess, at some 23% less than was offered directly !!
.. Least the insurer had the decency to match the price offered
How many of you shop around or do you stay loyal to what they offer automatically?? |
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My renewal came last week at £566 !! .. from hastings direct , after using comparison sites I got it down to £432 
so i phoned up hastings and they amazingly got my premium down to match !! .. always phone around or check the net.. its worth the saving  |
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When my dad's insurance came up for renewal this year. He said to me to see if a could get like for like cheaper .
A went on comparison sites and got same company for a 100 pound less and paid it there and then thought No they wont go through with it .They did a thought it never would happen. They wanted prove of no claims and mine and his driving licence cause i am on the policy |
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yeah i shop around lots. i had an accident last year so my premiums shot up. one direct company quoted me £6k!!!
eventually got it down to £680 with another company and decided to pay up front as installments were gonna cost me another £80 |
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
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"I treat insurances like my men... I do my homework and a lot of shopping around, comparing, evaluating before I hit on one
Lol There's a few Gold nuggets amongst the turds!
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Absolutely... you just got to look a bit deeper |
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we are also with privelege, had our renewal did the comparisons etc phoned them and they amazingly knocked £75 off do the same every year otherwise they would mug us every year lol |
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"My renewal came last week at £566 !! .. from hastings direct , after using comparison sites I got it down to £432
so i phoned up hastings and they amazingly got my premium down to match !! .. always phone around or check the net.. its worth the saving "
I do very similar, except if my lowest quote was £432 I'd tell other companies I'd been offered £350. Worked the last two years (advice from a friend who works in insurance sales) |
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I shop around each time I get a renewal, and funnily enough I find a cheaper deal. If more people shopped around perhaps insurance companies would be less inclined to rip us off.
Same goes for home insurance! Knocked £150 off my renewal when I found my current insurer offering a cheaper deal on a price comparison website. |
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I cant shop around as easily as i used to, purchased a mpv with a tail lift, useful but a pain in the butt where comparison sites are concerned. also on paper the lift has a higher value than the vehicle.
Still barter over the phone though, usually gets a better deal. |
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
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"My renewal insurance on my 1994 Volvo in June was £520, I only paid 400 pounds for the car in 2009, I went online and got a quote for £240 with swift cover. "
found swift really good in the past but not with them now
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I always shop around especially for my car insurance, this year I was not going to change it as it was a very good price but I bought a new car and the price they gave me was very high, so shopped around and got it over £50 cheaper! I no longer shop around though for cheaper gas, electric and mortgage as I don't think anyone could match what I pay |
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"Hastings quoted me £430 to renew for my Golf gti, but got it for £150ish from Saga.
Sometimes it's good to be an old fooker  "
I have just bought a Japanese import golf cabriolet 1995, I was offered £70 pm with my old insurance company so shopped around through Tescos and got £42 pm with Diamond (about £500 fully comp), Saga wouldn't consider the car at all as its an import. (Sorry I work on per month payments, makes sense for me when I am working out my finances) |
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"I shop around each time I get a renewal, and funnily enough I find a cheaper deal. If more people shopped around perhaps insurance companies would be less inclined to rip us off.
Same goes for home insurance! Knocked £150 off my renewal when I found my current insurer offering a cheaper deal on a price comparison website. "
Absolutely and have always used them my home and buildings insurance is about £11.00 pm but don't think anyone could beat that |
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