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AA car insurance renewal - always phone them!

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  • Clive_Woody
    Clive_Woody Posts: 5,941 Forumite
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    Quote wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me why some people think other people will be interested in how much they're paying for car insurance?

    Moneysaving tips posted on a money saving website. What a crazy concept!!!! :confused:


    Actual figures help people realise how much they could save for the sake of a brief phone call. People are not obliged to read these threads if it bores them.


    Well done to the OP.

    :D
    "We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein
  • JonBoy_SCFC
    JonBoy_SCFC Posts: 350 Forumite
    toptip wrote: »
    I can't understand why anyone in their right mind would give more business to a company who was willing to drop their price by over £100 to retain business. Why was the price so high to start with.

    i agree it's a con but the answer is presumably because they remained the cheapest available option. :confused::confused::confused:
  • Quote
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    Clive_Woody wrote: »
    Moneysaving tips posted on a money saving website. What a crazy concept!!!! :confused:

    Actual figures help people realise how much they could save for the sake of a brief phone call. People are not obliged to read these threads if it bores them.
    Lies, damn lies, and statistics. None of it means anything. Most of what anyone needs to know about insurance is already somewhere on this forum. I'm not against people posting money saving tips, obviously, but saying "go onto a website" hardly constitutes a tip any more than "ring the AA" is.

    None of us have any idea why the premium changed for the OP. And in any case we're dealing with a person who thinks a premium going up "twenty quid or so" is a lot.

    Why is there this preconception that insurance premiums should decrease every single year?

    And that isn't a rhetorical question.
  • JonBoy_SCFC
    JonBoy_SCFC Posts: 350 Forumite
    Quote wrote: »
    we're dealing with a person who thinks a premium going up "twenty quid or so" is a lot.

    Why is there this preconception that insurance premiums should decrease every single year?

    £20 increase is a lot if you have an extra years NCB, if you are young and changed from say 18 to 19 - in those types of situations then surely it's normal for people to expect their premium to decrease?

    not all average joe public realises that insurance companies bang up their prices at renewal, so they don't always expect the same as you and me
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    JonBoy_SCFC wrote: »
    £20 increase is a lot if you have an extra years NCB, if you are young and changed from say 18 to 19 - in those types of situations then surely it's normal for people to expect their premium to decrease?
    None of which applies to the original poster.
  • Clive_Woody
    Clive_Woody Posts: 5,941 Forumite
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    Quote wrote: »
    Lies, damn lies, and statistics. None of it means anything.

    Relevance to the current discussion???? :confused:
    Most of what anyone needs to know about insurance is already somewhere on this forum.

    Right then I suppose Martin should stop people putting up any new posts and just lock the insurance thread as everything anybody needs to know is here already.....apparently!!!

    Specific examples such as this, that quote real life cases provide a timely reminder for the more experienced moneysaver and offer wise advice to new members.

    :D
    "We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein
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    Clive_Woody wrote: »
    Specific examples such as this, that quote real life cases provide a timely reminder for the more experienced moneysaver and offer wise advice to new members.
    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/compare-cheap-car-insurance
  • Clive_Woody
    Clive_Woody Posts: 5,941 Forumite
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    Quote wrote: »
    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/compare-cheap-car-insurance

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    :D
    "We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein
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