UPDATE: a lot of people asking about the recent mold/water in my basement. At this point, our insurance is saying this falls under "Home Maintenance"... like replacing a leaking roof and may NOT be covered. We're still working to resolve the issue. THX.
I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is just something so damn like-able about this guy. Literally on a video marathon of your work. Love the vids man!
Exactly like he’s the type of guy that you just can’t hate. He’s like a gentle giant. I’ve watched all his videos and I still watch them over again multiple times
Hey MJ, met you at Phoenix convention. Just need to say, you are a genuinely nice guy. You were more than happy to say hi to everyone who passed by and very appreciative of everyone who came by and said they watch you.
I'm an insurance agent. Remember people if you do have a collection or "man cave" in your basement and are afraid of floods and/or water sewer backup they are excluded under normal renters or homeowners policies. Water sewer backup can usually be added to a policy for more coverage but floods are covered under a separate flood policy.
Excellent advice, seems almost prophetic as a year later some of his collection was indeed water damaged. Wonder if he took out that separate water policy you mentioned.
I am new to the insurance industry so this video was very interesting fore me. I knew there was no way they could use scheduled personal property for the game room. Scheduled personal property is for high value single items that need to be insured for a specific amount. For example I just wrote a homeowners policy with SPP for a 28k engagement ring. All homeowners policies come with personal property protection in them, typically our are 50-75% of the homes value but you can increase that to higher limits for a few dollars more a month. My only advice is to talk to your agent and make sure you have good sewer backup coverage. Without it, if the sewer backed up and you had 6 inches of water in your basement your homeowners insurance will NOT cover it. Another piece of advice is get everything off the floor a minimum of 6 inches. If you had to make a claim it will make the claims process easier. Lastly and I hope I am not boring you is have to checked on flood insurance? I have no idea what level of risk you are at but if there was a flood and your gameroom was damaged your homeowners insurance plan will not cover it. Floods are always a specific named exclusion.
Disaster for me. 2015 I was moving I put my stuff into a storage locker in my city- Kamloops BC - . Which had a gate. and cameras all the important stuff. I got broken into. The operators were on vacation so they didn't know what day this happened. They refused to look at the camera footage. Police - were corrupt and asked me if I had serial numbers on my cd games? WTF! also told me they would not look at the camera footage because how can I prove which cardboard box was mine. Absolute disaster they took hundreds of games, accessories , all my video game figures, and my coin from the NYC nintendo store. I'll never see this stuff again and it would have been safer leaving this stuff in my backyard shed.
never trust someone else with anything in life. lesson learned. storage facilities are NOT there to help you. they r there to make money. they couldn't give two less shits about ur stuff.
@@maxprudhomme6016 whys it got to be black? My neighbors where white and we knew not to tell them we were on vacation. Atleast in my old neighborhood this one old white granny just went upon herself to put fake plants in my house when no one was home.
cool thanks, just noticed my opened air con vents on the ceiling is facing my electronics and not in-use. but still feel a breeze coming thru. thanks buddy, appreciated :)
I have an air purifier and a filter placed over the vent to the room my games are in and that has dramatically reduced the amount of dust. Just run the air purifier at night while you sleep.
Excellent question as I want to start making sure I do my physical games from now on. So loved seeing this and loved hearing how you spoke about the real world worries and concerns.
I've decided to create a catalog of all the games I have not only in a spreadsheet, but also with pictures. That's definitely some solid (and much appreciated) advice you've given us.
This was extremely informational, along with my games I have 15 guitars and an amp collection and always wondered how this worked. I really appreciate you going into detail with everything, keep up the great content bro !
That's great that you have a backup camera solution. I have seen tons of malfunction on (mostly cheap) DVR for surveillance. Do check them from time to time. And have you tried testing your security, by intentionally triggering stuff? In my working life, I have encountered some situations where the DVR wasn't recording, or had an error and stop after a certain day, so once a year (more or less) would be something I would do if I had cameras installed. Also using it once in a while, so that if (god forbid) something happend, I would be able to get the recording faster without messing something up. Murphy's law is a scary thing man.
A game collection is a great thing to have. The ability to play so many games at will is simply amazing. The most fantastic thing about your collection in my opinion is : all these things are safe! Your game room is like a museum! The care and love and vision looking forward, and the level of preservation is top notch. You are doing it right Mr. Jesus. Love the channel! I grew up on all those Sierra games, and thank you for contributing to some of the most memorable moments of my gaming past! O7
The only thing insurance does is insures that you lose money. Take that money you would have spent on "insurance" and put it in the the bank or invest it smartly. Then if something actually does happen, you have all this money socked away to replace what you can't be without. WOW right?
Its nice you have that kind of relationship with your neibours, where i used to live in London, not many people have that.. You rarely get more than the odd 'hi'. I have since moved to a smaller town and its night and day. Family next door are super friendly and we talk all the time!
Even if you don't own the place you live, you can get Renters Insurance that will cover your items and they do help you break down certain amounts ($1,000 for Health & Beauty Products / $3,000 for Jewelry / $5,000 for Electronics) but you can also add additional coverage to specific categories (so if you need to have $10,000 Electronic Coverage instead of $5,000 they can bump that up for just that category) and typically Renters Insurance is pretty cheap; basic plans can be as low as $150 per year depending on how much coverage you want.
I am a small collector as I am slowly growing a small collection of games, consoles, music CDs, cassette tapes, movie cassettes, vinyls and etc. and unfortunatly, I still don't have enough space in my room to put them all away properly. What sucks is that I lost my Gamecube's connection cables and game CDs too. Once I get a job, i'll save away some money for my growing collection and find ways to put them all away neatly.
