£35 charge for accidentally typing two letters wrongly!

£35 charge for accidentally typing two letters wrongly!

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rumpelstiltskin

Original Poster:

2,805 posts

260 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Bloody insurance companies,Insured my motorcycle and unbeknown to me i had accidentally typed TEH instead of HET at the end of my registraion number while filling my details in online.Went to tax the bike today and lady noticed insurance policy was wrong reg.Why should a simple human error like this ever cost me a £35 ammendment charge?,what a rip off!!

sneijder

5,221 posts

235 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Probably getting as much out of you before you go steaming along wondering why there's a big 'POTS' sign on the corner.

ChairsWithHairs

23,902 posts

195 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Tell them to GOB off

cal72

7,839 posts

171 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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sneijder said:
Probably getting as much out of you before you go steaming along wondering why there's a big 'POTS' sign on the corner.
This.
rofl

greeneggsnsam

617 posts

157 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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I had this problem as well, but I wasn't charged to change it. Some insurers have just a few more evil executives grabbing at £££s I suppose.

HellDiver

5,708 posts

183 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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rumpelstiltskin said:
Why should a simple human error like this ever cost me a £35 ammendment charge?
You chose the wrong insurance company.


Viper

10,005 posts

274 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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tax it online

anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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rumpelstiltskin said:
Bloody insurance companies,Insured my motorcycle and unbeknown to me i had accidentally typed TEH instead of HET at the end of my registraion number while filling my details in online.Went to tax the bike today and lady noticed insurance policy was wrong reg.Why should a simple human error like this ever cost me a £35 ammendment charge?,what a rip off!!
In fairness, you were pretty lucky they noticed before the police did as you would have been drving uninsured up until the point you changed it..

Motorrad

6,811 posts

188 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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rumpelstiltskin said:
Bloody insurance companies,Insured my motorcycle and unbeknown to me i had accidentally typed TEH instead of HET at the end of my registraion number while filling my details in online.Went to tax the bike today and lady noticed insurance policy was wrong reg.Why should a simple human error like this ever cost me a £35 ammendment charge?,what a rip off!!
How do YOU know that YOU made the error?

I would imagine it was their fault and they need to correct it.

Hackney

6,853 posts

209 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Couldn't you claim you were dyslexic innit and it's infringing your yuman rights blud

CanAm

9,240 posts

273 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Viper said:
tax it online
If the policy has the wrong number, so does the MID and so to the DVLA website the OP's car is not insured.

rumpelstiltskin

Original Poster:

2,805 posts

260 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Hackney said:
Couldn't you claim you were dyslexic innit and it's infringing your yuman rights blud
Thought about that lol.

cheadle hulme

2,457 posts

183 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Whats a POTS sign?

BrabusMog

20,181 posts

187 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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You agreed to their terms and conditions which would have clearly highlighted this. Take it as a lesson learnt and move on.

deveng

3,917 posts

181 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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You made a mistake so you're paying the admin fee to fix it. Why should they do it for free? If you didn't want to pay then you should have got it right in the first place.

[/takes off tt hat]

Tough break.

TheEnd

15,370 posts

189 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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cheadle hulme said:
Whats a POTS sign?
Red one, at the end of a raod or jnuctoin.

Davie_GLA

6,526 posts

200 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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cheadle hulme said:
Whats a POTS sign?
Here's your sign....

g3org3y

20,639 posts

192 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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What a bunch of cunst.

smile

*Al*

3,830 posts

223 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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I believe you have a right to cancel a 'new' insurance policy? If so threaten that if they don't change it for free then you'll ask for a refund and go elsewhere! £35 is a piss take imo.

cornet

1,469 posts

159 months

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Mate had similar on his breakdown cover and they refused to come out when he broke down.

Checked the reg they had on file it was for a Ford Focus rather than the Mitsubishi Colt he owned.

Have you checked the reg on the insurance to find out what bike/car it is?