Which UK companies can you haggle best with?

2 April 2012

Save

• My account
• Remove

Share

Whether it's simply saying 'cut the price or I'll leave you' with breakdown cover or broadband, or asking your bank to reduce your interest rate, haggling with call centres works. Which of these service companies have you successfully haggled with?

Whether it's simply saying 'cut the price or I'll leave you' with breakdown cover or broadband, or asking your bank to reduce your interest rate, haggling with call centres works.

Which of these service companies have you successfully haggled with?

Results

I have never haggled		473 votes (100%)

Mobile phones

O2 (564 votes)

No joy		164 votes (29%)
Minor reduction		230 votes (41%)
Big saving		170 votes (30%)

Orange (460 votes)

No joy		134 votes (29%)
Minor reduction		154 votes (33%)
Big saving		172 votes (37%)

T-Mobile (258 votes)

No joy		81 votes (31%)
Minor reduction		81 votes (31%)
Big saving		96 votes (37%)

Tesco Mobile (68 votes)

No joy		35 votes (51%)
Minor reduction		15 votes (22%)
Big saving		18 votes (26%)

Three Mobile (225 votes)

No joy		65 votes (29%)
Minor reduction		74 votes (33%)
Big saving		86 votes (38%)

Virgin Mobile (176 votes)

No joy		54 votes (31%)
Minor reduction		51 votes (29%)
Big saving		71 votes (40%)

Vodafone (342 votes)

Minor reduction		84 votes (25%)
Big saving		136 votes (40%)
No joy		122 votes (36%)

Other (52 votes)

No joy		23 votes (44%)
Minor reduction		17 votes (33%)
Big saving		12 votes (23%)

TV / broadband / home phone

AOL (117 votes)

No joy		33 votes (28%)
Minor reduction		34 votes (29%)
Big saving		50 votes (43%)

BT (538 votes)

No joy		178 votes (33%)
Minor reduction		188 votes (35%)
Big saving		172 votes (32%)

O2 (141 votes)

No joy		41 votes (29%)
Minor reduction		39 votes (28%)
Big saving		61 votes (43%)

Orange (67 votes)

No joy		30 votes (45%)
Minor reduction		13 votes (19%)
Big saving		24 votes (36%)

Plusnet (85 votes)

No joy		32 votes (38%)
Minor reduction		22 votes (26%)
Big saving		31 votes (36%)

Post Office (37 votes)

No joy		22 votes (59%)
Minor reduction		13 votes (35%)
Big saving		2 votes (5%)

Sky (917 votes)

No joy		150 votes (16%)
Minor reduction		286 votes (31%)
Big saving		481 votes (52%)

TalkTalk (283 votes)

No joy		70 votes (25%)
Minor reduction		112 votes (40%)
Big saving		101 votes (36%)

Tesco (38 votes)

No joy		26 votes (68%)
Minor reduction		6 votes (16%)
Big saving		6 votes (16%)

Virgin Media (604 votes)

No joy		119 votes (20%)
Minor reduction		248 votes (41%)
Big saving		237 votes (39%)

Other (49 votes)

No joy		23 votes (47%)
Minor reduction		12 votes (24%)
Big saving		14 votes (29%)

Breakdown cover

AA Breakdown (657 votes)

No joy		128 votes (19%)
Minor reduction		131 votes (20%)
Big saving		398 votes (61%)

Green Flag (79 votes)

No joy		41 votes (52%)
Minor reduction		20 votes (25%)
Big saving		18 votes (23%)

RAC (284 votes)

No joy		74 votes (26%)
Minor reduction		95 votes (33%)
Big saving		115 votes (40%)

Other (82 votes)

No joy		35 votes (43%)
Minor reduction		23 votes (28%)
Big saving		24 votes (29%)

Insurance

Admiral (287 votes)

No joy		59 votes (21%)
Minor reduction		120 votes (42%)
Big saving		108 votes (38%)

Aviva (170 votes)

No joy		58 votes (34%)
Minor reduction		69 votes (41%)
Big saving		43 votes (25%)

Churchill (160 votes)

No joy		57 votes (36%)
Minor reduction		67 votes (42%)
Big saving		36 votes (23%)

Direct Line (272 votes)

No joy		101 votes (37%)
Minor reduction		102 votes (38%)
Big saving		69 votes (25%)

Post Office Insurance (42 votes)

No joy		29 votes (69%)
Minor reduction		10 votes (24%)
Big saving		3 votes (7%)

Saga (104 votes)

No joy		34 votes (33%)
Minor reduction		30 votes (29%)
Big saving		40 votes (38%)

Swinton (105 votes)

No joy		34 votes (32%)
Minor reduction		46 votes (44%)
Big saving		25 votes (24%)

Tesco Insurance (154 votes)

No joy		44 votes (29%)
Minor reduction		69 votes (45%)
Big saving		41 votes (27%)

Other (541 votes)

No joy		113 votes (21%)
Minor reduction		204 votes (38%)
Big saving		224 votes (41%)

Banks / credit cards

Amex (44 votes)

No joy		24 votes (55%)
Minor reduction		16 votes (36%)
Big saving		4 votes (9%)

Barclays / Barclaycard (154 votes)

No joy		68 votes (44%)
Minor reduction		55 votes (36%)
Big saving		31 votes (20%)

Capital One (64 votes)

No joy		33 votes (52%)
Minor reduction		23 votes (36%)
Big saving		8 votes (13%)

Co-op / Smile (38 votes)

No joy		21 votes (55%)
Minor reduction		12 votes (32%)
Big saving		5 votes (13%)

HSBC (99 votes)

No joy		47 votes (47%)
Minor reduction		44 votes (44%)
Big saving		8 votes (8%)

Lloyds TSB / HBOS (117 votes)

No joy		61 votes (52%)
Minor reduction		36 votes (31%)
Big saving		20 votes (17%)

MBNA / Virgin (89 votes)

No joy		37 votes (42%)
Minor reduction		39 votes (44%)
Big saving		13 votes (15%)

Nationwide (61 votes)

No joy		36 votes (59%)
Minor reduction		19 votes (31%)
Big saving		6 votes (10%)

NatWest / RBS (99 votes)

No joy		56 votes (57%)
Minor reduction		33 votes (33%)
Big saving		10 votes (10%)

Santander (120 votes)

No joy		71 votes (59%)
Minor reduction		32 votes (27%)
Big saving		17 votes (14%)

Other (65 votes)

No joy		29 votes (45%)
Minor reduction		28 votes (43%)
Big saving		8 votes (12%)

Others

CreditExpert.co.uk (70 votes)

No joy		42 votes (60%)
Minor reduction		21 votes (30%)
Big saving		7 votes (10%)

Kwik Fit (120 votes)

No joy		39 votes (33%)
Minor reduction		55 votes (46%)
Big saving		26 votes (22%)

Lovefilm (132 votes)

No joy		45 votes (34%)
Minor reduction		64 votes (48%)
Big saving		23 votes (17%)

Netflix (39 votes)

No joy		31 votes (79%)
Minor reduction		5 votes (13%)
Big saving		3 votes (8%)

           3,112 people have voted.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.