CodeMaster
Once Code Master, always Code Master
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2010
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Hi everyone.
It's been a while since I've been on this forum (not for lack of interest, but lack of time). I had taken a break from modeling when work and personal life got way too busy for any one person. Then in May of this year, I got a job offer I couldn't turn down, so I moved to the US (DC area to be precise) from sunny Saskatchewan. When my wife and family came down in July, we hired a moving company to pack our household and paid for insurance against item breakage.
As I'm sure you can all guess by now, a number of items were broken during transport, including most of my assembled models. I'm sure I can repair most of them, but I have included them in the insurance claim with the other items that were also broken during transport.
My question to the group is: How should I go about assigning value to the assembled models. I can find the cost of the kits to replace (the ones that are still available anyway), but what about the other materials and the time it took to complete the kit? I want to be reasonable with the value, but I also want to show that there is more to these than just the initial kit, like some of my other collectables (which were also damaged).
Any advice you have is greatly appreciated.
It's been a while since I've been on this forum (not for lack of interest, but lack of time). I had taken a break from modeling when work and personal life got way too busy for any one person. Then in May of this year, I got a job offer I couldn't turn down, so I moved to the US (DC area to be precise) from sunny Saskatchewan. When my wife and family came down in July, we hired a moving company to pack our household and paid for insurance against item breakage.
As I'm sure you can all guess by now, a number of items were broken during transport, including most of my assembled models. I'm sure I can repair most of them, but I have included them in the insurance claim with the other items that were also broken during transport.
My question to the group is: How should I go about assigning value to the assembled models. I can find the cost of the kits to replace (the ones that are still available anyway), but what about the other materials and the time it took to complete the kit? I want to be reasonable with the value, but I also want to show that there is more to these than just the initial kit, like some of my other collectables (which were also damaged).
Any advice you have is greatly appreciated.