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They wanted to me to sign up to an undertaker-and I'm not even dead!

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  • PinkLipgloss
    PinkLipgloss Posts: 1,451 Forumite
    Yes exactly that! I've never attended anything like a cremation or memorial service for burying the ashes so wouldn't know what to expect but I would hope for something more dignified than a plastic bag.

    I'd personally be horrified if I was handed a relatives ashes in a cheap plastic coop bag!

    Cheap and tacky beyond belief. Makes you wonder about the attitude of the people working there.
    "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" (Douglas Adams)
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    When we organised the funeral of a loved one (through co-op) they were brilliant. We couldn't fault them.
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
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    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
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    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • Abbafan1972
    Abbafan1972 Posts: 7,218 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    My Nan's funeral was arranged through the Co-op (she was buried) and everything was lovely and dignified.

    My uncle was cremated about 18 years ago and his ashes were buried, they were handed to my auntie in a lovely wooden box. I don't know if that funeral was through the Co-op though.
    Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £10,153.44
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