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Just thought i would recount my experience of the 7 day driveaway insurance by Seat ( or more to the point Zurich), I took it out to speed up the buying process as they fax over the insurance certificate straight away (dealer miles away from where i live) . First of all it took over thirty minutes waiting on hold to speak to an advisor who made me do a full insurance quote which though not mandatory to take out with them was also time consuming and then having sorted only the 7 day version i wanted the dealer got in touch to say the insurer had insured it as a diesel when its a petrol FR. As tempting as it is i would not recomend them imagine how long they would keep you on hold for a claim if its this long and problematic when they are selling you the policy.......
Guess iam the only one who had problems..........
I think that obviously the reason they are providing the 7 day free insurance is that it gives them the opportunity to quote for and get new business - fair enough in my opinion. But that doesnt excuse the administrative problems you experienced....
Jamin Berry
08-05-2007, 23:50
I have had countless experiences with zurich. In my opinion, they suck
Thanks for the heads up, I'm going to have to arrange mine soon. Well not *have to* but ... y'know. Might as well, just in case. Think I'll be phoning from something other than my mobile.
I suppose if it's free you can't expect much.
My only worry is that they start charging me somehow after the 7 days.
you DONt need to take this out though do you?
could you not just have contacted your normal insurers and get them to send through a note ?
strensall
16-05-2008, 21:51
I have just used this free service to speed up getting my new car taxed.They answered within 2 mins and at the end of the quote I just said no I do not need itits to expensive, they still fax through the 7 day cover to your dealer so they can use it to tax the car.This is the second time ive used it and both times its gone ok.
I have just used this free service to speed up getting my new car taxed.They answered within 2 mins and at the end of the quote I just said no I do not need itits to expensive, they still fax through the 7 day cover to your dealer so they can use it to tax the car.This is the second time ive used it and both times its gone ok.
Was it you I saw driving along york road in strensall on wed night, about 7:30pm? :) You were driving towards that pub - something to do with bells?
I was going the other way in another black FR :)
I also used the Free 7-day insurance for when I picked up my Altea from the dealer, as my insurers would not send a cover note to the dealer so they could tax the car.
The dealer said that the easiest way would be for me to take out the free 7-day jobbie and they would fax him through the cover note......
So I picked up the phone, and was through to an advisor within about 2-3mins, explained what I wanted, and the guy went through the process very quickly, and then asked when my main insurance was due for renewal, so i said September, to which he then asked if it would be ok for him to contact me at the beginning of Sept to provide me with a full quote.... so I agreed.
All in all, quite a hassle free process in my experience.
I suppose it's like most things, you only ever hear about people bad experiences of services etc, and not the 100's of positive experiences ;)
I need to get this sorted.. wil try giving them a ring after work tomorrow, other than that , its monday...
strensall
16-05-2008, 22:16
Was it you I saw driving along york road in strensall on wed night, about 7:30pm? :) You were driving towards that pub - something to do with bells?
I was going the other way in another black FR :)
I had a red ibiza cupra now made way for a new leon tdi sport the pub is the six bells allways full of chav's only swopped today.Ive seen a few seat's in strenny now also some in haxby with a scn sticker in.
just been on phone and sorted this, all seemed very amicable...
:)