Meerkat's

Poll: Meerkat's

Total Members Polled: 46

Aleksandr: 21
Sergei: 19
Maiya: 10
Vassily: 7
Bogdan: 15
Yakov: 9
Author
Discussion

TonyRPH

13,024 posts

170 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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DaveH23 said:
Just a bit of fun, who has a meerkat as a result of buying their car insurance and who have you got?

Ive got Yakov, such a wise looking chap.
FurtiveFreddy said:
The really sad thing is, 20 people have voted rolleyes
Just a bit fun said the OP - what's the problem exactly?

I didn't vote btw. - I don't use comparison sites.



TheHeretic

73,668 posts

257 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Papa Hotel said:
What the fk is this st?

Anyway, why aren't you people using those comparison sites for rough figures then calling up the cheapest company and negotiating with them? You can't negotiate with a website. But hey, I suppose you're getting a "free" cuddly toy. rolleyes
You tell em, Papa. How dare people use that company and not use your method! Damn them all to hell!

Papa Hotel

12,760 posts

184 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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TheHeretic said:
You tell em, Papa. How dare people use that company and not use your method! Damn them all to hell!
yes Come the revolution, I'll have all these s up against the wall. That's what happens when you fall for pseudo-Soviet meerkats: you literally fall for pseudo-Soviet meerkats. Commie bds.

rohrl

8,765 posts

147 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Papa Hotel said:
What the fk is this st?

Anyway, why aren't you people using those comparison sites for rough figures then calling up the cheapest company and negotiating with them? You can't negotiate with a website. But hey, I suppose you're getting a "free" cuddly toy. rolleyes
I've seen an underwriter almost reduced to tears when he realised that all his hours of negotiations with insurers and staring at spreadsheets were for naught because customers would pay an extra forty or fifty quid in return for a cuddly bloody meerkat.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

239 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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TonyRPH said:
Just a bit fun said the OP - what's the problem exactly?
You're just mad 'cause there's no clock in your hat.

TonyRPH

13,024 posts

170 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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FurtiveFreddy said:
You're just mad 'cause there's no clock in your hat.
How did you know?

Hoofy

76,638 posts

284 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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rohrl said:
Papa Hotel said:
What the fk is this st?

Anyway, why aren't you people using those comparison sites for rough figures then calling up the cheapest company and negotiating with them? You can't negotiate with a website. But hey, I suppose you're getting a "free" cuddly toy. rolleyes
I've seen an underwriter almost reduced to tears when he realised that all his hours of negotiations with insurers and staring at spreadsheets were for naught because customers would pay an extra forty or fifty quid in return for a cuddly bloody meerkat.
If he'd just used a comparison website, he'd have saved himself a lot of trouble. Simples.

blindswelledrat

25,257 posts

234 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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TonyRPH said:
Just a bit fun said the OP - what's the problem exactly?

I didn't vote btw. - I don't use comparison sites.
I think the problem being outlined is that there is no actual fun to be had by naming meerkats, unless of course you are 2 and get a big round of applause every time you say a word correctly.
Delighted to hear that you don't use comparison sites though. That knowledge has no-doubt enriched the lives of many today

ANyway I am off to get an adrenaline rush from saying the names of loaves of bread

Papa Hotel

12,760 posts

184 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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doogz said:
I've called companies before, off the back of a quote from a comparison site, and they've been unable to match their own quote when I've spoken to them in person, as opposed to just buying through the comparison site.

Used Churchill this year. They didn't give me a nodding dog.

They did knock nearly £300 off the original price they quoted, which was already the best I could find though.
The bds! 300 quid or not, I'd be going to the ombudsman about the nodding dog.

TonyRPH

13,024 posts

170 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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blindswelledrat said:
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Delighted to hear that you don't use comparison sites though.
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So glad I brought some 'delight' to your day.

May you have many more.


tr7v8

7,215 posts

230 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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doogz said:
Papa Hotel said:
What the fk is this st?

Anyway, why aren't you people using those comparison sites for rough figures then calling up the cheapest company and negotiating with them? You can't negotiate with a website. But hey, I suppose you're getting a "free" cuddly toy. rolleyes
I've called companies before, off the back of a quote from a comparison site, and they've been unable to match their own quote when I've spoken to them in person, as opposed to just buying through the comparison site.

Used Churchill this year. They didn't give me a nodding dog.

They did knock nearly £300 off the original price they quoted, which was already the best I could find though.
This.

DaveH23

Original Poster:

3,243 posts

172 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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tr7v8 said:
doogz said:
Papa Hotel said:
What the fk is this st?

Anyway, why aren't you people using those comparison sites for rough figures then calling up the cheapest company and negotiating with them? You can't negotiate with a website. But hey, I suppose you're getting a "free" cuddly toy. rolleyes
I've called companies before, off the back of a quote from a comparison site, and they've been unable to match their own quote when I've spoken to them in person, as opposed to just buying through the comparison site.

Used Churchill this year. They didn't give me a nodding dog.

They did knock nearly £300 off the original price they quoted, which was already the best I could find though.
This.
I found my insurance from the comparison site then rang the company direct got it a little bit cheaper but still recieved the meerkat.

Aslong as you actually buy the insurance as a result of finding it through the comparison site you can still get the toy.

iphonedyou

9,287 posts

159 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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blindswelledrat said:
I think the problem being outlined is that there is no actual fun to be had by naming meerkats, unless of course you are 2 and get a big round of applause every time you say a word correctly.
Delighted to hear that you don't use comparison sites though. That knowledge has no-doubt enriched the lives of many today

ANyway I am off to get an adrenaline rush from saying the names of loaves of bread
With every post, you happily encourage the torrents of abuse regularly dished your way on PH. Must say, though - I'm unsure just how many of our lives have been enriched by your post.

smile

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

257 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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iphonedyou said:
With every post, you happily encourage the torrents of abuse regularly dished your way on PH. Must say, though - I'm unsure just how many of our lives have been enriched by your post.

smile
He's our little ray of sunshine. smile

blindswelledrat

25,257 posts

234 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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iphonedyou said:
With every post, you happily encourage the torrents of abuse regularly dished your way on PH. Must say, though - I'm unsure just how many of our lives have been enriched by your post.

smile
I can probably live with the fact that I don't appeal to people who are in love with saying the names of fluffy advertising meerkats.
Torrents of abuse from that direction would be as horrific as banging my head on air.

aka_kerrly

12,444 posts

212 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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My insurance was renewed at the end of April with ' the sea captain ' via the Meerkat site and I am yet to see a toy frown

Melman Giraffe

6,759 posts

220 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Where is the - I don't own one and have no intention of owning one - option?

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

257 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Melman Giraffe said:
Where is the - I don't own one and have no intention of owning one - option?
You don't have one, therefore you do not participate.

Melman Giraffe

6,759 posts

220 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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TheHeretic said:
Melman Giraffe said:
Where is the - I don't own one and have no intention of owning one - option?
You don't have one, .
That option is fine, you can add that to the list


Thanks

Odie

4,187 posts

184 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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how is this all creatures great and small, its stuffed toys is it not (or have I miss heard the advert)? shouldnt it be in models or CGS?