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GreatGoodbye.com - 1. sign up 2. die 3. send emails to friends and family

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If you're going to give someone a code to activate a service to send out an email, why not just leave them the email in the first place‽ Their pricing is ridiculous: the silver plan states $30 per email. For that price, I could outsource the handwriting of my typed letters, send them via mail, and include a DVD with them, shipped overnight (note: this is an estimate). For the reasonable price of $.43 per email you must buy the VIP Platinum service. I suppose that they're counting on the fact that people on their death beds usually aren't too conscientious about how they spend their money.

Not only that, but you would have to be planning on dying pretty soon in order to even consider this service, which would leave you ample time to make arrangements to do all of this stuff. And what if, by some terrible misfortune, the email is caught in your spam folder?

Gosh, there are so many things wrong with this I don't know where to begin. Not to mention that it's a service that you pay for to send emails out after you've died.

Plus, I'm guessing if you have to wait until after you die to send these emails out, they contain some juicy information. They make themselves a huge target and I don't know how many people will trust a start-up with that sort of information.

And refrigerators will never replace the icebox.

"Planning on dying soon"? What if you are in an accidents? I'd say it's being responsible and being prepared. Like having a will.

You've never thought that you'd like to send out an email or two on your passing? I have. If I croak, I need someone in my family to take over running my business, but I certainly don't need them to be looking through my books right now.

"Planning on dying soon"? What if you are in an accidents?

Well, what if? This service is for people who are dying within the foreseeable future, as noted by their pricing/opinions column -- not for the casual consumer who is looking for something "just in case."

What can be accomplished with this service that can't be accomplished by having a will? Arguably having an official will is better, and not to mention free. And would you really have your family members receive an email from you postmortem?

I'm still not exactly sure what you meant by your last statement.

Just leave a notebook or a couple of letters in your house, in a somewhat accessible place, when you die they'll come pick up your stuff, find the letters and distribute them. And you want me to pay for that, while involving a third party?

Based on the pricing, it's more of a "spend all your money now, you're gonna die in a few days anyway" service.

Back in the old days, you'd leave your will in a cubbyhole of your roll-top desk. I have no idea where I'd leave something to be found on my death. Leaving it on the corner of my desk seems weird and morbid and insecure. Leave it anywhere else, and who would ever find it amidst all my crap? (People who've seen my desk know I'm an extreme case.)

A lot of interesting secrets die with people. Given an easy way to do it, people might well reveal interesting stuff they can't admit to while they're still alive. It could actually make the world a more interesting place.

Its pretty straightforward. Establish a safe deposit box at your bank. Tell people you care about or who need access about it. If you are married, make your sig other a co-signer. Include any letters/videos/instructions/wills/lottery tickets/secret footage/conspiracy materials.

If something happens, they retrieve the documents, no need to search. I've always sort of thought about wills and similar legal documents the same way I think about data backups -- it needs to be secure, offsite, but accessible in an emergency.

Members: 5

Emails Saved: 1803

You wouldn't think that five people who knew so many people would have time to write hundreds of farewell emails.

PS: The number of stats on the homepage change everytime you load it... doh.

I don't get it, when do you pay?

The question is will the website die before you die?

God, I so feel like hacking into it and playing a huge prank joke on Fool's Day.

If you're dead how does it know you're dead? If I'm relying on someone to enter some code in on the website, why wouldn't I give the "email" to the same person and save myself a bunch of money?

After seeing the outrageous prices and shady refreshing stats, I feel like launching the same service for free. Couldn't be more than a few hours of work.

Their terms of use are also very similar to Google's (http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS).

Funny thing is why would they have to make good on these emails. If you die you won't know if they weren't sent.

The things people do with their money instead of signing up for cryonics.

Or you know... you could just write a fucking will. What a joke.

will you write something to your first love in a will?

The security incidents you can imagine with this service are mind-bogglingly awesome. Don't let 4chan find out about it.

would rather leave them the $39 in stead of spending it on this.

Similar to LastPost.com

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=494475

Also:

Youvebeenleftbehind.com (Christian site)

http://www.youvebeenleftbehind.com/services.html

What happens if you and the person you leave the codes with die together?

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