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‘I don’t know what else to do’: Carnival Cruise customer spent 2K on trip. Now that she’s passed away, they want a $1,300 cancellation fee (www.dailydot.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Late2TheParty to c/aboringdystopia

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Big ole business just itching to get more money from people's grief.. until they're called out in front of enough people online.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I mean the mother signed a contract? there's a "classic" case that if an old person ordered a stair lift and then died before construction started the heirs will still have to pay for that.

It's just that you inherit not just the values but also the obligations as shitty as it might be

and that she apparently didn't even send them the death-certificate before going to the media makes this just drip from big Karen-energy...

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