I love love love this video. I needed this information so bad, having just moved into a house for the first time in 17 years and completely unknowledgable on where to even begin attempting how to cover all my games. Frankly not as big as yours, but I'm frankly not as old you either. Maybe some day I'll get there but it won't happen if I don't keep what I have so far safe.
Just wanted to say that you are one of the pioneer's in the video game collecting channel world. By your energy and enthusiasm I can tell you do all this for the love of gaming. Thanks for keeping it real fellow gamer!!!
i have to agree with you on number two, knowing your neighbors is really really important. not only is it cool to know them and have some drinks with them but to also know that you both have each others backs
Great advise! Personal property insurance is so important! You should be able to bundle it with either home or renters at little to no increase to your premium. Cannot recommend it enough!
I used to be a claims adjuster. Your policy limit and your premium is based upon the total replacement cost of all your property. So when cateloging, be sure to indicate current replacement value of each item in your collection, since some will be worth much more than others. Update the values as they change so you have a recent, relevant cost list. If you have a loss, your insurance company will want to pay you the actual cash value (ACV) of any particular item, which is based on it's age, condition at time of loss. if you find an actual replacement, and the cost is more than what you were paid ACV, you can then make an additional claim for the different between the actual cost to replace it, and what the insurance paid up front for the ACV. Usually there is also a time limit on long you have to actually replace an item to get the full replacement cost. I would also encourage you to get an actual appraisal for your most valuable and rare items. A full video description along with a written inventory is what your claim adjuster will want to see and you'll get your settlement much faster. Hope that helps.
Here is a question: In what order do you place your games in your game room? (Games in order from A to Z, favourite game first and least favourite game last etc.) An easy question that can be answered in a few seconds. :).
Alphabetical for sure. The order you display each collection (by system) doesn't matter as much. I can't imagine trying to find a specific game in a large collection that wasn't in alphabetical order.
I'd like to echo what MJ said about a list of games not being enough for insurance purposes. I have a co-worker who used to work as an insurance claims specialist and just having a list on paper of lost/stolen/damaged collectibles was never enough, she told me. I take video a couple of times per year.
I'm shocked you haven't answered this question sooner to be honest as I'd say it is one of the MOST important thing people want to know before really expanding their collection.
This is a topic that often doesn't get discussed, which I find odd considering the importance of protecting your stuff. Now I'm going to record my ps1, ps2, and xbox 360 collection. Thanks for the tips MetalJesusRocks
MetalJesus - A couple good tips here on insurance. There's also another thing I do: besides having a thorough list of my collection, I have just about *"every"* receipt for the games I've bought new over the last 20 years (give or take). I do that for my own piece of mind.
One of my best friends had a huge collection of games and consoles. He ended up getting a job where he traveled around the USA doing mineral right surveys. He was living out of a travel trailer and had to put all his stuff in a climate controlled storage center. The storage center ended up catching on fire and everything in his storage unit was completely destroyed. He didn't purchase any storage insurance so it was a total loss.
I love how you wont mention what brand of camera you are using, but its nicely hidden in plain sight to the trained eye ;). They are brilliant cameras, they also have a remote siren, two way talk and facial recognition too.
Thanks for the video - I already have an extensive cataloging system for my collection and some other security measures, but this game me some ideas to insure my collection separate from our home insurance.
when we had the flooding in the uk a couple of years ago, and god decided to piss allover my sinclair collection, the insurance agent(loss adjustor) was impressed i had an inventory and videos of my stuff, i also had some receipts, this made claiming way easier, he came took a look at the water damaged stuff, and said there was no problem. i was really impressed by the fact that he did not care about what could be salvaged, they just said total loss and made an offer which i took, he even said salvage what you can with some rare stuff it may be a case of repairing it, you may not find replacements. the main thing is be upfront to start with, it pays dividends if you have to claim.
So, when i had a large collection (sold it a year and a half ago) I had a "named items" policy, i had to maintain a list of every single game, and photographic evidence... it ran about $15/mo for coverage of a 3000 game collection including arcades and hardware... the biggest thing to check on these policies tho is that they are for Direct Replacement not for Value... as most insurance companies will peg a "used videogame" at 2-5$ each... with direct replacement, they pay to buy a replacement in similar condition... so you get your game back...
when i saw the tittle I though he would talk about plastic covers and game maintainance, not how to protect your house from burglars, disasters and insurance stuff
After a fire destroyed every single thing I owned back in 05, thousands of games and several consoles, I will always have insurance. My insurance company sent me a check for the damages within 7 days. ALWAYS get insurance people!
Knowing your neighbors is SUPER IMPORTANT!! When my house was broken into, we didn't know our neighbors well, so the weren't concerned about the loud noises coming from our house.(That noise was the theives prying open our door.) If we had known our neighbors well, they would have known that the moment that the noises started, something was wrong.
This video is super informative! I'd like to also add that CLZ is an amazing inventory app that also does barcode scanning. It also allows you to select CIB, Cart only, or Cart and instructions only. It uses that, along with current pricecharting data and will give you an estimated value of your collection. This is what I'm using to insure my games. I think the app is $14, but it's well worth it. Peace!
I started to think about the risk of flooding, especially in case of basement. Now, it doesn't apply to me personally, but I just started to wonder if it would be feasible to install a pump or two in corner(s) of the room, and set them to start automatically when there's water on the floor. Then, the lowest shelves should be higher than where the pump(s) would keep the water level. I mean, just having a detection for water damage wouldn't help to prevent the damage; it would be more a message saying "Water is rising. Your stuff will be gone in five minutes.". But if the speed in which the water would flow in in case of flood, could be assumed to be quite finite (no large gaps in and between walls, floor and windows), a pump might be able to prevent the water rising higher than the intake of the pump. (A second pump could be there in case the other wouldn't start -- after possibly sitting a few years unused. I suppose the things to be considered would be the price of pump(s), how much space they would take, and what's the chance of losing power when there's flood.
