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Rebuilding a cabinet after a flood - Insurance value!
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on September 18, 2009, 10:28:22 am ---Well he could always get a quote from another local collector. Or get a quote from a local woodworker.
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Getting a quote from a woodworker probably isn't valid unless it was built by a woodworker or if he has a professional woodworker's skills. If he has a pro woodworker's skills he could bang out another cabinet in a weekend anyway.
I say it's not really worth the questionable ethics. If it's a mostly standard build, and all that was damaged was the cabinet itself, count yourself lucky and claim the cost of an empty replacement cab plus whatever artwork you'd need to make it comparable.
Malenko:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 18, 2009, 10:38:06 am ---I say it's not really worth the questionable ethics. If it's a mostly standard build, and all that was damaged was the cabinet itself, count yourself lucky and claim the cost of an empty replacement cab plus whatever artwork you'd need to make it comparable.
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aka $50 :laugh2:
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Malenko on September 18, 2009, 11:49:54 am ---aka $50 :laugh2:
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Depends on the artwork, of course. Artwork can be spendy. I haven't seen his cab. If he had a standard painted cab all he has really lost is $50 here.
Animeka:
I linked to the cab in the first post. It's an original cab converted to mame, with some modifications to it and new side art (golden axe).
The poster who said labour is not factored in and getting a quote from a cabinet maker isnt valid is wrong.
If you built it yourself, the insurance still has to replace it the way it was, i.e. by any means necessary so buying pre-made, or having it custom built. In most cases, pre-made is cheaper, but for custom stuff like this, I would be entitled to have it redone by a cabinet maker.
In any case, they gave me an offer of 500$ today and I accepted it. I had cabinets redone for my laundry room for less than that, so that's more than fair.
Marc
ChadTower:
See, that's just grey ethically. It was a used empty cabinet to begin with. Don't even try telling us you paid $500 for the empty cabinet. Replacement value for a similar item is $50 as stated above.
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