Footman James

[TerryG]

I like footman james,
I just called them to add a new driver to my policy, no change in premium, fitted a CD player, no change in premium, quote for front disc brakes (job for a couple of weeks time) policy comes down by £10. With my modern insurance (Admiral Multicar) they charged me an extra £20 for having a stainless steel exhaust!
Had to mention it as i am really impressed.

[Dave3066]

I like them too. Just got my quote for renewal and I wanted to increase the agreed valuation. No charge for that, no increase to the premium. I am slightly annoyed that it would cost me £1.50 to use my debit/credit card to pay for the renewal......well what else am I going to use?????

Think I'll be posting a cheque. 2nd class stamp and envelope is still cheaper than £1.50. Wonder if they'll still be able to charge to pay by card when banks do away with cheques?

Dave

[JPB]

Credit cards, fair enough, but they shouldn't be charging to accept debit card and indeed didn't when I took out cover with them recently, for a vehicle that couldn't be added to the policy I have with Adrian Flux. Ask again, this has to be a mistake.

[Grumpy Northener]

FJ also get my business - no one else can get close to them with the policy cover that have offered me for the last two years - they do polices that other insurance companies / brookers can not offer - so I have both of our modern cars covered - business use included along with european cover and full breakdown cover - along with both of the classics with agreed values (limited mileage but hey thats all I need - the Rover has only done 2,000 miles in my seven year ownership) - I am happy if they want to charge me a small fee for the card transaction (some cash machines charge £2 for withdrawing £50 cash) so the £1.50 that FJ want to charge for the easy route suits me - and still they can cover all 4 motors for less than what every other insurance company wants for the Astra SRI policy alone !!!

[Toledo Man]

Another thumbs-up for FJ. £272 for all 4 of my Triumphs with unlimited mileage and the breakdown cover. It would cost me about 4 times that to insure ONE Eurobox if the quotes I've had recently to insure a Citroen AX and an Audi 80 are anything to go by.

[Aar0sc]

My spitfire's insured with them for £60, fully comp for my mum and dad.

[Willy Eckerslyke]

FJ lost my business this year. I'd been with them for years, but their increases made me look elsewhere. RH were a lot cheaper for the classics and the modern car - and they don't leave you hanging on the phone for hours while playing the same damned Vivaldi tune.

[Luxobarge]

Another vote for RH here.

There's only one way to sort this out..... FIGHT!!!

[JPB]

RH will only cover people with full-term licences though, however FJ (and, in all fairness, Adrian Flux) aren't put off by a licence that has to be renewed every three years.

So can we have a three-way fight please? None of this AV sh*te either; first killed, loses.

[Dave3066]

None of this AV sh*te either; first killed, loses.

Just to jump off thread ever so slightly......


What happens if the AV referendum doesn't produce a conclusive winner? Do they use the AV system to the count the referendum votes or the FPTP? Sorry I couldn't resist that.

Back on thread now.......

Credit cards, fair enough, but they shouldn't be charging to accept debit card and indeed didn't when I took out cover with them recently, for a vehicle that couldn't be added to the policy I have with Adrian Flux. Ask again, this has to be a mistake.

The guy I spoke to definitely said debit cards incurred a charge too. I've sent a cheque now anyway. Gotta keep using them so we have enough evidence come the big cheque/no cheque fight in 2018

Dave