As someone who's had things stolen from family members (60s Mosrite, Epiphone and Gibson Guitars) I can attest to the value of insurance. If someone wants to steal things from your house you cant stop them, they will learn your routine and slip in and out detected or not. Same thing for mother nature, you may have a 5ft levee around your home but you'll wake up to 6 ft of water at 2am one day (also happened).
Cameras are somewhat useless cause when a drugaddict break in, steals ur crap, you won't be getting anything back lol. I use armcrest security with cellphone, works awesome. Best way to protect your own, is to use steel bar windows with steel bar door with additional lock.
Also, take pictures of your collection with yourself in the picture. Date them too. That's how I shore up my cataloging approach. And keep copies of receipts or Ebay invoices if you get retro games from there
My brother has a very large pinball collection - the largest private working collection in his state - and he set up his home owners insurance policy to cover it. That's good considering it has to be worth somewhere around a quarter million. It's all cataloged with pictures and so on.
My Game Collection is an awesome Android app. It also does Amiibo, Skylanders, and hardware. If something obscure is missing they are good at adding it in after contacting them. They also add new features quite regularly. I've been using the app for 2-3 years now.
I've been planning to get one for almost 10 years, the technology has improved so much since then and it makes we want to purchase one so bad, hopefully this year.
Hmm. It’s important to make sure you find a carrier that protects the actual value of your game collection. I have a feeling you are only protected for whatever it would cost to replace those items today less depreciation which would put you at a major loss.
If the humidity is high, but his system was not advanced enough to detect the water damage he received on the video he aired on December 4 2018. Better upgrade....
I WATCHED THIS VIDEO AND GOT A PAPER CUT!!!!! YOU DIDNT WARN ME ABOUT THAT! ILLEEEGALL! lol awesome video man, i could employ some of this stuff on protecting my lego collection. also, not very cool to rat out your neighbors like that... now that i know they are gone. im going over there now to steal all her potted plants
Your dog comment got me thinking about my dog dealing with a robber. She would either get super scared and hide, or go into "hello friend" mode and start trying to give them kisses. She's a little KC Spaniel, and not very smart at that, but wow what I loving dog! lol
dogs are a double edged sword when it comes to electronics. they can save your stuff from theft but if it is a shedder then the fur could also damage things like a console. a lot of xbox 360s with the rrod that i have opened were covered in pet hair on the inside
I don't really have enough games to catalog, but I DO have a couple thousands dvds and blu-rays. I use a program called DVD Profiler to keep track of them all. It shows all kinds of info about the movies and shows as well as HQ shots of the front and back covers. I also keep a text file list of all of my movies and shows, which includes how many discs there are as well as how many titles there are and for what occasion I got the movie or show. I also keep a filmaf.com account which keeps track of my movies...though they don't have every single one...which is a shame.
The trouble with insurance companies is that they will almost never give you what it's worth. I had a long talk with my home owner's insurance agent and was told that they will pay what it costs to replace the games in question. Now the problem with this is that they will often look these values up on eBay. The trouble comes, for example, if you have a mint/CIB copy of Donkey Kong Jr. Math for the NES (which often sells for over $2,000), but they would assume that could be replaced with a loose copy of the same game, which often sells for around $100. I was told they don't treat factory sealed games any differently than opened copies. And again, if you ever need to file a claim, keep in mind it's their job to save as much money as possible for their company. It's all very shady and you will never get what it's truly worth.
Heroic Defeat oh yeah I know about box protectors :) call me weird, but I like seeing other people's videos talking about things like that, or cleaning, even though I know fully about both. I'm not sure why but I find it enjoyable haha! And yeah I agree about the cardboard boxes, but I'm more of a sega collector, so I don't need to worry as much
Very useful information. I'll probably need insurance in the future too, as I have over 800 games now and are still collecting. Hope it will grow to the size of yours once I'm done studying and have a job.
I go with USAA since I am retired military and I have never had one issue with claims. We have had Renters Insurance through them for the last 5 years which covers $30,000 in personal property and a Valuable Personal Property policy that is separate which covers things like Jewelry, Cameras, and Laptops. Things that you are very expensive and won't hit your renters insurance if you had to make a claim. I have had to make claims, we live in a Hurricane Area and were affected by both Matthew in 2016 and Irma in 2017. I have never had any issue with making a claim, just realize if you make a claim, it will go against your policy and could raise your premium. It can even make it harder for you to get future coverage. For example, we have had a 4 claims in 3 years 2 of those claims involved the Hurricanes, one involved my wedding ring getting damaged, and another one involved a very bad storm that knocked out our power for days and power surged some of our stuff. Granted, all of these claims were small claims. However, we went to go get Homeowner's Insurance because we are fixing to move out of here on the 23rd into our first house (and I will finally have a GAME ROOM!! SO EXCITED!!). Just to give you a clue of what claims can do to your insurance premiums and getting coverage in the future. Our Homeowners Insurance is going to cost us $180 a month!! There is no way around this until those claims fall off our insurance. Just keep it in mind that you only want to use your insurance, even for very valid reasons as sparingly as possible. Of course they do not tell you this. So lets say your game room burns down. you put in some massive claim for $100k or whatever it costs to fix it. Good luck with that premium and it could potentially screw you if you go to move and want to get a new policy. With us, USAA was the best possible rate we could get out of any other insurance company when it comes to homeowners. Nobody else wants to deal with us and we are technically uninsurable outside of USAA. SO BE CAREFUL!
