Judge Judy Today

[Mark]

I had tivo Judge Judy today, which I watch everyday.

Today it was about a family fighting over a $14,000 funeral bill.

Did anyone else see this today?

It is said that she didn't have life insurance and now her family is fighting like hell over the bill.

The husband, daugher, aunt, uncle, cousins are all fighting over the bill.

 

[insuranceexec]

Should be interesting considering there is a limit of $5,000.00 per case filed in her court.

 

[Mark]

The funeral bill was $14,000 total. That is not the amount being sued for. The daughter had agreed to pay the uncle back and still owed him money. She said she only agreed to pay him back $10,000, not $14,000. But she had only paid him about $7,300. Judge judy went by the what the daugther had agreed to repay by her own statements. Judge Judy told the uncle to sue the father for the rest of the balance.

Bottom line is that if she had life insurance, none of this would have happend and the family would not be fighting over the bill now on national tv.

Also $14,000 for a funeral, wow must have been a nice funeral.

 

[Mr. Bill]

Judge Judy's website says the total bill was $19,000!!!

Oh, but they had enough money to have her cremated, but the family didn't want her cremated!

Judge Judy - On The Docket

 

[Justin Bilyj]

Is there a way to find out an average funeral costs in ones state or area?

 

[Mark]

When talking about the cost of funeral, I figure it different then most other agents.

I include everything that you will have to pay when someone dies. I include the plot, head stone, vault, flowers and everything. Some people only add the basic cost of a funeral.

But if my wife died today and I had to pay for everything related to the funeral. I'm thinking that I would end up spending about $10,000.

I went plot hunting last year and was shocked at the prices of a plot. $2000 to $3000 in Griffin. Is this normal?

 

[Newby]

Many people do not have average priced funerals.

While most funerals will run from $7,000 to $10,000 it's not real unusual to have a $15,000 to $20,000 funeral and that's not including the cemetery space or headstone.

Most towns will have at least one funeral home that caters to the high-end funerals. Their average will be MUCH higher than the national average.

 

[Frank Stastny]

When talking about the cost of funeral, I figure it different then most other agents.

I include everything that you will have to pay when someone dies. I include the plot, head stone, vault, flowers and everything. Some people only add the basic cost of a funeral.

But if my wife died today and I had to pay for everything related to the funeral. I'm thinking that I would end up spending about $10,000.

I went plot hunting last year and was shocked at the prices of a plot. $2000 to $3000 in Griffin. Is this normal?

We have a very cool little cemetery just across the fence in the back pasture. It has an awesome, very old iron fence around it. No gate though. The earliest grave is dated 1833.

I can give you a hell of a deal on a plot. The guy down the road has a sawmill and I'd even throw in a really nice cedar box. Plenty of wild flowers in the pasture and some real pretty rocks in the creek we would drag up and paint your name on.

I'll hook the hay wagon to the tractor, paint it black and drive through town a couple of times. (That would take about 5 minutes if we stop at the stop sign, three if we don't.) The guy across the road talks real good and I'll bet for a jug he would say really nice things.

I think that just about covers everything. How soon should we start digging?

See what you guys are missing by not living in the country.

 

[Joe Moore]

Many people do not have average priced funerals.

While most funerals will run from $7,000 to $10,000 it's not real unusual to have a $15,000 to $20,000 funeral and that's not including the cemetery space or headstone.

Most towns will have at least one funeral home that caters to the high-end funerals. Their average will be MUCH higher than the national average.

About 20 years ago, while running Final Expense Leads, I ran into a lady that "could not afford insurance" (imagine that).

Seems this old sister was paying off her husband's funeral at $250 per month. She wanted him "put away real nice" and the funeral bill had been $24,000. She thought she had a heck of a deal from the funeral home; she still owed only $19,000 and the funeral home graciously did not charge her interest---as long as her payments were made on time.

She lived in a shack, maybe worth $15,000 at the time.

I looked at the pictures on the wall, and saw her much younger glamour shots, she had been quite a looker. My thought was she was trying to make something up to her husband after he was gone.

 

[somarco]

Is there a way to find out an average funeral costs in ones state or area?

Die.

prices of a plot. $2000 to $3000 in Griffin.

Probably cheaper in Elberton, plus you should be able to get a discount on headstones.