To: The Kentucky State House, The Kentucky State Senate, and Governor Matt Bevin
Stop Rose Hill/Golden Oaks Contractual Jamming
We want the burial/cemetery industry to remain a free market and enterprise allowing consumers to choose what products they receive and from which providers with laws that protect consumers from "contractual jamming" during the period of grief immediately after the death of a loved one.
Why is this important?
Anyone who has had to make burial arrangements for a loved one that has not had sufficient life insurance to cover the costs has most likely had to sign contracts to cover items that could not be paid for up front such as memorial headstones. In many cases, such as mine, I was led to believe that I had to enter into a payment contract before the burial could take place, even though everything that would be used for burial was paid for up front except for the headstone. Saber Management has claimed that since I signed the contract that the only way that I can ever put a marker down is to pay them what I have found to be at least 5 times the fair market value of a marker. This practice needs to be stopped. Help us take a signed petition to the legislators and court system to ensure the sanctity of the burial/funeral industry.