What’s the state board doing sending threatening letters to a retired consumer advocate?
Which of these is a threat to consumer safety:
A. A funeral director who dips into customers’ prepaid funeral money to buy a new hearse
B. Funeral homes that rent out their embalming rooms to fly-by-night tissue brokers who dissect bodies and sell them for profit
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The High Cost of Funerals and How to Beat it — The American Consumer Institute issues ConsumerGrams on smart funeral shopping with help from Funeral Consumers Alliance.
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10/06/2008 – Thinking about doing business with the Neptune Society? Think again. For years, FCA has been pointing out Neptune’s tricky accounting practices they use to illegally pocket consumers’ prepaid cremation money instead of putting it in the bank as most state laws require. Read more
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued opinions on charging customers extra for refrigeration, casket storage, trash disposal, and running errands in cars. Read all about what it means for funeral consumers.
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Tennessee Officials Say Forest Hill Cemeteries Will Start Honoring Prepaid Funeral Contracts; Michigan Authorities Arrest Forest Hill Owner on Charges of Embezzling $70 Million in Customers’ Prepaid Money. Read the update below.
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After a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission that the Missouri State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors illegally stopped retail casket sales, the Board agreed to never adopt regulations prohibiting third-parties from selling coffins to the public. Read more
WTAE TV Pittsburgh and Funeral Consumers Alliance uncover funeral fraud! Click here to watch the broadcast.
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