Quite a competitive quote…
Payment in full£10,025.00 per year(inc Insurance Premuim Tax @ 5%)
Payable by credit card or debit card
I want to make one payment
or by instalments£1,006.96 per month 34.8% APR
£2,015.00 deposit Plus 9 monthly payments of £1,006.96
Total payable is £11,077.64 (inc Insurance Premium Tax @ 5%)
Not quite the same thing. Insurances are a one off premium for the year. Monthly payments means that you get a loan to pay your insurance as a lump sum upfront.
APR is always high (unless used as a promotional tool by an insurer that is also a lender (ie MoreThan etc…) as the level of bad debt is quiet high (third party go crash on his own, right off the bike/car and therefore stop paying the monthly payments…)
The quote itself is a joke… And not a very good one at that… Would be interested of whom and the why thou
Sometimes the quote system screws up - I’ve had it happen to me (£6.5k - not quite as much as £12k, but then I am a bit older!).
The APR for the monthly payments is high, but as pointed out earlier the extra cost reflects not only lending money but the risks of payments not being made (e.g. only wants 6 months cover, so takes annual policy and stops paying after 6 months).
Insurance is competitive, so if you don’t like it there’s normally at least one that can do better (even in this case!).
I can’t remember what company it was that gave me that quote - it was at the bottom of about 20 quotes, which ranged from £48 to about £235. I think they were having a laugh. Or I might call them to see if I can get a bit of discount!
If it was an outlying quote it is probably just a computer programming glitch. Like the time I was using a flight comparison sight to get a cheap flight from London to Manchester as there were no trains following one of the big crashes about 1999. I needed to get there and back in a day for a meeting. There were plenty of BMI and BA flights at about £250 return. There was also the £6000 option that involved flying to New York and back by Concord before picking up the connecting flight to Manchester!
I got some ridiculous quotes but nothing as bad as that! But I always find it amusing when the salesman convinces himself that it is a very competitive quote and is trying to set it up for you! What a bunch of thieves…