Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:00 AM 10/6/96 -0600, ben.holmes wrote: >I've gone blind reading Shutterbug ads looking for equipment similar to that >which I've lost. I'm faced with calculating a replacement value for each >item. My method has been to take all examples and calculate an average >price. Does this fly with insurance companies? Anyone ever have such an >experience? Any suggetions for finding more prices (the larger the sample >the better the numbers)? The 'Bug reflects ASKING prices: selling prices are sometimes 10% or so below these. Insurance companies are more likely to accept appraisals from three large dealers -- send them a list of what you were robbed of and ask them to provide an estimate for insurance purposes. Some won't help you without charging but others will -- I suspect Dan Black, for instance, and Stan Tamarkin would be willing to help, though both are quite involved for the next week or ten days. And, of course, ask the insurance company adjustor first to see what they want. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!