Protecting your collection

[Necromancer]

Don't forget to hook it up to a cattle prod for something kinda like this:

[Sparky]

Don't forget to hook it up to a cattle prod for something kinda like this:

hahaha.. or a cattle electric line at dick level...

[BigusSchmuck]

My cat Baldrick is all the security I need. If anyone goes near my Laseractive its instant chomp, claw chomp on the ankles and no one likes that.

[esteban]

Don't forget to hook it up to a cattle prod for something kinda like this:

I finally watched this! What is this from? It seems familiar, but I can't figure it out. Frustrating. 

[jeffhlewis]

Don't forget to hook it up to a cattle prod for something kinda like this:

I finally watched this! What is this from? It seems familiar, but I can't figure it out. Frustrating. 

It's one of the fake commercials from Robocop - all the more relevant now that Detroit is bankrupt, and presumably OCP is going to bail them out.

[esteban]

Don't forget to hook it up to a cattle prod for something kinda like this:

I finally watched this! What is this from? It seems familiar, but I can't figure it out. Frustrating. 

It's one of the fake commercials from Robocop - all the more relevant now that Detroit is bankrupt, and presumably OCP is going to bail them out.

Holy crap, that's awesome I knew I had seen it! I gotta watch Robocop again...it's been 20? years...

[_joshuaTurbo]

I've noticed that our basement gets a bit wet (sweaty walls) and it feels slightly damp after a hard rain so we purchased a dehumidifier.  I ran it from Saturday morning up through this morning and have removed 9 gallons of water SO FAR from our game room!!  O_O

The walls are now incredibly dry and the floor is dry and almost warm now.  The humidity went from 62% to 45% in about 48 hours.  Anybody else use a basement room for gaming in?  If so, I'd recommend a dehumidifier.

If anyone's wondering also- I've never noticed any damp/basementy smells to games stored down here or any dampness to magazines or boxes, then again I've only been using this room for gaming in since mid March... so who knows if it could have gotten worse the longer we used this room.  I'm hoping having this running continuously keeps things under control.

[jeffhlewis]

I've noticed that our basement gets a bit wet (sweaty walls) and it feels slightly damp after a hard rain so we purchased a dehumidifier.  I ran it from Saturday morning up through this morning and have removed 9 gallons of water SO FAR from our game room!!  O_O

The walls are now incredibly dry and the floor is dry and almost warm now.  The humidity went from 62% to 45% in about 48 hours.  Anybody else use a basement room for gaming in?  If so, I'd recommend a dehumidifier.

If anyone's wondering also- I've never noticed any damp/basementy smells to games stored down here or any dampness to magazines or boxes, then again I've only been using this room for gaming in since mid March... so who knows if it could have gotten worse the longer we used this room.  I'm hoping having this running continuously keeps things under control.

I had a two level townhome right on Lake Michigan before I moved to Milwaukee (where the bedroom and office were technically in the basement) - I picked up a $120 cheapo dehumidifier and used to routinely dump about 5-6 gallons on water a day from that thing in the summer. It was unreal.

Makes a HUGE difference with regards to the place not smelling like a mildewy sock

[xelement5x]

Yeah, my folks live in northern Illinois and my Dad has always run a dehumidifier in the basement next to his workbench to keep it from getting damp down there.

I live in Colorado now, so extra humidity is not really an issue for me. 

[majors]

I picked up a $120 cheapo dehumidifier and used to routinely dump about 5-6 gallons on water a day from that thing in the summer. It was unreal.

Same here. A friends dad gave me a dehumidifier he did not need and I promptly set it up to run in the basement (two rooms). It would cut off daily with it's bucket full. I installed a hose that drains into the downstairs shower so it can keep on keeping on. It definite make the area more comfortable in the summer.

[glazball]

On topic: I keep my games stored in sealable plastic underbed-storage-type containers and I throw in several dessicant packets (you know, the ones that say Do Not Eat) to help keep them dry.  I read they help keep pests away like silverfish and it's worked fine for me so far.

Off topic: can one of you creative folk please make a meme pic that reads THEY'LL GET MY DUO WHEN THEY PRY MY COLD DEAD HANDS OFF OF IT.  kthx

Also, Ark you're Safari Hunt joke made me lol.  Holy shit that was funny!

[xelement5x]

So, bumping this back up as I finally talked to my insurance guy about this. 

Like others mentioned, a home security system is nice (and I already have one of those), but if your house really does get robbed or burns down having insurance is a good thing too.  Here's what I came up with finally (I own my home and have Farmers as an insurer, it may not apply to everyone).

Originally I talked about adding a floater to my home insurance policy.  Normally that covers specific items after they have been appraised for a set amount.  However, it looks like you can only get floater policies for certain things in a specific category like jewelry, art, guns, etc.  Video games were not one of them.

After talking with the insurance underwriter, they said that my games would be covered under my home owners (property) insurance as long as I had documentation of everything.  So, after snapping some basic photos and providing lists to my agent everything seems like I would be okay monetarily in case something happened.  He said the more documentation you can provide the better regarding condition and quantity, so I may try and work up something a bit more in depth when I have time.

Also, an aside, but my agent had never even heard of video game collecting a thing and was quite surprised to hear about the prices of some things.  I told him some stories about the great times where games were cheap and plentiful, and now everything costs way too much and is overpriced.  He actually collects Jordan sneakers I guess, you learn something new everyday.

Hope this helps anyone who was still interested.

[Medic_wheat]

You know I think about how to protect my collection more so now that I get some of those more high dollar games and the over all library grows.....



My game collection vastly over shadows my comic and toy collection.

[munchiaz]

I spoke with my insurance (travelers) a few weeks ago. I am currently renting and have renters insurance. I asked about floater as well, and like you said  Xele the games would be covered under my property insurance. I have all my stuff documented with list, and pictures. I still need to get something going for condition. They said i could try to get it appraised, but I don't think there is anything really official out there for video games.

[esadajr]

thanks to collectardism, insuring the game collection will be as expensive as insuring that Picaso