I think everyone knows to use uSwitch each year or so to keep the gas & leccie bills down.
I think many people also shop around for car insurance every year and often get a surprise at saving a few tenners by switching rather than renewing (I use a particular broker who, when I give them the results of my shopping around, knock off another few quid.)
I have been using ETA for car recovery but I hadn't noticed I've not had any correspondence from them for a few years. It turns out they've not been actioning the change of address letters & phone calls.
Anyway, I just saw they took nearly £200 by direct debit last month
So I went to their web site, saw a "build you own package" and if I were a new customer, it would cost £108.
(I just got off the 'phone having had a rant - I'm getting a £40 refund.)
So I'm switching to someone else next year on principle.
It seems it's necessary to shop around for everything every year.
Does anyone else here remember back in the 70s and 80s when the telly rental company would write to you and say "You've been renting that telly for ten years, you can stop paying the 50p a month and just keep the telly."?
So is this now a standard feature of rip-off Britain: the Loyal Customer Tax?
(And meanwhile the credit card companies slag us off for being "rate tarts".)
I think many people also shop around for car insurance every year and often get a surprise at saving a few tenners by switching rather than renewing (I use a particular broker who, when I give them the results of my shopping around, knock off another few quid.)
I have been using ETA for car recovery but I hadn't noticed I've not had any correspondence from them for a few years. It turns out they've not been actioning the change of address letters & phone calls.
Anyway, I just saw they took nearly £200 by direct debit last month
So I went to their web site, saw a "build you own package" and if I were a new customer, it would cost £108.
(I just got off the 'phone having had a rant - I'm getting a £40 refund.)
So I'm switching to someone else next year on principle.
It seems it's necessary to shop around for everything every year.
Does anyone else here remember back in the 70s and 80s when the telly rental company would write to you and say "You've been renting that telly for ten years, you can stop paying the 50p a month and just keep the telly."?
So is this now a standard feature of rip-off Britain: the Loyal Customer Tax?
(And meanwhile the credit card companies slag us off for being "rate tarts".)
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