Funeral costs - question and opinion needed

wardf

Hello,

My parents are in their mid-80's and purchased funeral services (plot, stone...etc) 12 years ago - to be used when they passed.

They recently wanted to to change some of the services (move from indoor to outdoor...etc) and spoke with the funeral place to assess the cost. The services they wanted to change were essentially the same cost (not a upgrade or downgrade - just a shift from one service to another).

What they quoted surprised me - they credited the cost of what they wanted removed ($1700 from their original payment) and charged for the services they desired ($4900 which is the current cost of the new services), so a $3200 bill just to change some services. The point here is that they bought services 12 years ago, and those services in today's pricing have increased dramatically due to inflation...etc.

I can see an incremental cost of approx $500 to process the changes, but to essentially refund their original price and charge for new services at current prices seems very unfair - opinions???

Thank you

Zandoni

I agree 100% it's totally unfair, if they want to do it that way they should pay you interest on the 1700 that you have already paid.

somethingcorporate

This is a UK forum and all your costs appear to be in $.

Perhaps you should seek some guidance on a US based forum.

I agree it's unfair but you won't find many experts in States based contracts.

bod1467

OP may have a laptop with a US keyboard (I'm using one right now), so may not know how to do a £ sign, thus has used $ for simplicity.

If this is the case, £ is achieved by using a numeric keypad, pressing and holding the ALT key, then pressing (in turn) 0 1 6 3 ... on releasing the ALT key the £ symbol should appear.

Guardsman

bod1467 wrote: »

OP may have a laptop with a US keyboard (I'm using one right now), so may not know how to do a £ sign, thus has used $ for simplicity.

If this is the case, £ is achieved by using a numeric keypad, pressing and holding the ALT key, then pressing (in turn) 0 1 6 3 ... on releasing the ALT key the £ symbol should appear.

Click start then select control panel...Select Clock Language and Region.....Change Keyboards and other input methods....Change Keyboards...Select UK....Press Apply then OK

arcon5

Depends whether outdoor is in fact more expensive than indoor - otherwise it's not unreasonable to charge extra.

bod1467

Guardsman wrote: »

Click start then select control panel...Select Clock Language and Region.....Change Keyboards and other input methods....Change Keyboards...Select UK....Press Apply then OK

All well and good - but somewhat pointless IF YOU HAVE A US KEYBOARD!

Guardsman

I have a US keyboard at my place in Florida but am still able to change the language and region.
Windows will set the keyboard to US settings it's up to the user to change it.

dzug1

If it's in ££ that price is nastily high though.

SuperHan

Guardsman wrote: »

I have a US keyboard at my place in Florida but am still able to change the language and region.
Windows will set the keyboard to US settings it's up to the user to change it.

There still won't be a key that says '£' though... and it won't tell you which one you need to press... It'll just make life even more confusing!

Guardsman

I had no problem getting a keyboard in the US with a £ sign on it I had the last one from Walmart.
A useful tool is character map if you have problems with your keyboard settings.
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/charmap.html