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What’s a reasonable price I should pay a car mechanic for an alarm certificate for insurance purposes?

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February 8th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Insurance Registration

7 comments to What’s a reasonable price I should pay a car mechanic for an alarm certificate for insurance purposes?

  • metalliva500
    February 10th, 2009 at 9:30 am

    Ah sorry, Umm, it’s possibly somewhere in the handbook, if not I would phone your insurer and tell them it already has an alarm, see what they recommend

  • dilligaf
    February 12th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    Pay them nothing.
    Take it to a main dealer, they should be able to print out the complete spec. of your car from the VIN.

    The VIN is the first thing to be allocated to a car, and the specification is already predetermined when that happens.

    What insurance company is this, any decent one would know the standard spec. for any model or car, how else would they be able to challenge any claim made, if they didn’t know the difference between standard and modified?

    Hope that helps.

  • s.jamie@btinternet.com
    February 13th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    I personally have never heard of an insurer asking for proof of this….I would be phoning them back and asking how long this has been policy, and also asking trading standards if this is normal practise..
    Until I was satisfied I would not supply the insurer with the information…

  • indeed632003
    February 15th, 2009 at 2:42 am

    this question is commonly asked when the car is an import or it has been modified in some way, or there is history of it having been stolen in the past, maybe when it was previously owned. many insurance companies now ask this as standard, as many people fit aftermarket alarm systems to enhance the factory fitted ones. a garage should not charge you more than 5-10 quid for said cert.

  • Pepper of the Moon
    February 17th, 2009 at 2:52 am

    Get a quote from another insurer – The likelihood is that this is standard fitment across the model range, but because it sometimes doesn’t state this on the computer of the spotty little oik giving you the quote, they ask for stupid proof such as this. Not all insurance companies will require this information – I guarantee it!!

  • Mike the mech
    February 19th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    First of all find aVAT registered garage

    then no more than half an hours labour rate
    that would cover testing the alarm+ writing out the letter to your insurance company

    If your usual garage is VAT registered they may do this free for you

    another way would be to find an alarm installer near to your location

    (Yellow Pages)

    Hope this helps

  • ianhad
    February 22nd, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    If it’s a factory fit, as against an after market fit, they DO NOT require a certificate. Argue with them, tell them to go to the manufacturer.

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