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Re: [OM] (Very OT) Rental Car Insurance, UK style

Subject: Re: [OM] (Very OT) Rental Car Insurance, UK style
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:32:16 +1000
I dropped my car in for a service today and got a loan vehicle, no charge,
but the insurance excess on that was $1500, I drove it carefully !

...Wayne


> 
> Nothing. I got caught like that last year - quote around 450 squid for a
month
> (Europcar) but standing at the counter at 3am after a 26 hour flight I
opted
> for a few things like zero excess that sounded reasonable at the time (the
> excess being VERY high at about 1200 pounds) and ended up with a bill just
> over double that quote and a lot more than I expected.
> Car insurance in the UK is bloody expensive and complex for a start
> (compared to here) - then the car rental companies seem to practice
> 'competition by confusion'.
> An unpleasant experience.
> 
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
> Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium -
> http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
> 
> 
> 
> On 31/07/2013, at 8:23 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> 
> > By the time you finish properly insuring your rental (my US company
> doesn't provide rental coverage overseas), the price of the rental has
> doubled, if not tripled.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> 
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