Ho hum, here we go again with Bike Insurers (Bennetts) extracting the urine: Last year's premium £86.28 - this year's renewal premium £166.76!!!
Phone them up, "Oh yes, I'm sure we can do something about that..." Lo and behold, suddenly this year's premium drops to £64!
How many suckers let their renewal go through on the nod? Kerching! :rolleyes
Also check they haven't snook in an increase in excess!!
I had exactly the same scenario .
Exactly what they did to me Graham....before I cancelled with them following dirty tricks last year.
My renewal (I'm with Carole Nash as I need Europe-wide breakdown cover) was only about £15 more, but the excess had doubled to £800!! It's hardly comprehensive cover at all when the excess is so high. I compared the meerkat to get some numbers then phoned them. I said that I was most worried about the excess, but a few quid off would be nice too. They dropped the price by £16, which is over 10% and a whole pound less than last year, but they also dropped the excess to £350. This was done by switching insurer. I'm now happy with what I've got. I do get fed up, like everybody else, of having to make the inevitable phone call every year though.
I await my renewal notice with interest!
It is a crazy situation where they can hike up excesses & premiums regardless of driving history but I have come to accept that, like banks, theyre not in business for my benefit.
They rely on us being too busy/lazy to explore other options(inertia) & I wonder how much of my premium goes to pay for the damage caused by uninsured/reckless drivers & the other insurance scammers?
Home contents ins. due so I "Meerkated" some quotes.
Swindletons comes on the phone and says can we renew your premium which was £31 last year at £ 140 this year.
NO, FOC off says I
Ah well we can reduce that to £50 then.
Click.
I used to not give a foc, then I discovered Red Bull and now I don't give a flying foc !!!
