The Janesville Gazette (www.gazetteextra.com) is running an article announcing the opening of "All Faiths Funeral and Cremation Services at 1618 Racine in Janesville, and the owner explains that the new funeral home will feature "fair pricing," that will reduce the cost of a normal funeral of about $8000 by about $3000.
What is "fair" in the pricing certainly can be the readers duty as a consumer. However, as a public service announcement, what is "legal" and "fair practices" has been established by the FTC under 16CFR Part 454 in 4/30/84 and is called the Federal Funeral Rule. As I understand it, the enforcement of this rule is by complaint only so the buyer must be aware of it and then complain. However, if you click on the post, you will see that there is a long list of practices that are clearly illegal and some of these may surprise you. If you get a search menu, just type in "federal funeral rule."
Buying funeral services is possibly the most vulnerable purchase of a lifetime. It is important to know what is "fair" and "legal" practices as well as fair pricing.
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