Natural Disasters and Joe

[MAJOR WOLF]

You still alive A.V.A.C ???

[bvance74]

Get to safety first, after the storm blows by check on Joes. Hope all is good.

[A.V.A.C.]

whew, what a night. we had hurricane force winds! i lost power, but that was about it. there were several parts of town that were smashed up last night. all living things are well and so is my plastic. dodged a bullet. now if wave 7 would blow through here.

[245am]

Thought I'd share my brother's story & advice... he had a house fire and lost a complete AT-AT, Millenium Falcon, Hoth playset and a ton of vintage SW figures... I asked him afterwards about losing the collection and he offered some good advice: "take pictures!"
I'm sure this is good advice in general for dealing with insurance companies after something like this, but for the things like the TV, furniture, etc, he got a fair reimbursement, but for "collectibles" he had to really convince the agents that they were worth what they were and not "just toys."

So go take some photos of your Joes (and w/e else of value)! My bro ended up with a pretty decent check and he had some fun shopping, er, replacing his SW stuff...

[A.V.A.C.]

very good point 245, i am almost done photographing all my stuff. however, i usually add to my collection daily or weekly, making it an endless process.

a picture is worth a thousand words, or quite possibly thousands of $.

[Snake Eyes-Joe Ninja]

Has a tornado recently. I pushed all my Artist toys (long story), SW and Joes in a bag and went to the bottom floor. I live in an apartment, so I didn't have to worry about anything else.

[DPrime]

If I had any kind of warning I'd throw my rarer figures in a duffle bag or something. I mean, I've got a mint Starduster, Viper Pilot, a bunch of European and a couple Brazilian exclusives in mint condition. Insurance would cover some of the cost but it would be a real pain to find those in mint condition again in the first place. Of course survival comes first, but it'd probably be easier for me than some - no kids or pets right now, just the gf.

[SSGWeaver]

I e-mail myself all of my receipts from internet purchases, with links to the sites as well as saving or taking pics of the stuff. I learned my lesson after the Marines moved me and the Navy lost half my stuff. $30 or more on ebay and smalljoes.com a week adds up! But it's pointless to do all that without insurance, so take of yourselves and make sure you'll be able to at least try and rebuild your collection. I've seen a friend pretty much loose it when his Star Wars collection was destroyed in a fire and he didn't have renters insurance. He was physically fine, but depressed for months.