kayDUB wrote:
I don't have the serial numbers of my gear, but have a picture of each item... which might or might not help.
You should record the serial numbers. It may not make a difference for insurance purposes, but it does help the police. Say they get a tip off and they bust some guys with a whole bunch of gear - unless they catch them red-handed it's hard for the cops to prove that the goods aren't somebody else's. But if you've reported the case, and the cops have the serial numbers and equipment with the same serial number is found then they have some hard questions to answer.
I know, I know... but in the case of the recent burglary that I mentioned earlier the cops responded promptly, politely and efficiently (the guys who came to take our statements even coached us on how to preserve evidence until the fingerprint team arrived). But had we recorded the serial numbers of the TVs, computers etc? We had not.
A few days later the cops bust a gang in our neighbourhood. Bored kids as it turned out. The police had enough to make a case but were they the guys who hit our house? Without serial numbers to specifically identify our belongings they couldn't be charged with our burglary, and assuming they had our belongings we would not have been able to positively identify them and claim them back.
So record the serial numbers.
