WORST INSURANCE COMPANY-AVOID BUDGET

Advantages: NONE
Disadvantages: EVERYTHING- YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THEIR MISTAKES

...the small print. I told him i wanted to cancel the policy and was told it will cost me £30 to do so and had the check to say it was illegal to have another policy with another company while having one with them. Then to add insult to injury they wanted proof from me that i was insured with another company..surely its none of their business. Also they wanted a copy of my new policy with Budget which they claim was in the post...my insurance finished with them on 31 July so to date 9 Aug i have not received my policy with them (me thinks they have not put my door number down again) its so appalling as they are quick to take your cash and whats worse they keep your credit card details on line so can just take the cash out. But when it comes to problems or sending information out they are slow and you get charged for their mistakes. I am...

katty73 09.08.2008 · Read review
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Budget Insurance ? - You get what you pay for

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: Expensive overall, absolutely no customer service, excessive charges, rude staff

...In September (sorry I lied to you earlier, it was not December - must have had a blonde moment) of last year, I got my renewal for my car insurance from the AA, guess what, it had gone up drastically. Now like everyone else, I find the average motorist is being hit hard enough with increases in tax and fuel without having to pay out over the top for car insurance. My renewal quote was for £467.00 this was for fully comp, curtesy car, protected no claims, legal cover and and excess of £100.00. I know it's always best to shop around and that companies give better deals to new customers, so I decided to hit the keyboard and see what I could save by checking out prices on the internet. Well I expected to save some money, but not as much as Budget were offering, they quoted me for the same deal as I was getting but...

AnnieB11 13.02.2008 (15.02.2008) · Read review
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Budget for a great deal!

Advantages: good site
Disadvantages: none

...Budget has a range of insurance products available. I will be concentrating on Budget Car Insurance as they are the insurers I have at the minute. When I bought my new car (a Porsche Boxster) I was worried about getting insurance as the car is group 17 and Im only 25. Although as a woman I thought I would get it a bit cheaper I found this wasn't the case. I used various online search sites to find the best cover but found confused.com to be the best. After putting in all my details Budget came out second cheapest - the 1st was a name I didn't recognise so didn't go for that. After deciding on Budget I put my partner on (thinking it would sent it shooting up - man aged 27) It didn't, it brought it down by £100. I was amazed! Budget sent the documents out very quickly and when they didn't recieve my no claims proof from my...

nigelcross 29.05.2009 · Read review
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Conned People Budget

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Too many

...Smart people DONOT budget. Be prepared to do all the work yourself, they dont fill in forms, they dont call you back and they couldnt find your policy if they were holding it in front of their face. My car was stolen, but wont have a hire car as my "stolen" car wasnt being repaired in the garage (eh) customer service speak very poor english and be prepared for a huge phone bill, i've got 6 different numbers and none of them recognise the claim number they gave me, have been on hold for half of my claim and hung up on whilst waiting. You wont get your premiums back if you have paid for the year even if you dont have the car anymore and you will have to pay a lump sum if you have paid by installments or cancel early. However you are invited to insure your new car with them under that policy - I dont think thats going to happen...

juliean 19.05.2008 · Read review
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Budget by name but not by nature

Advantages: No advantages
Disadvantages: High rates and low service

...I was with Budget for 6months, and the main reason why I went with them was I did not have the chance to phone around and get a better quote. I had just purchased a car of which I was due to collect the next day, so I needed insurance fast. I was a new driver (of 21yrs at the time) with an old car ('E' reg Metro) so I was charged around £700apr. I accepted that £700 was the average amount I would be charged for 'Third Party, Fire & Theft' insurance. That was until 6months after and I bought myself a new car ('S' reg Micra)and found out otherwise. I spent at least 30minutes trying to get through to Budget's call centre only to discover that they wanted me to pay £1'500apr for fully comprehensive insurance. Needless to say I cancelled my policy with them (of which I had to pay to do) and went to Direct Line. Direct Line were...

