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HELP PLS. New Car Insurance Job Checker Testing Needed!

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  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    nice idea, i do 2 seasonal jobs (plant driver, bus driver) foolishly i've been insuring myself as a plant driver, that may change next year :)
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
  • MarkyMarkD
    MarkyMarkD Posts: 9,912 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    piglet29 wrote: »
    I swapped from being a housewife to a house parent and it gives a small saving of £6.70 but if i change it to house person i save £12!!! Would never think of doing this as i always put my occupation as housewife and have never thought of any other titles to describe myself, thanks Martin makes me think out of the box now, great!!!:D
    A house parent isn't the same as a housewife. A house parent is someone who's employed to work in the role of a parent, for example in a children's home or residential school.

    Describing yourself wrongly isn't money saving, it's fraudulent and not clever!
  • before_hollywood
    before_hollywood Posts: 20,686 Forumite
    i put my call centre job in as technical and nothing happened just listed technical in option 4, there was no option 3 :confused:
    things arent the way they were before, you wouldnt even recognise me anymore- not that you knew me back then ;)
    BH is my best mate too, its ok :)

    I trust BH even if he's from Manchester.. ;)

    all your base are belong to us :eek:
  • SallyD
    SallyD Posts: 1,009 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Fine by me. Local Government jobs could be expanded.
    SallyD
  • piglet29
    piglet29 Posts: 6,214 Forumite
    MarkyMarkD wrote: »
    A house parent isn't the same as a housewife. A house parent is someone who's employed to work in the role of a parent, for example in a children's home or residential school.

    Describing yourself wrongly isn't money saving, it's fraudulent and not clever!

    Sorry did not realise they were different, and i certainly wasnt trying to be clever thankyou!!!!
    A freebie a day sends a smile my way!
    Night Owl member No 9 :kisses2:
    I Started out with nothing.....still have most of it left:o
  • Jenna
    Jenna Posts: 460 Forumite
    I picked Administrator as my job title, yet if I was a Secretary/PA (my role does include PA duties) I could save £4.10 and if I was Administration Staff I could save £24. Think I know what to put next time! :)

    Also, "Blinds Assembler" might be more appropriate than "Blind Assembler" ... unless there are actually factories full of poorly-sighted people putting things together!! Hehe :)

    Oops ... just tried to change the sector for the job I picked ... I've broken it!! It says "When an XXX pays XXX..." and then the drop down area doesn't load up. I've tried going back and picking another job but the same thing happens! Oh dear ... lol ... sorry!

    Interesting though thx :)

    HTH
    Target debt - Loan left over from previous relationship - c. £3700
    “Courage is found in unlikely places” — J.R.R. Tolkien
  • MarkyMarkD
    MarkyMarkD Posts: 9,912 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    piglet29 I wasn't getting at you personally :). It was a general point for anyone interested in this thread ... and I'm sure that it will be covered on the website when the job checker goes live. People don't need to be encouraged to mislead their insurers - they do quite well enough at that already.

    I'm pleased to say that my occupation, as I currently disclose it, comes right at the bottom of the similar job descriptions, so I don't need to even consider changing anything!
  • Savvy_Sue
    Savvy_Sue Posts: 47,308 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Give up being a manager, is what I am finding!

    My job title is Resources Coordinator, which I didn't expect to exist. I don't have to manage people (thankfully) but I do 'manage' everything that's not people, and I used to be Administrator, so I tried variations on Admin and Manager, and it seems to me that it pays NOT be too senior!

    It can be quite tricky: one of my brothers used to be an electrician, working for the local theatre. Saying he was a theatre electrician used to up his quote considerably, because (at least in those days!) anything remotely 'arty' was always a higher risk!

    It is a fascinating tool - why is a 'mature student' more of a risk than a 'student'? :confused: Why is a baptist minister such a high risk? And what are monks supposed to get up to - they're even dearer to insure than students! :rotfl:
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  • piglet29
    piglet29 Posts: 6,214 Forumite
    MarkyMarkD wrote: »
    piglet29 I wasn't getting at you personally :). It was a general point for anyone interested in this thread ... and I'm sure that it will be covered on the website when the job checker goes live. People don't need to be encouraged to mislead their insurers - they do quite well enough at that already.

    I'm pleased to say that my occupation, as I currently disclose it, comes right at the bottom of the similar job descriptions, so I don't need to even consider changing anything!

    Tis ok MarkyMarkD I probably misread your post, thanks anyway:):beer:
    A freebie a day sends a smile my way!
    Night Owl member No 9 :kisses2:
    I Started out with nothing.....still have most of it left:o
  • tinkerbell84
    tinkerbell84 Posts: 5,323 Forumite
    TKPeters wrote: »
    As a Full Time eBayer I called classed as a Data Administrator, change it to a computer programmer & I save £47 :beer:
    Although I had previously played about with job titles when renewing my car inurance's

    A full time eBayer is not a computer programmer! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:



    MarkyMarkD - I agree entirely with you. This (in my view) is extremely dangerous territory.
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