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Official appraisal for pinball machines.

Pharoah007

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I'm switching insurance companies in my new company is asking if I have an appraisal for the values I claim on my machines.

Has anyone here been there done that and can recommend an appraiser ?
 

MrMikeman

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That’s odd. My insurer doesn’t give a rat’s ass what’s in the house. They only care about total value. I just need to make sure my value covers the content of the house, including the games.
 
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BMHouze

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I would suggest the current pinside listed value when you look up each machine.
There's a replacement value in USD based on current sales.
Or just take a drive to Kingston and take pics of the ones in the retail showroom and scare the hell out of them.
 

Chris Bardon

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That’s odd. My insurer doesn’t give a rat’s ass what’s in the house. They only care about total value. I just need to make sure my value covers the content of the house, including the games.
I had the same conversation with mine. Overall contents is insured at $X, so the pins fall under that. Just make sure you can prove what you owned though, and hope you never have to deal with replacement.
 

ALJO

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Many years ago my insurer once even sent someone to verify that I "DO" have 14 pinball machines in my basement, they did'nt believe me and thought I was making it up.
At the time I had 2 Jousts, Rat Race, Catacomb, Banzai Run, Hyper Ball, Sea Hunt, TZ, Euromat, USA Football, Viza War, SWEP1, Orbitor 1 and another one I don't remember.
Sold them all when I met my new wife.
 

MrMikeman

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Many years ago my insurer once even sent someone to verify that I "DO" have 14 pinball machines in my basement.
Sold them all when I met my new wife.
Funny. I sold all mine when I got rid of my old wife. Found a pinball loving gf. Got a bunch a pins back with her consent. Now we are getting married in Nov.
 
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