I have attempted to carefully compile a list of missing and damaged
items, as well as their replacement costs. These items are missing or damaged
due to theft or negligence. I am sending this document jointly to the
stepmother and the sister with the hope that they can, together, determine what
the cause of each missing item is and who it is that is responsible for
returning or replacing it. I am sincerely hoping that legal action is not
required in recouping what it is that I am legally and morally entitled to.
While this list is as complete as I’ve been able to make it, it is likely
incomplete. Should legal action be required, further items may be added if
their disappearance is realized between now and then. Should legal action not
be required, this document should be considered final.
For the bulk of the items that are missing, the relevant question is the cost of replacement, rather than the initial cost. There are items, however, that cannot be replaced and they will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
In the interests of fairness, I have taken the value of the items that were given to me into consideration. Once again, the issue is the amount it would have cost me to purchase the item on my own terms, not the amount that the item actually cost. Legally, this is not truly a relevant consideration, so please note that I am being generous in taking these things into consideration.
Please take special note of the section that contains items I would like returned.
For the bulk of the items that are missing, the relevant question is the cost of replacement, rather than the initial cost. There are items, however, that cannot be replaced and they will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
In the interests of fairness, I have taken the value of the items that were given to me into consideration. Once again, the issue is the amount it would have cost me to purchase the item on my own terms, not the amount that the item actually cost. Legally, this is not truly a relevant consideration, so please note that I am being generous in taking these things into consideration.
Please take special note of the section that contains items I would like returned.
That some of these things are missing may come as a surprise, so I
am going to attempt to provide a few deductions as to what may have happened to
some of it. There has already been some discussion surrounding negligence, and
an admission of responsibility. I am also making a clear accusation of theft
regarding at least two items. In addition to this, I am also missing a great
deal of boxes for electronic items that I have purchased over the years. The
boxes, of course, have no actual value except for their use value. However, I
most certainly had a box for a computer tower that included dozens of smaller
boxes for various items like external drives, pc cards, keyboards, etc. While
most of those boxes were empty, some of them were not. It seems, then, that
much of the electronics that I’m missing (and specifically the keyboard,
microphone and external drive) were discarded accidentally with those
thought-to-be-empty boxes, which also included a lot of user manuals and other
useful things of the sort. I also suspect that a lot of the books that are
missing were taken deliberately under the misunderstanding that they had
previously belonged to the father of the stepmother. The relevancy of this
concern is more personal than legal (and I am a just and empathetic person),
but the blunt truth is that only a few of the missing books were actually his,
and most of the books that I did take from him (with permission) are actually
not missing.
I’ve generally rounded up or down to the closest whole number.
Kitchen Items
Item
|
Cost
|
Source
|
Receipt?
|
Comments
|
Blender
|
+$10
|
Walmart
|
Yes
|
Sale Price.
|
Coffee Maker
|
+$10
|
Future Shop
|
Yes
|
Sale Price.
|
Toaster
|
+$20
|
Future Shop
|
Yes
|
Sale Price.
|
Kettle
|
+$10?
|
??
|
N/A
|
Not Yet Replaced
|
Pizza Cutter
|
+$1
|
Dollar Store
|
No
|
|
Dish Drainer
|
+$9
|
Walmart
|
Yes
|
|
Microwave
|
-$50
|
Donated
|
N/A
|
I would have bought a very cheap microwave.
|
Pans
|
-$0
|
??
|
N/A
|
I would not have purchased extra pans.
|
Total
|
+$10
|
Furniture & Bedroom
Item
|
Cost
|
Source
|
Receipt?
|
Comments
|
Couch & Chair
|
-$0
|
??
|
N/A.
|
I would have used items found on the curb.
|
Wood Chest
|
-$10
|
??
|
N/A.
|
I would have found something old on kijiji.
|
Computer Desk
|
-$20
|
??
|
N/A.
|
I would have found something old on kijiji.
|
Bed
|
-$200?
|
??
|
N/A
|
I would have purchased a new bed, but cheap.
|
Blanket
|
+$25
|
Walmart
|
Yes
|
|
Hangars
|
+$10
|
Walmart
|
Yes
|
|
Total
|
-$150
|
Electronics
Item
|
Cost
|
Source
|
Receipt?
|
Comments
|
Keyboard
|
+$21
|
Walmart
|
Yes
|
.
|
Monitor
|
+$
|
??
|
||
Battery
Charger
|
+
|
??
|
N/A.
|
|
~10 D Batteries
|
+
|
??
|
N/A
|
|
External CD Drive
|
+
|
|||
USB Camera
|
+
|
|||
VCR
|
+
|
|||
Shure Mic
|
+
|
|||
Two mini-cassette tape recorders
|
+
|
I only need one.
