Archive for the 'Consumer Protection Links and Resources' Category

CONSUMER ALERT

Friday, August 25th, 2006

The latest Funeral Industry Consumer Alerts are listed on this watchdog site. Please note that clicking the link below will cause a new window to open.

http://www.funerals.org/alert/index.htm

SCI’S PRE-NEED GREED

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

MUST READ
An Except from the SCI Sales Counselor’s Reference Guide: NOT INTENDED TO BE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC!
SCI is the largest owner/operator of funeral homes in the United States. Judge for yourself whether their main corporate focus is on funerals, or your money.
The link below will open in a new window:
http://www.funerals.org/alert/sciprene.htm

CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

Funeral Consumers Alliance Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Funeral Conglomerates and Largest Casketmaker for Antitrust Violations
South Burlington, VT. - Funeral Consumers Alliance, Inc. (FCA), on behalf of its roughly 400,000 members and a nationwide class of consumers, has filed a lawsuit in federal court in California seeking to stop the country’s three largest funeral homes [...]

Budget Casket Ads Rile Regional Funeral Industry

Monday, September 16th, 2002

(from AdAge.com)
NEW YORK - In last Sunday’s edition of the Dallas Morning News, a full-page ad for Budget Caskets [...]

FUNERAL AND CEMETARY INDUSTRY SECRETS

Monday, March 9th, 1998

EXPOSED on Good Morning Texas
Dollars & $ense Advice from Benjamin Dover
Monday, March 9, 1998
Funeral/Cemetery Horror Story Factoids
a-Did you know that in some cemeteries you don’t ever really “buy a plot of land”?… but you’re simply buying the rights to have them buried in that cemetery. Make sure that you’re getting an actual [...]