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Chat => Sports, Hobbies & Motors => Topic started by: Pete on July 11, 2007, 18:49:14 PM

Title: AA insurance pt2
Post by: Pete on July 11, 2007, 18:49:14 PM
I got my renewal through the other week, they wanted £990 for it. So I thought feck em, Ill go somewhere else but I just did a quote online and it came back with £408 fully comp  :shock:

Cue Level 1 sh*tty email:

QuoteTo: AA car insurance,
CC: Everyone I know.  

I have my car insured with you, it's a 1990 Mazda Eunos Roadster and last year I paid around £450 for fully comp. insurance. I just received the renewal notice through the post and you (the AA) now want £990.83 for the same level of cover. This was fairly annoying, But wait. It gets better.

I just went to your website (www.theaa.com) and I did a quote for the same level of cover – it came back at £408.72. (on a side note that's way more than directline.com).

£408.72 vs £990.82 though?? Where does the £580 extra come into it? Sure, I have aftermarket alloy wheels on the car which the website doesn't take into account but they don't warrant £580 of extra cover, surely? Actually I know full well they don't.

I find it very hard to believe prices have changed that much in the week or so since the letter was sent. I wonder if you'd have said anything about the £408.72 quote if I'd taken up the £990 quote too.

Its scary to think how many people might not have the time to double-check renewals like this. Im glad Im not working away from home at the moment.

Anyway, sorry to moan but I'm very angry with the AA and I absolutely do not want to renew my insurance through you come 18th July. My family has been using AA services – loans, breakdown cover, driving lessons etc for years and years. Obviously, we will not continue to do so in future.

sdp
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: Vini on July 11, 2007, 18:55:57 PM
Whats new, they do this all the time. They wont drop or anything and you cant cancel and rejoin :(

Just move.
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: Chuck Norris on July 11, 2007, 19:13:34 PM
When that happens I just ring them up and say cant you do it for the new quote I did.  Its a pain doing it every time but they always go for the lower price.
Title: AA insurance pt2
Post by: Deaths Head on July 11, 2007, 19:24:53 PM
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/compare-cheap-car-insurance
That may help save you some more money.
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: Beaker on July 11, 2007, 21:27:54 PM
I change every year without fail, ive never had an insurance renewel that was even remotely worth considering.
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: Pete on July 11, 2007, 21:41:17 PM
innit, Ill go with directline or sommink.
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: Cypher on July 11, 2007, 22:35:59 PM
I switched from norwich union as I was insulted that they wanted more money for earning an extra year NCB, that and I was starting to hear of bad experiances of them still taking money after cancelling a policy.

They are the same.  Bad as each other.
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: Pete on December 08, 2007, 20:28:34 PM
The AA are retarded. I wrote and I phoned to cancel the policy like three times back in July.

Just checked my bank statement -

19th Nov 2007 - AA Insurance - 46.06

Theyve made me angry now.
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: Mark on December 08, 2007, 20:38:33 PM
I insured the MR2, with all mods declared - £770 fully comp

which is fantastic for over here.

Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: DEViANCE on December 08, 2007, 20:44:51 PM
Why didnt you just cancel the DD? that allways gets their attention.
Title: AA insurance pt2
Post by: Chris on December 08, 2007, 21:21:13 PM
LMAO... I always pay up front these days to avoid any hassle when moving time comes - and inevitably it comes every 12 months haha.

Never been with the same insurer for more than 12 months I think.
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on December 08, 2007, 21:35:27 PM
Quote from: DEViANCEWhy didnt you just cancel the DD? that allways gets their attention.

Thats the case with fitness first.

Require notification of cancellation, then its down to you to cancel the payments, or they will auto-renew your membership.
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: mr_roll on December 08, 2007, 23:08:57 PM
Im thinking of applying for a Car Insurance Sales job with the AA as they pay better than what Im on and itd be a steady job (Please dont have a heart attack, I did say steady job)

On a side note, Never go with Easy Insurance as they just add loads of things onto the premium
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: Pete on December 09, 2007, 00:23:23 AM
Does "risk header" mean anything to you?


k, The AA done this:

Ignored 3 emails saying I didnt want to take out the new policy at all. They dropped to £450 but I was like no. N. O. I got £350 fully comp.
So they still sent a renewal letter anyway.
I phoned up to bitch. They had me hang on the phone in July til the guy canceled my renewal.
Took "final payment" July 17th.

Then:
August nothing.
September took 46quid.
October took 46 quid.
November took 46 quid.

edit: and I only noticed today  :whoops:
Title: Re:AA insurance pt2
Post by: mr_roll on December 09, 2007, 13:48:50 PM
Quote from: sdpDoes "risk header" mean anything to you?


 

Nope, why?