I spoke with the adjuster today. I need to fill out paperwork and include a
list of items stolen. They also asked for me to provide any evidence of
ownership I could such as receipts, owner's manuals, etc, and said that they
do understand when you don't have paperwork for every item.
He said they will provide replacement cost for the items, based on web
searches at Amazon.com and the like. Unfortunately on bicycles they do have
a limit of $1000, so I won't recover my loss entirely there. But for the
tools, I'm very hopeful that I will despite the fact that I am missing a
couple manuals.
FYI
Brian.
"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:FORsc.25726$af3.1334481@attbi_s51...
> A lot of the tool manufacturers have pdf files available for down loading
> off of their web-sites. You might want to try there for any missing ones.
Is
> there anyone in particular you need? Maybe the group can help.
>
Mike, this is a good idea. I will ask the groups in a separate post. It
seems that the theives took some manuals too. I had a stack that is now
missing.
Brian.
"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:FORsc.25726$af3.1334481@attbi_s51...
> A lot of the tool manufacturers have pdf files available for down loading
> off of their web-sites. You might want to try there for any missing ones.
Is
> there anyone in particular you need? Maybe the group can help.
I'm going to pass on this and do it the right way. Hopefully my insurance
company will do me right. They want original copies of manuals anyhow. No
photocopies.
A lot of the tool manufacturers have pdf files available for down loading
off of their web-sites. You might want to try there for any missing ones. Is
there anyone in particular you need? Maybe the group can help.
"Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I spoke with the adjuster today. I need to fill out paperwork and include
a
> list of items stolen. They also asked for me to provide any evidence of
> ownership I could such as receipts, owner's manuals, etc, and said that
they
> do understand when you don't have paperwork for every item.
>
> He said they will provide replacement cost for the items, based on web
> searches at Amazon.com and the like. Unfortunately on bicycles they do
have
> a limit of $1000, so I won't recover my loss entirely there. But for the
> tools, I'm very hopeful that I will despite the fact that I am missing a
> couple manuals.
>
> FYI
>
> Brian.
>
>
"Todd Fatheree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > I spoke with the adjuster today. I need to fill out paperwork and
include
> a
> > list of items stolen. They also asked for me to provide any evidence of
> > ownership I could such as receipts, owner's manuals, etc, and said that
> they
> > do understand when you don't have paperwork for every item.
> >
> > He said they will provide replacement cost for the items, based on web
> > searches at Amazon.com and the like. Unfortunately on bicycles they do
> have
> > a limit of $1000, so I won't recover my loss entirely there. But for
the
> > tools, I'm very hopeful that I will despite the fact that I am missing a
> > couple manuals.
> >
> > FYI
> >
> > Brian.
>
> Well, I don't know about the rest of the group, but I'll be heading out to
> the garage with my digital camera very soon.
a video camera is faster for a general overview for this sort of thing, do
your whole house while you're at it. but it does seem prudent to get a few
detailed snapshots of a few key items also...
randy
> > a video camera is faster for a general overview for this sort of thing,
do
> > your whole house while you're at it. but it does seem prudent to get a
> few
> > detailed snapshots of a few key items also...
> >
> > randy
>
> Well, the video camera's in the shop, but IMHO, I'd feel better about
> getting prints made from a digital camera to put in the safe deposit box
> than throwiug a video cassette in there. I'm in the computer bidness, and
I
> have a distrust of all magnetic media. If you want to tell me you could
> take the video and put it onto a CD or DVD, that would be right, but not
> necessarily easy. If you have a camcorder that records right to a DVD,
then
> I guess you're golden.
>
> todd
well, i agree about magnetic media as it concerns digital data because
losing even a single bit 'may' corrupt it unrecoverably if its the wrong
bit. i would never go to a clients site without at least two copies of
anything i needed if it was stored on magnetic media. but a vhs tape would
have to lose quite a bit before the image would become unusable for
insurance purposes.
it will last the 2-5 years until its time to do it again anyway... and like
i said, for big ticket items it does seem prudent to make photographic
hardcopy. but whatever works works... and hardcopy will work.
randy
> > > Well, I don't know about the rest of the group, but I'll be heading out
> to
> > > the garage with my digital camera very soon.
> >
> > a video camera is faster for a general overview for this sort of thing, do
> > your whole house while you're at it. but it does seem prudent to get a
> few
> > detailed snapshots of a few key items also...
> >
> > randy
>
> Well, the video camera's in the shop, but IMHO, I'd feel better about
> getting prints made from a digital camera to put in the safe deposit box
> than throwiug a video cassette in there. I'm in the computer bidness, and I
> have a distrust of all magnetic media. If you want to tell me you could
> take the video and put it onto a CD or DVD, that would be right, but not
> necessarily easy. If you have a camcorder that records right to a DVD, then
> I guess you're golden.
>
> todd
Video editing software is cheap. I shoot everything on a digital 8
camera, firewire it to the harddrive, edit it, add titles, fades, etc.
and then burn it to a DVD. You can also burn it to a CD (cheaper)
without too much loss of quality. For a record of what you own, a CD
would be fine.
