Record Those Numbers!

While I kept a doctor appt. on Oct. 7, someone broke into my house and took both computers, widescreen LCD TV, digital camera, etc. When the police officer took his report he handed me a form on which I should list the missing items along with the serial numbers and model numbers. In recent years I've become decidedly lax about storing said info in a separate secure place, and I can't find any of it now. The numbers on the invoices are just the shipper's catalog numbers. So if any of my stuff did get found I couldn't prove ownership. Needless to say as I am replacing the lost gear recording those numbers is first priority. I hope never again to face such a shock but as the old saying goes -
"Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."