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£1531 for an annual renewal with my current insurers. Exact same cover from another insurer, £458.
Shysters the lot of 'em.
hammerdivone wrote:[
Interestingly mine came through a week or so ago and had increased from £264 to £388.
I went on Gocompare and found my insurer was offering me the same policy for £320 (the cheapest was £318)
I called them up and asked why, they checked a few details and offered it to me for £319.
Worth the phone call, but annoying I had to call them in the first place!
If the Watchdogs had any teeth they would make it illegal to not offer existing customers the best available deal. The ******** companies just add on a wedge and hope nobody notices.
Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote:Ed ****ing Sheeran. I'd put him in the same gulag as all the dancers in the world. I might even use him for medical experimentation.
Seems like a nice chap but his music is dull as dishwater. James Blunt with tattoo's.
FreeWheeling wrote:My Mrs gives me one of those looks sometimes, normally when I agree to go Go-Kart racing or something similar, I broke my neck in 1999 and have to be rained back in sometimes :lol: , So I just do the drinking part afterwards
Mine gives me that look sometimes, what then tends to happen is we talk about it several times and then I go and do it. She is well aware that I've broken my neck in the past and have three fused vertebrae in my neck, for some reason she thinks this means I should take it easy. Mind you she has been widowed once before so I guess her worrying is understandable.
At the moment I'm aiming to go back to gliding, I'll need to re-solo as it is a few years since I last flew, she keeps on about how dangerous it is because they don't have engines - despite me pointing out how few gliding fatalities there are each year.
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Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote:Ed ****ing Sheeran. I'd put him in the same gulag as all the dancers in the world. I might even use him for medical experimentation.
everytime i iron a shirt or t-shirt when it comes to ironing the front my iron always wants to go into self clean mode and dumps either water ot limescale over the shirt
screech wrote:everytime i iron a shirt or t-shirt when it comes to ironing the front my iron always wants to go into self clean mode and dumps either water ot limescale over the shirt
i never turn the iron on to just iron one item, i always iron whatever im wearing that day so jeans, shirt, jumper etc but the iron always dumps on the front of the shirt. it's like the **** knows
My wife needs to extend the lease on her flat as it has under 70 years left. Asked the freeholder's management company for a quote and they said £13k. It took a 5 minute phone call asking if that was their best price for them to knock £1250 off
Mr P wrote:On a simliar theme to the car insurance posts...
My wife needs to extend the lease on her flat as it has under 70 years left. Asked the freeholder's management company for a quote and they said £13k. It took a 5 minute phone call asking if that was their best price for them to knock £1250 off
Count yourself lucky. My mate's place had under 45 years. It was over 20 grand to renew it.
Whole system is a rip off mate. Of course you have to have a solicitor to do this for you so that's another grand. I would always go for freehold properties for this very reason
Whole system is a rip off mate. Of course you have to have a solicitor to do this for you so that's another grand. I would always go for freehold properties for this very reason
Totally agree, it's another racket along with insurance. I can't for the life of me see how they can justify the charges they do for leases.
When you read the terms and conditions of a lease, you'll see that you're just another glorified renter. As you say, freehold is the way to go, every time.
Car hire companies. Just booked a car for a week in Lanzarote £81.00
Went to pay confirmation comes through £190.00
£109.00 for the "extra" insurance. Had to go right through things to get it removed. thieving bastards
screech wrote:i never turn the iron on to just iron one item, i always iron whatever im wearing that day so jeans, shirt, jumper etc but the iron always dumps on the front of the shirt. it's like the **** knows