[vox] Replacement Laptop

[Richard S. Crawford]

Shwaine said:
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, it looks like I may be limited in my options.  The
>> insurance
>> company will replace the laptop; the way it works is that I give them
>> the
>> specs of the old laptop, and they find me the same model, or something
>> comparable.
>>
>
> Wow, I'm actually suprised they will replace it at all, unless you'd
> specifically extended your policy to cover it or have a business policy.
> When my father's toolkit was stolen from his car, his insurance company
> only give him $200 for it and that was no where near what it was worth (he
> works in telco, so it was packed with testers, line cutters, etc). But he
> only had a standard home owners policy not realizing that it only covered
> $200 of things stolen off the home's property unless one added a rider
> specifically for items in the car or work related items.

We do have an outstanding insurance policy.  USAA is really nice, if you
can get it.  We only have it because Jennifer's father is a retired
veteran.

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