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Five Funeral Scams mean No Lower Cost Fu...

lowercostfuneral — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:29:29 +0100

Your Funeral Guy: Five Funeral Scams that mean No Lower Cost Funeral

Most folks would rather not think about their funeral --
or that of a loved one. Funeral directors over the years have given us many types of funeral scams from flowers, to preneed car sales techniques and difficult contracts.Yet knowing about funeral scams can save
families from heart felt hurt during the Painful Problem of a Funeral.The five Funeral scams listed here come directly from the funeral rule and are not written about much anywhere

The average cost of funeral ranges from 7,000.00 to $9,000.00 For many
people, a funeral will be one of the largest purchases of their life.

Though most funeral directors care about grieving families, the chance to upsell high ticket items like cushion-lined mahogany caskets or embalming prior to cremation are opportunities too good to pass up.

The federal government protects consumers from unfair business practices with a law called The Funeral Rule. This is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission or FTC.

1.Casket Selling Scam: Moving you toward the higher price

One way funeral directors make large profits is by introducing consumers is to their most expensive caskets first.

Industry
studies have shown the average casket shopper buys one of the first
three casket models they see and usually the one that is in the middle
price range.

This means it is to the funeral director's advantage to steer customers towards high cost caskets first. Your Funeral Guy , R.Brian Burkhardt was taught this method in mortuary school.

The
Funeral Rule requires funeral homes to show customers a list of all
caskets the company sells with descriptions and prices before showing
caskets. I advise clients to ask about lower priced caskets, even if they don't appear to be readily available. Some funeral homes place lower cost caskets away in a basement or the backroom.

A casket of lower costs may need to be ordered, by the consumer and should
only be a mouse click or phone call away. Many of the same models you
see in the funeral home can be ordered on the internet for much less.

It
has been stated That there are at least over 500 models of caskets on
the market for under $1000, So check out prices immediately on the
internet and ask to see a catalog.

2.Funeral Packages sometimes Misrepresent Costs

Back
in the day, caskets were sold only by funeral homes. But now showrooms
and websites sell the same caskets often at lower cost prices.

The Funeral Rule requires funeral directors to use a casket you bought somewhere else at another location without charging additional fees.

Some
funeral homes have tried to slide past the internet/retail casket store
competition with deceptive promotional packages. They offer "deals"
that reduce the price of their caskets, but increase costs on other
products and services. It is usually best to avoid packages and
negotiate your lower cost funeral directly with the funeral director.

Some Funeral Home Owners charge different casket prices at the different funeral homes they own!

R. Brian Burkhardt Your Funeral Guy has seen and experienced all of the above.

Any casket pricing scam may be reported to The National Casket Retailers Association .

3. Gasket Casket Scam: Protection forever

Another
deceptive trick or scam is selling "protective" caskets. These include
a rubber gasket designed to delay the penetration of water into the
casket, which supposedly preserves the body from biological entities
and decay. This will not take you to a lower cost funeral.

The
gasket casket has been called the biggest fraud in the funeral
business. The gasket costs $12 to $20, yet funeral homes typically
charge $700 more for models with gasket.

The
Funeral Rule does not allow claims that "protective" features like the
gasket helps preserve the remains forever or a long time, because they
don't. This is simply a higher cost funeral sales technique.

4. Funeral Director Scam: Laying on Guilt to get you to overspend!

Some funeral directors really lay on the guilt to get you to emotionally
overspend. If you here the comment Your Loved One Deserves better than
this. Your emotional chain has been yanked! You need to recognize that
sometimes you don't need to have high funeral costs to honor and show
your love planning an excellent lower cost funeral in advance can help
develop a great service at a most difficult moment.

5. Funeral Director Scam:Not Mentioning the No Embalming option

Under
the funeral rule you must be told and sign a statement that
embalming(in most cases)is not a requirement of law. in fact no
Embalming and a closed casket or direct burial can save you $600.00 to
$700.00 USD on any funeral. If you want a traditional visitation
embalming may be required by some funeral directors.

