Funeral Costs - How much??
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I've just been given an "Estimate" for a funeral which I think seems extortionate!
All the next of kin are wanting is a very simple crematorium funeral, nothing fancy, nothing else, no flowers, simple, nothing, service, curtains close, kaboom, done.......... estimate is over £4k and only £850 is for the Crem fees!!
Does anyone have any experience of costs?
All the next of kin are wanting is a very simple crematorium funeral, nothing fancy, nothing else, no flowers, simple, nothing, service, curtains close, kaboom, done.......... estimate is over £4k and only £850 is for the Crem fees!!
Does anyone have any experience of costs?
Well Funeral Directors don't like justifying their bill do they?
They kept banging on about how they'd gaven us an itemised bill.....
"Services to you"
"Services to the deceased"
"Appointment of chosen funeral director"
They got a bit upset when i asked them for a meaningful itemised bill!
And aparently the costs are all approved by their client, and as I'm not the "client" thers's nothing i can do about it.
They did clarify that the client is responsible for payment of the bill which as the client isnt related to the deceased in any way they may regret fobbing me off.
They kept banging on about how they'd gaven us an itemised bill.....
"Services to you"
"Services to the deceased"
"Appointment of chosen funeral director"
They got a bit upset when i asked them for a meaningful itemised bill!
And aparently the costs are all approved by their client, and as I'm not the "client" thers's nothing i can do about it.
They did clarify that the client is responsible for payment of the bill which as the client isnt related to the deceased in any way they may regret fobbing me off.
TooMany2cvs said:
The "client", presumably, being the stiff in the box?
Well, if they invoice the "client", then the "client" is definitely responsible for the tab - and it's the executor's job to make sure it's paid, right up to the point where paying it leaves the "client's" estate worth a big fat zero as a result. Whether the executor is related or not. And if the funeral's been planned costing a lot more than the "client" could afford, I suspect that the person who planned it would definitely have some responsibility for the rest of that tab...
Do I presume you are the executor for this person who you aren't related to? And, if not, why you're involved in planning the funeral...?
The only "relative", "next of kin" and "executoe" is my mother in law (it was her brother who died) the "client" is a friend of the deceased, no wink wink on the friend just a drinking mate of the deceased.Well, if they invoice the "client", then the "client" is definitely responsible for the tab - and it's the executor's job to make sure it's paid, right up to the point where paying it leaves the "client's" estate worth a big fat zero as a result. Whether the executor is related or not. And if the funeral's been planned costing a lot more than the "client" could afford, I suspect that the person who planned it would definitely have some responsibility for the rest of that tab...
Do I presume you are the executor for this person who you aren't related to? And, if not, why you're involved in planning the funeral...?
As for medical science..... oesophageal cancer was the cause.
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