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Re: that time of year again

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:08 pm
by zimm
Drew San wrote: However, no theft policies here from major insurance companies - you need to go private. Not a big enough crime for them to offer this service shocking , mind you leaving your car keys in the door of the car for three days and it's still there kinda demonstrates why :smt001 , can even go away all day with my crash helmet on the mirror and it's there when i get back. Most meetings I am the only one who puts a lock on their bike geek

i like the sound of that !

i tend to leave my stuff unlocked, even with keys in, but i live in the middle of nowhere and figure if they've gone to the effort of coming here to nick it, they'll take it locked or otherwise .. and i'd rather get stuff back with intact locks :)

different story in towns/cities though .. they even broke into my garage to steal a non-runner.

Re: that time of year again

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:25 pm
by Vard66
Jamz wrote:
Xphyral wrote:Insurance renewal!

i dont get it though, carole snatch offered me a renewal on my policy, 3 yrs NCB, tpft, £50 vol excess, 4k miles a year with £2200 bike value at £206

Bennetts offered me the same(apart from volunatary excess which is £0) for.......... £63.71

:smt017

RENEWALS ARE FOR RETARDS! oldman

That's why! :smt002

Go to the Carole Nash website and get a new quote. They sent me a renewal through for about £320 a few months ago... I tried the usual online quotes, then tried Carole Nash just for a look.... and it came out £172! :smt017

Basically they make money from people too lazy to check around before they sign a renewal.

Oh, and the £320 policy was underwritten by exactly the same company as the £172 policy - so it's not that, either!
Now, just to throw that on it's head, I'm going to mention that when renewal time came for the insurance on the 'Tesse, the cheapest quote I could find online, was Direct Line (the company I was already with last year) at £1253.
That was three hundred clear, less than any other company.
Then they sent me the renewal in the post, and that came out at £1056. So in essence, the renewal quote came in just under £200 cheaper than they were online anyway, the exact reverse of your situ.
Odd, huh?

Re: that time of year again

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:54 pm
by superman
Fkin hell drew lives in heaven, i dont even leave my bike outside my house with the steering lock on cos im sure someone will try to nick it. im also really wary about leaving my stuff out like my helmet even with my gloves an that out.

Re: that time of year again

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:59 pm
by Mori Man
superman wrote:Fkin hell drew lives in heaven, i dont even leave my bike outside my house with the steering lock on cos im sure someone will try to nick it. im also really wary about leaving my stuff out like my helmet even with my gloves an that out.
making me too relaxed though - when I was back in the UK, folks were constantly telling me to pick up my gear as i kept casually leaving stuff everywhere. My camera was only 2-30feet from me and others were getting paranoid about it !

But it is nice knowing your stuff is yours and no one (bar foreigners) has an interest in it. :smt001