What if my proof of purchase is stolen?

[bdayton]

Okay, I've been holding back but, this looks like a good time to ask about this.

I need some advise folks...

Background:

Back in March, I had just moved into a mobil home in the poor side of town and while out doing a show one night, sombody broke in and stole my lap-top computer, printer,/copier/scanner Ect..). (Not the computer I do my shows from thank goodness). However, that computer contained about 460 JPG images of face of every original CGD I owned. (At the time). This was intended to be used as evidence of ownership in the case that my originals ever got stolen. They COULD have stolen them but somehow missed them. I had no money to replace the equipment so, I just had to muddle along.... I moved out of that place the very next day and never went back.

Late May, my trailer, (that I haul my equipment around in, was broken into while I was doing a show. Fortunetly, I had my karaoke system, speakers ect.. with me in the bar. They got a cheap desktop computer that I had bought to replace the lap-top with and a few boxes of wires, connecters and adapers that I carried around just in case. (and a few other personal items). But they still missed my original karaoke CDG collection.

After haveing seen my Original karaoke CDG collection under risk twice, I dicided to get wise and hid them in a closet in the house I had moved into.

Exactly 7 days later, the house was broken into and they cleaned me of all the rest of my electronics, (TV's sterios, Microwave oven, etc...), but worse, THEY FOUND MY ORIGINAL KARAOKE CDG COLLECTION!!!!. Okay, just better than half of it. For some reason, they didn't take all of them. (Just most of them).

Back In Feburary, I had made images of the faces of the CDG's as evidence of ownership using my other lap-top and scanner. They were stolen in March. My originals were stolen in early June. (Guess where all the recripts were???), you guessed it, in a box in the same closet with the CD's. (Didn't used to be that way but, I was rushed to get the originals secured, (so I thought), from theft.

I filed an insurance claim which was denied because I had some friends living with me). The insurance company called them renters and denied the claim because I had not altered the policy to allow coverage as a "Rental Property".

I listed every stolen CDG's with the insurance company on my claim. Beyond this, which is lame, I have absolutly no way to PROVE that I ever owned the CD's in the first place. They can easily say that I LIED about owning the CD's that I reported stolen. My business is FINALLY starting to turn around but, until I can start earning enough money to start buying CD's again, it will be a long time before I will be able to replace all of them. (Or at least the ones I determine to be worth replaceing).

1. I DID, actually purchase these CDG's.
2. I got them from multiple sources but can't remember the names of ALL the sources.
3. I can probably get most of the Sources that I DO remember the names of to research there records and provide proof that I did purchase some CD's, don't know if they recorded "Which ones".
4. It's gonna take alot of time and money, (About $4,800), to re-purchase all those originals.

Here's my problem / question:

What do I do if "The Man", comes waltzing in with a warrent and a U.S. Marshall?

((S)he ain't getting squat without a U.S. Marshal. and a warent).


Have I had some BAD luck or what?