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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Did you ask the meerkats to help?
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It might be worth cutting your losses and trying somewhere else. Loyalty has great value to insurance companies. It enables them to charge you more
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Obelixx said:
    Did you ask the meerkats to help?
    I compared the Meercats and the cheapest quote was with my existing insurer and agreed with their increase in price. It costs an even larger admin fee to cancel the policy and they only give a partial refund on the premium so I'm stuck with them I think.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Price comparison sites are no longer independent - if they ever were. It's worth checking more than one and having a look to see if Which? has anything to say.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    B3 said:
    Price comparison sites are no longer independent - if they ever were. It's worth checking more than one and having a look to see if Which? has anything to say.
    Hmm Meercats are only 4th cheapest apparently. Time to move my comparisons elsewhere...

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I had the same thing happen when I changed my car a Toyota avensis for a Ford Focus.
    I looked around and found a policy as cheap for the year as the extra would have cost. They didn’t like it when I cancelled but with the money I got back it was cheaper to start a new one. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Just got £27 off my AA membership buy phoning up and complaining 
    Loyalty means nothing to must companies these , particularly Insurance renewals , there must be a better way !!!!
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Loyalty over insurance definitely doesn't work.  For years I had my home insurance through Lloyds bank and the premium hardly increased at all.  Then a renewal came through with around a 60% increase - I hadn't claimed since a burglary in 1988 so that wasn't the cause.  Checked around and found a quote for half the price, phoned and spoke to them explaining the situation.  The lady went and checked, then apologised before giving me the answer - they would reduce the price by 10%!  Even she said I guess you will be going elsewhere.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    I just had the same thing I had to ring my insurers to tell them that the price comparison sites were offering their policy for £20 less than their renewal  & if they didn't match it I would go elsewhere. They know I have moved away before, I only came back because as a "new" customer they were cheaper again. Drives you nuts doesn't it!!
    AB Still learning

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I tried that once and they as good as gold me to get lost. So I did.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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