I am helping out in a bereavement situation and now a bit browned off and here's why.
I conatcted an undertaker and asked for a quote and got €1,450 for casket, €395 for undertakers extras, €200 for mass/church/priests, €60 for grave opening. total €2,105. I left out flowers, adverts and afterwards.
Today relatives got to finalise casket etc. Select one for €1,650, €395 extras but now €195 is added for embalming, € 60 added for church clerk, €20 added for altar boys, €75 added for pad on top of coffin. A small cross is put in for free.
Its now a new plot so grave digging is €480 euro an estimate, plot is€ 465. Its now €3,540 in total. I know its €200 extra for coffin but why now add €195 for embalming, €60 for church clerk, €20 for altar boys is an extra €275 euros. Should these not have been put in from outset?
He could not give a breakdown of the €395 for extras that was originally quoted.
Is this the norm?
noah
I conatcted an undertaker and asked for a quote and got €1,450 for casket, €395 for undertakers extras, €200 for mass/church/priests, €60 for grave opening. total €2,105. I left out flowers, adverts and afterwards.
Today relatives got to finalise casket etc. Select one for €1,650, €395 extras but now €195 is added for embalming, € 60 added for church clerk, €20 added for altar boys, €75 added for pad on top of coffin. A small cross is put in for free.
Its now a new plot so grave digging is €480 euro an estimate, plot is€ 465. Its now €3,540 in total. I know its €200 extra for coffin but why now add €195 for embalming, €60 for church clerk, €20 for altar boys is an extra €275 euros. Should these not have been put in from outset?
He could not give a breakdown of the €395 for extras that was originally quoted.
Is this the norm?
noah