Car Breakdown Cover

bonny_3

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HALFORDS ARE OFFERING THE SAME BREAKDOWN COVER AT A FRACTION OF THE PRICE OF R A C AND A A. WHATS THE CATCH?

highguyuk

Firstly, :hello: and welcome to the site.

Maybe you could provide us with a few more details of the offer?

DM2007

Please do - im interested!

Edna_Bucket_2

A lot of people are cheaper than the RAC and AA - often the difference can be that it's a company with a network of "local" recovery people rather than its own fleet, or it's a "claim back" procedure - like GEM, rather than payment all covered in advance.

I always run the figures through Moneysupermarket every year at renewal time to check for the best deal.

bonny_3

highguyuk wrote:

Firstly, :hello: and welcome to the site.

Maybe you could provide us with a few more details of the offer?

aa option 400 £133.20
r a c solution 4 single £125.60
halfords full cover £59.99 and first three months only £1.00 per month with no obligation to stay with them after the three months!!!

the above three options are offering the same full cover- too good to be true?
:rolleyes:

the_devil_made_me_do_it

bonny wrote:

aa option 400 £133.20
r a c solution 4 single £125.60
halfords full cover £59.99 and first three months only £1.00 per month with no obligation to stay with them after the three months!!!

the above three options are offering the same full cover- too good to be true?
:rolleyes:

Where have you seen or read about this offer??
Are they expecting customers to pay up front if a breakdown occurs?? then claim back later?
Whats their max call out limit? I've noticed most companies have 6 call outs max.
Can you list what their covers includes?
Thanks

Edna_Bucket_2

There's a link at their site (a blooming long one!):

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&mpe_id=12054&jspStoreDir=HalfordsConsumerDirect&intv_id=13502&partNumber=FIN_CAR_BREAKDOWN_COVER&evtype=CpgnClick&langId=-1&catalogId=10151&ddkey=ClickInfo

doublekite

Just checked Money Supermarket for me and my partner. They are showing RAC for £56.25 for both of us including recovery.
The RAC site shows the same price EXACTLY for cover at the roadside only. Trouble is there is no link to the RAC from the MS site .

Edna_Bucket_2

it's here on the RAC site:

http://www.rac.co.uk/web/breakdowncover/uk/

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Edna_Bucket wrote:

There's a link at their site (a blooming long one!):

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&mpe_id=12054&jspStoreDir=HalfordsConsumerDirect&intv_id=13502&partNumber=FIN_CAR_BREAKDOWN_COVER&evtype=CpgnClick&langId=-1&catalogId=10151&ddkey=ClickInfo

sorry, read the site, but still couldn't work out whether it was a "pay up front service, then claim back" or not?? Would rather pay a bit extra, than have the pay up front thingy option.

Dan29

Have you read Martin's article about this? There are cheaper companies out there