Funeral insurance

[Voltaire]

Depending on what standard of care I get off the children might go for this:



Haven't decided on the bike, might sell up some and get a Vincent,Harley ( same thing really) or Ducati 900ss so as to get my 15 minutes.

[neels]

Don't really get the specific funeral cover insurance thing.

I think Oakie is on the right track, unless you are at deaths door and your family is broke put the premiums in a bank account, the family can calculate how long they wait until they bump you off based on the account balance.

Personally I'd be happy to get stuck in a cardboard box and burnt, what's left of me once I've finished with it probably won't be of any use to anyone, and there's no point continuing to take up space on the planet when no longer functioning. Make it as cheap as possible, and spend the rest of the money on something fun, taking the family for a holiday on a pacific island in memory of seems a much better use of the money than having someone ponce around in a suit looking appropriately sombre for a large fee.

[HenryDorsetCase]

There is a funeral benefit of around $2k you can get from the government as long as you die poor and don't own anything.

It might be slightly more than that now. And you motorcyclists will be pleased to know that if you die on your motorbike ACC will pay out a funeral benefit too. I have $4500 in my head but not sure if that is right.

[HEsch]

I'm a self-insurer. I worked in insurance for a bit and decided I didn't like the idea of paying someone else to decide when, or if, I got any benefit from the premiums (vehicle insurance aside, that shit is worth having... although I've probably paid for my car again in the 10 years I've insured it, with no claims except windscreen... sigh).

My will goes first to mum (not ideal, given the age differential, but at the moment she's the best bet) then to my brother. Instructions - donate the parts of me worth donating, and do what you like with the rest. They get my property, and my (currently significant) debts, and can do whatever they want with it all. Good luck to them.

[AllanB]

It might be slightly more than that now. And you motorcyclists will be pleased to know that if you die on your motorbike ACC will pay out a funeral benefit too. I have $4500 in my head but not sure if that is right.

Shhhhh don't let the new government know they will add more to the rego

[F5 Dave]

I bought some fire starters and a box of matches for my whanau!
We visited some people recntly whose parents have bought a huge ostentacious funeral plot and already had a massive family headstone installed with a blank space for their names etc...gives me the shits. Burn, baby, burn!

Good idea. I might put away a litre of premix so at least it smells good.
Next logical step is a retirement plan consisting of one bullet.
Best see that I can borrow a gun else it's going to be a bit slow and uncomfortable pushing it into my cranium. like this emoji.

[Viking01]

Mine with the maidens wailing, the viking longship, the three day orgy and feast, will be somewhat more expensive.

Very sensible. You get my vote. Not so much "the maidens wailing" (any that
I can think of will be singing, quite happy to see the back of me), but "the viking
longboat and the three day orgy and feast" - yes, that sounds like the business

But not anytime soon - there's still plenty of riding to be done while still above
ground.

Cheers,
Viking

[TheDemonLord]

For some reason, when I die - I want my Corpse to be packed full of High Explosives and set off.

I literally want to go out with a Bang.

[Swoop]

What I'm looking at doing is putting the equivalent of the premium payments into an account of my own with the kids' names on it and managing it that way.

"Self insuring".

A good approach indeed.






As for exit strategy, I like a recent suggestion...
"When I die, I want my remains scattered at Disneyland.

I do NOT want to be cremated first!"

[BuzzardNZ]

For some reason, when I die - I want my Corpse to be packed full of High Explosives and set off.

I literally want to go out with a Bang.

[Oakie]

Personally I'd be happy to get stuck in a cardboard box and burnt, what's left of me once I've finished with it probably won't be of any use to anyone, and there's no point continuing to take up space on the planet when no longer functioning. Make it as cheap as possible,

Interestingly, when we processed my deceased mother-in-law in February it turned out that the paper casket was not the cheapest option. The paper option was $1300 but a plain casket made out of MDF was only $600.

[GazzaH]

$600 would buy enough ply for several ...

[Oakie]

$600 would buy enough ply for several ...

I looked at the casket and thought $100 for the MDF and $300 for the handles. $100 labour to make and $100 profit.

I made a couple of small tables for home last year. Perhaps I should be making coffins to sell instead?

[TheDemonLord]

Heh, that Video still makes me laugh - if only for the engineers quote:


"I know it will work, it's just a matter of how much explosive we need"

Words of wisdom to live by.

[Oakie]

Heh, that Video still makes me laugh - if only for the engineers quote:

"I know it will work, it's just a matter of how much explosive we need"

Words of wisdom to live by.

Not to derail my own thread ... but my favourite explosion video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V---YOh9Hzk