[pct-l] LOST baggage

[Ben Curtis]

Hi Ed,

    I had my old external frame Canyon stolen out of the back of a pickup truck in New Hampshire in the early eighties.  It was covered under my parents' homeowners policy since I was still living with them at time (minus the deductible of course).  I had filed a police report which was important.  Whoever stole it got a bunch of junk, and I got all new stuff.  

    When Sly and I were heading from Montana to New Mexico in the fall of 2002 to finish a CDT section that we had missed in the spring, Greyhound (or one of its subsidiaries) put Sly's pack on the wrong bus in Denver.  Fortunately it caught up with us in Alamosa the next day.    

-Ben



--- On Fri, 11/7/08, ed faubert <edfaubert at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: ed faubert <edfaubert at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] LOST baggage
> To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
> Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 8:30 AM
> Meadow Ed here
> On my recent trip home from the Grand Canyon i was upset to
> learn my baggage, read backpack, was not on the bus when i
> got home to LA. It was 4 days before it just
> "showed" up. I had already talked to the baggage
> agent and he said you have to wait 90 days before they will
> reinburse you but only 200$. Those of us who hike know thats
> not even the price for a new tent replacement. They when i
> added all my items in the pack and replacment was well into
> 2000$ range.
> I asked the baggage guy about adding insurance and he did
> mention well just shipping it on the bus as your luggage
> still only gives you 200$ you can choose to ship it as a
> package you can then insure it for a 1000$. He also well it
> will be on the same bus as you it may be put in  a seperate
> bin.
> I know a few others have lost packs on the busses and
> wondered what the outcome was. Billy Goat when he got sick
> on the bus last year and was taken off was without his pack
> for a few days but it did show up finaly.
> Is anyone out here an insurance person who knows if you
> have home owners insurance will it cover this
> "lost", i know sometimes car thieft is covered on
> this policy.
> Meadow Ed
> 
> 
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