I was involved in an accident on 9th December 2014 which i reported immediately,(as soon as the office was open).I gave details,then was put through to another department which turned out to be Quindell solicitors,who Swintons seem to be linked with in some way.They kept me on the phone for 24 minutes,(0800 numbers are not free on mobile networks),which the first of quite a few costly calls.All Quindell were interested in was a personal injury claim,which i didn't pursue.Wrong decision..After several weeks of non comunication,i called Swintons to enquire as to the progress of proceedings,only to find out that they had no idea what i was talking about..By some act of gross incompetence,the details of my accident had not been passed on to the relavent insurance company,who were blissfully unaware that the incident had even occurred..More expensive phone calls ensued,both to my insurance company and the third partys'...To date,the matter has still not arrived at a satisfactory conclusion,almost FIVE months after the incident occured.And i am out of pocket,with a damaged vehicle..Needless to say,i will not be using Swintons again,and i will be relaying my experience,through the medium of social media ,to warn the general insurance buying public of the potential folly of doing so....I will also now begin following the insurance industrys' complaints procedure.