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AA roadside assistance renewal
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:13 pm
by Kev
Companies must make a fortune from people who just renew without doing any checking.
I got my AA renewal notice yesterday and it was a rather hefty £225 for home start, relay and roadside help. So I went online, plugged in the same services and got a quote of £99!
Rang them up, said I wasn't very happy and hey presto I got exactly the same stuff for less than half price. The guy said to me yeah well we tell people to shop around for the best prices. Yes that's fair enough but I shouldn't have to shop around for the best price on the same services from the same company I've been with for nearly 20 years!!
Re: AA roadside assistance renewal
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:23 pm
by a4gee
loyalty gets you nowt. just like the fuel firms, you can save quite a bit by shopping around then contact your current provider as they may give you it even cheaper
Re: AA roadside assistance renewal
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:08 am
by Northernscirocco
Kev wrote:Companies must make a fortune from people who just renew without doing any checking.
I got my AA renewal notice yesterday and it was a rather hefty £225 for home start, relay and roadside help. So I went online, plugged in the same services and got a quote of £99!
Rang them up, said I wasn't very happy and hey presto I got exactly the same stuff for less than half price. The guy said to me yeah well we tell people to shop around for the best prices. Yes that's fair enough but I shouldn't have to shop around for the best price on the same services from the same company I've been with for nearly 20 years!!
If you'd taken it out online, via Quidco you'd have got £50 cashback on top of your online discounted price.
Worth a look for all kinds of online shopping - for eg saved £80 on my ins policy with the cheapest company -Aviva, & got 15% casback on the bairns winter tyres from Mytyres.
http://www.quidco.com/user/385337/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: AA roadside assistance renewal
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:40 pm
by ZephyR
Probably find the Quidco deal is only for new customers.
Re: AA roadside assistance renewal
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:42 pm
by Deacon
£145 for two years RAC cover through VW or just over £20 extra on the warranty renewal for a year.
Re: AA roadside assistance renewal
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:09 pm
by Northernscirocco
ZephyR wrote:Probably find the Quidco deal is only for new customers.
AA one year, RAC the next - cashback there too!
Worth a look if nothing else.
Re: AA roadside assistance renewal
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:36 pm
by martdy
Or if you've got spare Tesco clubcard points you can get RAC for "free"