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From: Adrian on 10 Mar 2010 07:06
Vicko Zoomba <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

> No but i see adverts for insuarance companies who proudly boast that
> theyre not on comparison websites. Must be a reason for it.

Yep, they don't want to pay the comparison site any commission.
From: Adrian on 10 Mar 2010 07:06
Kiteflyer <ann_marie050268(a)yahoo.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

> Filled in all details for car insurance. Specified certain things like
> low excess and protected no claims etc. A decent quote came up at the
> top of the pile from Kwik Fit, but I waited 2 days before trying to buy
> to see if I could find cheaper. Went back to quote 2 days later and it
> wouldn't let me buy it, you had to ask for a new set of quotes, and
> guess what, it had gone up loads in just 2 days.

Umm, it's actually Kwik-Fit you're railing against, not the comparison
engine.
From: Man at B&Q on 10 Mar 2010 08:17
On Mar 10, 11:16 am, Dave Plowman <d...(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote:
> In article
> <514bb61e-df9d-450b-aa6a-05ad91fd7...(a)e1g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
>    Man at B&Q <manatba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > No. I found that the quote you get on the comparison site has a unique
> > reference number. Call the insurance company direct and give them that
> > number and they can pull up all the details straight away.
> > This was when the comparison site was giving a much lower price than
> > the renewal quote from the same company. They rang back a few mins
> > later and were able to explain the difference (my fault for missing
> > details of a previous claim).
> > All in all the system works very well, just don't assume you will get
> > the best quote from such sites.
>
> They rely on you giving accurate details. Not unsurprisingly.

Of course. When I corrected the details the quote was the same as the
renewal and I was happy to remain with them as they were the best on
the comparison site. I may have got a better deal elsewhere but CBA.

MBQ
From: Ret. on 10 Mar 2010 08:55
Kiteflyer wrote:
> Filled in all details for car insurance. Specified certain things like
> low excess and protected no claims etc.
> A decent quote came up at the top of the pile from Kwik Fit, but I
> waited 2 days before trying to buy to see if I could find cheaper.
> Went back to quote 2 days later and it wouldn't let me buy it, you had
> to ask for a new set of quotes, and guess what, it had gone up loads
> in just 2 days.
>
> So I rang Kwik Fit/AXA as they were the ones quoting, and they said
> not only had the quote gone up for NO REASON in just 2 days, but that
> the excess was massive (they had ignored my request for �100 excess)
> and it wasn't protected no claims either.
> But the best bit was they said they were also adding on �25 when you
> go to buy, as a "set up" fee.
> Funny how that wasn't mentioned when Compare the Market tell you what
> a low quote they have found you!
> So a quote of �505 became �587!
> I told them where to go.
>
> Anyone else found this with these comparison sites like Confused.com,
> etc??

I've yet to get a quote from any comparison site that is as low as I can
obtain by looking around on my own.

Kev

From: Kiteflyer on 10 Mar 2010 16:11
On Mar 10, 9:13 am, "Man at B&Q" <manatba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 10, 1:59 am, Kiteflyer <ann_marie050...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Filled in all details for car insurance. Specified certain things like
> > low excess and protected no claims etc.
> > A decent quote came up at the top of the pile from Kwik Fit, but I
> > waited 2 days before trying to buy to see if I could find cheaper.
> > Went back to quote 2 days later and it wouldn't let me buy it, you had
> > to ask for a new set of quotes, and guess what, it had gone up loads
> > in just 2 days.
>
> > So I rang Kwik Fit/AXA as they were the ones quoting, and they said
> > not only had the quote gone up for NO REASON in just 2 days, but that
> > the excess was massive (they had ignored my request for £100 excess)
> > and it wasn't protected no claims either.
> > But the best bit was they said they were also adding on £25 when you
> > go to buy, as a "set up" fee.
> >  Funny how that wasn't mentioned when Compare the Market tell you what
> > a low quote they have found you!
> > So a quote of £505 became £587!
> > I told them where to go.
>
> > Anyone else found this with these comparison sites like Confused.com,
> > etc??
>
> No. I found that the quote you get on the comparison site has a unique
> reference number. Call the insurance company direct and give them that
> number and they can pull up all the details straight away.
>
> This was when the comparison site was giving a much lower price than
> the renewal quote from the same company. They rang back a few mins
> later and were able to explain the difference (my fault for missing
> details of a previous claim).
>
> All in all the system works very well, just don't assume you will get
> the best quote from such sites.

I did give them the unique pin number. The quote they retrieved had
all the things I'd specified missing, then they slapped on an extra
£25 on top.
>
> MBQ- Hide quoted text -
>
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