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Wouldn't bother with Direct Line though, rip off merchants!
fc with consumer advice
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Yh if you did lose all of your collection in a fire then getting 5K back would atleast help you to start rebuilding it up again.
Yes you cant really replace all your oldies an all that but its better than nothing.
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5k would just about cover the therapy I'd need if my collection ever disappeared. Speaking of which, I guess I should move the NBHDs off the front porch...
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Hmmmm. I did consider this the other day as the upstairs neighbour had a leek directly above where i keep the shoes, luckily my (sort of) brother in law was there and heard the drips and moved everything out the way....
Cash is nice, but on the serious, a lot of mine I would not be able to replace anyway.
Fireproof vault into Google...
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I've actually wondered about this myself. I figure I need to increase my cover a little, because I dont think it would cover my kicks as well. Thing is, like a lot of collectable stuff, the value is subjective.
We may all say that a certain pair is "worth" £300, but surely insurance company would only pay what they actually cost, ie: £80.
That and the "worth" of some of them seems to change with time, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.
What I actually paid for some of mine, and what they would have cost in the shop, is totally different (anniversaries a good example)
So I guess the question is not how much to cover them for, but what to try and claim should the need ever arise.
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It's all about replacement.
If you've got photos of all of them and they get stolen or burnt, they'll pay you the cost of replacement.
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Good thing we all take pride in taking pics of our collections then really.
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Yeah, gotta keep 'em updated though really.