stolen laptop on set. dont be foolish like me.

Speaking of visiting places, Australia is close to the top of my wish-list along with England and New Zealand. I'm an avid sailor, so OZ and NZ are a natural for me...

Apologies about the OT spin as well, but I felt compelled to dispel false notions about NYC's crime situation. While it's not exactly the mythical Mayberry of 50's TV's Opie and Andy Griffith, it's one heck of a lot safer place than it was 30 years ago...
 
Ted Spencer said:
Apologies about the OT spin as well, but I felt compelled to dispel false notions about NYC's crime situation. While it's not exactly the mythical Mayberry of 50's TV's Opie and Andy Griffith, it's one heck of a lot safer place than it was 30 years ago...
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No apologies needed! I think there's a correlation: NY is fairly safe because New Yorkers are conscious of crime and take steps to avoid it; people from outside think New York is crime-ridden because New Yorkers take precautions against crime; so it's a much safer place than it's perceived to be. Here in many places around LA people insist to me that there's no crime... when there clearly is. That's a much worse situation (to my NY state of mind).

Cerainly noone should avoid NY... a great place to live, and certainly to visit.... just, when we overbearing NYers give endless streams of advice on how to avoid being a target of crime, don't think of it as indicating how much crime there is... think of it as some healthy advice that keeps crime from happening.... just go with it, and be happy!
 
Do you have your macbook's hardware ID?
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nope. i never bothered to record any of that info and the machine was a floor-model from fry's so i didnt get the box or any of the typical paperwork, they dont even document the serial number on the receipt for floor models. so im really out of luck on the recovery front...
 
Ted Spencer said:
No, I'll try to remind you to visit here whenever you like. You'll have a great time, and will be statistically safer from crime here than all but 5 of the 32 American cities with more than 500K in population, those being: San Jose, CA; El Paso, TX; Honolulu, HI; and Austin, TX.
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That's why I shoot in San Jose :D

I don't know that you could shoot San Jose for New York...maybe San Jose for...Sacramento...if you don't show any hills. Lol.
 
wgzn said:
nope. i never bothered to record any of that info and the machine was a floor-model from fry's so i didnt get the box or any of the typical paperwork, they dont even document the serial number on the receipt for floor models. so im really out of luck on the recovery front...
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Hi wgzn,
You said in you first post you were insured, How does an insurance company insure an item like a laptop without recording the serial number ?.

Cheers
Tom K
 
How does an insurance company insure an item like a laptop without recording the serial number ?.
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good question, and id ask the same thing. but this is the second time in about 3 years ive had some kind of gear theft. and each time ive had some items that i couldnt provide proof of ownership of (inclued in a package or bought from an individual) and still were covered. i guess in the grand scheme they figure that my claim is so small - why would i be lying?

dunno all the ins and outs, i just pay my premiums and cash my checks when needed ; )
 
wgzn said:
good question, and id ask the same thing. but this is the second time in about 3 years ive had some kind of gear theft. and each time ive had some items that i couldnt provide proof of ownership of (inclued in a package or bought from an individual) and still were covered. i guess in the grand scheme they figure that my claim is so small - why would i be lying?

dunno all the ins and outs, i just pay my premiums and cash my checks when needed ; )
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Hi wgzn,
what a strange way to run a bussiness, if the situation was reversed would you pay out to a client who claimed he had lost a whole heap of gear, without model and serial nums. could this be part reason why the US is in a financial crisis ?.
anyway if they pay up for you once again , good luck to you.

Cheers
Tom K
 
it apparently comes down to the specific language of the policy. you can have actual scheduled items (which is what you are talking about - and what also would make sense to me) and then you have a general property loss. but even if you were forced to provide actual receipts and serial numbers whats to prevent someone from just saying their gear was stolen just to get more?

who says i didnt make up this whole story just to get another new laptop? i mean in reality i couldnt sleep at night if i had. but still. it wouldnt have been hard to have some 3rd party come in and take it then claim it was "stolen"

id like to assume that the insurance industry has done their homework and figured out that the bigger $1,000,000 policies that go without major claims year after year, make up for these little ones like mine where they pay out small claims every 3 years or so...
 
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