House Fire Personal Property Reimbursement

by msubulldog » Fri Aug 20, 2010 05:58 pm

I am hoping this will be seen by someone who works in insurance or by someone who has experienced a house fire.

We recently had a house fire and lost all of our personal property on the bottom floor of house. Fortunately, we have replacement cost coverage. For example: I lost a shirt that cost $100 and was 1 year old. The insurance company reimbursed me $80 for the shirt ($100-$20 for 1 year depreciation). When I buy a new $100 shirt to replace it, the insurance company will reimburse me the $20 that was deducted for depreciation.

Does anyone know how I will be reimbursed for baseball cards? For example, I lost a baseball card that I paid $50 for and would cost $50 to replace. Here are my specific questions:

1) Is there depreciation on baseball cards and if so, how much?

2) How will I be reimbursed up front for my $50 baseball card?

Any help is appreciated and thank you in advance!

Total Comments: 1

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 07:24 pm Post Subject:

It's called 'recoverable depreciation'...as to the baseball card, that apparently has not a-or de-preciated. Did the adjuster assign any depreciation to it?

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