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Dissatisfied with his pay, a former director of Direct Funeral Services betrayed his company and accepted bribes from a competitor...

Part of an article found in today's The New Paper
Funeral services do price fixing are rampant
(13-10-2021, 08:36 AM)Sharexchange Wrote: [ -> ]Funeral services do price fixing are rampant

Why rip off those who need to carry out funeral packages.....
Yes, quite common for these funeral businesses to rip off the bereaved families. Even simple things like bottled water and catered food, they will be charged high markups. Most of the time, the families are too sad and stressed to push back on these companies. They just want to get the funerals done with.
(13-10-2021, 01:42 PM)starbugs Wrote: [ -> ]Yes, quite common for these funeral businesses to rip off the bereaved families. Even simple things like bottled water and catered food, they will be charged high markups. Most of the time, the families are too sad and stressed to push back on these companies. They just want to get the funerals done with.

These funeral companies said they can organize everything but they do high markups, and the bereaved family got no choice but to pay thru' their nose.  They just take the opportunity to rip off the families who does not want to  bargain under these circumstances....
Once a life time they know families wont Gey Gao the price..and to save face value also...you ask for discount you afraid of being not kind and fillial to your love one. Making use of human fear and emotion. Those funeral company wont earn a single cent from my dead body. I go DIY.
(13-10-2021, 02:02 PM)Sharexchange Wrote: [ -> ]Once a life time they know families wont Gey Gao the price..and to save face value also...you ask for discount you afraid of being not kind and fillial to your love one. Making use of human fear and emotion. Those funeral company wont earn a single  cent from my dead body. I go DIY.

Here is it possible to DIY..?