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SYSTEM caused. Instead, they wrote on 01/02/13 to advise that if payment is not made by the policy expiration day 27 December 2013 (yes, definitely 2013 - i found that weird too) that my policy would be cancelled.
Next, my bank statement arrived. I noticed a credit of my policy amount from echoice. I thought: "A refund? Why? I had no letter of explaination. Wanting to stay on the straight and narrow, I call again to get clarification. With the usual call centre security clearance sorted, I kindly request what the hell is going on.
Basically, because of this 'systems error', echoice's accounts dept. closed my existing policy, refunded my payment (the credit on my statement) and opened a new policy - all without my knowledge (note for file: THERE GOES MY CASHBACK for what it's worth!!!) I was told in my telephone call earlier today with a customer advisor that they've sent out a demand for payment letter (which i'll probably recieve by the weekend), but were unwilling to document their error, leaving me in a predicament of being technically uninsured if i was to have had an accident, pulled by police etc. They were happy to sarcastically say "...what more do you want? I've just explained everything to you over the phone; however we can take the payment now..." I'm no lawyer, but if my defence came down to "...well, your honour, someone called janice (name made up) told me over the phone that i was insured, but they didn't acknowledge my payment, send me my details etc....." i'd be laughed all the way to the slammer!! Do you see where i'm coming from?
I won't bore you any more, suffice to say, that was my experience with echoice JUST TO GET THE DETAILS OF POLICY I HAD TAKEN OUT AND PAID FOR LEGITIMATELY, LET ALONE TRYING TO MAKE OR NAVIGATE A CLAIM!!!
I refused to make a payment over the phone as they refused to email me any documentation tracking this issue. So after almost 2 months and having my payment refunded (echoice are awaiting my payment for
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cowmilla | 19 Feb 2013
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