A Chanhassen woman whose husband recently passed away sorted through a pile of sympathy cards and bills and found a letter from a customized-gift company in Texas. The letter, addressed to her late husband, said that his order for engraved paperweights was ready to ship and he needed to make a final payment online. When the woman went online she found an order for four paperweights with her children's names, a saying and a signature "love, DAD." "Anyone who knew my husband or knows my family knows that my children have always called [him] 'Papa,'" she said. She believes that the company uses information from obituaries to take advantage of grieving people. Have you ever received bills for items you never ordered?
Widow says business created fake order
Business billed her for merchandise her late husband had supposedly ordered.
By Jane Friedmann
June 13, 2011 at 4:47PM
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