Debenhams Car Insurance Reviews

Name: Debenhams Car Insurance
Rating: 4.08

4.1 Rating 1,860 Reviews

79 %

of reviewers recommend Debenhams Car Insurance

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4.1

Based on 1,860 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Own Driver, Postal Service
Documents Delivered On-time	Greater than 69%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Live Chat, Email
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	4.1 out of 5
Cancellations & Refunds
Cancellation Process	Difficult

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0871 522 5050

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customerservices@debenhamstravelinsurance.com

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I just had a quotation online and paid for it so far so good no problems at all”

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Posted 7 years ago

“ABSOLUTELY DONT GO NEAR THIS COMPANY, the charges are absolutely disgusting at £50 for each change to documentation. I changed my car but had to wait for a registration change due to a private number plate. Although I told them they said I would have to pay 50 pound then after the change another 50, obviously I told them where they could poke that then to be told it would cost me 70 to cancel. I obviously cancelled with 2 months to go on my previous paid premium and was told they could not give me a figure over the phone of what I owed after deducting my premium off the 70 pound cancellation. Now I know why! They just sent me a bill for not 70 minus my 2 months remaining premium! Oh no! They want 238 pound from me with no explanation of why or how they have come to this figure. My full year was only 319 paid upfront! This is bordering on a scam. To be honest I would not deal with any company linked to Debanhams including the shop after this. Absolutely disgusting way to treat people by a trusted household name!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“shockingly bad company to deal with. Terrible customer server”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I used a comparison website for quotes for my car. Debenhams came back as the cheapest for £130 a month with a £180 upfront payment. I paid the payment and set up the policy. A week later a receive a letter saying they can not set up a direct debit so require me to set up a 6 month payment plan instead paying £260 a month with another £280 deposit. I couldn’t afford that and my car was only worth £300 I couldn’t justify the cost. They told me if I do not pay this then they will cancel the policy and I will be charged £35. I cancelled and have since received a letter saying I owe them £259! When calling the customer service the man was rude, sarcastic and made me feel idiotic when no other company has had issues setting up a direct debit with me. They are a scam company, giving false quote so they can then charge people without have to cover them!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“My advise to these complaints is write to trading standards and the FCA ,if either of these company's have enough complaints thay would investigate these problems people are experiencing,also write to watch dog”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I cannot believe how poor this company are. The customer service representative on the phone was appalling. Due to no error of our own they cancelled our policy. We had already paid in full. They charged us for the cancellation of the policy and said it would be 28 days until we receive a refund!! DO NOT GO NEAR THEM!!!!!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“If there was less than one star I would give that. Very poor customer service. When cancelling my policy, I was told there would be £75.00 cancellation fee, which I was fine with, however, when I received a letter stating my final amount due, this was over £250.00. I complained and there was an internal investigation and their staff had given me the wrong information on the cancellation phone call. I would not have cancelled early had I known about the extortionate fees. Essentially. Stay clear!! They are far too expensive and have extremely bad customer services department. If you are going to cancel, then make sure they tell you all of the fees as they did not tell me. I am still awaiting compensation.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I've just received this from them with no explanation as to why i owe it, i certainly won't be paying it. Kindly settle the additional premium of 179.92 which includes the Insurance Premium Tax and our £50 administration fee as stated on the Terms of Business before the 11/05/2018.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Just abysmal. No other word for it. Attempted for four weeks to get proof documentation to them and was bounced from person to person, always with a new request for documents. Eventually cancelled after 4 weeks of no joy and was sent a bill for £181, and advised this was being transferred to a debt collection agency. No breakdown of bill, no description of what for, just £181 and debt collection. Tried for 2 weeks to get through to speak to someone and no further forward, Utterly awful. Avoid, avoid, avoid.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I had my car insurance with Debenhams. They are absolutely abysmal!!! When you call them with any questions or queries, you just shot around from place to place with long waiting times, nobody seems to want anything to do with you! The staff that i spoke to seemed undertrained, they basically offered no information of value whatsoever. They could not of been any less helpful! Now they are trying to penalize me for a mistake on their end! Absolutely shocking customer service. Do your blood pressure a favor and go elsewhere....literally anywhere else!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Debenhams car insurance is a place where we wear hats on out feet and shoes on our heads. Please contact our main office that is based on the moon. I would rather stick hot poker's in my eyes than deal with this abomination of a company for one more second. Worst company for anything that I have every dealt with in my life”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Without a doubt the worst car insurance company I have dealt with - EVER. I took out car insurance, they took my money but when I called them to tell them I didn't have my documents they said my insurance was no longer valid because of an error in my application (there was no error in my application). I didn't get an email or a call to tell me about the error, so I was driving for a morning without insurance. I was so angry. I then spoke to a really rude customer service person who just didn't care about what had happened. I asked 'how could they treat customers this way?' and the representatives reply was 'mate, you're not a customer, we cancelled your policy'. Unreal! I then had to argue to get my refund. Would never go near this company again.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Terrible service and disgusting corporate culture. This company never helped me with a third party claim and end up in increasing my premium and left a mark on my claim for a third party fault which was not even my Fault or never registered a claim even despite me calling them several times.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I have just changed the address on my car insurance with Debenhams and they charged me £35 to do it myself online!!! how cheeky is that. It's £50.00 if you do it over the phone. I was thinking of moving to this property a year ago checked it with my previous insurer and it came to 65 in total including admin fee not £115.74. They are a complete rip off don't use them!!!!!!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Appalling customer service. We cancelled our policy due to an error when getting the quote and the final price being higher than a competitor and despite being difficult they advised that the policy would be cancelled. After no money was returned we contacted them again to be told it would take 28 days to make the refund! Regardless of price I would never go with them again.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I got my car insurance on the 20/02/18 I had to pay £96 for the first deposit they cancelled my policy on the 20/3/18 and they did not contact me and let me know the way I knew is because I've got stopped by the police saying I have no car insurance I phone them up and ask them why they said the phone me text me sent me an email or a letter through the post which they didn't this is the worst ever company I wouldn't even rate in one star not worth it for a big company Debenhams they tried to take more money out of me to get my car insured all I'm going to say don't use this company they can go and suck a fat one it's disgusting”

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Posted 7 years ago

“They just cancel my policy and i lose all the premium, 700 pounds, acusing me of fraud.Its they word against your word, but your money. What can i say.... never again i whant to hear about them. Dont insure with them.....because you gonna remember my words when you gonna lose your money.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Don’t even deserve 1 star stay well clear call centre based abroad and lines break up very conveniently when they don’t want to listen to you and are the most rudest people I have ever spoken to. I cut short my insurance that I had paid a annual lump sum for as I do not trust them and lost a lot of money but glad to be away from this sham of a insurance company. Shame on Debenhams who let these crooks trade under your name.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Eldon Insurance needs to stop treating their customers like S**t! I have gone to another Insurer now, so glad to be free of them. zero out of ten.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“It's taken over a month to sort a claim - I'm still waiting to get it fixed and they keep asking for info I've given several times. Useless.”

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Posted 7 years ago

Debenhams Car Insurance is rated 4.1 based on 1,860 reviews