I wanted to insure my bike, with specific insurance, b/c it is worth more than my 21 year old car. no dice. it's covered only under home owners insurance, under the personal property section usually, which covers theft of your property even if it wasn't stolen from your home but stolen from, say, your car.
At 11:54 PM 1/13/2012, michael perelman wrote:
>I had about $500 worth of electronics gear stolen from my luggage in
>June. I spent several hours figuring out how to download the claim
>forms. After I filled them out, I got a brief note indicating that
>they received my submission.
>Then I heard nothing. I spent many hours -- my guess is more than 20,
>mostly spent on wait times -- trying to contact somebody. I could get
>to an Indian call center, which could not give me any information on
>what to do.
>After several months, I was informed that I had not included the tag
>from my baggage, which I did. I resent it. Many weeks later, I
>learned that I never sent it according to their records. After
>several iterations, I learned that my claim was denied because the
>company never received the tags.
>A lawyer friend sent a letter to United. Now in January, I received a
>letter informing me that United does not accept responsibility for
>lost electronics.
>
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>Michael Perelman
>Economics Department
>California State University
>Chico, CA
>95929
>
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>fax 530 898 5901
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