GaryD Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 Hi all... good to be back after some time away.Well, it reached that time of the year again... another claim-free 12-months and a year older, but privilege put up my insurance by over 30%!!!!I rang them today to find out what was going on, but after speaking to three people (none of which could help or explain) I gave up on them. In fact, all they could do was to confuse themselves and me with varoius statements like 'we owe you some money'... 'no we don't'... it's gone up, no down, no up again.....Arrggghhh! The reason I even bothered to phone is that they are the best quote so far on the 911 that will arrive in 3 months and if I could avoid swapping around it would save me some time.So... privilege... you suck big time. Your staff don't know their own job, and your quote is abysmal.So I shopped around a bit, and came across Halifax insurance (underwritten by eSure). Came in at £593 on my Boxster S... a saving of over a hundred quid on last year and a cool £450 cheaper than Privilege! Strangely enough, they were £50 cheaper than eSure too (market segmentation strikes again!), so a good deal I think. OK, so I might have to cancel it after 3 months and move back to Privilege, but it will be worth it, even if I just save £100 over that time!Cheers,Gary D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 Gary,I know exactly what you're talking about. I was with Privelege for 2 years and then suddenly the premium jumped. Also the customer service was appaling. One claim took nearly six months to sort out. It was one of those ones where you tell the same story to a hundred different ppl, send a hundred faxes, etc. and get really irate.Now, I'm with Bell Direct, who have been wonderful.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springy Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Gary,I juts tried both esure and Halifax following your recommendation.Neither could quote based on: 'your age and type of vehicle'.I am 24 with 7 years protected no claims (touching wood!)What more can I do than that and yet I am sure they would insure a spotty 17 year old on a rs turbo who in my opinion is a far higher risk than I! glad you got a good quote but i think it is a lottery as to who insures who and for what price...p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryD Posted April 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 I agree springy, it's mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_986 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 ChapsSee my post from earlier this week: http://forum.BoXa.net/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=1402How do I reference a thread properly (and not have to paste in the interweb address?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightydquinn Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Thanks for the tip my best quote of many about 20 was N U direct at £900 Halifax quoted £555 protected FComp 250 xses me n her I am impressed and curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
box986 Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Ive just tried Halifax myself, £585 fully comp,protected NCD, £100 excess, thats £120 cheaper than the quote I had last week from esure!!!I;m well chuffed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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