What did you do today?

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Junkman wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:08 am
Hooli wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:55 am I've had windscreens on insurance before & it's never affected renewal prices.
Not for you maybe, but definitely for me.
That must be a bugger, everytime Hooli claims for a windscreen your premium goes up?
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Every time anyone claims for a windscreen, the premium for everyone goes up.
Including Hooli's, he just doesn't realise it.
Those fucking fascist insurance corporations aren't charities, dig?
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I'm not certain that I agree with that.

My windscreen excesses have been either £50 or £75 so given that the insurance companies no doubt get a large volume discount from the windscreen fitters I doubt that it actually costs them anything.

The other side of this coin I guess is that if you go directly to them for a windscreen you get reamed.
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Depends on the screen, I've always had Mrs' car as a named vehicle on a traders policy , paying extra for her business use. Always used the same bloke for windscreens and rarely had to pay more than £150 for a screen.
Last year her ML needed a screen, couldn't get one for less than £475! A policy with Admiral was £650 and I saved £250 from my traders renewel by taking her business use off. I was quite happy to pay £75 excess, but as I took it to my usual windscreen man, he waived that.
Lots of messing about, but I suppose it's better to have proper cover and get market rather than trade value if we ever have to claim.
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I've never been asked about it either.
These are some words.
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John F wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 2:10 pm Somebody appears to have replaced your gearstick with a menhir...
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I taxed something blue, plastic and three wheeled.. No, not one of those..
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slowanimals wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 4:02 pm I taxed something blue, plastic and three wheeled.. No, not one of those..
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