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Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« on: 14 March 2025, 21:02:40 »

So just renewed with Go Skippy for £240 less than my renewal from LV. I'm insured, don't care about the niceties.
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #1 on: 15 March 2025, 09:48:54 »

Do you use cashback sites ?
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #2 on: 15 March 2025, 11:17:49 »

So just renewed with Go Skippy for £240 less than my renewal from LV. I'm insured, don't care about the niceties.
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I was with LV for over 20 years Steve, they've done themselves no favours at all the RR is now with quote me happy £255 & the Toyota with Tesco £240.
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #3 on: 15 March 2025, 11:52:24 »

Do you use cashback sites ?
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #4 on: 15 March 2025, 12:16:03 »

So just renewed with Go Skippy for £240 less than my renewal from LV. I'm insured, don't care about the niceties.

Did you challenge LV over their quote Steve and try to get them to match Go Skippy?

I certainly have always been able to use that tactic very successfully over the years, including my renewal last month with the AA? ???
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #5 on: 15 March 2025, 12:28:38 »

i was with esure for afew years . 2years ago the onega was £250 . last year they wanted £80 more to renew . found online for £215.  esure wouldnt match it !!
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #6 on: 15 March 2025, 12:37:14 »

So just renewed with Go Skippy for £240 less than my renewal from LV. I'm insured, don't care about the niceties.

Did you challenge LV over their quote Steve and try to get them to match Go Skippy?

I certainly have always been able to use that tactic very successfully over the years, including my renewal last month with the AA? ???
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I did Lizzie , and they simply wouldn't budge that's how they afford all the nonsensical TV ads, they always did good rates for Civil servants for years but that's all gone now.
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #7 on: 15 March 2025, 12:46:18 »

So just renewed with Go Skippy for £240 less than my renewal from LV. I'm insured, don't care about the niceties.

Did you challenge LV over their quote Steve and try to get them to match Go Skippy?

I certainly have always been able to use that tactic very successfully over the years, including my renewal last month with the AA? ???
They said they could come down by £20.
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #8 on: 15 March 2025, 13:44:27 »

So just renewed with Go Skippy for £240 less than my renewal from LV. I'm insured, don't care about the niceties.

Did you challenge LV over their quote Steve and try to get them to match Go Skippy?

I certainly have always been able to use that tactic very successfully over the years, including my renewal last month with the AA? ???
They said they could come down by £20.

Twenty quid. :-\

That is essentially a 'f*uck you' reply.
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #9 on: 15 March 2025, 14:27:18 »

So just renewed with Go Skippy for £240 less than my renewal from LV. I'm insured, don't care about the niceties.

Did you challenge LV over their quote Steve and try to get them to match Go Skippy?

I certainly have always been able to use that tactic very successfully over the years, including my renewal last month with the AA? ???
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I did Lizzie , and they simply wouldn't budge that's how they afford all the nonsensical TV ads, they always did good rates for Civil servants for years but that's all gone now.

Maybe using a broker is the way to go as I do now with the AA.  Those of you who have approached the insuring company head on have obviosuly had shit responses;  what else is an offer of £20 less?!! :o :o

By going via a broker ; AA, Confused.com, and the rest, then you find they can get deals that you and I cannot get easily.  It certainly has worked for me, with my premium coming DOWN,  from the 2024 price to this years premium by £110!!  That is after I was given a quote which was well up on the original one, which I strongly challenged.  So I would say, get your quotes only from the main brokers who do not have to pay for the very expensive advertising that direct insurance companies do. ;)
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #10 on: 15 March 2025, 15:58:10 »

I insure four cars every year and trust me, the cheapest way of doing it is to go through Quidco or Topcashback.
My own three cars - Omega, Porsche Boxster, and Citroen C1 altogether, cost less than £500 a year to insure.
Cant remember the figure for the sons Civic, but I do know I saved him a few hundred quid on his renewal from Aviva.
I got a quote from Aviva for the C1 recently. It was around £350.
I went through Topcashback and got it with Aviva for £175 with £40 cashback to come, so £135.
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #11 on: 15 March 2025, 16:06:21 »

Just done wifeys as well. Aviva zero was £120 cheaper than LV renewal. So that's £900 worth of business they've lost.
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #12 on: 15 March 2025, 16:53:00 »

they always did good rates for Civil servants for years but that's all gone now.
I cancelled my CSMA membership when (then) Frizzels used to take the piss on insurance, and I was getting about £1k cheaper elsewhere!
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #13 on: 15 March 2025, 18:40:07 »

they always did good rates for Civil servants for years but that's all gone now.
I cancelled my CSMA membership when (then) Frizzels used to take the piss on insurance, and I was getting about £1k cheaper elsewhere!
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Yes me too cancelled the CSMA membership when I quit LV last year the magazine had become rubbish, and I never really used any of the offers. Frizell thanks for jogging my memory I couldn't recall that name at all..👍
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Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« Reply #14 on: 15 March 2025, 18:44:55 »

So just renewed with Go Skippy for £240 less than my renewal from LV. I'm insured, don't care about the niceties.

That's my sentiments exactly with the RRS ,as long as its legal that's all I want they only value at £2500 so it would be a write off for any minor damage I would imagine , the Toyota came up with a value of £22,000 so I wanted a suitable level of cover & Tesco came up best.
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