I have had my car insurance with M&S for nearly 2 years now and, so far, never have had any issues with them - until recently. How come?
I did buy a new car a few days ago and decided to insure this car with my existing policy which, I thought, should be easy to do. Indeed, the procedure to do this change online was very easy and was completed in a mere 5 minutes. However, things took a turn for the worst when I received an SMS from my bank, notifying me that a larger amount of money was taken from my account. In fact, M&S charged twice the amount of the additional premium plus their administration fee.
Consequently, I contacted their customer service department to find out what went wrong and that is when things really got out of hand. First, they immediately admitted that they have charged twice the amount, but were very quick to accuse me to have used the back button on my internet browser. At this stage, I can assure everyone here that this is one thing that would never happen to me, and it never did. The online transaction went through as usual and the invoice I received confirmed, that I should have been charged the correct amount.
Nevertheless, customer services assured me that they would be aware of it now and the overcharged amount would be credited back to my account. REALLY!!! The following day, another SMS came from my bank, this time informing me that they have charged my card three times the additional premium. Understandably, I am quite irritated and upset and have decided now to put forward a written complain to M&S management. One thing is for sure, M&S Insurance will lose out when my next renewal is due.
Reviewed on: 9th September 2018
