My bike's stuck in a yellow stickered building in Christchurch

[onearmedbandit]

He obviously wants to appear as "Mr. moral high ground" with his "care" for dead.....not realy giving a fuck about people and their real problems.

You mean the 100 odd families who at the time were worried whether they'd ever seen their loved ones again? Yeah fuck 'em and their faux problems.

[imdying]

Well thats kind of my point, honest people have to "steal" their own property while crooks are pretty much roaming free....

Wrong.

He obviously wants to appear as "Mr. moral high ground" with his "care" for dead.....not realy giving a fuck about people and their real problems.

Wrong.

So much fail, try again next week. Losing a motorcycle is quite a way down the list of what a real problem is in Christchurch, but you wouldn't know that, you're just another dick head who only thinks he's knows.

[oneofsix]

You mean the 100 odd families who at the time were worried whether they'd ever seen their loved ones again? Yeah fuck 'em and their faux problems.

Do the dead worry about things like that? Thought that would be the missing
Nothing is black and white, its all multi-coloured. Worrying about the dead and people recovering property can be done at the same time in different places/circumstances.
The crack about the dead just belittles a real and personal concern but is actually irrelevant to that concern. It is a cheap grab at the moral high-ground.
It is a shame about the dead, we may morn with those that loved them. However life goes on and why should life be made harder by having the bike at risk when it could so easily be rescued?

[onearmedbandit]

Do the dead worry about things like that? Thought that would be the missing

At the time, we had very few confirmed dead at the CTV site.

However life goes on and why should life be made harder by having the bike at risk when it could so easily be rescued?

Does that apply to just Shrub, or everyone? Because I can see problems with either of those options...

[oneofsix]

At the time, we had very few confirmed dead at the CTV site.

First post was yesterday

Does that apply to just Shrub, or everyone? Because I can see problems with either of those options...

OP was orangeback

[AllanB]

Its not matter of money but principal... its his bike and it should be his choice to get it, not some bureaucrats with yellow sticker!

Ah wisdom from Auckland. Which part of National Disaster was not clear?

It is tough until they allow you in. Bloody unfortunate but the area is closed off for a reason and one bike is not a priority to the workers within that area. Unless you can get escorted in there you will have to wait with the other businesses and vehicle owners.

And bloody ell mate - $18k bike in Christchurch and no insurance! Were you out of town in September & Boxing Day and late January and any of the thousands of significant aftershocks in between!

[onearmedbandit]

First post was yesterday

OP was orangeback

Then you've missed the jump in conversation dude.

[oneofsix]

Then you've missed the jump in conversation dude.

shrubs got his bike back so good for him

[HenryDorsetCase]

Not Miloking, he'd have knocked the fuck out of the army dudes, told the police to 'back the fuck off dude', given a middle finger salute to the ACC building and dashed into the building and jumped the bike out of the hole in the roof, kicking the skids of the Eagle police chopper, causing the pilot to crash into the police building knocking it to the ground.

No that was Bruce Willis in DIE HARD 5

[HenryDorsetCase]

Sorry but I thought they were allowing people into yellow stickered buildings to retrieve personal items?
Is not your pride and joy (bike) a personal item?
Perhaps I mis-read the report.

short answer. it depends. which "zone" you are in.

[AllanB]

shrubs got his bike back so good for him

He was very lucky.

1. It was still in one peice and had not been run over by a bulldozer.

2. A really good-bastard (who must have taken pity on the grown man crying at the fence day after day) took his keys and rode it out for him

Hopefully the Beemer will have a similar result.

[Blackflagged]

The shops insurance should cover it fine. The whole insurance not covering act of god thing is completely false. One of those dumb ideas perpetuated by Hollywood that people think is true.

Most insurance policies cover loss in one of two ways, either by accidental loss unless specifically excluded, or by specified loss.

The first kind is the most common, it basically says you're covered for loss that is accidental to you (you didn't cause the loss on purpose) unless the policy specifically excludes the type of loss. Exclusions being things like acts of terrorism, loss occuring during breaking the law and stuff like that. An earthquake causing loss is accidental to the insured as they didn't cause it on purpose. So unless the shop has a very specific policy stating that quake loss isn't covered then you're golden.

The second kind of policy is the usual catastrophy cover; fire, flood theft & natural disaster are the usual things these policies cover. Very few policies exclude natural disaster loss.

Call the shop, ask them about their insurance cover, if they're not sure ask who their broker or underwriter (insurance co) is and call them directly to enquire.

(used to work in the insurance biz)

They may have trouble answering the phone!
Hope the insurance covers customer stock.Shifty rats insurance companys.

[HenryDorsetCase]

He was very lucky.

1. It was still in one peice and had not been run over by a bulldozer.

2. A really good-bastard (who must have taken pity on the grown man crying at the fence day after day) took his keys and rode it out for him

Hopefully the Beemer will have a similar result.

agreed.

Of course the better question is, why is a brand new BMW motorbike (what with their reputation for Teutonic reliablility, andbeing designed by Ze Chermans and all) doing in for warranty work month after month? Has chasing and beating the Japanese at their own game in every market segment they enter had a detrimental effect on the reliability of the marque? Enquiring minds....

[imdying]

So useless bickering aside... now that the cordon is coming down in areas they've accepted they won't find survivors in, does anyone know what the facts are regarding entering yellow stickered buildings to retrieve personal items is?

I know the Street and Sport (which is only across the road) guys were able to get some cars out yesterday (might have been the day before), but they were outside of the building.

[AllanB]

Good point about a bike shops coverage - it should include clients bikes when they have them.

If mine was damaged while in a shop I'd expect the shops insurance to cover it not mine. Anyone have any experience with this?