Chaucer Direct

[moggymog]

It's time to get insurance for the wife's car again and nearly every comparison that I do comes up with Chaucer Direct as being the cheapest.

They seem to tick all the boxes in terms of what they promise but I was wondering if anyone had any first hand dealings with them?

Keep remembering the saying - "if it's too good to be true........"

 

[grober]

Chaucer Car Insurance Reviews at Review Centre

 

[moggymog]

Chaucer Car Insurance Reviews at Review Centre

Hmmmm, looks like the old saying is right!

 

[SilverSaloon]

i'm with them for the w124 this year....no claims so not had any problems

 

[Spin_bowler]

The first post in that link about the hidden charges seems to be a bit of a disease driven by companies cutting their quotes to the bone to come out on top on the comparison sites.

When I was insuring the coupe I did a Confused.com or similar and the company which offered the best quote got there by mandating a tracker (on a 19 year-old car, worth sub 2k) so I went with the next cheapest.

All good until I rang them to change the VRM a couple of months later as I stuck it on a retained number. They charged me £30 for the pleasure. When I asked how they could justify such a charge given that they don't even mail out certificates etc as you download them all yourself it was just explained as an 'admin fee' the same fee would apply for a change of address.

So next year I'll have to go through the rigmarole of following up all cheap quotes on the phone to see what hidden charges lurk within.