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Beerless just pricing up our breakdown cover currently we are with the yellow vAn compAny and it is £140 yike* He is pricing up FlagofGreen and it is £50. Surely there can't be that much difference, I know DD is with Green and claimed they were cheap but that is vast difference.
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We changed to Flag of Green for the same reason, soooo much cheaper. Haven't had the need to call them out yet though (famous last words! :? )
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I've been with Green Flag for over 13 years - only in the past 2 years have I needed to call them out (twice for a flat battery - once my fault for leaving the lights on overnight :oops: , 2nd for a genuinely flat battery (well it was over 7 years old), both occassions with the car on the drive, and the more serious complete breakdown on the way to work on a 3rd occassion) In all 3 cases, it was straightforward - all they need is your car registration - and a local garage is called out to deal with your problem and turn up within half hour depending on the whereabouts of their breakdown truck. It was very professional and I can highly recommend them )t'
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Thanks both of you, I am still reeling in shock over the vast price difference.
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I am with Flag of Green but must admit it is because of where I live rather than cost.... I had to call out a breakdown service with orange vans as the car refused to start in a rural area. After an hour I managed to start it myself and limp it to Tesco (needed facilities!!) so rang them to say I had managed to get it that far but not happy to go any further..... 15 mins later (bearing in mind I had played on the single female in the middle of nowhere act 1.5 hours previously) I started it again and drove home, rang them as I left and saw the orange van when I was about half a mile from home - as it headed towards Tesco.

The Flag company uses local garages so there is more likely to be someone within a reasonable distance in rural Wales (plus my lovely people at the local garage are part of the scheme) AND the added bonus is that they cover me for when I am towing the caravan.
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on some bank accounts you get orange van cover so check you dont already have it :)
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Thanks BB we don't have a freebie, Beerless has changed it over to Flag of Green and will hopefully spend the cash he saved on my birthday gift
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Just reviving this old post about something I learned today.

First, I've been with Green Flag since 2002 - it came with the new car I'd bought back then and cost £60 pa (I seem to remember that the RAC was well over £100 at the time) When I bought my current car (can you believe it was back in 2016 - I still refer to it as my "new" car), the price went up to £74 - well, I did think it odd that for 14 years, the price had never changed - so I never thought anymore of it.

Last year I got the shock of my life when I received a letter to say that it had automatically been paid from one of my bank cards even though I never contacted Green Flag to renew the membership, and this time it cost £87. I was miffed because I never agreed to automatic annual payments when they were due (I never signed anything to say it could go ahead) Well, seems whatever card I had used the year before must have expired and the payment request was refused. I eventually got a letter from Green Flag to say that I no longer had breakdown cover.

To be honest, I was glad it fell through because I was still recovering financially with only getting half salary and the car insurance, road tax and MOT paid for. However, I can't go without breakdown cover for long, especially with winter closing in fast, so I have just been online comparing prices. Seems Green Flag is still the cheapest of the lot but when I started to fill in the details online, the quote was only £47 (I double checked that I had ticked the right boxes) It seems that if you take out the breakdown cover online, it is 40% cheaper than when taking it out over the telephone.

So there's a lesson worth learning ...
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I have been with Green Flag for the last three years after doing an online comparison at that time. My premium this year is £60. That's without home start.
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PK wrote: 06 Dec 2022, 22:14 I have been with Green Flag for the last three years after doing an online comparison at that time. My premium this year is £60. That's without home start.
I ticked most options including home start (surprisingly, most of my call outs have either been due to a flat battery - one day the car starts, the next day without any warning is flat - or once, the clutch cable snapped about 2 streets from where I lived) but not driving other cars or overseas (as in, I can't see me going to Europe any time soon)
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I think it can be a lot cheaper from price comparison as a new customer, than if you renew automatically.
Back of my mind - is it insurance companies that now mustn't do that? Or some utilities?
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