I know this should be in 'Insurance' but I thought it would be worthwhile posting here, if you need a laugh!
It certainly made my day!
I am currently serving out in Afghanistan and checked my bank statement this morning, to my horror there was a transaction for £446 from M&S car insurance!
First of all I thought someone has taken my money without consent. Then after a while a realised it was my years renewal premium taken in full!
I spoke to my wife to see if M&S had sent renewal documents and as far as she can see no!
So I managed to get on the phone to M&S after I got some quotes on Gocompare and explained my situation I asked them to match the quotes I got otherwise I will be taking my custom elsewhere!
One of the cheapest quotes was funnily enough from M&S! For £224, quite a saving from my £446 !
So I asked the guy on the phone if he could match it? No sir we can do it for £247 with additional access.
I then replied why would I do that when I can get it cheaper online even with a small admin fee of £6.00 to cancel my existing policy and receive a refund of £447
He could not answer that.
So to cut along story short I tried to go with Swiftcover for the bargain price of £197 but due to my location it would not accept my transaction (IP address wrong location).
I managed to pay for the next cheapest quote with Lloyds TSB for £207
Saved myself £240
I just can't believe Insurance companies think they can get away with such differences in the cost of policies and cannot match quotes online with exactly the same benefits.
PS I am an old git so I apologies if my quote is cheap (not that old)