Bringing back body of deceased without using a firm

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NotArobot24 said:

elsien said:

NotArobot24 said:

silvercar said:

If finances mean you need to compromise, use a proper funeral director to bring the body to the UK and conduct your own funeral.

They have paid for a plot, all that is approved, their other half already 12 feet under years ago, they will go at 6 feet under on same plot.

I like the DIY stuff for when I pass but mainly for the bundling and overcharging.

This death has really shaken me, my late mother had an amazing ceremony, so I had an idea to do one on a similar vein for myself, perhaps record some videos on hidden YouTube links where I address family members, play some of my favourite songs, I can make several playlists and they can say their bits in between.

For my mother they arranged a post ceremony event at a local hotel and that was done directly, they had flowers done with a local Florist where people could choose to buy suggested things or come up with custom ones.

One thing I learnt from an in-laws ceremony was how awful it is to have the cremation done in the same building and same time as the ceremony.  We had the ceremony then the coffin was left for anyone to have final moments and then it was taken to the hearse once most people had left, it was taken to another side of the building and one of my siblings collected the ashes.

I have found companies that quote prices for a death in the UK for repatriation to EU for £2k but every company I have found just say POA, by now they should have done every EU country and figured out a formula, so much per mile, so much for regulations in France, Germany, Italy and so on.  It is an emotive time and we are going through the stages of bereavement, I recognise that, but at the same time none of us wants to be exploited as it insults the deceased and us all.

What does that mean?  Most people who use the acronym POA mean power of attorney,  which is of no relevance at all in this situation because it ends on someone’s death.

I would have thought it would be far more insulting to the deceased to be plunged into a body bag or a wheelchair surrounded by ice and on a wing and  a prayer 

elsien said:

The mention of ice is the final straw with taking this entirely seriously. 

Hey I thought you were out and not taking this entirely seriously?

I know it may be strange, but sometimes in life TLA's (three letter acronyms) have different meaning for different sectors, demographics etc.  I know that I have to google even words that some of our descendants use, even when they are taken into the Oxford dictionary. 

So in this case POA means Price On Application, i.e. we want to see how much you are grieving before we exploit that grief and make you pay way over the odds.

The ice has gone, the party bag comment gave me a moment of laughter in this sad time, ironically, I think they would be laughing at all the hassle they have caused and seeing us all run around like headless chickens. 

I think the wheelchair is just a nice touch for Border Control.
 
Perhaps the real issue is that they could not get insurance, they were not expected to die, I certainly thought they had another 20 years in them, but they had some medical complications not related to their death that prevented insurance being anywhere near affordable, it was thousands.

Price on application means that they don’t do this so often that they have a fixed price worked out for repatriation from every town, city or village in Europe. Actually, I think that’s perfectly reasonable, and you are perhaps being overly cynical.