There are other ways around this such as doing it all at the cemetery with a closed casket.

Many
a funeral director will employ some strong arm tactics to get an
Embalming. However you have the right to say no Embalming Cost.

Your Funeral Guy

More information can be found from Your Funeral Guy !

Lower Cost Funeral Book Doing well at Am...

lowercostfuneral — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:32:28 +0100

Lower Cost Funeral Book is Doing well

The details on how to lower your average costs of a funeral are in
this funeral book. There is also lots of information on your lower cost
funeral here:

Rest in Peace: Insider’s Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral by R Brian Burkhardt and Matt Bacak. #1 International Best Selling
Author Jason Oman also gave thumbs up to this book. This book is
published by Morgan James Publishing.This is your funeral cost book. This is a zingwacker idea of a book.

Your Funeral Guy , R Brian Burkhardt, Funeral Director , Author, Blogger, State of Illinois

Newsweek Speaks on Funeral Cost.

lowercostfuneral — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:09:44 +0200

The Funeral cost industry needs to be reformed. this according to the U.S. publication Newsweek. The article is devoted to funeral cost the Funeral Consumers Alliance and the funeral industry

On July 3rd 2008, Newsweek did an article creating a funeral, funeral cost and FCA- Funeral Consumer Alliance stir. The picture of the biodegradable casket gives you a look at future funeral cost. Joshua Slocum of the Funeral Consumers Alliance also did a great Job handling comments after the article appeared. Slocum is a true Funeral Futurist. The article is Called “A Serious Undertaking.”

Quoting from the Newsweek Article:

“the annual conference of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, a watchdog group for the death-care industry that advocates simple, personalized and environmentally sound alternatives to the typical American burial.”

Joshua Slocum is exactly correct when the article quotes him:

“I want people to be shocked,” Slocum says, “that in some states, the body belongs to the mortuary by state law. And once a funeral director has got a body in the door, it’s over.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/144482

As stated in the Book Rest in Peace Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral Once the Funeral Director puts your loved one on the mortuary cot, The funeral cost clock starts running.

Two books can help here with the average cost of a funeral.

Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial by Mark Harris

Rest in Peace: Insider’s Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral by R Brian Burkhardt and Matt Bacak

Your Funeral Guy, R Brian Burkhardt, Funeral Director, Author, Blogger, State of Illinois

Be sure to let me know how you achieved low funeral cost.

Disney World The Secret Place To........

lowercostfuneral — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:59:50 +0100

Scatter your ashes. Disney World the Secret Place to scatter your ashes.

Disney World Goers have endorsed the LOWER COST FUNERAL. It seems that many people have been caught scattering ashes on their Favorite rides at Disney World. So what ride would you scatter your loved one’s ashes on? I would probably choose “its a small world after all” Would you scatter your ashes in the Magic Kingdom? I’d probably not choose Mickey Mouse to scatter my ashes. Snow White would be the girl for me.

This is not to be disrespectful of death or funerals. My experience as a Funeral Director has shown me their power. Life and Living have much more power than the other two.
Some people are just fun loving and want to be remembered in a fun way. Whether it is a golf course, a tennis court, a swimming hole, or any fun place there are people who want to have their ashes scattered there.

Effective government does not regulate scattering. There are restrictive state, local, and national governments that do regulate the scattering of ashes after a cremation.
Do you know if Disney World is hiring a Funeral Director or Your Funeral Guy?. I know they like fun people.. Now that would be a fun job….helping people scatter ashes on the rides.

Cremation is not a small step but great leap toward a lower cost funeral. Cremation almost always creates the lower cost funeral. A lower cost funeral eliminates stress and worry about the bill. People find grieving easier, and celebrate a life freely when there is a lower cost funeral . Personal freedom most often breeds a better future. Families who share responsibility in a caring cremation, an empathetic memorial service and a respectful scattering often work through the tragedy of death better.

Embrace the lower cost funeral. Keep more money for yourself while you are alive.
Lower cost funerals can make it possible for you to save cash for your family for when you are gone.
Some creative people even stipulate in their wills how this money will be used for fun!
If you decide to use cremation make sure you understand the funeral process verses the cremation process.

