Unless he had an "official" independent appraisal by a
recognized insurance appraiser who described the PDP-8
piece in detail and establish a value for it by
physically looking/photographing/videotaping the
equipment, and had it reviewed and approved by an his
insurance agent, and applied for the rider and payed
the extra premium for the rider, he has a snowballs
chance in hell in collecting anything.
steve
--- "O. Sharp" <ohh_at_drizzle.com> wrote:
>
> I'm baaaaack!...
>
> Apologies if this has been posted here already... I
> found this little
> horror story on alt.sys.pdp8, and it made me cringe.
> If anyone has a
> good estimate for this guy, it's probably best to
> reply to that
> newsgroup.
>
> I'm just going to go put those tank-traps and
> reinforced concrete into
> the front yard now... :/
>
> -O.-
>
> -- forwarded message --
> From: David M. Razler
> <REMOVECAPSdmrazler_at_rREMOVEazler.net>
> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp8
> Subject: CRISIS - need estimates on recent
> Straight-8
> sales/parts/repairs for insurance claim
> You're not going to believe this one
> Message-ID:
> <iq8t005iqpiudnu93ih6m3vifg3prf3b7f_at_4ax.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:12:47 GMT
>
> Fortunately no one was hurt.
> But my friends Jeff and Candice Nisler were home
> from their honeymoon
> for about a week when their home was struck by a
> flying car - which
> took out every floor joist and sent cinder blocks
> crashing through his
> Straight-8 destroying a glass front panel, powdering
> the covers and
> modules, shooting the power supply into a steel post
> (which it wrapped
> itself around (pix at nisler.org/crash))
>
> [The PDP-8 - or what's left of it - is in the
> photos on
> http://nisler.org/crash/down/ .]
>
> Jeff doesn't want to give up on Kermit - his first
> computer, but wants
> to force the auto owner's insurance company to
> repair/ restore the
> box.
>
> He is also looking to establish value based on
> recent purchases of
> Straight-8s, especially tabletop machines with glass
> panel and mod
> covers.
>
> Please post to me, he's a bit busy at the moment
> restoring the rest of
> his life.
>
> <I am also looking for anyone who is qualified to
> give me an
> assessment on a Raytheon CRT of the type used in the
> PDP-1 - it is
> being donated to THCM to help in the PDP-1 rehab
> project, and I'd like
> to take the full legal deduction.>
>
>
> -- end of forwarded message --
>
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