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30th May 2015, 19:56 | #1 |
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Breakdown cover renewal hike again
I have never claimed in 50+ years. The past few years I have been with Autonational. Last year after some discussion, I managed to persuade them to drop it from their £70-ish renewal to £49.50.
They sent me my renewal this year at £69, which they insist includes a 25% discount for not having claimed - as they said when they replied to my email, suggesting they might care to rethink the £69 renewal. Go to their website and I can get it for the same price, were I a new customer. I can get the same cover from numerous sources for around £50, so I have written to AN a second time, giving them one last chance to keep me as a customer. Which is better, a loyal customer who comes back every year, out of which they make a small profit, or a new customer who might stay a year, then get another quote the following year and leave? They are mad, MAD I tell ye! They just don't live in the real world.
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30th May 2015, 20:00 | #2 |
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sad fact these days that customer loyally means nothing, that is why each year I swap between the AA and RAC, Currently still with the AA as when I called to cancel ...they could match the RAC price
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30th May 2015, 20:09 | #3 |
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I went with the AA for FREE years ago, each year it has gone up and up I've only used them once.
Finally this year on my renewal I gave them a call and questioned the £80 renewal price, straight-away they dropped it to £50. But still I was not happy, so cancelled it. |
30th May 2015, 20:09 | #4 |
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Told the RAC to cancel ours last month, after a £30 hike, and never had to use their service... they were not even prepared to match last years price, no customer loyalty at all, but the biggest insult, could have had the same cover via Tesco Bank car insurance and RAC for £60 less!
If they can all afford to keep losing customers then carry on... all this Austerity and capping of incomes, will start to hit all big companies soon enough...then they will have two choices, Put every customer left on even higher costs... or lower the whole lot to attract people back. |
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30th May 2015, 22:13 | #6 | |
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I tow the caravan and I have nightmares about breaking down whilst towing. I would have SWMBO in who is severally disabled, plus two dogs then the caravan. I make sure what ever cover I accept, would recover us, plus the caravan back home, I also make sure they would collect the caravan from site, if we were out touring the local area too. I don't fancy the idea of us being taken home, with the van stranded on a site 250 miles away. Many say they will recover the van, but only if it is attached to the car when it is broken down. One company I asked, said it would be down to the breakdown drivers discretion, likely they would oblige - that is no good at all to me. Kwikfit say they do cover the caravan, but that is all, so I have asked them for clarification. My current cover, says only if it is attached at the time, but I got them to agree on a variation in writing, that they would collect the van from site anyway. Its a silly rule, which makes it useless cover for those with a caravan, unless you break down on route.
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1st June 2015, 12:23 | #7 |
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I went through several companies, asking them the same question...
If the caravan is parked on a site and we were away from it maybe touring the area in the car, the car then broke down, could not be fixed at the roadside, nor in the day at a garage (their limit) and the car needed to be taken home - could we expect the caravan to be just abandoned at the site, maybe far from home. Many stipulate they will only take the caravan, if it were attached to the car at the time of the breakdown. Some said it would be up to the drivers discretion. Discretion is no use to anyone, they either would, or they would not. This despite explaining that it would be essential that the van accompany us home, because it had essential medical equipment in it which would be needed at home. However Breakdown Assist (AXA) said they have come across this before and they have always repatriated both car and caravan as one, even if the van is on a site. Their policy doesn't make any mention of the need for the caravan to be attached, either. I had them email me making it clear that they would, as part of the service recover both to home were it necessary. The cost, for identical cover, £34.95 a fraction over half the AN's £69 renewal quote. I received a second email from AN saying they were not prepared to budge on that £69. I did though suggest I would be prepared to renew for £50, a similar figure to what other companies were offering. There reply was that their service was simply better than what others were offering. Oh well now they lost a long term customer through greed and their ex-customer saved a lot of money in the process.
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1st June 2015, 16:57 | #8 |
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Had my RAC renewal come through the other week. This years premium- £95.32.
I went on Compare The Meerkat & rang the RAC with a view to cancel. They quickly dropped my premium to £61.95. Amazing really. Why can't they do it for this price in the first place??? Greed....... in the hope you'll bend over & get shafted a wee bit more. RAC....... "The Motorists Champion" they call them selves. "Bull poo" I say. |
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Sounds as though you are sorted now but for others or next time it is worth considering Autoaid Breakdown. I joined them several years ago after seeing it recommended by Martin Lewis the money saving expert. It is different to most in that you are covered for any breakdown in any car but in the event of needing assistance you ring them and they take details then send out a nearby breakdown company who you have to pay for the service provided. You then reclaim the cost from them and are paid within 14 days. The service is very comprehensive in that you are covered for home call outs as well as breakdowns on the road. You can choose whether to be taken home or to a nearby repairer and if necessary hotel costs etc are included. I do not have a caravan so have not checked the details regarding caravan recovery but would think it is as good as any other available. The cost is £41.00 per year. Howard |
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I will now ring them about what would they do, were it not attached [EDIT] closed until tomorrow morning...
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Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money. Last edited by HarryM1BYT; 1st June 2015 at 19:54.. |
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