|
||
Four-Port Router
|
+
|
|||
Computer Mic
|
+
|
|||
Total
|
Items I would prefer returned
Item
|
Cost
|
Comments
|
Winston Electric Mandolin
|
+$
|
The Winston Electric Mandolin I had was an antique item and is not
exactly replaceable. I would prefer the exact item to be returned. If this is
not possible, I would need for it to be replaced.
|
12-String Ovation
(with guitar stand) |
+$
|
The 12-String Ovation I had was an antique item and is not exactly
replaceable. I would prefer the exact item to be returned. If this is not
possible, I would need for it to be replaced.
|
Wood Chess Board With Pieces
|
+$0
|
I played dozens and dozens, probably hundreds, of games of chess
with my father on this board. It was an absolutely central part of my
childhood. I was first given this item by my father in 2004. It was in my
possession for nearly 10 years. I have no interest in a replacement board.
|
Game Theory Textbook
|
+$
|
I believe this was lent out.
|
Sheet Music
|
+$100
|
Much of this sheet music was marked up by me and it is the markups
that I cannot replace. However, I can repurchase more music and start again.
I suspect this may be with a number of piano books that had ended up in my
possession. I don’t care about the piano books, but please give me back what
is mine.
|
Total
|
Irreplaceable Personal Items
Item
|
Cost
|
Comments
|
Black and White Portrait of Me Drawn by an Ex-Partner
|
+$
|
This item was somehow destroyed. It can never be replaced.
However, I have a scan of it and I would like to get it blown up. This is the
replacement cost.
|
Nine Inch Nails Shirt
|
+$
|
Retired Shirt. I cannot repurchase the wear and memories, but I
can wear it back down again.
|
John Lennon Shirt
|
+$
|
Retired Shirt. I cannot repurchase the wear and memories, but I
can wear it back down again.
|
House of Guitars Shirt
|
+$
|
Retired Shirt. I cannot repurchase the wear and memories, but I
can wear it back down again.
|
Genesis Tour Poster
|
+$10
|
I don’t know what happened to this. It can’t actually be replaced,
but I can get a new poster.
|
Billy Corgan Guitar World Poster
|
||
Mogwai poster
|
||
Certificate of Provenance
|
+$
|
This was a signed artefact by the musicians in the band “coil”.
|
Total
|
Other Items
Item
|
Cost
|
Comments
|
School Bag
|
+$
|
I had an expensive hiking bag with a zipper problem.
|
Set of White JX-8P Keys
|
+$
|
|
Business Suit,
with shirts |
+$1000
|
This was purchased at Moore’s
in 2007.
|
Total
|
Books
Item
|
Cost
|
Gravity’s Rainbow
|
|
The Communist Manifesto
|
|
IT
|
|
Brothers Karamazov
|
|
The Scarlett Letter
|
|
Heart of Darkness
|
|
Grapes of Wrath
|
|
The Republic
|
|
The Discourses (Machiavelli)
|
|
The Prince
|
|
Lady Oracle
|
|
Total
|
CDs
Item
|
Cost
|
Cost Estimate
|
Comments
|
Sold CDs re-purchased second hand
|
$120?
|
Partial Receipt
|
My father indicated repeatedly that he wanted me to have his CDs.
What happened is entirely incomprehensible.
|
Cop shoot cop - release
|
Destroyed cover art
|
||
Cop Shoot Cop – White Noise
|
Out of print. Ebay Price. Destroyed cover art.
|
||
Einsturzende Neubauten – Silence Is Sexy
|
Destroyed packaging.
|
||
Einsturzende Neubauten – Tabula Rasa
|
Destroyed packaging.
|
||
Tool – A Thousand Days
|
Destroyed packaging.
|
||
The Art of Noise – The Ambient Collection
|
Disc not functioning.
|
||
The Smashing Pumpkins - Aeroplane Flies High Box Set
|
Box Disappeared.
|
||
Skinny Puppy – Rabies
|
Destroyed Cover Art.
|
||
Jello Biafra & The Melvins –
Sieg Howdy
|
Destroyed Cover art.
|
||
Holst – the planets (rca classics, with Ralph Vaughn Williams
piece)
|
Destroyed cover art.
|
||
The mars volta - amputechture
|
Destroyed cover art
|
||
Einsturzende neubauten – perpetuum mobile
|
Destroyed packaging
|
||
The Electric Light Orchestra – No Answer
|
Destroyed Cover Art
|
||
Hater
|
Destroyed Cover Art
|
||
Django reinhardt - swing 39
|
|||
Alice In Chains – Tripod
|
Destroyed Cover Art
|
||
Alice In Chains – Nothing Safe
|
Destroyed Cover Art
|
||
Glenn branca – lesson no. 1
|
Destroyed cover art
|
||
The Cure – Disintegration
|
Destroyed cover art.
|
||
Total
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