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insuring prizes- proof of value / 'purchase'?

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What value do you give a prize (eg, a top range mountain bike), if won in a competition?

And, if later stolen / damaged etc, how do you prove you ever had it?
breathe in, breathe out- You're alive! Everything else is a bonus, right? RIGHT??

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  • Misslayed
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    Take photographs?
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  • skintpaul
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    More date wise, to show how/where you came by it.. I doubt promoter gives winner their receipt when delivering a prize..

    value wise- would prevailing (retail) value be used? Or, if won, would any claim be considered, as no financial loss actually incurred..
    breathe in, breathe out- You're alive! Everything else is a bonus, right? RIGHT??
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,257 Forumite
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    edited 10 July 2016 at 10:47AM
    Similar here

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5489545


    skintpaul wrote: »
    value wise- would prevailing (retail) value be used? Or, if won, would any claim be considered, as no financial loss actually incurred..

    Expensive Jewellery can often be a gift but it is still insurable even though it may have cost the person insuring it nothing.
  • Misslayed
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    That's true MJM, I've just remembered that after a robbery in 2001 I claimed for jewellery and silverware which was all either gifts or inherited family pieces. We had a visit from a loss adjuster who accepted photographic evidence, jewellery boxes and silver cases as evidence, after that they paid our claim in full. He was obviously "sussing us out" though.
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