The Best Place To Find out information on this is “Rest in Peace Insider Tips to Low Cost Less Stress Funeral” soon to be published by Morgan James.
This book has been endorsed by “Matt Bacak” #1 best selling author and “Jason Oman” #1 International Best Selling Author of Conversations with Millionaires.

I am not advocating all Funerals to be Fun. Death is often too tragic.
However celebrating a life in a caring, respectful and fun way can be helpful.
More importantly, if we can chuckle at death, it is less threatening.

So What Disney Character would you choose to scatter your ashes? Snow White or Prince Charming?

What Ride would you scatter your ashes on?

Or What Disney Character would you place in your casket or urn?

Your Funeral Guy

R.Brian Burkhardt
Funeral Director & Author
Rest in Peace, Your Funeral Guy.

More Information on this subject is available in Rest in Peace Insider’s Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral. by R.Brian Burkhardt and Matt Bacak.

Did you Like This Information? Take action Now and advance order it here:

Rest in Peace: Insider's Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral

Publication Date: May 1, 2008

This book will "change" your perspective on life.

R.Brian Burkhardt(Robert Burkhardt) is a funeral director.

Matt Bacak is an internet millionaire– “Author of the Internet Millionaire Mind”

This book has been given thumbs up by Jason Oman #1 International Best Selling Author.

Rest in Peace: Low Cost Funeral is key

lowercostfuneral — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:04:09 +0100

Your Funeral Guy Gets You Money for Your Bucket List.

Consider your kick the the bucket list and the low cost funeral. key. Your Funeral Guy Reveals Insider's Tips in New Book. Essentially You are given Money for your Kick the Bucket List.

Make that list. Do more on the list because you have planned a Low Cost Funeral. How do you plan this low cost funeral?..... when you write your Kick The Bucket List.

After you see the Movie "Bucket" List pick up Your Copy of Your Funeral Guy's book. More Information Below.

The title of the new book is Rest in Peace Insider's Tips To The Low Cost Less Stress Funeral. This replaces the older book title of: ~~The Low Cost Less Stress Funeral--How To Tips From a Funeral Pro.~~ A select group of readers were selected from coast to coast and they encouraged me to make this change. The content of the book has not changed

The purpose of the work, is to help people lower the cost of any Funeral. The book promotes the savings, broad prosperity, personal freedom and better future for all. The book received positive comments from Matt Bacak and Jason Oman both number one best selling authors.

These pages take the mysterious and the unknown out of the funeral process. I walk step by step through to the end of the funeral. In each step I give you insider's tips on the low cost less stress funeral. The book can be used as your personal funeral planner or an at the time guide when handling the business back end of a funeral.

In order to remove confusion on the book two of my websites have been deactivated and will not be accessible until changes are made. Specific information on Rest in Peace Insider's Tips To The Low Cost Less Stress Funeral is available at http://www.lowercostfuneral.com along with the free E-Course "Seven Secrets to the lower rcost funeral"

Within the Pages of this book I walk with you through the painful problem of the funeral. At each step along the way I reveal tips that help you lower the cost and the stress of any funeral, guaranteed. The book promotes broad prosperity, personal freedom and a better future for all. It encourages shared responsibility in the family. It shows YOU your funeral options and tells you how to lower funeral expenses.

I look forward to hearing from you about your lower cost funeral and how you have more money for your "Bucket List" While you are at all this do not be afraid of funeral fun.

Your Funeral Guy,

R.Brian Burkhardt, Funeral Director Illinois, Virginia.

An Honest Funeral Director will allow a...

lowercostfuneral — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:48:05 +0100

It is very important that "your funeral director" offer you a low cost funeral, even if you want a high cost traditional funeral, and want to spend a substantial of your money.

Funeral Directors who skim off the top and get rich doing so do not offer a lower cost funeral. Even if you are not concerned about funeral costs make sure they offer it to you. If this does not happen the funeral home is usually taking your money and not providing proper service.

