| AA eurocover [message #788330] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 17:59 |
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Hmmm .... just called the AA to add a weeks eurocover for the K for my trip
in August.
AA sales bloke on the end of the phone says "that'll be 76 quid please" ...
to which I told him I'd not bother and see what Bennetts would quote me, to
which he comes back and says he can discount that to 42 quid. Now that's
what I call a discount :)
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Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort
http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788339 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 18:18 |
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"Steve Parry" <k100rs_1990removethis [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4i9nj3F2qa89U1 [at] individual.net...
> Hmmm .... just called the AA to add a weeks eurocover for the K for my
> trip in August.
>
> AA sales bloke on the end of the phone says "that'll be 76 quid
> please" ... to which I told him I'd not bother and see what Bennetts
> would quote me, to which he comes back and says he can discount that
> to 42 quid. Now that's what I call a discount :)
Try this lot instead:
http://www.direct-travel.co.uk/
26 quid for a week.
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788342 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 18:23 |
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Steve Parry wrote:
> Hmmm .... just called the AA to add a weeks eurocover for the K for my trip
> in August.
>
> AA sales bloke on the end of the phone says "that'll be 76 quid please" ...
> to which I told him I'd not bother and see what Bennetts would quote me, to
> which he comes back and says he can discount that to 42 quid. Now that's
> what I call a discount :)
Fuck the AA and the horse they rode in on.
HTH
Paul.
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788348 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 18:45 |
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"Steve Parry" <k100rs_1990removethis [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
news:4i9nj3F2qa89U1 [at] individual.net:
> Hmmm .... just called the AA to add a weeks eurocover for the K for my
> trip in August.
>
> AA sales bloke on the end of the phone says "that'll be 76 quid
> please" ... to which I told him I'd not bother and see what Bennetts
> would quote me, to which he comes back and says he can discount that
> to 42 quid. Now that's what I call a discount :)
>
>
>
You can get an annual Euro breakdown policy[0], in UK cover, from
www.quotelinedirect.co.uk for £59. Covers the vehicle only but you can
swap it to another vehicle free of charge just by logging onto their
website. I have it on my car for UK/Euro use and then swap it temporarily
to the bike [1] for a Euro trip.
I can understand you having AA personal cover in the UK to cover the whole
fleet but if you make more than 1 foreign trip a year then the annual
policy is cheaper.
[0] underwritten by Europ Assist
[1] the bike is covered in the UK by my Ebike insurance
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wessie at tesco dot net
BMW R1150GS
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788395 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 21:11 |
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"Steve Parry" <k100rs_1990removethis [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4i9nj3F2qa89U1 [at] individual.net...
> Hmmm .... just called the AA to add a weeks eurocover for the K for my
> trip in August.
>
> AA sales bloke on the end of the phone says "that'll be 76 quid please"
> ... to which I told him I'd not bother and see what Bennetts would quote
> me, to which he comes back and says he can discount that to 42 quid. Now
> that's what I call a discount :)
And that's when I'd have told him to shove it up his arse for being a cunt
in the frst place. In fact, that's what I *did* say to a bloke last week
when I wanted a Snotoiler. First price he gave me was 95 quid and when I
told him the average price was 75, he said "I can do it for that". I got one
off Fleabay for 56, with next day delivery.
As far as insurance abroad is concerned, I just got cover included with my
normal policy, including recovery back here if things *really* go tits up
(from Bennets) and IIRC, the cost was about 30 quid extra.
--
Beav
VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788592 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 11:48 |
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> Hmmm .... just called the AA to add a weeks eurocover for the K for my
> trip
> in August.
>
> AA sales bloke on the end of the phone says "that'll be 76 quid please"
> ... to which I told him I'd not bother and see what Bennetts would quote
> me, to which he comes back and says he can discount that to 42 quid. Now
> that's what I call a discount :)
You can get annual european cover for that £79. Thieving gits. The RAC are
crap too.
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788611 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 12:16 |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:48:33 +0100, "Buzby" <gb [at] pumpupthe.net> wrote:
>
>> Hmmm .... just called the AA to add a weeks eurocover for the K for my
>> trip
>> in August.
>>
>> AA sales bloke on the end of the phone says "that'll be 76 quid please"
>> ... to which I told him I'd not bother and see what Bennetts would quote
>> me, to which he comes back and says he can discount that to 42 quid. Now
>> that's what I call a discount :)
>
>
>You can get annual european cover for that £79. Thieving gits. The RAC are
>crap too.
Seems to me that all the UK breakdown companies are ripping you off
something chronic by charging more for continental cover. It should be
a standard part of the deal, not an optional extra costing a fortune
more.
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\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788626 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 12:57 |
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Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote in
news:h9a1c25clr2535rcngn2t802sp2drdivqo [at] 4ax.com:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:48:33 +0100, "Buzby" <gb [at] pumpupthe.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Hmmm .... just called the AA to add a weeks eurocover for the K for
>>> my trip
>>> in August.
