On Dec 15, 9:50*pm, Tabby wrote:
On Dec 15, 9:31*pm, "john *lewis" wrote:

Talking to a man the other day who had spent years and years working for
british gas, but is now working elsewhere.

Do people here generally agree with what he told me?

That new boilers cost about 900 and a new main circuit board costs about
600 so its worth getting the 'call out' type insurance, to cover it, if it
goes wrong. *Of which he thinks Eion and Southern Electric are the best to
get. (he doesn't work for either of them).

I wouldnt remotely agree. If you buy insurance, even if you're lucky
enough to get an insurer that does what they should, you're then
paying average maintenance costs plus advertising costs plus employee
costs plus profit margin and all sorts of other issues that simply
don't apply when you pay for your own maintenance. Mug's game.

NT

Exactly so. I never buy insurance except for house and car.
It's like a roulette wheel. Taken over a period, the insurance will
always win financially. That's why they're there. Not for your
benefit. Most things that arise, I can fix myself anyway. But even
if you can't fix anything it's not worth insurance. Statistics gets
you in the end.