Funeral Homes that put broad prosperity, shared responsibility, and your personal freedom up front in the long run are legitimate service providers. Honest funeral directors will always present the lower cost funeral. They will also help you by giving you a funeral you can afford.They will always follow "the Funeral Rule" and present the funeral fire: cremation. A low cost funeral cremation is the best funeral tip I can give.

NEEDED MORE FUNERAL FIRES--cremations.

Your Funeral Guy, R Brian Burkhardt, author of:

Rest in Peace Insider's Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral do in stores in 2008. This book received a thumbs up from Matt Bacak, best selling author. It also received a smiley from Jason Oman #1 International Best Selling Author.

Be sure to to let me know about your lower cost funeral and funeral expense.

http://www.lowercostfuneral.com/rbrianblog

Confession of A Funeral LED HEAD,Cost a...

lowercostfuneral — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:26:09 +0100

WE NEED MORE LED, ZEPPLIN. We do not need more lead(check the news).
I confess I Was One of the 20 million trying to get one of the 18,000 tickets. The concert was over a week ago, I did not make it in the lotto for the tickets.

I have not been to many rock concerts in my life. But the Holy Grail of rock in roll, i would go in a heartbeat.
My friends tell me i am so straight I squeak.

Forget the funeral cost stuff.
Stop, the world I wanted to go to a Zepplin Concert, I would have sold everything i had and gone to their concert. Alas it was not to be
My religious friends told me " funeral guy you are Crazy"
Zepplin stopped in 1980 when their drummer died.

Death should not stop life.
I am glad they are back promoting life.
Take it from a led head, Get to a LED ZEPPLIN CONCERT NOW. I am doing my best to have the lowest cost funeral possible, so i get to a Zepplin concert before I am rocked and rolled into the grave.

Rock and Roll!
Rock on!

Ticket Sales went to charity.
These guys are the broad prosperity, better future and personal freedom guys.
I think they are guilty of shared responsibility. You decide.
Get on their stairway to heaven.

your funeral guy

How I Learned to Lower The Cost of any F...

lowercostfuneral — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:04:12 +0100

This is my first post here about your funeral guy and how I came to lower the costs of Funerals. I am here because over the past 6 months i have been personally encouraged with posts. Indeed there has been several posts about my passion Lowering the Costs of Funerals. There is more information on this here: http://www.lowercostfuneral.com

My first day of funeral service was September 11, 2001. I believed that by being a Funeral Director, I could help,
encourage, bring broad prosperity and a better future to families. The events of September 11th 2001 gave my an ironclad compassion for families who experience a loss through death. No one will take this away from me.

Career moves brought me to the Washington D.C. Area to funeral direct there. This was the time of the start of the Iraq War. Doing funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery and the Quantico Marine Base.was an honor. It gave me the skills to do excellent ceremonies. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL LEARNING BEGAN: GOVERNMENT LEADERS WOULD COME IN AND DO FUNERALS. Most of the time they would walk out of the funeral home paying $2000 to $4000 less for
a $10.000 Funeral. No they did not get special deals.. They knew and applied the Funeral Rule, funeral law. They knew how to negotiate with Funeral Directors. They walked away with saved money and broad prosperity.

Government Leaders were not the real masters of the lower cost funeral. Immigrants (legal and illegal) were the grand masters. Maybe it is because immigrants congregate in the D.C. Area. These friends researched the lower cost funeral to save money. Often they knew more than the Government Leaders. They always paid at the end, and always passed the hat in their community coming up with substantial funds.

Here are three steps to a lower cost funeral.
1 Read The Funeral Rule.
2. Make the Funeral director follow the rule
3.Pay at the End.
4. Get Financial and emotional support

If you do this you will have a lower cost funeral.

Find out more in The BOOK: Rest in Peace Insiders Tips to the LOW COST LESS STRESS FUNERAL. soon to be published by Morgan James.

Your Funeral Guy

R.Brian Burkhardt

rbrianburkhardt.com