Cremation Ads On Tv???

[DTCwordfan]

Buy a cremation funeral plan on the basis of the quality of the sausage rolls, probably burnt, the decision taken while wallowing in some gruesome shallow American-style 60s bath or having to shell out a small fortune for a new red suit for the aprés-incineration while the Missus looks lovingly one......

Anybody have experience of these funereal merchants (rip-offs?)???

[gingejbee]

I've never seen a cremation ad on TV, possibly because the TV is not on before about 7 or 8 pm.

I have arranged a direct cremation about 5 years ago with Pure Cremation. No funeral plan (just paid at the time), no service, no fuss. I wasn't "ripped-off"...I felt it was way better than the usual way of doing things and I highly recommend it.

[ladybirder]

I have done exactly the same as gingejbee.  What's not to like?

[barry1010]

The Co-Op's direct to crem funerals are much cheaper 

[Old_Geezer]

I'm not bothering. They're all dead ends.

[barry1010]

Nobody has to use a funeral director, you can do it all yourself.

[Ken4155]

^

Not if you're dead, you can't.

My cremation is bought and paid for - though i have no immediate plans to curl my toes up just yet, some of you will be pleased to learn. No matter when i pop my clogs, the price i have paid remains the same, so i'm looking at a century to really get my money's worth😉

[theshedman]

We have noticed that there seems to be many of these ads on lately.  Think they may be trying to tell me something, but I want a few more years yet and hope to get them.  It used to be the same a few years ago when our TV licence was due, the ads seemed to start a couple of months before then stop just after we had bought it.

[davebro3]

I think this is good for the many of us who don't want a formal funeral but the number of companies entering the market has led to a proliferation of these cringe-making adverts & it really grinds my gears!😈

PS. the CO-OP biker funeral advert makes me laugh - "All he ever talked about was bike this, bike that". (He musta been a boring sod!)

[Gill1941]

Same as Ken.

Bought about 30 years ago so think I'll get my monies worth.

[Old_Geezer]

I wonder if one really gets better value paying in advance as the amount paid earlier would have had more, or at best the same, value as a larger figure paid later, and lost all interest it may have made saved over that time. It's advantage, if the company stays in business long enough, is that beneficiaries of your estate don't need to deal with arranging your funeral.

 

Personally I don't much care what they choose for my discarded body, although a little respect might be nice.

[barry1010]

I chose not to pay in advance because I didn't want to waste my money if I died abroad (I'd be cremated in that country) or my body was never found.  Of course, before the recent changes in legislation, if a funeral company went bust you could potentially lose your money and have no funeral.

Personal choice.  

[maggiebee]

Barry1010 - made my will before I went to work abroad. My solicitor asked that if I died in that country would I would want cremated there or my body brought back home. Opted for being cremated there.  Obviously I hadn't thought it through as Albania is a muslim country and there are no cremations. Body is buried within two days.  

[nicebloke1]

I want to give a little back to the sport of angling, have donated my body to a local maggot factory.

[barry1010]

Quick turnover, Maggie 

[davebro3]

I think mentioned on another thread (cremation being high energy usage) there are now moves to compost dead bodies. It takes a few weeks in a special composter - dunno how well that works!

I doubt it will catch on before my time is up. Soylent Green anyone? 🤣

[-SharonA-]

Here in East London, there's no room for burials. In fact, dying in this borough means you have to fork out an extra £1500 to be buried in a neighbouring borough!!!!

[nicebloke1]

^^ Its only £3 on the bus?

[Canary42]

Obviously today's burning question 😀

[Netty7]

It's a fact that they must have a very low budget for the Pure Cremation ads, the acting is appalling,certainly no Oscar winning performances. It's so bad it's cringeworthy!

[elliemay1]

I agree,netty, it's dire!