as a few of you may know i live up in newcastle and just had a quote of £20,000 for a basic cremation... no flowers, just one car and the service held at the cremitorium.
does this sound about right......?
cheers for getting back to me
as a few of you may know i live up in newcastle and just had a quote of £20,000 for a basic cremation... no flowers, just one car and the service held at the cremitorium.
does this sound about right......?
cheers for getting back to me
Did not think it would cost that that is a shock.
When my father passed away 8 years ago it was about £3-4 thousand for the funeral. i think £20,000 is a bit excessive, i would price around should be able to get a quote much less than that.
Chopper.
Just done a fast google and found this.
_http://www.directfuneralservices.co.uk/
If link is not allow can you remove.
sound very expensive does that,i would of thought average cost would be £5,000 or so.
so yes that's very dear!
regards
kes
Wife's family buried her gran last year, 2 cars, small church ceremony was about 8k
20k sound steep to say the least.
cheers for your info guys... hardest thing is its not me thats sorting it our so its a bit or a sore subject as you can imagine
Sorry about your loss but £20,000 for a basic cremation sounds very, very steep.
_http://www.whatprice.co.uk/health/funeral-cost.html gives typical costs for the various elements.
It pays to shop around.
AFAIR in the UK the funeral costs come off the estate before the caculation of death duties - that is why some people splash out.
Definitely over the top! My cousin could probably do you a top notch, horse drawn glass hearse for ~£10,000 and that includes travelling up from South Wales.
Last edited by TheBadger; 09-12-2008 at 05:47 PM. Reason: Spelling error.
kin L - sounds like a rip off to me
zad m8 dont you meen £2,000Originally Posted by zad
wife has just cremated her brother last wednesday same as you 1 car service at the crem end of
1st quote from the co-op £2,675
2nd quote from the next village from us a local lad.. £1,900 for the same thing
dave
Which company in the North East charges that???
That has to be a typo or it's definitely a scam artist at work.
Go to your Co-op funeral service in Benwell and they'll charge you between £1k-£3k depending upon what you want.
The estate of the deceased is being ripped off if it's really £20k. The quote should also be itemised so you can see what's costing so much.
Last edited by Prontopro; 09-12-2008 at 07:48 PM.
starting to think its a typo... so going to look into it in the morning, once again thanks for all your assistance
Sorry to hear of your loss marra, i'm from the north east as well (stanley) and my mother passed away last year, her funeral cost £3500, with 2 cars, funeral car, flowers service etc so £20,000 is bang out of order, tell them so as well mate, bloody diabolical people exploiting the grief of others, NO EXCUSE FOR TRYING TO CHARGE THIS KIND OF MONEY.
Mick
Im from Darlo just looked into pre pay cost with a few local companies
Co-op is just over £2500 with Gold plan chose your own type of arrangements etc
sorry to hear about your loss...it must be an error mate..there is no way a funeral could cost that much...my mothers in 2006 cost £4,500 for 2 cars and a cremation...flowers too....dads last year with the same company...a burial,1 car cost £5500.. with the plot for additional family members...also flowers...north east based
just give them a call to show them my disgust with them to find out it was in fact a typo... an extra 0 was some how added to the quotation... bit weird tho as all the items in the breakdown dont add up correctly ether.
i have been told i have to call in to get it re assessed but have been told it should be no more than £2500.
makes me wonder tho.... if i had not have pulled them would they have went ahead and charged me the full whack?
may be thats a typing error !!!!!!!! £20.000 seems a bit wrong ,,
Sorry about your loss m8 middle of the road cost £2500 pounds cremation with local coop service, very recentlly
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