Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Money-spinning schemes to torture the bereaved

Dad had shares - not many, but a few and in his will he explicitly left them to mum, funnily enough. I rang his investment company to close his account and transfer his shares to mum. They asked for a copy of his death certificate. I thought, naively, it'd be that easy. They then sent a letter saying they could not legally proceed without a letter of probate. I checked with a lawyer who said this would cost £200. I rang the investment company again to say I had his will which stated mum was to get his shares. Apparently his will, in all its explicitness is not a legal enough document! They want to force her to have to make appointments with lawyers and pay upfront for a letter to get what is already legally hers. When they are thinking up these money-spinning schemes, do they never stop to consider the vulnerable people left behind? They should team up with Sheila! I have submitted a formal complaint, for all the good it will do me.

2 comments:

Radiant Healing Arts said...

It really does boggle the mind! It is as if, they set up these little traps. Not bad enough that your Mum will still be grieving, this only adds to that burden. So nasty, bad, distasteful and corrupt!

Radiant Healing Arts said...

It really does boggle the mind! It is as if, they set up these little traps. Not bad enough that your Mum will still be grieving, this only adds to that burden. So nasty, bad, distasteful and corrupt!