Good informative video! My house was was broken into on the 20 th of this past December while I was at work and had thousands of dollars worth of game consoles and games stolen. You may think it may never happen to you and hopefully it don't but you need to be insured, I wasn't so I am out a lot of money and the years I spent collecting all these items.
Have you ever had games that don't play? I had my ps2 in storage along with my games and just recently took them out of storage and try to play play them and only half of them play? I don't know if my games are bad or my console is bad but I think it's my games mainly because they been so long in storage...I'm hoping it's not disc rot as I'm starting to realize that is a thing.
Been looking for some info on this. In the process of finishing my basement now to build my man cave/game room only got a little over 600 games got to start somewhere. Thanks for the video, good tips!
It would eat me alive if something happened to your collection or any other gamers collection for that matter. It is a statistical fact that those of us who are gamers share stronger bonds with each other, than the members of any other hobby group. I have friends and family in the law enforcement and investigative professions, I would implore them to get involved in tracking down leads. I bet you would be blown away by the effort your subscribers and friends would put forth to help you recover what was taken from you, the person who did it would be sleeping with a proverbial "one eye open" I doubt the thieves would be able to sell one single item of yours, without tipping off someone you knew.
As a more general tip one thing I know that people seem to overlook is the concept of renters insurance. Not just in the concept of gaming but overall. Most people I know that have been robbed while living in an apartment didn't know it was a thing. Its much like home owners insurance but you are only paying to protect belongings and not the property itself (the owner of the unit would be paying for that). You can specify what amounts your stuff is worth so while I doubt places have much in the way of "gaming" they will typically have the more general electronics category. Its also fairly inexpensive. Also for insurance purposes they typically like to have proof of ownership. Receipts are the top but in the case of alot of retro games that's not always a possibility. Photos and video are the next best thing. Having a list is also good but its the bottom of the list.
Wish I had listened to your advice on this video me and my family just lost our entire game collection on September 8th when our house caught fire and burned down we all made it out safe but we have nothing left
Was going to ask you this question myself as although my collection is a fraction of yours it's still a concern. In my last house(which was before i had a games room or much of a collection) we got broken into numerous times. Not sure how different insurance is in the UK to the USA but there was something that worried me whereby you could be covered for £60,000 but only a fraction of that for "high risk items". They define a high risk item as basically anything a thief could easily walk out with and makes special reference to small electrical goods like consoles. I'm not entirely sure why the £60,000 in the policy would have such limits as if it's not easy to walk out with they aren't going to take it but ended up getting a more expensive policy to cover more for high risk items. That could easily have been a major issue if i'd not spotted it and anything happened...
An inventory barcode scan of my nes Stack Up will not reveal that it’s sealed, nor will it show that my Magical Chase is complete and dead mint. You really have to do the work and catalogue box/docs cart with condition, and then at least take a video or some photos of your games on the shelves.
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UPDATE: a lot of people asking about the recent mold/water in my basement. At this point, our insurance is saying this falls under "Home Maintenance"... like replacing a leaking roof and may NOT be covered. We're still working to resolve the issue. THX.
Best of luck man. I hate that this is happening to you, but was glad to see your games weren't damaged.
Insurance gets you with mold too - they will only reimburse if the water was the cause of the damage, not the mold. So many loopholes.
Wow I hope everything works out for the best love the shirt in this video by the way
Hard to believe..
Good luck with those wriggling b@$t@Rd$ mate, hope it gets resolved buddy. Ps love the channel
"I'm going to water her flowers while she is away" metal af
That's probably more of his "Jesus" side.
You're probably the only person who can make insurance sound interesting.
Just wait till you hear my take on 15-Year Fixed Mortgage & FHA Streamline loans!! ;)
MetalJesusRocks For some reasin you making a video informing people about loans sounfs like something I would still enjoy.
Deducted business expenses and mortgage interest you must save on taxes! Are dogs dependents??
MetalJesusRocks that better be the next video.
What insurance company by chance? Always helpful to find ones that provides good service.
I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is just something so damn like-able about this guy. Literally on a video marathon of your work. Love the vids man!
Nick Snider lol, same here.... Just watched his crew vacation series.
He obviously put all his upgrade points in charisma
Exactly like he’s the type of guy that you just can’t hate. He’s like a gentle giant. I’ve watched all his videos and I still watch them over again multiple times
Nick Snider I
Same. I love watching him and his team :)
looking back on these old videos... knowing that mold is growing beneath that desk....
You made my day
Hey MJ, met you at Phoenix convention. Just need to say, you are a genuinely nice guy. You were more than happy to say hi to everyone who passed by and very appreciative of everyone who came by and said they watch you.
Thanks man! I had a great time in your beautiful city, meeting all you awesome people!
When did you visit Phoenix? I am in Mesa. Also when are you coming out this way again?
Really wish I could have gone but I only found out about it the Thursday before the con.
I'm an insurance agent. Remember people if you do have a collection or "man cave" in your basement and are afraid of floods and/or water sewer backup they are excluded under normal renters or homeowners policies. Water sewer backup can usually be added to a policy for more coverage but floods are covered under a separate flood policy.
Excellent advice, seems almost prophetic as a year later some of his collection was indeed water damaged.
Wonder if he took out that separate water policy you mentioned.
I am new to the insurance industry so this video was very interesting fore me. I knew there was no way they could use scheduled personal property for the game room. Scheduled personal property is for high value single items that need to be insured for a specific amount. For example I just wrote a homeowners policy with SPP for a 28k engagement ring. All homeowners policies come with personal property protection in them, typically our are 50-75% of the homes value but you can increase that to higher limits for a few dollars more a month.
