Insurance joke?

[Biff]

So BiffBird Mk I got biffed. Enter BiffBird Mk II. Time for a new insurance policy. So I ask Vero for a quote which was very competitive. I take them up on their offer and a few weeks later (soooo sloooow) I get my insurance cover note through. A quick check of the policy and I note that they have in fact insured my CBR1100XX BLUEBird. Ha ha ha thought I. Someone with a sense of humour, or someone stupid has made a typo. So I phoned them, had a giggle with the nice lady on the telephone informing them of their error.

Several weeks later, I get a new insurance policy. I shit you not, have a look at the attached and see if you can notice the obvious (stoopid, stoopid, stoopid) mistake. Or joke.

Are they trying to tell me something about my riding skills?

[John]

Bahahahaha - your a damn pirate aren't ye me matey??

[Waylander]

Might be yer accent thar. Some folks don't hear none good when ya talk wit an accent.

[gav]

S'pose you've seen the BiffBird Mk1 on Trade Me?

[Biff]

S'pose you've seen the BiffBird Mk1 on Trade Me?

LMFAO

No I hadn't Gav. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-29030758.htm

Golightly? Name rings a bell. Check out the name of my agent on my Vero insurance policy.

[gav]

err, yeah, knew it was your insurance coy advertising it.........
what was your point again?
You think the TAB are going to give the All Blacks a 30 point start on the Lions?

[Flyingpony]

Had that person recently left school? "Blackboard added/deleted."

Does anybody know why bikes attract a 'theft excess' when cars don't?

[Devil]

Does anybody know why bikes attract a 'theft excess' when cars don't?

Yes cars do, and it depends on the car and the Insurance company.

[eliot-ness]

Yer a marked man mate, the writings on the wall. careful you don't get wiped off.

[k14]

You think the TAB are going to give the All Blacks a 30 point start on the Lions?

Thought they were giving wellington a 30 point start for tonights game, they probably won't take bets on the AB games, no one would bet when the AB's are paying $1

[vifferman]

At least your insurance excesses are less than mine - $1500 for any claim, because supposedly it's a big bike, and because of all the HDs that have been stolen in the past, and all the GSXR riders that crash, it's a greater insurance risk.

But the premiums are low, so that's a plus.

[Beemer]

I'm currently in the market for another insurer for the Beemer - the premiums aren't so bad ($770) but the excess is horrendous - 25% of the sum insured! And as they wouldn't let me drop the sum insured from the price I paid for it to the current market value until the policy is due for renewal (November), the excess would be $4500! The policy was arranged through the BMWOR so I didn't bother to read it all (who does, especially if you've never had a claim?), but when I put it up for sale and rang them to check it would be covered if anyone took it for a test ride, that's when I found out. AA is looking to be a good bet so far - cheaper premiums and a $300 excess.

I suppose bikes will always attract a theft excess because they are technically portable - drive up with a van, lift the bike in and you're off laughing.

[eliot-ness]

Try Swann $750 full comp. $250 excess on 04 Bonnie valued at $14,000. Go direct. Not through a broker

[Beemer]

Thanks Eliot-ness, AA is $706 and $300 excess which I didn't think was bad. I tried State but theirs was $825 and $1500 excess. Amazing to think our house costs so little to insure so much - but then it's not likely to crash or get stolen, is it!

[Ixion]

Thanks Eliot-ness, AA is $706 and $300 excess which I didn't think was bad. I tried State but theirs was $825 and $1500 excess. Amazing to think our house costs so little to insure so much - but then it's not likely to crash or get stolen, is it!

Depends. if you can get your house up to 100kph , I think it quite likely it would crash. On the other hand , if you never move the bike it's not likely to crash. Tis the moving bit that does the damage.