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Posted: 2/24/2012 9:56:03 PM EDT

I wanted my wife's obituary printed in the Bee, our home town and where we lived most of our lives. The Bastards wanted 660 bucks to print a few lines.

Posted: 2/25/2012 7:54:21 AM EDT

[#1]

if you had told them se was shot with an AW, they would have paid you to print it.

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I will send a prayer out for you.

screw the bee, there has to be a more local paper that will do it for less. put it in craigslist too.

Posted: 2/25/2012 9:13:58 AM EDT

[#2]

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I wanted my wife's obituary printed in the Bee, our home town and where we lived most of our lives. The Bastards wanted 660 bucks to print a few lines.

That's crazy.

Posted: 2/25/2012 7:43:40 PM EDT

[#3]

That's expensive, I recently placed a small paragraph in the LA Times for my dad = $250.

Posted: 2/26/2012 1:46:36 PM EDT

[#4]

I am sorry for your loss. I lost my dear Lizzie August, 2010.

I had to pay the SJ Mercury News around $175. Standard text, no photo.

I'm surprised you had to pay so much, unless perhaps it was in large print/was accompanied by a portrait.

Maybe a smaller town newspaper is not doing well enough that it has to ream the families of dead folks.

Bill Wiese
San Jose CA

Posted: 2/26/2012 3:20:05 PM EDT

[#5]

Yes, they dinged my GF family $250 for her grandmother's obit.

They think they have a captive audience.

Posted: 2/28/2012 2:22:22 AM EDT

[#6]

No picture with the obit, it was about 40 words.

Thanks for the condolences.

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