There are predators in the Funeral Industry, Just as in nature.
In this blog we have mentioned some of the predators in the funeral industry. Those referenced are quite numerous, the IFDA, NFDA, Randall L Earl, Calvert Funeral Homes, NPS, Merrill Lynch, SCI, and others.
In a recent article at Walletpop it was mentioned how many seek investors and try to get in takening advantage of others in their grief.
“* Next up was Rikki Farrar of Good Grief Celebrations, who wanted $50,000 for 20% of her funeral concierge company, which functions as a party planner for final arrangements. O’Leary might as well still have had the pig mask on: “There’s never a better time to upsell than when a family is stricken with grief because they’re not really looking at the margins anymore,” he chirped. That was icky enough, but Farrar did her best to out-creep America by saying she takes a “therapy dog” to hospices to expose her brand to the soon-to-die. Herjavec, for one, was grossed out. “I think she’s a slick businesswoman, and I think deep down, she knows she’s taking advantage of people. And she doesn’t have a problem with it. But you know what? I do. And I don’t want to be in business with you for that reason. I’m out.” Harrington agreed he didn’t want to be in an ambulance-chasing business either, and he went out, too. O’Leary, the one Shark who didn’t object to counting dollars with the Grim Reaper, said he didn’t see how the current structure of the funeral business could enable her to make much money, and “for that reason only,” he went out, too. Good Grief Celebration’s chances were dead and buried.”
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