Well, I wasn't going to go there, but an unscrupulous person could have
their buddy bring over a few tools for a little photo shoot.
todd
"Larry C in Auburn, WA" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:xtRsc.1933$Ly.1408@attbi_s01...
> Heck, I'm just going to the recycling center to pick up all the owners
> manuals I can find...
>
> --
> Larry C in Auburn, WA
>
> "Todd Fatheree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >
> > > I spoke with the adjuster today. I need to fill out paperwork and
> include
> > a
> > > list of items stolen. They also asked for me to provide any evidence
of
> > > ownership I could such as receipts, owner's manuals, etc, and said
that
> > they
> > > do understand when you don't have paperwork for every item.
> > >
> > > He said they will provide replacement cost for the items, based on web
> > > searches at Amazon.com and the like. Unfortunately on bicycles they
do
> > have
> > > a limit of $1000, so I won't recover my loss entirely there. But for
> the
> > > tools, I'm very hopeful that I will despite the fact that I am missing
a
> > > couple manuals.
> > >
> > > FYI
> > >
> > > Brian.
> >
> > Well, I don't know about the rest of the group, but I'll be heading out
to
> > the garage with my digital camera very soon.
> >
> > todd
> >
> >
>
On Tue, 25 May 2004 12:52:19 -0700, "Brian" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>I spoke with the adjuster today. I need to fill out paperwork and include a
>list of items stolen. They also asked for me to provide any evidence of
>ownership I could such as receipts, owner's manuals, etc, and said that they
>do understand when you don't have paperwork for every item.
>
>He said they will provide replacement cost for the items, based on web
>searches at Amazon.com and the like. Unfortunately on bicycles they do have
>a limit of $1000, so I won't recover my loss entirely there. But for the
>tools, I'm very hopeful that I will despite the fact that I am missing a
>couple manuals.
A good reminder that you should schedule coverage for anything that
isn't "normal household items". If you have guns, cameras, extra
computer equipment, tools or any other specialty stuff make sure it is
listed on a separate schedule and keep those schedules up to date. You
will pay more in insurance, but you will be covered on those items if
they are stolen or destroyed.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
"xrongor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Todd Fatheree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >
> > > I spoke with the adjuster today. I need to fill out paperwork and
> include
> > a
> > > list of items stolen. They also asked for me to provide any evidence
of
> > > ownership I could such as receipts, owner's manuals, etc, and said
that
> > they
> > > do understand when you don't have paperwork for every item.
> > >
> > > He said they will provide replacement cost for the items, based on web
> > > searches at Amazon.com and the like. Unfortunately on bicycles they
do
> > have
> > > a limit of $1000, so I won't recover my loss entirely there. But for
> the
> > > tools, I'm very hopeful that I will despite the fact that I am missing
a
> > > couple manuals.
> > >
> > > FYI
> > >
> > > Brian.
> >
> > Well, I don't know about the rest of the group, but I'll be heading out
to
> > the garage with my digital camera very soon.
>
> a video camera is faster for a general overview for this sort of thing, do
> your whole house while you're at it. but it does seem prudent to get a
few
> detailed snapshots of a few key items also...
>
> randy
Well, the video camera's in the shop, but IMHO, I'd feel better about
getting prints made from a digital camera to put in the safe deposit box
than throwiug a video cassette in there. I'm in the computer bidness, and I
have a distrust of all magnetic media. If you want to tell me you could
take the video and put it onto a CD or DVD, that would be right, but not
necessarily easy. If you have a camcorder that records right to a DVD, then
I guess you're golden.
todd
"Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I spoke with the adjuster today. I need to fill out paperwork and include
a
> list of items stolen. They also asked for me to provide any evidence of
> ownership I could such as receipts, owner's manuals, etc, and said that
they
> do understand when you don't have paperwork for every item.
>
> He said they will provide replacement cost for the items, based on web
> searches at Amazon.com and the like. Unfortunately on bicycles they do
have
> a limit of $1000, so I won't recover my loss entirely there. But for the
> tools, I'm very hopeful that I will despite the fact that I am missing a
> couple manuals.
>
> FYI
>
> Brian.
Well, I don't know about the rest of the group, but I'll be heading out to
the garage with my digital camera very soon.
todd
Heck, I'm just going to the recycling center to pick up all the owners
manuals I can find...
--
Larry C in Auburn, WA
"Todd Fatheree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > I spoke with the adjuster today. I need to fill out paperwork and
include
> a
> > list of items stolen. They also asked for me to provide any evidence of
> > ownership I could such as receipts, owner's manuals, etc, and said that
> they
> > do understand when you don't have paperwork for every item.
> >
> > He said they will provide replacement cost for the items, based on web
> > searches at Amazon.com and the like. Unfortunately on bicycles they do
> have
> > a limit of $1000, so I won't recover my loss entirely there. But for
the
> > tools, I'm very hopeful that I will despite the fact that I am missing a
> > couple manuals.
> >
> > FYI
> >
> > Brian.
>
> Well, I don't know about the rest of the group, but I'll be heading out to
> the garage with my digital camera very soon.
>
> todd
>
>