My only advice is to talk to your agent and make sure you have good sewer backup coverage. Without it, if the sewer backed up and you had 6 inches of water in your basement your homeowners insurance will NOT cover it. Another piece of advice is get everything off the floor a minimum of 6 inches. If you had to make a claim it will make the claims process easier.
Lastly and I hope I am not boring you is have to checked on flood insurance? I have no idea what level of risk you are at but if there was a flood and your gameroom was damaged your homeowners insurance plan will not cover it. Floods are always a specific named exclusion.
Disaster for me. 2015 I was moving I put my stuff into a storage locker in my city- Kamloops BC - . Which had a gate. and cameras all the important stuff. I got broken into. The operators were on vacation so they didn't know what day this happened. They refused to look at the camera footage. Police - were corrupt and asked me if I had serial numbers on my cd games? WTF! also told me they would not look at the camera footage because how can I prove which cardboard box was mine. Absolute disaster they took hundreds of games, accessories , all my video game figures, and my coin from the NYC nintendo store. I'll never see this stuff again and it would have been safer leaving this stuff in my backyard shed.
never trust someone else with anything in life. lesson learned. storage facilities are NOT there to help you. they r there to make money. they couldn't give two less shits about ur stuff.
I think you are confusing corrupt with incompetence.
And of course keep a Nintendo Light gun in every room to ward off any intruder who may want to steal your copy of Tetris. :)
An effective strategy. Expensive, but effective.
Are you referring to his joke? how so?
I wonder if Bowser keeps a security system to keep Italians away from stealing his kidnapped princess 👸🏼
It’s me from the future. Don’t forget to insure the house itself .
Not only the contents.
This video made me paranoid lol
What, not gay?
Weirdos
I know my neighbors well enough to know that I don't want them to know when I leave on vacation lol
@@maxprudhomme6016 whys it got to be black? My neighbors where white and we knew not to tell them we were on vacation. Atleast in my old neighborhood this one old white granny just went upon herself to put fake plants in my house when no one was home.
dude I feel your pain! lol
DUST is my biggest problem! Such a nuisance, shows up literraly the next day. Is that due to so much electronics?
[?] Question Block You need to get your air ducts cleaned. A lot of dust settles in air ducts so they need cleaning from time to time.
cool thanks, just noticed my opened air con vents on the ceiling is facing my electronics and not in-use. but still feel a breeze coming thru. thanks buddy, appreciated :)
I have an air purifier and a filter placed over the vent to the room my games are in and that has dramatically reduced the amount of dust. Just run the air purifier at night while you sleep.
[?] Question Block i like your icon and name its creative whats your favorite mario game?
thank you! :) i cant go past the originals, i love 1 2 and 3. love my retro games. i enjoy paper mario games a lot also
Excellent question as I want to start making sure I do my physical games from now on. So loved seeing this and loved hearing how you spoke about the real world worries and concerns.
I've decided to create a catalog of all the games I have not only in a spreadsheet, but also with pictures. That's definitely some solid (and much appreciated) advice you've given us.
This was extremely informational, along with my games I have 15 guitars and an amp collection and always wondered how this worked. I really appreciate you going into detail with everything, keep up the great content bro !
That's great that you have a backup camera solution. I have seen tons of malfunction on (mostly cheap) DVR for surveillance. Do check them from time to time. And have you tried testing your security, by intentionally triggering stuff?
In my working life, I have encountered some situations where the DVR wasn't recording, or had an error and stop after a certain day, so once a year (more or less) would be something I would do if I had cameras installed. Also using it once in a while, so that if (god forbid) something happend, I would be able to get the recording faster without messing something up. Murphy's law is a scary thing man.
Metal Jesus keeps a Drunken Master Paul with a sword in his game room. Beware
A game collection is a great thing to have. The ability to play so many games at will is simply amazing. The most fantastic thing about your collection in my opinion is : all these things are safe! Your game room is like a museum! The care and love and vision looking forward, and the level of preservation is top notch. You are doing it right Mr. Jesus. Love the channel! I grew up on all those Sierra games, and thank you for contributing to some of the most memorable moments of my gaming past! O7
Make a video of watering your neighbors flowers pls
yes
Good luck replacing the us n64 disk drive
Dick Stroke With a little luck he'll never have to?
SeekAndDestroy5 why cus it doesn’t exist you mean?
He really should donate that to the video game museum in Texas. That specific DD is a true peice of history.
Your profile pic is the forst i tought i had a hair in my screen then i freaked out that theres a scratch ::D
If I lost my game collection I would just die lol.
The only thing insurance does is insures that you lose money. Take that money you would have spent on "insurance" and put it in the the bank or invest it smartly. Then if something actually does happen, you have all this money socked away to replace what you can't be without. WOW right?
Its nice you have that kind of relationship with your neibours, where i used to live in London, not many people have that.. You rarely get more than the odd 'hi'. I have since moved to a smaller town and its night and day. Family next door are super friendly and we talk all the time!
Even if you don't own the place you live, you can get Renters Insurance that will cover your items and they do help you break down certain amounts ($1,000 for Health & Beauty Products / $3,000 for Jewelry / $5,000 for Electronics) but you can also add additional coverage to specific categories (so if you need to have $10,000 Electronic Coverage instead of $5,000 they can bump that up for just that category) and typically Renters Insurance is pretty cheap; basic plans can be as low as $150 per year depending on how much coverage you want.
I am a small collector as I am slowly growing a small collection of games, consoles, music CDs, cassette tapes, movie cassettes, vinyls and etc. and unfortunatly, I still don't have enough space in my room to put them all away properly. What sucks is that I lost my Gamecube's connection cables and game CDs too. Once I get a job, i'll save away some money for my growing collection and find ways to put them all away neatly.
