你可能会被要求考虑的另一个选择是重置成本与实际现金价值.这是你真正需要考虑的地方。比方说,虽然你不是一个彻头彻尾的勒德分子,但与大多数现有的房主相比,你家里的电子设备数量相当少。你有一台几乎和你年龄一样大的电视,即使它没有了,你也不会想念它。你还有一台便宜的音响,你用的电脑是从公司借来的旧笔记本电脑。那么哪种选择适合你呢?以实际现金价值计算意味着,如果这些物品损坏,你将得到一笔相当于这些物品当前价值的钱(计入折旧)。笔记本电脑是在工作期间支付的;你不需要换了。既然你不是真的在乎电视机,你可以用你得到的钱去买一个新的便宜的音响。 Meanwhile, your neighbor has everything a home theater should have - a plasma TV, a surround sound speaker system, DVD player, etc. in both her living room and the family room. With that kind of equipment, she'd definitely want to consider replacement cost coverage, which pays for a new version of the item that was lost or damaged - there's no accounting for depreciation. Obviously, in the case of electronics, which can depreciate in value rapidly over time, a replacement cost policy can be a big advantage. However, this isn’t the only scenario that calls for this option. Let’s go back to your household contents. There are other types of items to consider when making this decision. For example, what about the collection of signed prints you have? And there’s also the stamp collection and those original, signed Pearl S. Buck manuscripts. Original pieces of artwork or other costly collectibles can be just as, if not more, valuable than today’s pricey electronics. Replacement cost coverage is usually 10 percent more expensive than actual cash value coverage, but under the right circumstances, it's definitely worth the extra coverage.