Knife + Gun Inventory App?

Jason_W

Jason_W

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Does anyone know of a decent app or software that lets you inventory knives, guns, and ammo? Preferably something that allows you to add photos. I lost my behind on a recent theft when I filed an insurance claim, and was unable to "prove" everything I had...hard lesson learned.
 
do what I do take pics of the receipts and item when ya get them then upload to a secure cloud storage. the receipt will crush insurance common no ways we are paying routine. dont ya need a rider on firearms and knives and jewelry etc? usually rider requires giving them detailed info of each item and serial numbers etc to cover the items.
 
My personal property coverage is greater than the value of my personal belongings. My understanding of the benefits of a rider is when you have high value items, and continue to acquire high value items that exceed the limits of your personal property coverage. My problem is, I didn't have proof for many items; the forms of proof they would have accepted are receipts, photos, a video walkthrough, etc... I have already started uploading photos and videos to my Amazon Prime cloud, but I have to believe there is an app that will do what I have in mind....it seems there is an app for everything.

But, hindsight is 20/20, and I suppose I became complacent in regards to my "domain" being secure...
 
Jason_W said:
My personal property coverage is greater than the value of my personal belongings. My understanding of the benefits of a rider is when you have high value items, and continue to acquire high value items that exceed the limits of your personal property coverage. My problem is, I didn't have proof for many items; the forms of proof they would have accepted are receipts, photos, a video walkthrough, etc... I have already started uploading photos and videos to my Amazon Prime cloud, but I have to believe there is an app that will do what I have in mind....it seems there is an app for everything.

But, hindsight is 20/20, and I suppose I became complacent in regards to my "domain" being secure...
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you may be right but I always understood homeowners/renters insurance had pay out limits on items of value such as guns, jewelry etc. hence the rider.
 
I maintain a Excel spreadsheet with descriptions and photos. I keep a few thumb drives with that info as well as copies of other documents. One goes in the fire-resistant lockbox and the others are are located at the wife's and my workplaces.
 
In my experience, "Personal Property" never includes jewelry and firearms. A single firearm or piece of jewelry could exceed the deductible. There are different riders for a reason. If a rider exists for a particular item/category, it usually means it's not covered otherwise.

Call your insurance provider and prove me wrong...

A quality safe is a much better investment than excessive additional insurance, IMHO.

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I use Excel and have a photo album separately, both on a thumb drive and printed file.
 
I agree 100% on safes, in fact...I have an awesome safe. The knives that walked off were in display cases in my rec room, and the two pistols were in, what I thought was, a hidden compartment in a table I got from Liberty Concealment. To add insult to injury, it took police 18 minutes to arrive from the time the alarm company notified them....I almost feel like I have to keep everything in my safe at this point, or hire a house sitter next time.
 
There are lots of free photo gallery and file manager apps on Google play. You can store them on the cloud, and an SD card or flash device for portability.
 
I use OneNote. It is free and extremely versatile. You can basically make it work as you want it to. Allows photos, highlighting and more. You do not have to pay a subscription to use it. I devote different sections to my household needs, keep a running list of my handguns along with serial numbers and purchase info. I even have a daybook or journal section. In my humble opinion...it far outshines Evernote! I suppose you could use some sort of spreadsheet, but that just seems way too complicated, especially for a casual user. OneNote is simple to use...anyone can figure it out quickly.
 
jbmonkey said:
do what I do take pics of the receipts and item when ya get them then upload to a secure cloud storage. the receipt will crush insurance common no ways we are paying routine. dont ya need a rider on firearms and knives and jewelry etc? usually rider requires giving them detailed info of each item and serial numbers etc to cover the items.
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FirearmSafe on iOS works great and is like $3.00
 
I use Numbers from Apple, but Excel will work too.

I photo serial numbers and receipts and add dates/other pertinent information as necessary. Its pretty basic and rudimentary.

We were robbed a couple years ago and the police officer taking our report liked it so much that he said he was going to do it himself.
 
Why not just use Evernote or something like that?

Actually, my insurance company app has this compatibility. As long as you have renters or homeowners insurance there a section of my American family app where I can list my items by name, serial number, and include pictures of receipts and the product itself.
 
I hope that all (or at least maybe some?) will forgive me my realism-based cynicism, but... I would never use any software program that had the words “Google” or “Apple” as part of its name to keep track of any gun, ammo or knife inventory. The invasive reputations of every Google/Apple thing are far beyond my tolerance level, not to mention the noteworthy (so-called) “liberal” orientations of those corporate snakes. I use real, live old-fashioned ballpoint pens and paper to keep track of my stuff. Keeping track of guns and knives is easy, but keeping track of ammo is a real pest--owing to frequent quantity purchases and large volumes used monthly. Still--I’m happy to live with the inconvenience instead of feeding all the info about what guns/knives I own and every 9mm or 12 gauge round I burn through to God only knows who. IMO--go to Staples and buy some spiral-bound notebooks and some ballpoint pens and you’ll never get turned in by your “confidential” records.
 
I don't think people are going to stop using computers and phones because of the perceived politics of very large organization and the perceived implication of those perceived politics.
 
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