Neptune Society Trident Society Neptune Society Trident Society takes 2/3 of your death benefits Sacramento, California

I apologise but The Northern Calif Neptune Society phone number is NOT 1 800 Neptune. That is for the Neptune Society in all other states with a few locations in Calif, just not Sacramento. But it is an phone number that would be on the ID cards of course.

The Neptune you are referring to is not the Neptune Society/Trident society. Sacramento is the Neptune Society of Northern California. Which is a different faction. I know that when there is a death it sometimes can be hard to think and make decisions but what confuses me is that you knew your father was a member of the Neptune Society yet you called the local mortuary!? It is very clearly written that the Neptune Society has to be called upon the death of a member, seems easy enough. Too bad that it turned out that way and you had to pay more. And on my watch I make it absolutely clear to any family signing up that they put their ID cards in their wallet/purse and get them to the people closest to them or in charge of arrangements. Easy number to remember 1 800 Neptune. Hospitals, police, medical personel all know about us as we have been providing service for almost 40 years. As for Neptune keeping 2/3 of your money that is also not the case. The law states that ANY funeral establishment can keep 15% of the fees (service fee which can differ by state and it is possible I don't know the way the Northern Ca NS does this) the other % is in the form of a urn/planning guide package which was bought voluntarily by the member and in his/her possession which means after 30 days is non-refundable. In other words the member kept the merchandise and after a period of time cannot be returned.  The Neptune Society follows the laws in every state they are located in. These are the same laws all funeral establishments are required to follow when pre-arranging. The very same thing could have happened if he had signed up for a plan with a local funeral home and at the time of death someone mistakenly called the wrong mortuary. The mortuary that responds is going to charge you for the services they provide and the original funeral home will be required to release the trusted funds to family or other funeral home. So there it is, the same thing over again.  Important to KNOW who your family has their plans with plain and simple.

I would be really interested to know how many of this company's contracts are actually paid as expected by the purchaser and how many fall into the 'inability to perform' pile.

I would like to know how much money this company keeps every year because they place a fraction of what they collect into the trust account.

I would like to know how many people's loved ones have suffered the shock and pain of learning that, through no fault of their own, they will have to come up with the costs of services and/or merchandise because they are looking at a contract they cannot use.

I would like to know how many contract holders fully understand this aspect of their contract.

I would like to see the Trident Society and the Neptune Society be made to inform each and every current contract holder of the possibility that this could happen to their survivors.