It is a service that allows you to request a funeral through a simple procedure via the Internet, and even though there are cases where additional costs are incurred, it is said that it is a violation of the prize labeling law and consumers are advertising that "no additional charges are required". The agency ordered a funeral company in Osaka to pay a surcharge of over 100 million yen.
It was "Uniquest" in Osaka, which is engaged in funeral-related work, that was ordered to pay the surcharge.
According to the Consumer Affairs Agency, this company is a funeral service that allows you to request a funeral with a simple procedure on the Internet within a year and a half until December 2017. It was advertised as "flat-rate plan".
However, in reality, additional costs were incurred depending on the distance transported by the spirit car and the period during which the body was placed.
The Consumer Affairs Agency has already ordered the company to prevent recurrence, saying that such advertising acts violate the prize labeling law, but on the 2nd, it ordered to pay 101.8 million yen as a surcharge.
Regarding receiving the order, "Uniquest" told NHK that "we have not received the document, so we will refrain from commenting."