I keep meaning to post here, then something comes up, like a giant pile of orders for games that need to be packed, or sorting out the vast pile of boxed miniatures into at least roughly alphabetical boxes, or taking photos of new stock ,or putting down the new floor in the finally-fixed sun room or fighting the insurance company and by the time I' ( Read more... )

I took Rosie to the vet for practice-visiting, and while I was there, I weighed her.  I was delighted to see she's now 20.5kg.  But she is insured (with John Lewis) as a 'medium' dog and they define 'medium' as under 20kg.   So I thought I'd better let them know she's put on a little ( Read more... )

Filling in an online insurance quotation form, I note that I could give my occupation as 'abbot', 'acrobat', 'cobbler', 'coal man', 'weaver' or 'riverman', or as any of 5 different sorts of Bailiff. I cannot, however, have any kind of web or internet job, for those jobs still, in 2012, do not exist ( Read more... )

Oldies Club, and indeed most small dog rescues, has liability insurance with Cliverton, a company which has made a bit of a corner of the market in the area of small volunteer-run rescues. The problem with this is that when they decide to change the rules, it's very difficult to find anywhere else to turn. 
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Helga the Saab flashed up a plaintive message at me this morning: "Time for Service ( Read more... )

 Just got Mollydog's medical insurance renewal reminder.  Last year it was £312 : this year she was 11 years old in September - and it's £622.10!   That's more than my car insurance!  
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I have managed to expand 2.5kg of dried tripe to cover 18.5 days.  This works out as about £539 a year on tripe, which is a definite improvement on this summer's total of £775ish a year on tripe ( Read more... )

I definitely recorded Az's insurance premium as £205 in a recent post, and I would have bet my socks that I had that right, and had paid for it in one go by credit card.  I just got the paperwork, which says the premium is just £180, and enclosed a direct debit form.  Boggle.  I rang them to check they had the right dog, they say they do, so I've ( Read more... )

Last year I was somewhat horrified by Mollydog's insurance renewal at £280 (Axa), but eventually decided to pay it ( Read more... )

You would think that being inside your house all day would be seen by insurance companies as a bit of a security feature, a desirable trait in someone who wants to buy house insurance? But no! Many companies specifically exclude you from a quote if you have any kind of home based business, even though I have both a business insurance policy AND ( Read more... )