Pre-paid funeral plans

[The Barbarian]

Any views on this please?

[Wakefield Turntables]

give me 2 grand and i will bury you in my back yard. Thats just about what it amounts to.

[StanleyB]

Any views on this please?
Going somewhere any time soon? What if you outlive the undertaker?

[Macca]

Not sure that would be legal Andy...and you don't want the neighbours dogs digging him up and dragging him down the road.

I think the best course of action is to make sure you have got rid of all your money before you peg it. That way you get buried free on the State.

[mr sneff]

Pre-paid plans sound like a bad idea to me. Who's to say that the company you take the plan with will still be around in 20 years time? And if they are will what you paid now cover the costs? It's not like insurance where no everybody will make a claim. We all check out at some point.

[The Barbarian]

I was waiting for that reply regarding will they be around when you need them! regarding prices, the one ive seen is the the price you pay now is the price when it comes around.. I asked bout all this Pre-pay malarky because ive seen an increase in prices.

[brian2957]

Getting to that age are we Andr'e :)

[The Barbarian]

No. Just lost a friend & some things have really opened my eyes..

[keiths]

So sorry to hear that André.

Regarding pre-paid plans, not withstanding the negatives already mentioned, one advantage is that it relieves the next of kin of the task of selecting undertakers and making various decisions regarding the funeral. Also funeral costs have risen greatly (as I discovered when my dad died last year - his funeral was much more expensive than my mum's had been five years earlier) and I guess that tend is likely to continue in the future.

I myself won't have any next of kin and will be following Maccas's advice above.

[The Barbarian]

But the state does not pay for it!

[keiths]

It does if there's no estate and no next of kin.

[walpurgis]

I'd be quite happy donating my remains to medical science. After all, I'm not going to care a bit what happens to me. I am being serious by the way.

[Ninanina]

As I DONT want to be burnt, I have no idea why but I just DONT, a wicker basket for a coffin will be fine and I will be taking out the neccessary means so that will happen

I should have done it years ago but I didn't so I will now be looking for a suitable company that will make sure my wishes are taken care of....

:deceased::deceased:

[Kember]

I'd be quite happy donating my remains to medical science. After all, I'm not going to care a bit what happens to me. I am being serious by the way.

+1. Completely with you. But I suppose the funeral etc is for those left behind.

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[Old George]

I decided several years ago to donate my remains to medical research, sadly the local hospital has contested the will. :rolleyes::D

[walpurgis]

Just a thought. Do you need a waste handling licence to move a body?

[Kember]

Just a thought. Do you need a waste handling licence to move a body?

I believe you do. And you certainly need a licence to dispose of one.

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[The Grand Wazoo]

Now here's something I happen to know (or think I do).
You don't need to be licensed to operate as a funeral director in the UK but there's a voluntary licence run by the British Institute of Funeral Directors (a bit like Chartership in other professions).
Don't ask me how I know that, I just do!

[Kember]

Now here's something I happen to know (or think I do).
You don't need to be licensed to operate as a funeral director in the UK but there's a voluntary licence run by the British Institute of Funeral Directors (a bit like Chartership in other professions).
Don't ask me how I know that, I just do!

Chris

I think you are right re licensing the profession per se but I think the hazmat regulations do cover what undertakers do. Thank heavens!

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[Kember]

Now here's something I happen to know (or think I do).
You don't need to be licensed to operate as a funeral director in the UK but there's a voluntary licence run by the British Institute of Funeral Directors (a bit like Chartership in other professions).
Don't ask me how I know that, I just do!

Chris

I've just looked it up - it is amazing just how little regulation there actually is of the profession!

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[The Grand Wazoo]

I know!
How do you find a good one?

[Kember]

Dunno - go to the Co-op?

If it's a Thursday, you get double stamps:lol:!

(Sadly, I'd guess most on this forum are too young to get that reference.)

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[walpurgis]

So, a governing body to govern the bodies! :D


Now here's something I happen to know (or think I do).
You don't need to be licensed to operate as a funeral director in the UK but there's a voluntary licence run by the British Institute of Funeral Directors (a bit like Chartership in other professions).
Don't ask me how I know that, I just do!