I keep getting car insurance letters?

Jlawson118

I apologise if I'm in the wrong forum, but I received a letter from Direct Line on Friday and I thought nothing of it, as accompanying it was was another junk letter from Provident that I get every so often saying I can get a £1000 loan with them.

Today, I got a letter from Churchill offering me a quote as well. Now I could understand if my insurance was coming up for renewal, although I only just got my first ever car insurance in August, so I'm not due until next August, which is a shame because the Churchill deal seemed really good, but obviously I'm not going to take out a quote when I'm only two months into my current policy..

Is there a reason I'm receiving so many quotes?

rs65

Jlawson118 wrote: »

Is there a reason I'm receiving so many quotes?

Did you try getting quotes this time last year?

Jlawson118

rs65 wrote: »

Did you try getting quotes this time last year?

Actually yeah I could have done, but saying that, I've been trying to find quotes for a few years just shopping around before I passed my test in May. I first looked around three years ago but other times of the year too

forgotmyname

I still get reminders from companies i got random quotes with many years ago.

They obviously think its worth sending them to me, even after all this time.

Just get the occasional i wonder what that will cost to insure. Nowhere near my renewal date.

csgohan4

I keep putting them in the bin

paddyandstumpy

csgohan4 wrote: »

I keep putting them in the bin

Hopefully the recycling bin :A

Nasqueron

I got calls from one of the garages that does broker style quotes (Kwik Fit or something like that) around my insurance renewal, the thing is every single time they were coming back with ludicrous quotes (well into 4 figures) and asking me if that was competitive - my renewal was about £300 before even haggling, they eventually gave up (seriously, 30+ years old, 10 years no claims and you think a quote of over £1000 is competitive?).

Next time you get quotes make sure you untick the "contact me" or tick the "do not contact me" box

Jlawson118

paddyandstumpy wrote: »

Hopefully the recycling bin :A

csgohan4 wrote: »

I keep putting them in the bin

Actually they go straight in the shredder, and then normally when I empty the shredder, it goes into the compost bin to rot down.. :rotfl:

Jlawson118

Nasqueron wrote: »

I got calls from one of the garages that does broker style quotes (Kwik Fit or something like that) around my insurance renewal, the thing is every single time they were coming back with ludicrous quotes (well into 4 figures) and asking me if that was competitive - my renewal was about £300 before even haggling, they eventually gave up (seriously, 30+ years old, 10 years no claims and you think a quote of over £1000 is competitive?).

Next time you get quotes make sure you untick the "contact me" or tick the "do not contact me" box

I normally do just tick to quote me via email only, and leave post, SMS and telephone calls unticked. My insurance is four figures because I'm 20 and only just have my car, though I did a quote last night for what it might be next year and it's dropped to about £700 providing I get a years no claims :eek:

Fletch7

Jlawson118 wrote: »

I normally do just tick to quote me via email only, and leave post, SMS and telephone calls unticked.

Some companies need a tick to contact you, some companies need a tick to not contact you, theyre sneaky like that. It is so simple to tick/not tick especially if you're getting quotes from several websites. In future when getting quotes use a fake name so when post arrives for Micky Mouse you know straight away it's junk.