I have a friend that reads obituaries, then he looks up the family & kin. He pounces on the family & kin of the deceased before the death has even sunk in to persuade them they have no more use of the deceased belongings.
Then he asks the family about the deceased's belongings and in a slick fashion he convinces them he is doing the family a favor by purchasing them.
The real zinger is that he gets the items dirt cheap only as the family has no time to evaluate the belongings worth & the slickster makes 200% - 300% profit.
He is employed with a good job; this seems to be some sort of sick hobby of his.
2007-09-25 07:50:01 · 17 answers · asked by Reserved 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
My step-grandma used to do that...she died broke...thank god...
she made my grandpa take in his "brother-in-law" my deceased gramma's brother, they let him live and shower in their basement while he was terminally ill and tried to get him to rewrite his will...thankfully he was determined to be incompetent as he had brain cancer and my mom's family got to share that...
but as revenge she had our Grandpa write everyone but me and my brother out of the will...and we didn't get much...just a small token...
2007-09-25 08:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend.. I plan on naming my first son after my dad who passed away almost 5 years ago. His name was John Mark, but he went by Mark. I want to give my son the middle name Marek, which is the Polish form of Mark. I think it would be a good idea to use a diminutive form of Connor maybe.. Or even just using it as a middle name. It is true that middle names are often lost, but you would always know his middle name and why he was named that. Hope this helps some!
2016-04-06 00:44:49 · answer #2 · answered by Shane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell him to get a life and stop stealing other lives. What a pig, if you don't want to do anything really (turning in would be good although is that illegal?); anyway just keep in mind what goes around comes around but sometimes it takes awhile. He'll get his in the end.
2007-09-25 07:57:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is sad.But no doubt legal.
Maybe you could get the news papers in the area to do an article alerting people to this type of scam.
2007-09-25 08:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by Fred F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a shame that there are people who take advantage of others, particularly at such a difficult time in their lives. I don't think he's worthy of your friendship but c'est la vie.
2007-09-25 08:01:25 · answer #5 · answered by puresatin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must try to talk to him.He obviously has an acute business sense but there is a time and place.It sounds rather like House clearance to me.
2007-09-25 07:55:03 · answer #6 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres alot of people that do that. also some that read in the obits when a funeral is, then when everyones out of the house attending it, the *hole breaks in and cleans out the place. i wouldn't keep your "friend. he doesn't seem to have a conscience.
2007-09-25 07:57:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not right. You should just tell him that what he's doing is wrong. You can't stop him but you can still warn him.
2007-09-25 07:53:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a new friend
2007-09-25 10:55:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be losing that " friend" permanently ! That is totally disgusting !
2007-09-25 08:27:30 · answer #10 · answered by The Count 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