gozer5454
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You mean after my TV? Probably my kids.
If a fire was about to burn your house, what would you save?
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I'd save anyone in the house, family photos, and all my work hard drives - Everything else I'd let burn, it's all well-insured. I don't even think I'd replace most of the shit.
I'm in Austin too so watching the news coverage of the close to 700 homes that have burned here this weekend, I have to admit I've had more than idle thoughts about this. fortunately none of the fires are near me in NW Austin.
As many of the others have said, I'd grab the cat, my server and my workstation and some photos. Everything else including the 8 pinballs, 4 arcade games, 4 slot machines, 2 video poker machines, the Seadoo, TV's, laptops can all burn. That's what the insurance is for!
As many of the others have said, I'd grab the cat, my server and my workstation and some photos. Everything else including the 8 pinballs, 4 arcade games, 4 slot machines, 2 video poker machines, the Seadoo, TV's, laptops can all burn. That's what the insurance is for!
AUSyTyIN
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I've often about this. I would grab the wife, dogs, snake, laptops, my ps3, and drive away in our 2 most expense cars (out of 4). If there were a few hour warning I would firstly take photos of everything I was leaving behind. After that I would grab the contents of my gun safe, my star wars toys collection (>1000+ pieces, boxed up), some irreplaceable pictures, and get all 4 cars out of harms way.
In talking with my neighbors yesterday, this is more of a reality that I would like. In the last 3 years, 1 home has been completely destroyed, 2 others needed extensive rebuilding, and 3 other close calls that could have turned bad, all within 200' of our house. These were 5 non-related events. Oh, and there was a mandatory evacuation of our neighborhood 5 years ago because of a forest fire nearby.
We actually had a non-planned fire drill at work last week, and I quickly did the same inventory. I grabbed my cell phone and a limited edition die cast car off my desk. People were loosing their minds thinking we were all dead lol
In talking with my neighbors yesterday, this is more of a reality that I would like. In the last 3 years, 1 home has been completely destroyed, 2 others needed extensive rebuilding, and 3 other close calls that could have turned bad, all within 200' of our house. These were 5 non-related events. Oh, and there was a mandatory evacuation of our neighborhood 5 years ago because of a forest fire nearby.
We actually had a non-planned fire drill at work last week, and I quickly did the same inventory. I grabbed my cell phone and a limited edition die cast car off my desk. People were loosing their minds thinking we were all dead lol
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Humans, dogs, and folder with insurance and car title paperwork. Games would be a sad loss but replaceable.
If I still had a Juno First, I would take a little extra time and pour gasoline around it just to help the cause.
If I still had a Juno First, I would take a little extra time and pour gasoline around it just to help the cause.
Thanks for starting this thread. You've given me some things to think about.
I need to do some serious documentation of my 'stuff.'
I do have a property rider on my homeowners policy for my wife's ring, but I should probably think about that for my arcade collection.
In the event of fire, I would THROW my Omega Race cabinet at it to stave it off while I try and save everyone/thing else. Humans first, then dog. Then some of the valuables. All of the imporant papers are already in a fire proof safe, and my hard drives are backed up online.
I need to do some serious documentation of my 'stuff.'
I do have a property rider on my homeowners policy for my wife's ring, but I should probably think about that for my arcade collection.
In the event of fire, I would THROW my Omega Race cabinet at it to stave it off while I try and save everyone/thing else. Humans first, then dog. Then some of the valuables. All of the imporant papers are already in a fire proof safe, and my hard drives are backed up online.
Same for me! Oh and I would save all three of my cars!
I could'nt care less if my Corvette pinball got burned, but if my real Corvette melted, then I would not be a happy person!
Iluvcars
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Do tell. I have insurance through Allstate.
Iluvcars
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Id have to say besides my family, my grand piano and my gun collection. Those two things alone are worth 50x my arcade collection.
I'm surprised how Important cats are to most of you guys lol
The kids are the most important thing. They come before anything and anybody. Including the wife!
I have a couple games in the garage so I would probably roll those out and try to save them butthe games in the basement would have to be left to burn
The kids are the most important thing. They come before anything and anybody. Including the wife!
I have a couple games in the garage so I would probably roll those out and try to save them butthe games in the basement would have to be left to burn
Deadpool66
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I would save my family first then my pets. Insurance would buy me everything I lost.
norton9478
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Yeah, but I have insurance to cover that.
My family come first and I will make sure they goes outside and drive safe and I stays with pin/vids to DEATH!! Kidding.
Seriously they (vid and pin) can alway replace!. Insurance may give you some money out of it and hunts begins again!
Irreplacement: Moppets!!! That s only thing I would take em out . and Theatre of Magic and Spidey Pin!
the rest i dont care!
Wife would want those paperworks etc and photos
Seriously they (vid and pin) can alway replace!. Insurance may give you some money out of it and hunts begins again!
Irreplacement: Moppets!!! That s only thing I would take em out . and Theatre of Magic and Spidey Pin!
the rest i dont care!
Wife would want those paperworks etc and photos
timbre
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For those of you with Allstate just make sure your policy is a replacment value policy and that the limits are high enough to cover everything in your house. I speak from experience as yesterday was exactly a year since my house burned.
Allstate payed me market value for all 10 of the video/pinballs without even thinking. I had to do a little footwork but everything was good. BE VERY CAREFULL in switching to a company just becasue they are a bit cheaper. READ THE FINE PRINT.... ALL OF IT. Just like the commercials on tv.....
when my house burned my best friend has just moved back into theirs after a fire. They are still fighting with another insurance company for money/items while I am almost done with little or no fight.
modessitt
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Right now, my cat IS my kid...
CrazyKongFan
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+1...dunno if I'll ever have kids, but I wouldn't want to lose my cat to a fire (or anything else)
If you are going after which arcade stuff I would try to save after the important stuff, probably none. To me the real fun of this hobby is in the acquisition process, especially of rare or hard to find stuff. The completed game and playing it is fun but almost anti-climactic compared to finding it or the parts you need, fixing it, or reproducing what you need. I said almost - I do enjoy playing the games, especially seeing others enjoy them.
Bill
Bill
How did you come up with the values?
chris25810
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Very simple and this forum was not used as any kind of a guide for value.
Cost of the game with shipping if that was the case, all parts/artwork purchased for the restoration and an average of 3 local vendors hourly rates for repair/restoration. The rate value was a bit of a gray area so i had to provide the insurance company with hard copies of the labor rates from all 3 vendors and we both agreed on the use of an average. Everything in the house that was finished had a $35,000 rider and all projects, monitors, chassis, parts in the garage had an additional $10,000
The process was really no different when i bought my IROC convert. I told the insurance company what i paid for it, they wanted proof of it's value so i had it appraised which came in a bit higher than what i paid. The insurance company got all the paperwork they needed to satisfy the underwriter, so if my house burns down, the car and all the resto projects in front of it are all covered. I'm gonna find my shoes, my wife, run out the door and watch it all burn.
I've said this many times here over the years, those of you that have alot of games and parts should have some kind of documented coverage on your stuff, you're foolish if you don't and there is no insurance company in the world that will pay a "stated value" claim on stuff this age and umbrella coverage only goes so far.
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Me and my daughter... then the cat, the pc and the skis and boots.
