stolen laptop

[Jesse Guardiani]

Kevin Oberman wrote:

>> From: "Dan Langille" <dan at langille.org>
>> Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 17:13:18 -0400
>> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
>> 
>> On 21 May 2004 at 14:09, Randy Bush wrote:
>> 
>> > > Doesn't car insurance normally cover theft-from-auto?
>> > 
>> > no, household
>> 
>> This I can confirm.  My insurance broker said car insurance covers
>> only that which is normally afixed to the car (e.g. radio).
>> Everything else is household.
> 
> This depends on the state where the insurance is issued. While this may
> be the case for Dan and Randy, it's not true in all cases. In Colorado
> such losses are covered by auto "comprehensive" coverage which is only
> available if you have collision coverage. I think that's true in
> California, too, but I have yet to have my car broken into since I moved
> here many years ago (knock wood). Guess I should check on it.
> 
> In Colorado, homeowners explicitly excluded anything stolen from an
> auto, RV, boat, motorcycle, or anything that is normally on wheels.
> 
> Real bummer, Dan. You should be able to replace the wireless cards with
> others that are very good (better than the "Silver") for under $50
> each...unless you needed those specific cards for your article. Wired
> PCMCIA are available for $10 or $15. Look on ebay or watch the Sunday
> ads for Best Buy and CompUSA. You might even end up buying your old
> hardware on ebay. :-(

I had a friend in Tennessee that got reimbursed for a stolen laptop (car)
about 6 or 7 years ago, I think. Not sure if they still do that around
here or not though.

-- 
Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator
WingNET Internet Services,
P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605
423-559-LINK (v)  423-559-5145 (f)
http://www.wingnet.net