Sollon's
Consumer Preneed Bill of Rights
Prior
to purchasing any goods or services or signing a
preneed funeral contract, we urge you to ask us
any and all questions you may have regarding your
preneed purchases. To ensure that you, as our client
family, have a full understanding of the preneed
funeral transaction, we guarantee the following
rights and protections.
We
will:
Provide
you with detailed price lists of services and merchandise
before you select services and merchandise.
State in the written preneed contract where 100%
of the funds you pay to us will be deposited in
an irrevocable trust account at a FDIC insured Pennsylvania
bank until the funeral is provided. (We also offer
insurance funded contracts.)
Provide you with, at the conclusion of the funeral
arrangement conference, a written statement listing
all of the services and merchandise you have purchased
and the price.
Give you a written preneed funeral contract explaining,
in plain language, your rights and obligations.
A notice of contract is also reported to the Pennsylvania
State Board of Funeral Directors.
Guarantee in the written preneed contract that if
any of the merchandise or services you have selected
are not available at the time of need, merchandise
of like quality and construction will be substituted
by us at no extra cost to you.
Explain, in the written preneed contract, the geographical
boundaries of our service area and under what circumstances
you can transfer the preneed contract to another
funeral home if you were to relocate or if the death
were to occur outside our service area.
Explain, in the written preneed contract, who will
be responsible for paying taxes on any income or
interest generated by the preneed funds that are
invested.
Inform you, in the written contract, whether and
to what extent we are guaranteeing prices of the
merchandise and services you are purchasing. If
the prices are not guaranteed, we will explain to
you in the written preneed contract who will be
responsible for paying any additional that may be
due at the time of the funeral.
Explain, in the written contract, who will receive
any excess funds that may result if the income or
interest generated by the invested preneed funds
exceed future price increases in funeral merchandise
and services you have selected.
Explain, in the written contract, whether and under
what circumstances you may cancel your preneed contract
and how much of the funds you paid to use will be
refunded to you.
J.
David Sollon, Director
If
you are ready to begin the Pre-Arrangement process,
give us a call at 724-746-1000, or fill in
the form below.