Car insurance quote line.

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Fri 4 Mar 2005 18:26
Car insurance quote line. - AdyBeee
Hi all,
I've been calling car insurance companies today trying to get the lowest quote.
My query is regarding temporary additional vehicle insurance.
Tesco replied " Yes Sir, that'll be around £12 a week ".

E Sure replied " Yes Sir, that'll be around £40 for 2 weeks "

DirectLine replied " Errrr, dunno " or on the second attempt at calling " We cannot give you those details untill you have taken the policy out "
I did notice with DirectLine that I was stuggling to understand their Asian accent. Since when has DirectLine been in India. Or is it another company who's sold out to these people who are happy with an income of £5 a month.
Whats going on??

AdyBee..
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Fri 4 Mar 2005 19:30
Car insurance quote line. - malcolmg
Try an on line quote, I have just renewed with more than, thanks to the advert on the left here. Get the question you want answered by the telephone number listed, then apply online and get the 10% discount. I would think that if you said thats what you were going to do, the discount would be given over the phone.
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Fri 4 Mar 2005 19:31
Car insurance quote line. - Altea Ego
Tesco and Direct line are the same call centre. As of August last year the Direct line call centre had no external call centre telecom links to India.
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Sun 6 Mar 2005 21:55
Car insurance quote line. - DizzyBill
I've no stake in Direct Line but successively all 3 of our cars plus our house are now insured through them. Some may be cheaper - but when we've had to claim, they have been absolutely as good as gold. Their call centre is obviously in Doncaster or Manchester or somewhere near necause they always recognise my accent!

Temporary car insurance has been no problem - even for my 20 year old son to drive my BMW 523 to the airport and back.


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