Re: why is cremation so expensive


"TaraG" <taragreen2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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nutz wrote:

but if they cremate animals anyway why was I charged a further £130 to
have the dogs ashes back?

This may be more than you want to know, but here goes: Cremation is
actually a 2 day process, and it is heavily regulated. Crematories
can't just operate whenever they wish to and the hours they can operate
are strictly limited. When you want the ashes of your pet back, that
means that the crematory has to use use part of those operation hours
for that individual animal, twice, rather than the group disposal
process. The cost reflects that.


I have NO idea what happened to the attribution "bullets", but Lynn was the
person who wrote all this very helpful stuff....not me
Mine is the junk below :-)

Helpful answer. Some people are really comfortable not getting their pet's
ashes back (I have a friend like this who is completely devoted to his
pets, but doesn't understand at all the need to hold on to ashes once
they're gone....its just how he's built). I personally feel very strongly
about getting them back, and I know that I'm going to pay extra for the
difficulties that poses to the crematorium.

If I stay at a youth hostel with 10 people to a room, I expect to pay not
so high a room rate. If I insist on staying in a private room, it would be
illogical to feel that its unfair that I'm not being charged that same
rate.

Tara



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