New Posts For Thread: How to reduce your car insurance costs - method found by mistakehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30599879/how-to-reduce-your-car-insurance-costs---method-found-by-mistakeI forgot to renew my policy on time - prior to it lapsing I went online and got quotes - the best quote was my current insurer and the quote matched the renewal offer /reminder. sent in postPolicy lapsed yesterday- i forgot to renew; - so i went onWhereas I can entirely agree that you should ring you company regarding a lower quote (ie The New Policy rate) you should be wary of letting your insurance lapse.Remember, you are not covered during those times. Bad things can happen!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30599879/how-to-reduce-your-car-insurance-costs---method-found-by-mistake?post_id=546533393#546533393Whereas I can entirely agree that you should ring you company regarding a lower quote (ie The New Policy rate) you should be wary of letting your insurance lapse.Remember, you are not covered during those times. Bad things can happen!Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:40:58 -0500on the same theme, i asked for 1year insurance, got rid of the car after 10 months.Clearly i ticked boxes that signed me up for the 2nd year. that was never clear on my agreement.The short of it they tried to charge for the 2nd year on an old card, ghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30599879/how-to-reduce-your-car-insurance-costs---method-found-by-mistake?post_id=546532003#546532003on the same theme, i asked for 1year insurance, got rid of the car after 10 months.Clearly i ticked boxes that signed me up for the 2nd year. that was never clear on my agreement.The short of it they tried to charge for the 2nd year on an old card, gThu, 15 Oct 2015 15:36:53 -0500Thanks guys, I have now checked my renewal date and will be ready for them.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30599879/how-to-reduce-your-car-insurance-costs---method-found-by-mistake?post_id=546531883#546531883Thanks guys, I have now checked my renewal date and will be ready for them.Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:23:43 -0500do all these insurance charlatans not auto-renew anyway?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30599879/how-to-reduce-your-car-insurance-costs---method-found-by-mistake?post_id=546530373#546530373do all these insurance charlatans not auto-renew anyway?Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:39:09 -0500If you're over 50 try switching to a company like Age Concern or the like; I literally saved £100's by doing this. Another twist is if you do low mileage. The lower the annual mileage the lower the premium in a lot of cases but be careful not to undhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30599879/how-to-reduce-your-car-insurance-costs---method-found-by-mistake?post_id=546530225#546530225If you're over 50 try switching to a company like Age Concern or the like; I literally saved £100's by doing this. Another twist is if you do low mileage. The lower the annual mileage the lower the premium in a lot of cases but be careful not to undThu, 15 Oct 2015 12:17:23 -0500I think the operator just fobbed you off tbhIts the same with lots of renewals. They just assume people are lazy and let it roll over so charge full price. If you phone them up theyll put you on the better rate. Did it with the AA about 2 weeks agohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30599879/how-to-reduce-your-car-insurance-costs---method-found-by-mistake?post_id=546500489#546500489I think the operator just fobbed you off tbhIts the same with lots of renewals. They just assume people are lazy and let it roll over so charge full price. If you phone them up theyll put you on the better rate. Did it with the AA about 2 weeks agoMon, 12 Oct 2015 07:17:33 -0500I forgot to renew my policy on time - prior to it lapsing I went online and got quotes - the best quote was my current insurer and the quote matched the renewal offer /reminder. sent in postPolicy lapsed yesterday- i forgot to renew; - so i went onhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30599879/how-to-reduce-your-car-insurance-costs---method-found-by-mistake?post_id=546500479#546500479I forgot to renew my policy on time - prior to it lapsing I went online and got quotes - the best quote was my current insurer and the quote matched the renewal offer /reminder. sent in postPolicy lapsed yesterday- i forgot to renew; - so i went onMon, 12 Oct 2015 07:15:22 -0500