Budget Direct Car insurance reviews
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Featured car insurance from Budget Direct
Comprehensive Car Insurance
- Discounts available
- No claim|Online discount up to 15%
- Quote time
- 2 to 3 minutes
- Monthly premiums available
- costs extra
- Agreed or market value
- Agreed or Market
- Choice of excess
- $500 - $1,850
- Choice of repairer
- Optional Extra
Recent Budget Direct car insurance reviews
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
Best prices.
Best prices and claiming was easy!
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
Still waiting for my refund.
It has taken over 3 weeks for them to refund me my yearly premium (but took it out straight away.) Would not let me change it to monthly, going else where.
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
ACCC should investigate Budget Direct
Made a purchase enquiry with them. Be very careful with the fine print, they do not insure your car for market or agreed value, they determine what it's value is which is very misleading and deceptive and a possible breach of the trade practices act.
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Unfair cancellation refund policy.
Decent cover but unfair policy when you cancel. I sold my car so called to seek a refund for the remaining term. I had a non-at-fault crash which will have resulted in no cost to Budget Direct - all costs will have been paid by the other driver's NRMA policy. Despite this Budget Direct refused to provide a refund for the remaining months of my policy, when I sold my car, because of this non-at-fault claim. Unfair, I think so.
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Unfair and rigid policies for unforeseeable events
I had my car intentionally damaged in short succession and in the same location on my car by a person who I had lodged a domestic violence statement against. A horrible experience made even worse by Budget Direct refusing to treat this as one claim. I had to pay 2x excess, even though there was no fault whatsoever on my part. This will also impact future premiums, ability to get insurance. Staff are pleasant enough but have no discretion. I’ve had to sell my car as a result. When cancelling they also refused to refund the pro rata excess paid, after the $40 cancellation fee, because I’d ‘used’ the insurance.
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
Lowest budget prices!
Insurance premiums lowest around. Breakdown service good used several times. Have never had to claim, so not sure on claims process.
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
Bad customer service.
There are a lot of hidden costs and customer service is limited. When you talk to them all they do is repeat a pre-written script; they don't help you or even allow for negotiation. You will save a few hundred by buying a policy from them however you will pay it all back if you ever get into an accident because they make you pay, irrespective if you are at fault or not.
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Awful to deal with.
After still waiting a week later I am still waiting to find out if their at fault driver will have their claim accepted. As I am not the client and don't have insurance with them, they won't provide information about claim status and the driver refuses to deal with me. So here I am, accident not even my fault, but I'm left with an undriveable car, no response as yet, my own insurance cannot touch it until they provide a final response (I have 3rd party insurance), loss of wages first day of accident, driver at fault is an absolute dodgy pig and today have been told I just have to wait for however long for them to make a decision. I mean how hard can it be? On another occasion again one of their clients was at fault and I had comprehensive insurance but I still had to testify in court because Budget didn't want to pay all parties involved in crash (4 cars). Judge made them pay.
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
Budget do not reward loyal customers.
Our entire family have been loyal customers for years with my daughter listed on my policy for years. Despite this Budget insist on applying the worst rating making her insurance cover unaffordable. So much for rewarding customer loyalty. I will not be renewing my policy with Budget!
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Confused.
I have lodged a claim and I have not heard from Budget Direct. I have had to call them multiple times and each time I speak to someone I am told different information. At this stage I don’t know whether my car will ever be fixed.
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Budget Direct SUCK
They are cheap, until you make a claim. Then they refuse to renew policy. My daughter is on her L plates. I put her on policy as a named driver and paid the increase in premiums. She had a minor accident, with damages around $3000. Young driver excess was $2000. Which I paid. When my renewal came through, I got a letter saying I was refused due to driving history. Now when trying get a new policy from other insurers, I need to notify that "Have you ever been refused insurance?"
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
Insurance not worth the paper its written on.
Being the victim of a crime is never nice. Having an insurance policy is supposed to mitigate the financial burden of the crime and not add to the stressful experienced. I purchased the insurance based on price and the awards they received from money magazine. For the second year I reviewed the renewal quote they provided versus one I submitted on their own website. Naturally I stayed with them for a second year when they committed to price match a quote from their own. On the night of the 29th of December my car was stolen from my driveway between 8.30pm and 11am the next day. There was no witnesses and at the time of writing the vehicle is still missing. I had locked the car and went into my house about 8pm after pumping up the wheels and I had foolishly left a spare key in the centre console earlier in the day. The centre console is made up of two levels and the key would have been on the bottom level. The console is also covered with a door. The car also had very dark tinting which would make it very hard for any thief to see a key was in the car. Based on leaving the spare key in the console my claim was rejected. Looking at their website they say 18% of cars are stolen with key in them. Are they saying that they reject 18% of stolen car claims? https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/car-insurance/research/car-theft-statistics.html I find this disgraceful and want all potential customer to be aware that the cheap insurance option is not the option that will cushion your fall should you have an accident or theft happen to you.
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
Worst company for insurance.
I had comprehensive cover for my car with Budget Direct. I made a claim for an accident not caused by me. They asked me for my 5-Year Driving History and some details for two other no at fault claims I had in (me also not at fault). All this had nothing to do with the current claim. After that they said because I had a claim earlier, even if i was not at fault, they would increase my premium and asked me to provide more money for my balance. I cancelled my policy straight after that.
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
Horrible experience!
We are not at fault. The driver who hit us from the back was with Budget Direct. When speaking to a customer service representative, we got told “your car is currently undrivable potentially due to your own mechanical problem and has nothing to do with the car accident you are involved. BD is not liable for car towing for you.” What a fallacy! I got hit from the back; my kids in the car got terrified because of the big collision and we got bumped forwards for 2 metres. Then we couldn’t start the engine. This happened on the road, immediately after we got hit! Even my own mechanics said it’s a common thing to occur because the petrol tank got damaged. Seriously, I don’t know how Budget Direct won the insurance company of the year.
Budget Direct Comprehensive Car Insurance review
Well pleased with product and professionalism.
Very personable, patient and honest when signing up. Answered all questions, friendly and professional. Un-rushed and professional telephone team. I'm happy with my Budget Direct product result.
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