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here's one to watch out for. We had a crack in a windscreen a couple of weeks back. I rang the insurance up to arrange to get it changed to be told that the windscreen excess was £350. I told them to leave it. I rang Autoglass directly and was given a quote and after a bit of pleading I got the quote down to a couple of quid less that the £350 excess. It may not have been much of a saving but it has saved me from having a claim on the policy.

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Grandad,

Grandad

I'm guessing you have a fleet policy. I am seeing an increasing number of Lloyd's and London market underwriters applying the same excess to windscreens as they do any other damage claim. For people with a high glass excess we usually suggest trying National Mobile Windscreens. The always seem very competitive and give good service.

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Nobody told me to use my initiative. To err is human to arr is pirate.

Theres a guy from warrington who will replace a broken windscreen with an MOT standard salvaged windscreen (he comes to you so I guess distance affects the price) , charged me £75 for a vectra windsreen supplied and fitted..... Leave a comment here if anyone wants me to pm hes mobile number.

Or the insurance agent hasn't noticed the screen excess isn't the same as the policy one, it's normally £75 and you don't lose bonus through it, how you got AG down to £350 is a miracle, last time I rang them it was £600 for a Vectra screen and they wanted close on a grand for my current car,

I nearly needed one last night, bored youths walking towards me in the road, 7 or 8 of them, one slaps the screen as I crept by them another jumps on the bonnet, wants to fight me at the time but I have female onboard and decide to tactically withdraw until I've dropped her, I then got back to them with the assistance of the police and while it's still stacked in their favour Mr Highjump is still thinking he's the man, which then turns to oh c'mon mate it isn't damaged, oh yes it is, so anyway it's down the station to make statement and by now all his troops are nowhere to be seen and he's now gone from I got my mates and I got the police so enraged cabby can't do anything to him to sitting on the step in the station yard with an O f**k look on his face as I approach,

Gutless coward, he thinks cos he's a big lad he can bully people about, I've also found him on FB and the profile pic says it all, hoody up with more ID masking features in play, I managed to 85% smart repair my bonnet today but I still ain't happy about it, the police were fantastic btw, oh and I won't be getting compensated for it cos as usual the family doesn't have anything other than faulty sperm and eggs to offer the world.

I've never paid more than £75 excess on my windscreen.

£350

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IDFIMH

Yes I could feel my pants falling as i was being told that it was £350.

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Grandad,

I had that once despite the policy saying £100 but I phoned round for quotes Autoglass are very expensive if you had phoned round you might have got it for under £200 I did !!!

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I paid £75 last year through my insurance company for a new windscreen on a Mondeo (the screen with the heating elements in them).

I was going to use a local company as I didn't realise at the time that I could get my screen done via my insurance company, anyway, the local company wanted just over a ton.

Strangely I got a chip in my windscreen several weeks ago and a couple of weeks later arrived at South Mimms service's and spotted a windscreen repairer got him to repair it and friar tuck me last week it cracked so phone up repair bod who says in effect TOUGH will be going to meet him this week to discuss if you get me drift Repair was covered by insurance anyone been in a similar situation??

Could of course wheel out some TU briefs but would rather short circuit the issue ANY ADVICE short of chinning the gink ???

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Grandad,

Only use Autoglass if its via your insurers, ring 10 others for a price

Ive found Mobile windscreens cheap but each vehicle has its issues, its worth asking, quotes are free but Autoglass have the windscreen insurances pretty much sown up

what vehicle was it gramps?

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Skoda Superb.

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All posts by this contributor are made in a strictly personal capacity

I AM PROUD TO BE A CITIZEN NOBODY'S SUBJECT http://www.republic.org.u

F88K EM ALL WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE

Don't think so.

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Grandad,

Renault Megane. It has an acoustic windscreen, whatever one of them is.

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Grandad,