Received my obligatory renewal letter through the post from the AA that I had been with for 11 years now. I do still like them, but the prices are making me think otherwise. I used to call them out at least once a year, but personally don’t think it’s worth it at the moment when I can put the money into savings<\/p>\n
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The letter I received<\/p>\n
To make your Gold Membership even better value, why not choose one of our great offers? Take a look at the details on the flap below.<\/p>\n
Alternatively, if you don’t want to take advantage of a special offer, simply check your cover details overleaf and the enclosed Terms and Conditions and we will collect payment of \u00a3230.44 on or around 21st of May 2015. AA membership may cost a little more than some others, but to the 14 million people we look after, we give unrivalled peace of mind<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Now, when I first joined AA I only paid around \u00a350 membership for everything, which went up to around \u00a3130 on renewal. Fair enough. The policies have been increasing around \u00a320 each year and for those people who pay by direct debit, if you don’t remember to ring up, your paying an extra \u00a320 more each year on top of your cover.<\/p>\n
If AA have 14,000,000 members each paying around \u00a3130 that is \u00a31,820,000,000 or in other words (\u00a31.82 billion) per year. If all the members only paid \u00a350 each every year, that would be \u00a3700,000,000 (\u00a3700 million) per year they would make<\/p>\n
I highlight doubt they’re suffering their losses and simply ripping people off. I’ll make rough estimates\u00a0on their expenditure<\/p>\n
10,000 Call Centre Agents @ 20k P\/A – \u00a3200 million<\/strong><\/p>\n
4,000 Vans @ 20k P\/A – \u00a380 million<\/strong><\/p>\n
1,000 Recovery Vehicles \/ Driver @ 30k P\/A – \u00a330 million<\/strong><\/p>\n
4,000 Technicians @ 25k P\/A – \u00a3100 million<\/strong><\/p>\n
Miscellaneous (CEO’s etc) – \u00a3100 million<\/strong><\/p>\n
All the above totals \u00a3510 million per year<\/strong><\/p>\n
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I don’t know all the figures for AA, although they are posted on the website, basically they’re ripping people off who aren’t wise to following their money.<\/p>\n
I’m not going to bash AA for their service. I think they’re amazing. They’re reliable and I’ve never had issues. I am going to bash them for their practices and rip off prices. If they want to attribute their rising costs to running costs then design a business model with a fixed fee and use it!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
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Anyway, I went on moneysupermarket and took \u00a0out some new cover @ \u00a350 and cancelled my membership. I got a bit heated on the phone with the agent so I apologise to the agent which is why I become so blunt.<\/p>\n
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Anyway. \u00a0Would I join AA again.. Yes, without question, but at this moment I am trying to save money and can’t afford to pay lump sums of \u00a3140 in one go when I pay bills. Nor do I wish do be charged monthly<\/p>\n
So they have lost 11 years of my business because they pissed me off basically<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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