On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It turns out that my insurance coverage (still haven't found the actual > policy - just coverage limits) is replacement value. With a good addendum. > > Once my equipment's replacement costs are estimated by an independent > company (I hope) I will be paid that amount without question for my loss > ($500 deductible). As I replace the pieces that I can from the used market > if I can find them, anything that costs me more that the estimate will be > paid for based on the receipts I tender. If it is no longer manufactured or > reasonably unobtainable, I can replace the old equipment with new items that > equal to or come close to the lost items in specification, and I will then > be paid the difference. > > So I'm asking for recommendations from the crew. Keeping in mind that I have > a K100, a K10, a K20, a PZ-1P, three LX bodies and ALL the accessories every > made for it, about 25 K-mount full frame lenses left, a 67 135mm Macro left, > a Pentax cassette loader for the 250 frame back for the LX, and a very small > freezer full of bricks and boxes and 100 ft rolls of 35mm and 120 film, and > sheet film in 3 sizes. And don't forget, I'm 66 yrs. old, and statistics say > will live only another ten years at best unless I lose 80 pounds and start a > program of vigorous daily exercise, in which case I'll most likely live an > additional one or two! > > What would a PDML'r do? > > Replace my rarely used 67 gear? Y N
Y > > Replace my great 35mm lenses? Y N Y > > Buy new DA* optics for Digital Y N > and sell my LXs and PZ-1p? Y > > Sell all the gear I now own and Y N > get a Canon body + 2 lenses? Only if named Cotty > > Sell everything and invest it all in Y N > the stock market? N > > Sell everything, and spend it all Y N > on hookers? N (I could make a joke here, but it would be in bad taste). > > Take up drink as a final solution? Y N > Y > > Joseph McAllister > Pentaxian > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
