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Aug 16th, 2017, 09:00 | #11 | |
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For me they failed to notify me of a request for information from the other party which had a 6 week deadline. This resulted in me receiving a court summons. They also messed my dad about when a bus knocked his wind mirror off and their authorised repaired wouldn't collect the vehicle until £100 refundable excess was paid directly to them. When calling LV they confirmed this was fine and he would get it back and then tried to tell him it was non refundable. My partners dad had someone pull out a junction into his rear quarter and they tried to settle 50/50. Case was ongoing for well over a year.
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Aug 16th, 2017, 09:56 | #12 |
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If it is written into the policy conditions, you may have no choice but to use a non-volvo repairer and non-volvo parts (or pay a contribution to make up the difference in cost).
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Aug 16th, 2017, 14:44 | #13 |
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I recently had a claim, not in the Volvo, we could get it repaired anywhere, but it has a higher excess, only about £150 or so, didn't bother and in the end their own approved repairer used all genuine parts anyway, even the windscreen.
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Cant complain about LV. Was rear ended last year. No problems whatsoever and would recommend anybody to at least get a quote of them at renewal.
Always use the meercat and find that LV are close to cheapest each time. If its less than a tenner difference I wont jump, but anything more gets a phonecall to pricematch, which they usually can do.
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Aug 16th, 2017, 18:30 | #15 |
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I think you'll find the cannot enforce this, but they can refuse to return the excess. Under the law you are entitled to use whoever you want.
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Aug 16th, 2017, 18:33 | #16 |
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There is usually a surcharge in the ts&cs for using someone other than their preferred repaired.
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My complaint is now concluded and I will not be renewing with VOI. Firstly on the issue of other companies allowing your vehicle to be repaired by a Volvo main dealer I have only had time to check with 2 companies. Direct Line no problem using a main dealer but you could loose entitlement to a courtesy although this is dependent on blame. Aviva stated you can have the vehicle repaired at main dealer but they charge an additional £200 excess that may be recovered from 3rd party if appropriate to blame. As previously stated my dealer stated that they would only use new genuine parts to repair and they have never been asked by any insurance company to use recycled or non Volvo parts.
As far as VOI are concerned following my conversion with a manager I suspect they will continue to use this misinformation tactic to influence customers when taking out a policy with them or renewing, playing on our desire for our treasured Volvo's to be repaired to a high standard. I will await the written reply before deciding on my next action. I hope this has been useful and I appreciate the comments added to my post. |
Aug 18th, 2017, 15:37 | #18 |
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Recently having to make a claim through Aviva, I can confirm there is an "additional non-approved repairer" excess of £200. 10 years and almost all policies with Aviva and I didn't read the fine print.
I had to suck it up as I wanted it repaired by Volvo. Aviva insists on using an outfit called Solus ARC which lo & behold is owned by them.
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