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10 Post author: purplerabbits 25 May 2013 10:31AM

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Comment author: coffeespoons 25 May 2013 03:53:16PM 6 points [-]

The OP says that she's insured, so theft of the items would be significantly less costly than £2000.

Comment author: Error 25 May 2013 08:21:03PM 3 points [-]

Or more costly if you factor in the aggravation of dealing with the insurance company. For those that havn't done it before...well, it's not pleasant unless you know exactly what you are doing. Or have a lawyer handle it, which can be its own brand of pain.

Comment author: bentarm 26 May 2013 08:10:22AM 4 points [-]

Or more costly if you factor in the aggravation of dealing with the insurance company

Presumably if that was the case, she wouldn't have bought insurance...

Comment author: coffeespoons 25 May 2013 08:33:02PM *  0 points [-]

The last time I dealt with an insurance company it wasn't all that painful (maybe 2-3 hours work). Depending on how the OP values her time of course I suspect the cost would still be quite a lot lower than £2000.

Comment author: purplerabbits 26 May 2013 01:59:11PM 1 point [-]

Yes, I would expect 2-3 hours work dealing with it plus a loss of utility for the holiday of around £200. If I cost my time at a tenner an hour that works out at under 50p for a luggage free bathroom break, which sounds pretty reasonable to me.