Saved a fortune on house insurance

stockmarket-diva

Well how about this for a result. Having followed the tips on this board I decided to see if I could get my house insurance cheaper. I was paying £1000 a year for my buildings and contents. I managed to find another insurer that offered me £330 a year for the same policy with less of an excess. I went back to my original insurer and told them this. They said they would see if they could get a better price for me and came out with £600.

It made me think then that if they could come up with that figure, why had I been paying £1000 a year for 3 years. I said I wanted to make a complaint and I was put through to the complaints department who said they would consider the issue and let me know. In the meantime I changed to the insurer who was offering me the lesser premium.

I was sure they would come up with a story as to why they had to charge me what they had for the last 3 years but lo and behold I received a letter yesterday telling me that they were refunding me £1200 for overpayments!!

As I said, what a result.

Maisie

Well done! Just shows how much we are overpaying.

dinkylou

Well done, thats fantastic.

Just shows what asking can do. I sometimes think we are so afraid to look cheeky that we miss out on saving ourselves money.

You must be very pleased with yourself.

Rikki

Well done you. Just goes to show don't ask don't get.

redeye_3

So they still owe ya another £1800 then? :-p

tattooed_lady

Wow! That's excellent!