I love love love this video. I needed this information so bad, having just moved into a house for the first time in 17 years and completely unknowledgable on where to even begin attempting how to cover all my games. Frankly not as big as yours, but I'm frankly not as old you either. Maybe some day I'll get there but it won't happen if I don't keep what I have so far safe.
Just wanted to say that you are one of the pioneer's in the video game collecting channel world. By your energy and enthusiasm I can tell you do all this for the love of gaming. Thanks for keeping it real fellow gamer!!!
i have to agree with you on number two, knowing your neighbors is really really important. not only is it cool to know them and have some drinks with them but to also know that you both have each others backs
Great advise! Personal property insurance is so important! You should be able to bundle it with either home or renters at little to no increase to your premium. Cannot recommend it enough!
It can even extend to your vehicle in some situations. Protect your shit! And inventory your goodies with a camera for proof. 👍
I used to be a claims adjuster. Your policy limit and your premium is based upon the total replacement cost of all your property. So when cateloging, be sure to indicate current replacement value of each item in your collection, since some will be worth much more than others. Update the values as they change so you have a recent, relevant cost list. If you have a loss, your insurance company will want to pay you the actual cash value (ACV) of any particular item, which is based on it's age, condition at time of loss. if you find an actual replacement, and the cost is more than what you were paid ACV, you can then make an additional claim for the different between the actual cost to replace it, and what the insurance paid up front for the ACV. Usually there is also a time limit on long you have to actually replace an item to get the full replacement cost. I would also encourage you to get an actual appraisal for your most valuable and rare items. A full video description along with a written inventory is what your claim adjuster will want to see and you'll get your settlement much faster. Hope that helps.
Here is a question: In what order do you place your games in your game room? (Games in order from A to Z, favourite game first and least favourite game last etc.) An easy question that can be answered in a few seconds. :).
Gameplayer 119 watch his room tour, it will give you an idea on how he arranges his games/consoles
Alphabetical for sure. The order you display each collection (by system) doesn't matter as much. I can't imagine trying to find a specific game in a large collection that wasn't in alphabetical order.
Here's my Game Room tour with the answer: th-cam.com/video/mYyvT-wkIRM/w-d-xo.html
MetalJesusRocks I love your game room tour videos man well actually I love all your videos to be honest keep up the good work
Gameplayer 119 Yeah so when I break in, I know right where to go!!! Lol
I'd like to echo what MJ said about a list of games not being enough for insurance purposes. I have a co-worker who used to work as an insurance claims specialist and just having a list on paper of lost/stolen/damaged collectibles was never enough, she told me. I take video a couple of times per year.
Metal Jesus: "don't try to fuck with my shit! Also don't forget people have antique gun collections *hint*"
They should make a new Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise trying to steal your collection
I'm shocked you haven't answered this question sooner to be honest as I'd say it is one of the MOST important thing people want to know before really expanding their collection.
This is a topic that often doesn't get discussed, which I find odd considering the importance of protecting your stuff. Now I'm going to record my ps1, ps2, and xbox 360 collection. Thanks for the tips MetalJesusRocks
2:23....a bad omen of things to come...
It is a question as to whether it detected the issue he ends up having..
MetalJesus - A couple good tips here on insurance. There's also another thing I do: besides having a thorough list of my collection, I have just about *"every"* receipt for the games I've bought new over the last 20 years (give or take).
I do that for my own piece of mind.
Sometimes home insurance only covers "normal" house hold items. I had to insure my pinball collection separately.
great video metaljesus! this is the first video i've watched to cover this often overlooked but very important aspect in video games collecting
One of my best friends had a huge collection of games and consoles. He ended up getting a job where he traveled around the USA doing mineral right surveys. He was living out of a travel trailer and had to put all his stuff in a climate controlled storage center. The storage center ended up catching on fire and everything in his storage unit was completely destroyed. He didn't purchase any storage insurance so it was a total loss.
I love how you wont mention what brand of camera you are using, but its nicely hidden in plain sight to the trained eye ;). They are brilliant cameras, they also have a remote siren, two way talk and facial recognition too.
Fast forward a year and his basement had a leak and he now has $10k worth of repairs to make to his house.
Thanks for the video - I already have an extensive cataloging system for my collection and some other security measures, but this game me some ideas to insure my collection separate from our home insurance.
when we had the flooding in the uk a couple of years ago, and god decided to piss allover my sinclair collection, the insurance agent(loss adjustor) was impressed i had an inventory and videos of my stuff, i also had some receipts, this made claiming way easier, he came took a look at the water damaged stuff, and said there was no problem.
i was really impressed by the fact that he did not care about what could be salvaged, they just said total loss and made an offer which i took, he even said salvage what you can with some rare stuff it may be a case of repairing it, you may not find replacements.
the main thing is be upfront to start with, it pays dividends if you have to claim.
Wow, extremely important to know! I'm definitely contacting my insurance provider and upping mine to cover my collection! You rock!
So, when i had a large collection (sold it a year and a half ago) I had a "named items" policy, i had to maintain a list of every single game, and photographic evidence... it ran about $15/mo for coverage of a 3000 game collection including arcades and hardware... the biggest thing to check on these policies tho is that they are for Direct Replacement not for Value... as most insurance companies will peg a "used videogame" at 2-5$ each... with direct replacement, they pay to buy a replacement in similar condition... so you get your game back...
How I PROTECT & INSURE my Meme Collection - Metal Jesus
when i saw the tittle I though he would talk about plastic covers and game maintainance, not how to protect your house from burglars, disasters and insurance stuff
I seriously love every single one of your videos, no matter what you talk about.
After a fire destroyed every single thing I owned back in 05, thousands of games and several consoles, I will always have insurance. My insurance company sent me a check for the damages within 7 days. ALWAYS get insurance people!
