Funeral Tracking

I missed the beginning.. when I tuned in she was saying something about bed bugs.. did she have them or something?? I'm only about 5 minutes in but I did think the funeral tracking was awful. I hope she really does provide some sort of worth while service to those people.

I would curse her out if she came to my house. Most people are not ready days after someone dies to give away things. She is walking bad karma.

I saw how she fought people at goodwill for clothes, I bet she's a hoarder and has tons of it already just let the pregnant woman have the skirt. What does she do with all these anyway? Resale?

I find it funny she was bragging about the outfit she put together for her friend, the stuff looked old and ugly and no it didn't really match. I don't care if it was free I wouldn't wear it.

Oh and I love thrifting and garage sales, but I'd rather spend a couple extra dollars on clothes that actually look good than just stuff that sort of matches.

Also the funeral things is just creepy. I know there's a lot of estate planners out there that do that too.

This episode got me so angry that my face got hot, and I had to change the channel!! I just find it so absolutely offensive. My father passed in the summer of 2012, and then my mother passed 11 months later in the summer of 2013. There was so much to take care of, and 53 years to sift through, that my siblings and I only recently finished going through all of their belongings. So to see this episode fresh from that process sent me over the edge.

Even as my parents' child, it was difficult taking their belongings because of my deep love and respect for them. I couldn't even *begin* to imagine trying to capitalize off of a stranger's loss like that!! If this idiot had come knocking on our door I would have reported her to the cops. Contacting families by scouting obituaries is an incredible invasion of privacy. I wonder what types of reactions she has received from grieving families.


Let me breathe, Let me see if my therapist is on speed dial.

I know there's a default reaction to hate this.

But if you slow down and think about it rationally, why?

Every single day of your life, everywhere you look, everywhere you go, every call and letter you get, someone is trying to sell you something for a profit.

The funeral industry is taking $10,000+ from the bereaved, this girl is taking some clothes that would very likely have just gone into the garbage.

She comes in, cleans out the closets, says some nice things, gives you a positive memory about your loved one, gives you some warm happy feeling that mom's dress will have a new life, and she charges nothing.

Compare that to the funeral home that will say some nice things, go through some scripts, and take tens of thousands. And they won't clean your closet.

I doubt that her business is that huge, but I do know that it's not wrecking the environment or the economy or our health like all the big corporations do.

Who are the real vultures in society? These mega corporations that lie, cheat, steal, pollute and control politicians? Or a girl that clean's out your mom's closet and treasures the old clothes she wore?

What do find "immoral" about that?

You have to keep in mind though that this is reality television (on TLC no less) so it's likely that the way she conducts her business was a sensationalized version of the truth. For all we know, she might call them and ask rather than just go up and knock on the door. I try not to judge people on reality TV too harshly, because you never know what's actually the truth.

Not all moments rule, but some moments do. -Scott Mosier

Funeral trackers are disgusting vultures, for sure. At least she's not trying to capitalize on grief by trying to sell them something. But still ... it feels really tacky and classless to me.

There are people who look up obituaries, and just break into the homes when the funerals are taking place. So, at least she asks...