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Here you can download our pamphlets on funeral planning, cost-saving tips, and your consumer rights, in a printable format.

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Cómo leer la Lista General de Precios (GPL) Cómo leer la Lista General de Precios (GPL)

Date added: 04/18/2012
Date modified: 04/18/2012
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Green Burial Green Burial

Date added: 04/08/2011
Date modified: 04/08/2011
Filesize: 165.83 kB
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How to Help Grieving People How to Help Grieving People

Date added: 03/10/2011
Date modified: 03/10/2011
Filesize: 188.25 kB
Downloads: 1696

Consumer's Guide to Cemetery Purchases Consumer's Guide to Cemetery Purchases

Date added: 11/19/2010
Date modified: 11/19/2010
Filesize: 171.61 kB
Downloads: 3068

Don\'t Get Buried in Debt: Benefits of Membership in a Funeral Consumers Alliance Don\'t Get Buried in Debt: Benefits of Membership in a Funeral Consumers Alliance

Date added: 06/20/2008
Date modified: 06/20/2008
Filesize: 152.83 kB
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Veterans Burial Benefits Veterans Burial Benefits

Date added: 04/28/2008
Date modified: 04/28/2008
Filesize: 151.28 kB
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History of the Funeral Consumer Movement History of the Funeral Consumer Movement

Date added: 04/05/2008
Date modified: 04/05/2008
Filesize: 142.77 kB
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Death Away From Home Death Away From Home

Date added: 04/02/2008
Date modified: 04/02/2008
Filesize: 132.73 kB
Downloads: 10397
Information on death while traveling, and on how to cut costs when shipping a body for a distant burial.

What You Should Know About Embalming What You Should Know About Embalming

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
Filesize: 160.69 kB
Downloads: 12591

What Shall We Do With the Ashes? What Shall We Do With the Ashes?

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
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Viewing and Visitation: the Difference Viewing and Visitation: the Difference

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
Filesize: 104.18 kB
Downloads: 8667

Ten Tips for Saving Funeral Dollars Ten Tips for Saving Funeral Dollars

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
Filesize: 143.77 kB
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Starting a Funeral Consumers Alliance: You Can Do It! Starting a Funeral Consumers Alliance: You Can Do It!

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
Filesize: 170.32 kB
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Simple and Cheap, My Father Said — by the Daughter of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black Simple and Cheap, My Father Said — by the Daughter of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
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Prepaying Your Funeral: Benefits and Dangers Prepaying Your Funeral: Benefits and Dangers

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
Filesize: 127.06 kB
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Organ and Body Donation Organ and Body Donation

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
Filesize: 104.69 kB
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No One Wants to Talk About Death: How to Help No One Wants to Talk About Death: How to Help

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
Filesize: 128.14 kB
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Light, Like the Sun: an Essay on Cremation Light, Like the Sun: an Essay on Cremation

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 11/26/2007
Filesize: 129.46 kB
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How to Read a Funeral Home Price List How to Read a Funeral Home Price List

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 02/08/2012
Filesize: 191.77 kB
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How to Plan a Memorial Service How to Plan a Memorial Service

Date added: 11/26/2007
Date modified: 04/02/2008
Filesize: 139.47 kB
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Dangers of Prepaying

"Preneed" is a term coined by the funeral industry to describe the arrangement and payment of a funeral prior to death. Obviously, if you are to have any say in it, you must plan in advance of your death. "Prearrangement" is also used interchangeably with "preneed".

The marketing of preneed plans for funeral services and merchandise is increasingly prevalent. Various companies, including insurance companies, "for-profit cremation societies," and "preneed associations" flood the mail with advertising which touts the benefits of their preneed plans. There are a number of pitfalls, as well as options, about which consumers should be well-informed.

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The Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) is a Federation of Nonprofit Consumer Information Societies protecting a consumer's right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral since 1963.