Insurance!

[danielcarway]

It's amazing how many of these stories there are when you start looking! I had a call yesterday from Mr Swinton, seemed like a nice chatty bloke, offering me amazing deals on renewal (not due for nearly a month), and coming up with £14.71 per month fully comp. Ok, says I, thanks for that, I'll get back to you. Of course when I won't commit he comes over all hard-sell (end of financial year, can't hold these prices for long etc etc) which turns me properly off!

Today, I get onto comparethemarket.com, stick in me details and lo and behold, 3rd in the list is Mr Swinton again, this time for a measly £7.96pm. Interesting...

Not 10 minutes later, the phone goes, and guess who - that's right, it's Mr Swinton asking if I was happy with the online quote I'd received and had I any questions... Naturally he was a bit stumped when I asked why the premium had halved in less than 24 hours.

I know it's an age-old story, and the free market means everyone's after as much business as they can, but this takes the piss. This is why, every year, I do the comparison thing and get the best deal.

Nothing'll ever change just 'cos I'm ranting about it, but I needed to get that off my chest!

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