CatK 08.01.2003 · Read review
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My Budget Fritata

Advantages: Cheap and cheerful
Disadvantages: None

...Like most people at the moment money can be incredibly tight, especially with outgoings and prices rising it's becoming increasingly hard to appreciate money! When it comes to food I never really thought about the expense. Now don't get me wrong I very rarely shop in Waitrose or Marks and Spencers purely because I do think products are very overpriced considering you could go to a Tesco and pay a lot less! One of my new years resolutions was to start being a lot more cautious with my money and start using what I have. This includes food as this is always a weekly budget. I have come to the conclusion that I have so many things in my fridge and cupboards that instead of going out to buy food I should create dishes out of the food I already have! My recipe is for a frittata, incredibly easy and simple to make and you can pretty much put...

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Pet insurance

Advantages: Peace of mind
Disadvantages: none so far

...the best thing to do was have him castrated at the vets. After spending money on his injections when he was younger and worming tablets and his regular check ups at the vets, she decided to buy pet insurance. I have a car policy with Endsleigh and have been happy with them for a few years so we checked out the pet insurance with them. It?s a costly thing to have a dog as vet fees are not cheap. The castration of a dog costs £180 at our local vets, add this to the worming tablets, regular check ups of weight and health when they are growing up and their injections and your looking at more than £ 400. This is without including any ailments that they might have in their life to come. We bought a policy from Endsleigh for £112.09 a year. You may think this sounds a lot but it is broken down into monthly payments which can be paid by...

Sunnysmiles 18.06.2009 (10.07.2009) · Read review
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Swinton Car Insurance - Nice and Easy

Advantages: Price, Local Branch, Claims
Disadvantages: None so far

...Why choose Swinton Insurance! It was the dreaded time for me to look for car insurance again as per usual I check all the price comparison websites. Swinton came up the cheapest on two of them, so I decided to go direct to their own website to see what price was available and read a bit more about them. The main reasons I decided to go with Swinton was: *Competitive price ? Some £38 cheaper than the next best price and over £50 cheaper than my renewal price. *Local Shops ? I am one of these people who try to keep local companies open, well Swinton has office up and down the country so rather than call the dreaded call centre you can call the local shop. *Cash back ? As usual I always check the cash back sites, and to my delight Swinton was on Quidco. So when I taken the policy out online I got any additional £50 cash...

marcellep2 23.09.2009 · Read review
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V insurance . .

Advantages: Seems a good policy.
Disadvantages: Let me down, just once.

...Vauxhall Insurance, is now underwritten by UK insurance Ltd, although it used to be another company, I will not name them, and certainly won't recommend them either. I was insured by them for quite a number of years, until it came to renewing the policy that is. well, in the past I have always had the insurance automatically renewed every year without doing a thing. And this year proved to be the opposite, they just didn't renew it, and the first thing I knew was when I wanted to tax my car, and found that my policy had expired! I rang the helpline, which was answered very quickly, and got the confirmation I had asked for. The voice simply said "You are not insured with us" This amazed me, after being covered by them for years, it turned out tjhey did not renew for no apparent reason. I of course needed insurance, so went to one...

smudgeybabes 06.08.2007 (16.08.2007) · Read review
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low price high quality

Advantages: low price
Disadvantages: none

...Last september it weas time to renew my insurance again, i had a quote from express insurance brokers but decided to see if i could better there quote on the internet, i went onto a comparison site, i cant remember which one it scanned a lot of insurance quotes for me and came up with budget as the cheapest which was also cheaper than the quote that express insurance group had gotten me. I opted for fully comp insurance with my no claims bonus protected, full legal cover and a £200 excess if my car was in an accident and a £60 excess on the glass. For this i payed just £196 for a year which i payed as one payment by debit card. I was realy hapy to get a good deal and only have to pay that much but after a stone hit my windscreen and put a chip in it i became a little hesitant as to weather they would offer all they had said they...

danniell 07.06.2008 · Read review
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