The National Funeral Directors Associatiion Plans to raise Consumers Cremation Costs-YourFuneralGuy

One way Funeral Directors add to the cost of a Funeral|Cremation is get you to buy a Cremation Casket

The National Funeral Directors Association is planning to raise Your Cremation Cost.(NFDA) This is a tactic Funeral Homes often use when it comes to a cremation. In fact I am aware of Funeral Directors who claim they can raise the cost of a cremation above a the fact of a traditional funeral The NFDA(National Funeral Directors Association) has become quite blatant about this lately.

Snippet  from a special NFDA-webpage.

Whether your cremation rate is 6% or 60%, increase your profit margins from 0% to 100%!

Capitalize on cremation before, during and after the first call. This 3-day, core-business conference will teach you:

* How to abolish the word “direct” from consumers’ cremation vocabulary.
* How your perception in the community determines whether you or your competition receives the first call.
* How to be both creative and create value in subtle ways during the service to boost your bottom line.
* How an aftercare program can have a BIG return with very little expense.
* And MUCH more, including cremation litigation, how to dominate your market and social networking.-

Cremations cost the crematory about $200 USD. Logically it is not unreasonable to pay $495-$695 for a cremation through a Funeral Home. The information here shows why you need to take some one when with sharp negotiating skills when you go to a Funeral Home to negotiate a Funeral Arrangement/Contract.

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Now of course connectingdirectors.com and CANA, Cremation Association of North America had to get into the act-Click Here to read about that!

Cemetery Industry Executive Gets House Arrest for taking 20+Million$-YourFuneralGuy

This story shows that you must be very careful who you trust when making a funeral industry purchase.

The story here is a prime example on why the funeral consumer should be careful when purchasing anything funeral. Why is it that a Funeral|Cemetery Industry professional whole stole over 20 million gets to continue in the business? How is it he only got Work release, House arrest, and gets to go on  in the Industry? This sort of thing and the justice given spreads public distrust of the Funeral Profession.

Maybe the  distrust is justified. The Funeral and Cemetery Industry has refused to police itself. The National Funeral Direcetors Association (NFDA)has failed miserably here. Nelms owned funeral homes. They have failed miserably on the policing of their own members. This story is  a compelling reason why the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights needs to pass the Congress.

Snippet:

A Marion Superior Court judge today sentenced the owner of an Indianapolis-based cemetery company to four years on work-release and four years on home detention.

But before Robert Nelms serves much of the sentence, he faces sentencing in a separate case in Michigan involving $4.2 million in misappropriated trust money from a cemetery in Grand Rapids.

A key part of Nelms’ plea agreement is replenishing more than $20 million drained from the trust funds of Indiana cemeteries and funeral homes after his purchase of Memory Gardens Management Corp. five years ago. Those trusts were intended to cover customers’ prepaid burial services and ensure the upkeep of cemetery grounds, including at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Greenwood.

via www.indystar.com

StoneM0r  a Funeral Corporation  is purchasing the properties Nelms owned on the condition of restoring prepaid consumer contracts.Restoring the trusts is most important. Folks paid for their funerals and have the right to have them without paying again

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Casey Johnson Funeral Sunday|Memorial Monday|911 Call|YourFuneralGuy

The Casey Johnson Funeral will be Sunday with a Memorial On Monday. A 911 call has also been released. The Johnson am Johnson heiress and Socialite’s Funeral will be private.

The 911 call revealed that  Casey Johnson’s Medication could have been  the problem. She was diabetic.

Snippet:

Not identifying herself during the 9-1-1 message, the caller simply stated the she’s “in my guesthouse, so I need somebody right away.”……

”Meanwhile, it has also been announced that Casey’s funeral will be held on Sunday in New Jersey, with a memorial planned to take place the following day

via www.celebrity-gossip.net

The Johnson and Johnson Family Companies founding family has long been the focus of the media.

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