>>>
>>> AA sales bloke on the end of the phone says "that'll be 76 quid
>>> please" ... to which I told him I'd not bother and see what Bennetts
>>> would quote me, to which he comes back and says he can discount that
>>> to 42 quid. Now that's what I call a discount :)
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>>
>>You can get annual european cover for that £79. Thieving gits. The RAC
>>are crap too.
>
> Seems to me that all the UK breakdown companies are ripping you off
> something chronic by charging more for continental cover. It should be
> a standard part of the deal, not an optional extra costing a fortune
> more.
>
Not *all*. See my post: the all-inc. service is provided by a French owned
company though.
--
wessie at tesco dot net
BMW R1150GS
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788646 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 14:32 |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:57:47 GMT, wessie <putmynamehere [at] tesco.net>
wrote:
>Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote in
>news:h9a1c25clr2535rcngn2t802sp2drdivqo [at] 4ax.com:
>> Seems to me that all the UK breakdown companies are ripping you off
>Not *all*. See my post: the all-inc. service is provided by a French owned
>company though.
So not a UK breakdown company at all, then. Sounds fairly typical of
furn breakdown organisations. They'd never get away with selling cover
that stops at a national border.
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..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788656 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 14:58 |
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Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote in
news:l8i1c2d5osttujvvlnrme4u8nfp8i8hago [at] 4ax.com:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:57:47 GMT, wessie <putmynamehere [at] tesco.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote in
>>news:h9a1c25clr2535rcngn2t802sp2drdivqo [at] 4ax.com:
>
>>> Seems to me that all the UK breakdown companies are ripping you off
>
>>Not *all*. See my post: the all-inc. service is provided by a French
>>owned company though.
>
> So not a UK breakdown company at all, then. Sounds fairly typical of
> furn breakdown organisations. They'd never get away with selling cover
> that stops at a national border.
>
It is a UK breakdown company as it markets its products in the UK market.
My contract is with a UK Ltd company with a registered office in Sussex.
Should we redfine the AA as a foreign company now that is owned by venture
capitalists based in Germany & Luxembourg?
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wessie at tesco dot net
BMW R1150GS
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788670 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 15:32 |
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Ace a =E9crit :
>
> Seems to me that all the UK breakdown companies are ripping you off
> something chronic by charging more for continental cover. It should be
> a standard part of the deal, not an optional extra costing a fortune
> more.
Quite. Especially as I don't imagine that they actually send out an AA
van in the event of a breakdown, rather sub it out to the local
AA-equivalent, for whom the AA would do the same on a reciprocal basis.
I'm a member of the Automobile Club of Luxembourg, which charges about
50 euro for basic membership, and you then pay an extra 20 or so to get
full cover all across the EU (and a few other countries as well).
Everybody has the extra cover - just the basic would be like having
cover just in your home county, but it goes to show that a massive
extra charge isn't necessary.
--=20
JW
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788674 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 15:38 |
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JW wrote:
> > Seems to me that all the UK breakdown companies are ripping you off
> > something chronic by charging more for continental cover. It should
> > be a standard part of the deal, not an optional extra costing a
> > fortune more.
>
> Quite. Especially as I don't imagine that they actually send out an AA
> van in the event of a breakdown, rather sub it out to the local
> AA-equivalent, for whom the AA would do the same on a reciprocal
> basis.
>
> I'm a member of the Automobile Club of Luxembourg, which charges about
> 50 euro for basic membership, and you then pay an extra 20 or so to
> get full cover all across the EU (and a few other countries as well).
> Everybody has the extra cover - just the basic would be like having
> cover just in your home county, but it goes to show that a massive
> extra charge isn't necessary.
I get free breakdown cover which is included in my insurance. Which is
an oxymoron.
--
Cab :^) - argue's like a girl
GSX 1400
UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org
http://www.rosbif.org
The gingeometer: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/gingeometer/
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| Re: AA eurocover [message #788678 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 15:45 |
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"Cab" <my_email_address_is_in_my_sig [at] privacy.net> wrote in
news:xn0eozponcj3gb001 [at] news.individual.net:
> JW wrote:
>
>> > Seems to me that all the UK breakdown companies are ripping you off
>> > something chronic by charging more for continental cover. It should
>> > be a standard part of the deal, not an optional extra costing a
>> > fortune more.
>>
>> Quite. Especially as I don't imagine that they actually send out an AA
>> van in the event of a breakdown, rather sub it out to the local
>> AA-equivalent, for whom the AA would do the same on a reciprocal
>> basis.
>>
>> I'm a member of the Automobile Club of Luxembourg, which charges about
>> 50 euro for basic membership, and you then pay an extra 20 or so to
>> get full cover all across the EU (and a few other countries as well).
>> Everybody has the extra cover - just the basic would be like having
>> cover just in your home county, but it goes to show that a massive
>> extra charge isn't necessary.
>
> I get free breakdown cover which is included in my insurance. Which is
> an oxymoron.
>
sensible policies for sensible morons...
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wessie at tesco dot net
BMW R1150GS
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