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  • WAMS said:
    @punkdoc yes, a great many attacks on Russian soil, and it is not "only weapons." But it's completely futile to talk about it on here. Winston, who wouldn't be able to pinpoint Belgorod on an unmarked map to within 1000 miles, knows more about it than its residents- so let's stick to arguing about forget-me-nots and pond liners. It is more meaningful.

    You’re right @WAMS, I wouldn’t be able to pinpoint it.  However, just talking to a bunch of rather well educated Russians about this and they’re in agreement with me.  

    Please try not to be so hostile sounding.  Not that I particularly give a toss what you think or write but other forum members might do.

    And please try to get your facts right in future
 that way you won’t come across the way you do.
    When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    @Allotment Boy I don't have personal experience of them but have been told the NFU are generally pretty competitive.
  • When the 17 year old daughter of the landlady of my local passed her driving test about 5 years ago she (the landlady) phoned up her own insurer to ask how much it would cost to insure her daughter.  As you can imagine the cost was astronomical, well over ÂŁ1000, and yet she didn’t even think twice about accepting and buying it 
. not because she thought it was a good price but because it had never occurred to her to try for a quote on a price comparison website.

    Luckily one of the regulars got straight onto one of those websites and got a quote for several hundred pounds less than the original one.  She was able to recoup the original under the ‘cooling off’ rules, thankfully.

    It had never occurred to me before that some people just accept the quote they’re given instead of shopping around for a better one.  I reckon that’s one way insurers make pots more money.
    When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    edited April 2023
    It is certain that there have been a great many explosions on Russian soil close to the Ukraine border. Russians attribute them to Ukrainian missiles and drone attacks. The Ukrainians, somewhat implausibly in my view, attribute the attacks to Russians themselves in order to blame Ukraine and heap hostility on them i.e. false flags. Until today and this thread I have not heard anyone blame NATO.
    Rutland, England
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    KT53 said:
    @Allotment Boy I don't have personal experience of them but have been told the NFU are generally pretty competitive.
    NFU won't insure my home because ""the lake poses a drowning risk" said the lady on the phone. My reply was "presumably, on the same basis, you won't cover any home with a swimming pool, or a bath?"
    Silence was her reply.
    I've insured with the post office for house and contents cover for the last couple of years 
    Devon.
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    KT53 said:
    @Allotment Boy I don't have personal experience of them but have been told the NFU are generally pretty competitive.
    Been there....



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    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    KT53 said:
    @Allotment Boy I don't have personal experience of them but have been told the NFU are generally pretty competitive.
    Probably because they're not allowed to blame rising premiums on Brexit.

    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’ve insured our bungalow with the Post Office for the past 3 years,  never accept the auto renewal though,  its always cheaper through a compare site,  so I cancel the auto renewal at the start any policy, and get free cinema tickets and cheaper insurance through a comparison site.
    this year was £134.00. 
    Don’t know how much the car will be in July,  probably about the same as house insurance, usually is.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    If the increase is under £20. I can't be 🍑d to do anything and I accept it. Any more, I look elsewhere.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Two huge sycamores down the end of the garden. One is mine. Both are covered in blossom. There will be plenty of weeding next spring.😒
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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