pdwhelan
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Registered: 25th Sep 06
Location: Wigan
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Noticed a crack on the wind screen today (well Shaun did) its about 7" in length. Right in the center of the screen going up about 2" and then accross to the left a further 5" +
I dont know what has caused this but i jave just phoned 2 places for a quote.  even before giving me a quote he was asking how i want to pay  .. so i said no i need a price first, £350.. I actualy huffed when he told me, i said NO CHANCE mate cant you go a bit cheaper so he offered 20% discount if i have the work done tonight so i refused and said nope go lower and we'll talk! got him down to £250 (i said well i can get a screen for £50 my self so can you fit it and he said yeh and said that would cost £90)
I just said i would ring back, phoned another place and got a quote straight away and with the tinted sun screen bit. £98 supply and fit 
Im still angry at the fact i have to spend this money that i dont have just yet but my MOT is due in October and i know it would fail, possibly even go worse and smash before then.
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Whats the cheapest/most anyone has had a windscreen replaced for?
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DAZ1985
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
Location: Scholar Green, Cheshire
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Aren't you covered by insurance on it? It wont effect your NCB if you claim for a window screen
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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payed £60 through my insurance
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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If you get a chip in you windscreen, call autoglass and weel repair it for free, other wise it will turn into a crack and thats going to cost you your excess
Thats what that brummie off the radio keeps telling me 
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pdwhelan
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Registered: 25th Sep 06
Location: Wigan
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Nope im tpft, i phoned the insurance company up first and im not covered on it  insurance runs out in november aswell. i'll be without a car if my gf passes in september.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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When i smashed fro's screen, the quote was £170 the lowest, as he was only tpft
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Might of beeen cheaper in the end, u2u him
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mikeef
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Registered: 20th Aug 06
Location: Kent
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You made him pay for it?
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pdwhelan
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Registered: 25th Sep 06
Location: Wigan
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pdwhelan
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i wonder if fro will pay for mine aswell haha
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joey736
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Registered: 11th Mar 07
Location: hexham, near newcastle drives: Aurora XE
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i paid £88 for a plain screen in mine, fitter told me the top tinted ones were a fiver cheaper cos theyre more popular
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islandofshame
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Registered: 24th Sep 06
Location: Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
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hmm strange, the exact same thing happened to me last week - crack just appeared up the middle of ma windscreen from the base and shot away to the side...strange 
well i went through my insurance (bell direct) and payed £70 excess...they done a proper good job so am pretty happy  cuda done without having to fork out £70 tbh tho, bank account is lookin extremely poor
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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Mines getting done tomorrow and MOT on Thur, hopefully get the choice of a tinted top when I arrive as they haven't yet asked me whats fitted.
I'm paying £70 through my insurance as I got quoted silly prices also without going through insurance.
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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Hoddo
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Registered: 7th Nov 06
Location: Wallisdown, Bournemouth
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I paid £80 alone because Im TPFT that was all in.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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I got mine free off motorpoint as it cracked the second day i had the car lol. Second windscreen now has a nice chip needing repairing.
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