Knowing your neighbors is SUPER IMPORTANT!! When my house was broken into, we didn't know our neighbors well, so the weren't concerned about the loud noises coming from our house.(That noise was the theives prying open our door.) If we had known our neighbors well, they would have known that the moment that the noises started, something was wrong.
This video is super informative! I'd like to also add that CLZ is an amazing inventory app that also does barcode scanning. It also allows you to select CIB, Cart only, or Cart and instructions only. It uses that, along with current pricecharting data and will give you an estimated value of your collection. This is what I'm using to insure my games. I think the app is $14, but it's well worth it. Peace!
I love your videos. The quality continues to improve
"Get to know your neighbor...."
So simple yet its so true yet we rarely do that.
What, no lasers?
I started to think about the risk of flooding, especially in case of basement. Now, it doesn't apply to me personally, but I just started to wonder if it would be feasible to install a pump or two in corner(s) of the room, and set them to start automatically when there's water on the floor. Then, the lowest shelves should be higher than where the pump(s) would keep the water level.
I mean, just having a detection for water damage wouldn't help to prevent the damage; it would be more a message saying "Water is rising. Your stuff will be gone in five minutes.". But if the speed in which the water would flow in in case of flood, could be assumed to be quite finite (no large gaps in and between walls, floor and windows), a pump might be able to prevent the water rising higher than the intake of the pump. (A second pump could be there in case the other wouldn't start -- after possibly sitting a few years unused. I suppose the things to be considered would be the price of pump(s), how much space they would take, and what's the chance of losing power when there's flood.
As someone who's had things stolen from family members (60s Mosrite, Epiphone and Gibson Guitars) I can attest to the value of insurance. If someone wants to steal things from your house you cant stop them, they will learn your routine and slip in and out detected or not. Same thing for mother nature, you may have a 5ft levee around your home but you'll wake up to 6 ft of water at 2am one day (also happened).
As a side note don't forget to log your items in storage attics and other not often looked at locations.
Cameras are somewhat useless cause when a drugaddict break in, steals ur crap, you won't be getting anything back lol. I use armcrest security with cellphone, works awesome. Best way to protect your own, is to use steel bar windows with steel bar door with additional lock.
Metal Jesus you are my favorite collector man. You are one of the most realest people!
Also, take pictures of your collection with yourself in the picture. Date them too. That's how I shore up my cataloging approach. And keep copies of receipts or Ebay invoices if you get retro games from there
My brother has a very large pinball collection - the largest private working collection in his state - and he set up his home owners insurance policy to cover it. That's good considering it has to be worth somewhere around a quarter million. It's all cataloged with pictures and so on.
My Game Collection is an awesome Android app. It also does Amiibo, Skylanders, and hardware. If something obscure is missing they are good at adding it in after contacting them. They also add new features quite regularly. I've been using the app for 2-3 years now.
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Keep up the good work 😍
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I've been planning to get one for almost 10 years, the technology has improved so much since then and it makes we want to purchase one so bad, hopefully this year.
Hmm. It’s important to make sure you find a carrier that protects the actual value of your game collection. I have a feeling you are only protected for whatever it would cost to replace those items today less depreciation which would put you at a major loss.
When documenting game systems it is also important to record the serial numbers of the systems.
Shaun Olynick This. Most of the great tracking apps do have spots to enter the serial #'s. Definitely something to do!
If the humidity is high, but his system was not advanced enough to detect the water damage he received on the video he aired on December 4 2018. Better upgrade....
I WATCHED THIS VIDEO AND GOT A PAPER CUT!!!!! YOU DIDNT WARN ME ABOUT THAT! ILLEEEGALL! lol
awesome video man, i could employ some of this stuff on protecting my lego collection.
also, not very cool to rat out your neighbors like that... now that i know they are gone. im going over there now to steal all her potted plants
Your dog comment got me thinking about my dog dealing with a robber. She would either get super scared and hide, or go into "hello friend" mode and start trying to give them kisses. She's a little KC Spaniel, and not very smart at that, but wow what I loving dog! lol
dogs are a double edged sword when it comes to electronics. they can save your stuff from theft but if it is a shedder then the fur could also damage things like a console. a lot of xbox 360s with the rrod that i have opened were covered in pet hair on the inside
Another great topic I was pleased to see you cover! I have a fair prototype collection I definitely need to insure.
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This is informative for a game collector and someone who is just getting into home and auto insurance
I don't really have enough games to catalog, but I DO have a couple thousands dvds and blu-rays. I use a program called DVD Profiler to keep track of them all. It shows all kinds of info about the movies and shows as well as HQ shots of the front and back covers. I also keep a text file list of all of my movies and shows, which includes how many discs there are as well as how many titles there are and for what occasion I got the movie or show.
I also keep a filmaf.com account which keeps track of my movies...though they don't have every single one...which is a shame.
The trouble with insurance companies is that they will almost never give you what it's worth.
I had a long talk with my home owner's insurance agent and was told that they will pay what it costs to replace the games in question. Now the problem with this is that they will often look these values up on eBay.
The trouble comes, for example, if you have a mint/CIB copy of Donkey Kong Jr. Math for the NES (which often sells for over $2,000), but they would assume that could be replaced with a loose copy of the same game, which often sells for around $100.
I was told they don't treat factory sealed games any differently than opened copies. And again, if you ever need to file a claim, keep in mind it's their job to save as much money as possible for their company. It's all very shady and you will never get what it's truly worth.
