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Just had an chap in asking me to print and witness some documents which isn't unusual (but I won't normally witness/sign documents for people anyway unless I knew them well).
These documents were for a Cryogenics company in the US though - suggested to him my his US based niece.
I was suspect about the forms when I opened them and a quick google while he was here showed they charged between $80,000 for a brain to $200,000 dollars for a full body!! 😳
He said he had no one else to leave his money to and distant relatives were taken care of in a small way in his will. I printed the forms and I wasn't rude but refused to witness them and hopefully convinced him to run them past a solicitor at the very least considering the sums involved.
I have a feeling he'll be back asking me to scan and email the signed documents though. 🙁
$80k and $200k seems a bit cheap to me!<br /><br />
Cold storage is not cheap.
EDIT: Good job OP.
a quick Google suggests that is indeed the going rate for Alcor, a non-profit foundation which has been going for over 50 years - in which case it's legit (but obviously doesn't guarantee they'll be able to cure death and bring you back to life at any point in the future!!)$80k and $200k seems a bit cheap to me!
Cold storage is not cheap.
(not to say it's not someone [I]prentending[/I] to be Alcor and running a scam through)
If he can afford it and really can't think of any better use of the money then why not 🤷♂️
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If he can afford it and really can’t think of any better use of the money then why not 🤷♂️
I was more concerned about the money they want from him while he's alive rather than dead. He could live another 20+ years and be tied into an expensive binding contract for the rest of his life.
Has he thought it through though? If cryogenics does eventually work, and they re-animate him in a few years, he'll live a flat broke existence because he spent it all on cryogenics.
There's always charities.
The big boys like Cancer Research will swallow up that sort of money and not notice. But spread across a few local charities, that's a game changer.
A few years back I did a 10k run, raised a bit of money for a local women's charity which provide services for, well, women. Domestic abuse survivors, rape victims, those who just need a safe space to talk. I netted, I don't even remember now, somewhere around 400 quid I think.
I received a thank you letter from them - detailing exactly what they were going to do with it. They had an interview room (it had a friendlier name but I forget) where they'd take people in and talk to them. It was grey and oppressive, with my money they could afford to throw some brighter paint around and they were going to buy a couple of prints for the walls and suchlike to make it a cheerier place to be for someone who is distraught. I was really touched that a) they'd taken the time to tell me and b) such a relatively small amount of money was going to make a massive difference to their service.
That's always stuck with me, just how little it takes for the micro-charities. There's a difference between a drop in the ocean and a drop in a thimble. Maybe if people could see a "return on their investment" as it were, they'd be more inclined to donate.
Anyway. Virtue signalling over, point was, remember local charities.😁
The big boys like Cancer Research will swallow up that sort of money and not notice. But spread across a few local charities, that’s a game changer.
That, really. There's a huge amount to be said for finding small local charities (apart of course for when you are trying to get people who can work in a huge natural disaster and then you need bigger teams with that experience)
not to say it’s not someone prentending to be Alcor and running a scam through
The "niece" perhaps?
Has he thought it through though? If cryogenics does eventually work, and they re-animate him in a few years, he’ll live a flat broke existence because he spent it all on cryogenics.
Just leave a few quid in the bank first and compound interest will work it's magic, seem to recall it worked for Fry in Futurama anyway.
How would the body get to the States?
