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AIBU?

To think this is just stealing.

155 replies

Parrotmore · 23/03/2016 11:08

A couple I know have be redecorating their front room and have been looking at new furniture so the husband purposely knocked paint off the top of his ladder splashing over the sofa, the tv, carpet and some oft he units.
They have claimed and been given Harvey's vouchers to use to replace it all.
Plus the company replaced the tv but as theirs wasn't like for like (old model) they got the newer model.
This is just fraud right??
I'm really disgusted by this and now my opinion of them is that they are just liars.
They think everybody does it and I'm sensitive but I don't think I am.
So Ainu to feel this way. I now wouldn't trust them at all.

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AnyFucker · 23/03/2016 11:09

yanbu

It is fraud and no, not everyone does it.

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 23/03/2016 11:10

Yanbu.

Hopefully their premiums will be hiked up now.

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AnyFucker · 23/03/2016 11:11

Unfortunately, every one else's premiums also get hiked up by people doing this kind of thing

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curren · 23/03/2016 11:11

Yanbu. Dhs uncle was famous for stuff like this.

He wanted a new cooker so melted the knobs with a lighter. He was pissed off that try just replaced the knobs.

It's insurance fraud and we all end up paying more.

Everyone doesn't do it. Dh and his dad were horrified every time he did it.

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Oysterbabe · 23/03/2016 11:12

Yep it's fraud.

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BirthdayBetty · 23/03/2016 11:12

Yanbu, these fraudulent claims push up premiums for everyone.

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EastMidsMummy · 23/03/2016 11:12

Yep. Shitty, dishonest behaviour that the rest of us are paying for.

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NewNameNotTheSame · 23/03/2016 11:14

YANBU, fucking hate this sort of stuff. A colleague was bragging about claiming to Amazon that her nearly £1k laptop never arrived and got a replacement which she sold. I've given her a wide berth since, bloody hate liars and frauds.

Hopefully their increased premiums give them a slap to the chops.

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tiggytape · 23/03/2016 11:14

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Parrotmore · 23/03/2016 11:15

I felt sick when the husband told me, he thought it was hilarious. I Gould out from him they also claimed they all had whiplash ( kids included) after a car accident once, it just makes me feel really uneasy and like they are lying ass holes. Won't be going for coffee with them any time soon.

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KurriKurri · 23/03/2016 11:16

I knew a couple who did similar things - and yes it is stealing/fraud, they seemed unable to grasp that.

They may be right that a lot of people do it though - I don't know - whatever, it doesn't make it OK.

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wasonthelist · 23/03/2016 11:18

One of the things I like least aboutmy homeland (UK) is the amount of this kind of dishonest tossers.

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Elle80 · 23/03/2016 11:20

Yes it's fraud, but their insurance premium will go up as a consequence of the claim

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GertrudeBadger · 23/03/2016 11:22

I remember friends had a new wood floor put in and it was pretty expensive, more than they could really afford, so they made a bunch of spurious claims about the installation and knocked the company for about £500-£600 in the end, I did think less of them for that, particularly the bloke who thought he was pretty clever for beating the company...

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Noodledoodledoo · 23/03/2016 11:28

I once witnessed a car accident about 12 years ago. Car into the side of another one - one pulled out in front of the other so a clear fault accident.

The driver in the non fault car refused to accept any first aid advice, had a nasty knock to his head, was told by at least 4 first aid trained people (me, a friend, and two from where I worked who came out to help) to sit still and wait for the ambulance. Kept jumping up and down to check stuff in his car.

About 6 weeks later I got sent a questionnaire to answer about the various injuries he received, half those listed were not possible as would have been visible at the accident and they weren't. Sadly for him I gave an honest account - not sure what the outcome was but I wasn't a witness on his side!!

Hate people who try to claim wrongly.

However I was driven into a few weeks ago, not my fault, and everytime I have spoken to an insurance company, mine, the other drivers, accident management company the first question they ask is was I injured - not what happened!! Seems they like to plant the idea in peoples heads!

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SilverBirchWithout · 23/03/2016 11:31

I'd be pretty cross if our insurance company gave us Harvey's vouchers when making a (valid) claim. I didn't know insurance companies did this.

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elegantlygrey1 · 23/03/2016 11:33

If you are caught with insurance fraud you are fucked. No car insurance - not able to ever drive. No mortgage as cannot get insurance for house buildings and contents. You won't even be able to get pet insurance.

The insurers will have been hammered by the floods and the new tax on premiums. I bet that they will start looking closer at stuff like this.

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middlings · 23/03/2016 11:36

Stealing. Horrible behaviour.

Silver we were burgled years ago and the insurance company gave us Dixons vouchers to use to replace some of the goods. We were a bit ticked off to have to give our business to a company we didn't particularly want to. I think it's dreadful.

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Princesspeach1980 · 23/03/2016 11:37

That's awful behaviour, we've all just bought them a new sofa with our premiums! Angry

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Grilledaubergines · 23/03/2016 11:39

YANBU. But they've been lumbered with Harvey's vouchers.

Seriously it pisses me right off. It is theft and it is fraud.

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WoodleyPixie · 23/03/2016 11:40

I'm assuming that the retailers give the insurers a hefty discount on the value of the vouchers. However I'd be mightily peeved off with a genuine claim for damage on my say argos sofa and getting harveys vouchers, what if there was nothing you liked in harveys? They should at least give you the option to choose whatever store and provide vouchers/direct payment to the store to the value of the payout.

To answer the question, yes it is fraud/theft.

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honeyroar · 23/03/2016 11:43

My very well off neighbours are always claiming on their household insurance for things like that. It's fraud. It's theft and it hacks me off as my insurance is always rising thanks to them.

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Floggingmolly · 23/03/2016 11:44

Surely his premiums just increase by such an amount that he eventually pays it all back anyway?? (Bit like buying on HP, really). If he imagines he's really coming out on top he's more than a little bit thick as well as being a cheating bastard.

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Spandexpants007 · 23/03/2016 11:44

They may have just been joking when they said it was intentional

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angelos02 · 23/03/2016 11:47

Same as when people say 'everyone claims for whiplash' after an accident when they don't have it. Scum.

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