03-09-14, 08:47 PM
(03-09-14, 11:34 AM)Dead Eye link Wrote: Tele-sales people are slimey bastards that want your money.I think I can go one better and also point out the benefit of being an old git. I got my renewal through from Swinton. Last year I paid £99 fully comp but the renewal was for £168 although they could offer me an alternative company (Aviva) at £148. Better but still a 50% jump from last year so I tried the new MCN compare site. Best quote, and it wasn't the only one with the same ballpark figure, Saga at £58 (told you there's an advantage to being an old git!). A couple of days before the insurance was due to expire I get a call from Swinton. Now at the time I was working up in Glasgow so wasn't going to renew until I got home a few days later. Told Swinton that their quote wasn't competitive and told him I'd been quoted £58. He then says he'd see what he could do and proceeds to check the details. A simple, nothing has changed would have sufficed but he insisted on checking every single detail of me and the bike. At the end of it he comes up with £95 so I point out that I've been quoted £58 so why would I want to pay £95? He'd speak to his manager and see what he can do. Comes back and says that they can do it for £74, would I like to go ahead and pay it now? "Why?" says I, "I've told you I've been quoted £58, you've kept me on the phone for the best part of half an hour and then expect me to pay over 20 quid more. Do you think I'm stupid?"
Went with Saga but had to phone them as there was nowhere to put mods on the site but even with a bellypan, heated grips, Scottoiler, hugger and non-standard can, it still only cost me £61.