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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I just don't see any reason to prepay for a cremation. When someone dies, any funeral home will sell you a cremation and do the job properly, and they are required to have a published price list. What is the advantage to paying for it before you die? What happens if the company is out of business? What happens if you are out of town when you die? What happens if you lose the paperwork or the person arranging the cremation doesn't know about the prepaid cremation? I don't get it. It just seems like a ripoff.
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What about people who know they don't have long to live?
For me, it was that and wanting to remove one more chore from my representative's shoulders. I don't have kids and it's going to be enough of a hassle for him to wade through all the other necessities. I gave him a copy of the cremation contract and have discussed it with him.
It was also a financial decision since the bulk of my estate is going to charity and I don't want him to be out of pocket for anything.
I'm still around but I used Baldwin Brothers and it couldn't have been easier. I completed everything online iin 10 minutes and didn't need to speak to anyone. $750.00