Comments on: Reduced to three letters http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/ A Church of Ireland Rector in rural Leinster Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bette http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2939 bette Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:26:06 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2939 Maria,you should pick a quote that covers exactly the same from a comparison site then ring your parents regular insurer and tell them what you have been 'offered' My experience was that my insurer (prudential) immediately offered me just the same deal. Maria,you should pick a quote that covers exactly the same from a comparison site then ring your parents regular insurer and tell them what you have been ‘offered’ My experience was that my insurer (prudential) immediately offered me just the same deal.

]]> By: Bock the Robber http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2937 Bock the Robber Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:54:38 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2937 So Saint Murgatroyd's is frozen then? Will I cheer you up with an obscene Anglican limerick? No. Perhaps not. So Saint Murgatroyd’s is frozen then?

Will I cheer you up with an obscene Anglican limerick?

No. Perhaps not.

]]> By: Les Plant http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2934 Les Plant Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:12:05 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2934 Blackwater.....become ignorant like me( so my long-suffering wife tells me I am) ignore the phone when it rings like I do.......As I tell my wife if its a friend ringing for a chat they'll leave a message, if its an emergency a message will be left and I'll ring straight back, if its a cold calling drone....... they dont speak to ansaphones....result... Blackwater…..become ignorant like me( so my long-suffering wife tells me I am) ignore the phone when it rings like I do…….As I tell my wife if its a friend ringing for a chat they’ll leave a message, if its an emergency a message will be left and I’ll ring straight back, if its a cold calling drone……. they dont speak to ansaphones….result…

]]> By: blackwatertown http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2933 blackwatertown Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:42:47 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2933 The new systems are arranged for their convenience, not ours. Automated cold calling where you pick up the ringing phone to find there's no-one there, is a case in point. They must be sabotaged and subverted at every opportunity. The new systems are arranged for their convenience, not ours. Automated cold calling where you pick up the ringing phone to find there’s no-one there, is a case in point.
They must be sabotaged and subverted at every opportunity.

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2932 Ian Poulton Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:54:37 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2932 Do you think if we all shouted loud enough, things would change? Do you think if we all shouted loud enough, things would change?

]]> By: Maria http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2931 Maria Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:21:17 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2931 There is no personal service anymore (that's possibly why as much as I try to phase out Monogram.ie my customers keep on ordering!!) Anyway, my parents insure their home (building & contents) with Churchill (oh yes!) and they received the renewal last year, after not making any claims during the year it had increased 30%, I suggested they try one of those "comparison websites" so feeling a little like a telephone sales rep I tapped in all their details onto the gocompare website while I had them on the phone. It turned up about 100 insurance quotes about half of them from reputable companies like allstate and AA and a few other household names, there were 20 quotes on the list cheaper than Churchill and even Churchill's comparison quote was almost half the price on the renewal bill. My parents were a little reluctant to book online, they had been used to "Paul" who came for a cuppa and a fresh cream cake every Friday at 4 oclock to collect the premium, Paul has long gone, but they still couldn't get their head around buying such an important purchase online, they preferred to phone the Churchill office the next day (or maybe they just didn't trust their daughter's typing skills!) So they got in touch with the insurance company and told them what had occurred and asked for a reduction in the quote. "Oh no, they were told, that price is only for NEW customers, there's isn't any discount available for you because you've been a customer now for twelve years." It is said that "Crime doesn't Pay" I guess in this case, neither does loyalty! There is no personal service anymore (that’s possibly why as much as I try to phase out Monogram.ie my customers keep on ordering!!)
Anyway, my parents insure their home (building & contents) with Churchill (oh yes!) and they received the renewal last year, after not making any claims during the year it had increased 30%, I suggested they try one of those “comparison websites” so feeling a little like a telephone sales rep I tapped in all their details onto the gocompare website while I had them on the phone. It turned up about 100 insurance quotes about half of them from reputable companies like allstate and AA and a few other household names, there were 20 quotes on the list cheaper than Churchill and even Churchill’s comparison quote was almost half the price on the renewal bill.
My parents were a little reluctant to book online, they had been used to “Paul” who came for a cuppa and a fresh cream cake every Friday at 4 oclock to collect the premium, Paul has long gone, but they still couldn’t get their head around buying such an important purchase online, they preferred to phone the Churchill office the next day (or maybe they just didn’t trust their daughter’s typing skills!)
So they got in touch with the insurance company and told them what had occurred and asked for a reduction in the quote. “Oh no, they were told, that price is only for NEW customers, there’s isn’t any discount available for you because you’ve been a customer now for twelve years.”
It is said that “Crime doesn’t Pay” I guess in this case, neither does loyalty!

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 Ian Poulton Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:08:33 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2930 Hells, you're the expert on office culture - how did we get to where we are? Hells, you’re the expert on office culture – how did we get to where we are?

]]> By: Baino http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2928 Baino Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:57:03 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2928 Don't get me started. I tried to ring my insurance company yesterday to cancel a policy that I no longer need and since I only have a mobile phone, it took me 20 minutes to finally get to someone who told me to write a letter or send a fax! Nearly spent this month's premium on the call! Very frustrating. God help me if I have to ring the Tax office! Don’t get me started. I tried to ring my insurance company yesterday to cancel a policy that I no longer need and since I only have a mobile phone, it took me 20 minutes to finally get to someone who told me to write a letter or send a fax! Nearly spent this month’s premium on the call! Very frustrating. God help me if I have to ring the Tax office!

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2929 Ian Poulton Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:29:31 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2929 You should have tried RRH - they might have found you! You should have tried RRH – they might have found you!

]]> By: Les Plant http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/08/reduced-to-three-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2927 Les Plant Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:23:31 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4172#comment-2927 I entirely agree Ian, I get the same............Its some beancounters inspired way of saving money...centralise everything to a drone in a headset who doesn't have a clue who they are talking to where you are in the country or what they are supplying come to that...Gone is that local personal service........I get the same with the company I work for....a group deal struck with a company say in Yorkshire for instance..and the young girl you have to talk too denies all knowledge of ever hearing of Redrow Homes let alone receiving an order for £10,000+ worth of materials!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sometimes think I am living in a parallel universe........Now was your tank one quarter full or three quarters empty????????? I entirely agree Ian, I get the same…………Its some beancounters inspired way of saving money…centralise everything to a drone in a headset who doesn’t have a clue who they are talking to where you are in the country or what they are supplying come to that…Gone is that local personal service……..I get the same with the company I work for….a group deal struck with a company say in Yorkshire for instance..and the young girl you have to talk too denies all knowledge of ever hearing of Redrow Homes let alone receiving an order for £10,000+ worth of materials!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sometimes think I am living in a parallel universe……..Now was your tank one quarter full or three quarters empty?????????

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