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Re: Partial or full claim? (Sun Aug 8 02:47:04 2004 )
kinsagashi [View profile ]


Well, at least Nick finally accepted his 
liability for the insurance SNAFU, even though 
he's yet to outline a course of action (if any) 
he would take if the postal service doesn't come 
through.  Maybe another month of patience will do 
the trick... or maybe not...

The claim I filed was definitely partial: still 
well below a third of the package's full value; I 
always said from the start that I only cared 
about recovering the specific damages and that's 
all.  My claim was even for far less than 
whatever number Nick is going by these days 
(first he said it's $1500, now he says it's $750; 
it doesn't matter anyway since my claim is still 
far below either range).  So even if he obtained 
the insurance coverage for $750 instead, that 
would have been more than enough to cover my 
claim and his responsibility.  Now I just hope 
that with the invoices and payment receipts I 
provided the post office, the modest claim will 
convince the postal service to approve it.

The postal service is currently holding the 
damaged cels.  They will inform me what will 
happen to those items once Nick's documents 
finally arrive to them.  But if they do decide to 
keep and/or destroy the items in exchange for 
approving the claim, I will be fine with that.

I have been collecting for years, and I agree 
with many of you that any production art almost 
always arrives with their minor dinks and dents.  
But the damage on the items in question were 
serious enough that I knew that it fell outside 
the realm of normal wear and tear.  They were not 
what I expected nor paid for, and I have no 
desire to keep them.  The claims inspector (even 
if Nick believes that he knows better than a 
professional who assesses damage for a living) 
agreed that the damage is unreasonable so I hope 
that's a good sign.

But if the damaged cels ultimately stay with the 
postal service AND I can only get the $150 
amount, then it'll be interesting to see what 
happens next.  Obviously, I wouldn't be able to 
sell off the damaged items like Nick suggested 
while Nick himself... well, you'll have to ask 
him again.

At least he admitted that he's accountable... and 
that's a very important step in the right 
direction.  First, though, we'll both cross our 
fingers and hope that the claim works out for the 
best.  I'm sure that Nick would prefer avoid 
doing anything further, even if it's to resolve a 
serious mistake that he admitted to, while I feel 
justifiably queasy just thinking about asking him 
for any help.

For now, it's just wait and see.



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