From what I can tell here in California, the monument dealers will not
install a marker unless it has been paid for in full. Sounds like a good
business practice to me. Seems pointless to put yourself in a position
where you expend labor and materials on installation of an unpaid for
gravestone you might one day have to de-install!
I think the way they do it in California makes more sense. Sure saves a lot
more trouble later.
Sue Silver
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernie & Connie Lasley" <elasley(a)sigecom.net>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] interesting note from Knox Co.IN.cemetery..
If a mortgage company repos a house or an auto dealer a car, they
can
re-sell it to attempt to recoup what is owed. How do you re-sell a stone
with names & dates on it? File a lien against the estate, sue the
descendants, collect in advance, all legitimate business
considerations. What is the "used" stone worth? It's pointless to remove
it. Heartless, arrogant, supercilious, distainful, pompous, anything but
business-like. And, I would think the equipment and labor to remove it
would almost equal the $100 that is owed. Write it off as a business loss
(tax deductible) and forget it.
Ernie
At 06:02 PM 04/29/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> the person in charge of the cemetery, with funding, associated with
our
>church, told me Sunday, she has encountered the unusual situation
of the
>monument company having to consider removing a standing gravestone, not
very
>old, due to non payment of the bill for the stone,,,they have
exhausted
all
>avenues in collecting the $100.(which is about half the initial
>charge).....they said they had done this in one other instance and were
told
>they were heartless, but they feel they have to operate as a
business....Ruth
>Pride Wheatland.
>
>
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