Insewerants

[kingandy]

After I crashed my car back in November, the nice lady at the insurance place advised that I could check how much the payout was and maybe pay it off, so as to qualify for a "no claims" bonus (though not a "no accidents" one). She agreed that this would only be worth it if if the payout was less than the reduction I'd get from paying it off, obviously. Since the other car was barely scratched, I thought it would be worth ringing up to check ... renewal is due soon, so I gave them a ring today.

Eight hundred pounds. Eight hundred.

I blame big business; the car in question was a courtesy car from a Renault garage, so I don't blame the nice old people driving it, but rather the garage who I'm sure said "Pah! It's on the insurance, we may as well get the whole rear half of the car replaced, why cut corners?"

I think I shall be taking my business elsewhere. The AA offered me a discount on account of being a member, we'll have to see what they can offer me.

Comments

[stsquad.livejournal.com]

You don't even want to know the pain that is my insurance...

[samharber.livejournal.com]

Still probably less than I pay for 3FT

I'm Sorry

[anne-l-davies.livejournal.com]

I'm paying 450 pounds for protected fully comp, IN LONDON (and a vaguely dodgy area at that), through KwikFit, who are a broker. I have no idea who my insurance company actually are.