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Renewal quote - £400

Identical policy with same insurer (M&S) when getting a quote online - £310.

Buy it through Quidco - £45 cashback.
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Posted : 31/01/2011 3:10 pm
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Last year - £900

Renewal quote - £2000

Best quote (but including tuning chip not on previous policy/quotes) - £1400


 
Posted : 31/01/2011 4:19 pm
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enewal quote - £400

Identical policy with same insurer (M&S) when getting a quote online - £310.

Buy it through Quidco - £45 cashback.

Could look at it and say it was a sensible sales strategy- £310 is the 'real' premium. Quidco is what would traditionally be the cut going to, or funding the sales channel. Then make a nice wee topup on folk who cba to shop around


 
Posted : 31/01/2011 4:28 pm
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Could look at it and say it was a sensible sales strategy- £310 is the 'real' premium. Quidco is what would traditionally be the cut going to, or funding the sales channel. Then make a nice wee topup on folk who cba to shop around

Agreed - just shows what can be done when you can be bothered to check.

(Up till last year we were paying £800 a year because I CBA).


 
Posted : 31/01/2011 4:59 pm
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Last year Direct Line quoted me £600 for Building + Content. Went to Money Supermarket and got approx 200 quotes, not one of which was over £300 and most were around £200.

Went back to DL explaining that I wasn't very happy about being ripped off and they offered me £5 off. They lost a customer for life then and there.


 
Posted : 31/01/2011 5:21 pm
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Always review annual insurances using an internet scraping site to get the best deal.

Never let your current provider "boil the frog".


 
Posted : 31/01/2011 7:41 pm
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Posted : 31/01/2011 7:50 pm