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Kempstonian

Has the memory of a goldfish
Location
Bedford
Try Direct line too, you may save another £50
I don't know if I could go through all that form filling again! Direct Line may well have been one of the sites Compare the Market looked at - there was loads of them. I'm happy enough with the £240 - its £124 cheaper than I paid last year.
I beat them down last year after I got a renewal price of £413. I phoned and asked the guy, "If I was to write off my car tomorrow, how much would you give me, the price I have it insured for or the current book price?"
He didn't seem too certain, but said "The book price probably", so I reminded him that £413 was almost a quarter of what the car is worth and I thought that was an excessve amount to ask. So he lowered it to £364. Now this year they are trying to bump it up again and I'm not having it!
 

Levo-Lon

Guru
I don't know if I could go through all that form filling again! Direct Line may well have been one of the sites Compare the Market looked at - there was loads of them. I'm happy enough with the £240 - its £124 cheaper than I paid last year.
I beat them down last year after I got a renewal price of £413. I phoned and asked the guy, "If I was to write off my car tomorrow, how much would you give me, the price I have it insured for or the current book price?"
He didn't seem too certain, but said "The book price probably", so I reminded him that £413 was almost a quarter of what the car is worth and I thought that was an excessve amount to ask. So he lowered it to £364. Now this year they are trying to bump it up again and I'm not having it!


Direct line are not on the insurance company owned compare sites.

Not too worry but remember next time.
 

colly

Re member eR
Location
Leeds
House insurance ! Mundane a f*** (flip for the sensitive souls) But we all know it's not good to be without it.

We decided, last year, to forego the usual insurance we took and opted for pretty much 'disaster cover' only. Still only £200 excess on contents and buildings but we have taken out the accidental damage sections and other various bits and pieces of cover.
So should we have a flood, fire or something major we are still covered but if we drop curry on the carpets, curtains, sofa etc then it's tough luck and we have to stump up for the damage ourselves.
Unlimited cover on contents and buildings and the premium is £151, about 5% more than last year. Prior to this our premiums were at around £450 and rising.

Just have to be careful about where I spill my red wine.

Told you it was mundane.
 
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Gravity Aided

Legendary Member
Location
Land of Lincoln
True. Especially when it comes to low-light performance. The 10D is brilliant outdoors in ambient light and indoors with flash, but anything over 400 ISO it struggles. Ditto the 1Dmk2, but then I didn't buy it to use indoors.

Will see how much it will cost to fettle the 10D. Third party BP511s are cheap enough. Might keep it as a walkaround camera to take to places I wouldn't take anything poncy, but something like a used 5D has its appeal. I don't do enough photography now to warrant spending too much money, and while I could get a new body, the budget I envisage will only get me a low end DSLR with far too many idiot modes.
Might look at the 4:3 options.
 
Location
Cheshire
Miyata 90. No wheels or brakes but in my size (63cm)
Just watch your head on the road signs!
 

gbb

Squire
Location
Peterborough
December I brought enough LED bulbs to replace everything in the house. The Kodak advertising on the display said they were guaranteed for 3 years. I kept the receipt, the first one failed after 3 months. It's going back. I'm fed up of the quality of stuff nowadays, even though they were a good price I the first place...but not if they only last 3 months
 
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