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Subject: Re: [OM] WTB - Olympus Chrome Six
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:24:59 -0400
You commented about fixing the door lock.  Was the theft from your home 
or your car?

Chuck Norcutt


NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Well, fortunately or perhaps unfortunately, I had the 90mm f2 and the 50 mm 
>  f1.2 on a separate schedule.  The 90mm at $700 and the 50mm f1.2 at  $225. 
>  I was asleep at the wheel, so I will get paid $925 for the  two.  The 
> Chrome Six was covered under my homeowners policy which pays  replacement 
> cost.  
> Given that they haven't been made in about 55 years,  that will end up 
> being on the used market.  No blank checks, but we will  arrive at an amount 
> that one should be able to buy one for on the used market  and I will be paid 
> that amount.  My homeowners policy has a $1,000  deductible so that will come 
> off the top, which means the theft will cost me  $1000, plus the amount 
> between what I insured the 90mm and 50mm for and my  actual cost to replace 
> them and the price to fix my door lock.  I figure  that will be somewhere 
> around $2,000, however with some careful shopping I may  be able to reduce 
> that a 
> little.  Glad I had insurance.  Bill  Barber
>  
>  
> In a message dated 9/30/2009 3:01:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> How do  these rarities get evaluated for insurance coverage?
> 
> Chuck  Norcutt
> 
> NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> Part of what was recently stolen  was my Olympus Chrome Six in near mint  
>> condition with case. It  had the 2.8 lens and all leather was intact. No 
> light  
>>  leaks.  I used it and was delighted with the results.  If anyone  has  
> one 
>> they are interested in sending to a new home, please  contact me off  
> list.  
>> Same goes for the 90mm f2 and 50mm  f1.2., both of which were near  mint 
> with 
>> hoods. I've just about  got most of the kit replacements tracked down,  
> other 
>> than these  items and my Gossen Sixtino light meter.  Yes, it was old,  
> but  
>> accurate and had a really dandy little hard plastic clamshell  case.   
> Bill 
>> Barber
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