I have recently discovered that No Claims Bonus is a major con - some companies offer "accelerates" NCB, effectively giving away higher NCB than the actual period in which no claims were received, just how the feck this is possible? Surely its fraud on a company level!
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Originally posted by AtWI have recently discovered that No Claims Bonus is a major con - some companies offer "accelerates" NCB, effectively giving away higher NCB than the actual period in which no claims were received, just how the feck this is possible? Surely its fraud on a company level!
When I passed my driving test and bought my first car, Direct Line gave me 3 years NCB (or rather the premium was equivalent to someone of my age with 3 years NCB).
Fortunately due to the large number of safety cameras and the reduction in those nasty accident causing traffic police, the roads are becoming safer.
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Originally posted by FungusThey can do what they like. If they want to charge you the same cost as someone with longer actual NCB, they can, as long as they pay up as and when you crash into someone else.Comment
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doesn't really matter what your opinion is though does it? It ain't gonna change! Look - you've crashed your car, you don't understand no-claims bonus - I'd stay on public transport if I were you...
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Originally posted by ratewhoredoesn't really matter what your opinion is though does it? It ain't gonna change! Look - you've crashed your car, you don't understand no-claims bonus - I'd stay on public transport if I were you...
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Originally posted by AtWThe problem is not about what THEY can do - they are sure entitled to charging as much as they want, even assume everbody with 1 NCB actually has 5, but th e problem is that they CERTIFY that you have higher NCB that you actually have when you move elsewhere - this means a guy with 5 years NCB may actually have only 3 or 4 or any other number - IMO this is fraud on company level.
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Originally posted by ratewhoredoesn't really matter what your opinion is though does it? It ain't gonna change! Look - you've crashed your car, you don't understand no-claims bonus - I'd stay on public transport if I were you...
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If I say that I have more NCB then I actually have then its fraud - however some companies allow "one year of NCB" to be accumulated in shorter time, like accelerated NCB - this is clearly wrong as "one year" is no longer one year. It would have been okay if they FOR THEMSELVES given higher discount, but since NCB is transferrable it in effect means that those companies certify fake NCB - which is why I consider claimed years of NCB to be a con, it does not really mean compareable years at all!Comment
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you are getting the bonus mixed up with the reality
you might be a disaster prone eastern european or Russian f*ckwit with millions of rear end experiences and still get the ncb.
nobody is saying that because you have a ncb you have not made any claims.
just like in the city, if you get a bonus no one imagines that you have made any cities.Last edited by EternalOptimist; 12 January 2006, 20:51.(\__/)
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