Very informative video.. Didn't know you could insure a game collection, but this will be useful if my collection is ever as good as yours
I was hoping you would show actual physical protection for your collection. IE; Box protectors etc
Heroic Defeat oh yeah I know about box protectors :) call me weird, but I like seeing other people's videos talking about things like that, or cleaning, even though I know fully about both. I'm not sure why but I find it enjoyable haha! And yeah I agree about the cardboard boxes, but I'm more of a sega collector, so I don't need to worry as much
Wish I knew stuff like this when I was younger. I lost 35 consoles and 5000 games in one day. I've never recovered my collection. Great video!
Very useful information. I'll probably need insurance in the future too, as I have over 800 games now and are still collecting. Hope it will grow to the size of yours once I'm done studying and have a job.
I go with USAA since I am retired military and I have never had one issue with claims. We have had Renters Insurance through them for the last 5 years which covers $30,000 in personal property and a Valuable Personal Property policy that is separate which covers things like Jewelry, Cameras, and Laptops. Things that you are very expensive and won't hit your renters insurance if you had to make a claim. I have had to make claims, we live in a Hurricane Area and were affected by both Matthew in 2016 and Irma in 2017. I have never had any issue with making a claim, just realize if you make a claim, it will go against your policy and could raise your premium. It can even make it harder for you to get future coverage.
For example, we have had a 4 claims in 3 years 2 of those claims involved the Hurricanes, one involved my wedding ring getting damaged, and another one involved a very bad storm that knocked out our power for days and power surged some of our stuff. Granted, all of these claims were small claims. However, we went to go get Homeowner's Insurance because we are fixing to move out of here on the 23rd into our first house (and I will finally have a GAME ROOM!! SO EXCITED!!). Just to give you a clue of what claims can do to your insurance premiums and getting coverage in the future.
Our Homeowners Insurance is going to cost us $180 a month!! There is no way around this until those claims fall off our insurance. Just keep it in mind that you only want to use your insurance, even for very valid reasons as sparingly as possible. Of course they do not tell you this. So lets say your game room burns down. you put in some massive claim for $100k or whatever it costs to fix it. Good luck with that premium and it could potentially screw you if you go to move and want to get a new policy. With us, USAA was the best possible rate we could get out of any other insurance company when it comes to homeowners. Nobody else wants to deal with us and we are technically uninsurable outside of USAA. SO BE CAREFUL!
Good informative video! My house was was broken into on the 20 th of this past December while I was at work and had thousands of dollars worth of game consoles and games stolen. You may think it may never happen to you and hopefully it don't but you need to be insured, I wasn't so I am out a lot of money and the years I spent collecting all these items.
i know one of the devices is the canary system. the black cylinder on top of the speaker. i have one in my basement also. i love it
I love how the cam is right there the whole time haha. No names. I have the same one. It's pretty awesome! Good vid.
A little bit off topic, a good way to protect youre games from sunlight is to add transparent windows film for UV protection.
Have you ever had games that don't play? I had my ps2 in storage along with my games and just recently took them out of storage and try to play play them and only half of them play? I don't know if my games are bad or my console is bad but I think it's my games mainly because they been so long in storage...I'm hoping it's not disc rot as I'm starting to realize that is a thing.
What's that strange smell... is it mould?
Never smelled Bob Mould up close...but I heard Hüsker Dü is touring again, so maybe I'll get the chance.
Been looking for some info on this. In the process of finishing my basement now to build my man cave/game room only got a little over 600 games got to start somewhere. Thanks for the video, good tips!
Digital photos of all the items that you want to protect on a Cloud Drive would also be very helpful
It would eat me alive if something happened to your collection or any other gamers collection for that matter. It is a statistical fact that those of us who are gamers share stronger bonds with each other, than the members of any other hobby group. I have friends and family in the law enforcement and investigative professions, I would implore them to get involved in tracking down leads. I bet you would be blown away by the effort your subscribers and friends would put forth to help you recover what was taken from you, the person who did it would be sleeping with a proverbial "one eye open" I doubt the thieves would be able to sell one single item of yours, without tipping off someone you knew.
I have the same security system. I don't have it incorporated like you do, with smart home stuff but it is an excellent system.
As a more general tip one thing I know that people seem to overlook is the concept of renters insurance. Not just in the concept of gaming but overall. Most people I know that have been robbed while living in an apartment didn't know it was a thing. Its much like home owners insurance but you are only paying to protect belongings and not the property itself (the owner of the unit would be paying for that). You can specify what amounts your stuff is worth so while I doubt places have much in the way of "gaming" they will typically have the more general electronics category. Its also fairly inexpensive. Also for insurance purposes they typically like to have proof of ownership. Receipts are the top but in the case of alot of retro games that's not always a possibility. Photos and video are the next best thing. Having a list is also good but its the bottom of the list.
Wish I had listened to your advice on this video me and my family just lost our entire game collection on September 8th when our house caught fire and burned down we all made it out safe but we have nothing left
Hey i love the lighting above your desk behind you!
It's definitely a collection worth protecting
Was going to ask you this question myself as although my collection is a fraction of yours it's still a concern. In my last house(which was before i had a games room or much of a collection) we got broken into numerous times. Not sure how different insurance is in the UK to the USA but there was something that worried me whereby you could be covered for £60,000 but only a fraction of that for "high risk items". They define a high risk item as basically anything a thief could easily walk out with and makes special reference to small electrical goods like consoles. I'm not entirely sure why the £60,000 in the policy would have such limits as if it's not easy to walk out with they aren't going to take it but ended up getting a more expensive policy to cover more for high risk items. That could easily have been a major issue if i'd not spotted it and anything happened...
An inventory barcode scan of my nes Stack Up will not reveal that it’s sealed, nor will it show that my Magical Chase is complete and dead mint. You really have to do the work and catalogue box/docs cart with condition, and then at least take a video or some photos of your games on the shelves.