My #@%$ Cat Destroyed My ARC REF 5SE. Soliciting Suggestions.


(Public service announcement-keep your pets away from your audio equipment)

I love my cat. But not as much as I once did :-)
The short story is cat pee corroded the main board to my ARC REF 5SE. 

Homeowners insurance doesn't cover repair or replacement because owning a pet means you assume liability/responsibility. Ironically, or strangely enough, If my neighbor's cat or dog did this, I could collect.

My options-
Repair it. Fixing it will cost 7K. The main board alone is 6K.
Buy a pre-owned replacement at close to similar price. And if I go pre-owned, what's the market on a REF 5SE with a destroyed main board.
Go in a different direction.

What would you do?

TIA,
David
wharfy

Showing 2 responses by fleschler

anzaanimalclinic Can you tell me why one of our cats (smaller one) enjoys peeing in our bathroom sinks occasionally?  We've had cats for 35 years and this (intelligent) cat does this once every two weeks.   I suspect she sees us using the sink and is so personable that she wants to imitate us in the bathroom.
Have your audio equipment listed under scheduled property as a separate  part of your homeowners policy.   Also, insurance policies vary from HO3 to HO5+, the former is comparable to having the minimal auto insurance and the latter, the highest limits with best coverages.   All my audio equipment is covered by a scheduled policy.  Earthquake, flood, theft, even cat or dog damage (whosever) is covered.  So long as the covered equipment was not purposefully destroyed, it is covered.