Cancel your credit card before you die...

[Romulus111VADT]

[center]Cancel your credit card before you die..........(hilarious!)

Now some people are really stupid!!!!
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die.

[Steve M]

I can tell you, from personal experience, this is true.. and after the fact it's just plain funny!   

[patchz]

Yes, it's true, and funny, now. But it was not funny at the time. And it's not just credit card companies either. It's the people who handle the retirement benefits, and utilities, and the list goes on. The one thing I advise...
however many death certificates you think you might need...
triple it.

[Romulus111VADT]

My step-son is in the process of purchasing his grandmothers 2009 Ford Fusion. She passed away in Dec 2009.

Ok, the loan company didn't want to transfer the loan to his name because his credit score isn't where they would like it to be.

Now, he continues to make the payments and the credit goes to his deceased grandmother. I'm sure she's thrilled!

If this wasn't stupid enough; if he were to default on the loan. The loan and car title are still in her name. Who would they go after? His dead grandmother? How do you repo a car for a corpse?

[patchz]

[quote]My step-son is in the process of purchasing his grandmothers 2009 Ford Fusion. She passed away in Dec 2009.

Ok, the loan company didn't want to transfer the loan to his name because his credit score isn't where they would like it to be.

Now, he continues to make the payments and the credit goes to his deceased grandmother. I'm sure she's thrilled!

If this wasn't stupid enough; if he were to default on the loan. The loan and car title are still in her name. Who would they go after? His dead grandmother? How do you repo a car for a corpse?

[H]

I'd have, (perhaps, will have) more to tell here but I turned it over to the office of the state's Attorney General, who have now ('because of the nature' of [my] complaint) sent it to a Federal bureau; we'll see.

8-)