car insurance
Oct 25th 2004, 12:59 am
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hiya
i read before i moved to Oz that certain insurers would accept UK no-claims bonuses. I have brought the proof over and just wondered if anyone knew the names of these guys? Been here a week now and have had very few probs. It isn't as cheap to live as I had been led to believe and thought myself via holidays, but it is looking very good. You lot who said the supermarkets were poor are wrong, they are not that good! Anyway, will be nice not being owned by Tescos et al...
Cheers
i read before i moved to Oz that certain insurers would accept UK no-claims bonuses. I have brought the proof over and just wondered if anyone knew the names of these guys? Been here a week now and have had very few probs. It isn't as cheap to live as I had been led to believe and thought myself via holidays, but it is looking very good. You lot who said the supermarkets were poor are wrong, they are not that good! Anyway, will be nice not being owned by Tescos et al...
Cheers
Oct 25th 2004, 1:08 am
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Re: car insurance
Most will accept verbal confirmation of your UK NCD, even without proof, but I think its good to have the proof with you "just in case". You may need to confirm it in the event of a claim.
www.aami.com.au are a good one, but another "bedgetdirect" I think, may sometimes be cheaper.
Which supermarkets have you been in so far
www.aami.com.au are a good one, but another "bedgetdirect" I think, may sometimes be cheaper.
Which supermarkets have you been in so far
Oct 25th 2004, 1:31 am
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Re: car insurance
Originally Posted by vivalasvegan
hiya
i read before i moved to Oz that certain insurers would accept UK no-claims bonuses. I have brought the proof over and just wondered if anyone knew the names of these guys? Been here a week now and have had very few probs. It isn't as cheap to live as I had been led to believe and thought myself via holidays, but it is looking very good. You lot who said the supermarkets were poor are wrong, they are not that good! Anyway, will be nice not being owned by Tescos et al...
Cheers
i read before i moved to Oz that certain insurers would accept UK no-claims bonuses. I have brought the proof over and just wondered if anyone knew the names of these guys? Been here a week now and have had very few probs. It isn't as cheap to live as I had been led to believe and thought myself via holidays, but it is looking very good. You lot who said the supermarkets were poor are wrong, they are not that good! Anyway, will be nice not being owned by Tescos et al...
Cheers
Jenny
Oct 25th 2004, 2:37 am
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Re: car insurance
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Most will accept verbal confirmation of your UK NCD, even without proof, but I think its good to have the proof with you "just in case". You may need to confirm it in the event of a claim.
www.aami.com.au are a good one, but another "bedgetdirect" I think, may sometimes be cheaper.
Which supermarkets have you been in so far
www.aami.com.au are a good one, but another "bedgetdirect" I think, may sometimes be cheaper.
Which supermarkets have you been in so far
Well, safeway reminded me very much of soviet russia... Stuff was thrown on the shelves and everything that I wanted that they stocked was just a big gap. Coles was a tad better but not much. It is good really as the small shops are all but gone in uk yet Oz seems to have lots of really small outfits...
cheers...
Oct 25th 2004, 2:52 am
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Re: car insurance
Originally Posted by vivalasvegan
hiya
i read before i moved to Oz that certain insurers would accept UK no-claims bonuses. I have brought the proof over and just wondered if anyone knew the names of these guys? Been here a week now and have had very few probs. It isn't as cheap to live as I had been led to believe and thought myself via holidays, but it is looking very good. You lot who said the supermarkets were poor are wrong, they are not that good! Anyway, will be nice not being owned by Tescos et al...
Cheers
i read before i moved to Oz that certain insurers would accept UK no-claims bonuses. I have brought the proof over and just wondered if anyone knew the names of these guys? Been here a week now and have had very few probs. It isn't as cheap to live as I had been led to believe and thought myself via holidays, but it is looking very good. You lot who said the supermarkets were poor are wrong, they are not that good! Anyway, will be nice not being owned by Tescos et al...
Cheers
Yep, we had our "no claims" honoured by RACQ just brought letter of proof to show them.
No, a lot of things over here aren't as cheap as you think they're going to be are they!! Thankfully, car insurance isn't one of them...our insurance over here is quite a bit cheaper than the U.K, so I suppose it's "swings and roundabouts"!
Oct 25th 2004, 3:06 am
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Originally Posted by vivalasvegan
Thanks for that...
Well, safeway reminded me very much of soviet russia... Stuff was thrown on the shelves and everything that I wanted that they stocked was just a big gap. Coles was a tad better but not much. It is good really as the small shops are all but gone in uk yet Oz seems to have lots of really small outfits...
cheers...
Well, safeway reminded me very much of soviet russia... Stuff was thrown on the shelves and everything that I wanted that they stocked was just a big gap. Coles was a tad better but not much. It is good really as the small shops are all but gone in uk yet Oz seems to have lots of really small outfits...
cheers...
We don't get them up here. Two years ago, our local shopping center consisted of one smallish Franklins, (and that sounded like your "safeway" , ) together with a handful of local shops.However, with a "small" recent expansion, we now have 2 Woolworths, 1 Bi-Lo, and about another 50-60 speciality shops. And next month we have a K-Mart and an ALDI opening, together with another 30-40 more small shops.
Oct 25th 2004, 10:48 am
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Re: car insurance
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Safeways ? You must be down south then We don't get them up here. Two years ago, our local shopping center consisted of one smallish Franklins, (and that sounded like your "safeway" , ) together with a handful of local shops.
However, with a "small" recent expansion, we now have 2 Woolworths, 1 Bi-Lo, and about another 50-60 speciality shops. And next month we have a K-Mart and an ALDI opening, together with another 30-40 more small shops.
We don't get them up here. Two years ago, our local shopping center consisted of one smallish Franklins, (and that sounded like your "safeway" , ) together with a handful of local shops.However, with a "small" recent expansion, we now have 2 Woolworths, 1 Bi-Lo, and about another 50-60 speciality shops. And next month we have a K-Mart and an ALDI opening, together with another 30-40 more small shops.
As for the supermarkets - the Coles here seems really nice to me - there is plenty of fresh stuff available.
Oct 25th 2004, 12:21 pm
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Re: car insurance
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Safeways ? You must be down south then We don't get them up here. Two years ago, our local shopping center consisted of one smallish Franklins, (and that sounded like your "safeway" , ) together with a handful of local shops.
However, with a "small" recent expansion, we now have 2 Woolworths, 1 Bi-Lo, and about another 50-60 speciality shops. And next month we have a K-Mart and an ALDI opening, together with another 30-40 more small shops.
We don't get them up here. Two years ago, our local shopping center consisted of one smallish Franklins, (and that sounded like your "safeway" , ) together with a handful of local shops.However, with a "small" recent expansion, we now have 2 Woolworths, 1 Bi-Lo, and about another 50-60 speciality shops. And next month we have a K-Mart and an ALDI opening, together with another 30-40 more small shops.
Safeways is just Woolworths by another name (down south as you say). All the pre-packaged stuff still says Woolworths.
Cheers
Alistair
Oct 25th 2004, 11:37 pm
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Re: car insurance
Originally Posted by kirsty&al
Hello,
Safeways is just Woolworths by another name (down south as you say). All the pre-packaged stuff still says Woolworths.
Cheers
Alistair
Safeways is just Woolworths by another name (down south as you say). All the pre-packaged stuff still says Woolworths.
Cheers
Alistair
I wonder why they don't trade under the Woolworths name in Victoria ?
