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Posted on 05/18/2026 7:15:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A Southern California family rattled after discovering what appears to be the ashes of a stranger in an urn they ordered through Amazon say they are trying to do the right thing, but that the companies involved are not making it easy.
Mark Culberston said the urn was one of a few his family purchased after the death of his grandfather early last year. After enduring months of grief at the loss of her husband, Culbertson’s grandmother was finally ready to place her late husband’s ashes within urns for family members.
Culbertson explained to KTLA’s Shelby Nelson that all of the urns were empty except for one of them.
“This one has an ashy substance in it and we did a little more research. They look like ashes,” he said.
Culbertson contacted Amazon right after the family made the discovery but said the response he got from the giant online retailer was frustrating, saying their response to the matter was super casual.
“It’s like I’m talking to them, like, ‘Hey, I got shoes. They looked like they were scuffed. I need to return these,’” he said.
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This family should check and see what the laws of their state say bout miss handling human remains.
I am guessing if they site the appropriate statute they will git more cooperation.
Maybe even git these ashes to the proper recipient.
They make money the old-fashioned way: they urn it.
I found the article confusing. It seems like one pile of ashes should look like any other. I am definitely not putting it together.
My friend had an uncle who died. Whenever there’s a family get together, whoever has the ashes foists them on an unsuspecting relative and they are stuck with them until they can foist them on some other unsuspecting family member. I don’t think the family liked the guy that much. People find his ashes in luggage, under car seats, bags of food etc.
Ha!
When my Dad passed away, my oldest sister took charge of the Memorial and arrangements. This resulted in the four of us adult children getting an Urn with his ashes inside.
I could not figure how to say it, back then, but as much as I loved my Dad (and still do) I didn’t want any container holding his ashes. But I know that during weddings/funerals and new babies, people can be extremely sensitive and easy to get hurt feelings when no harm was intended.
So I kept my mouth shut, took custody of the Urn and placed it in back of my front closet.
I have moved from that address since then, but never again, did I touch that Urn.
This smacks of the ultimate foist of some relative’s unwanted ashes.
“...one of a few his family purchased after the death of his grandfather...”
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They needed multiple urns for grandpa’s ashes?
Ashes are ashes. People oughta know that when they send grandma off to be burned to a crisp that they’re going to get back her ashes along with a half a dozen other people who were burned up prior to her.
It’s okay folks - just a deceased Minnesota Somalian freeloading through death after freeloading through life. Barely weighs anything at all, so don’t be racist.
I have moved from that address since then, but never again, did I touch that Urn.
You left your dad’s urn at your old address?
“I am guessing if they site the appropriate statute they will git more cooperation.”
Maybe read the article?
I’m not proud of doing it, but yes I did.
If I could redo that Big Move, I would have done something differently.
Yyyeahhh. Amazon is just the middleman. It doesnt actually make the sh*t it delivers. Dumbasses. Why am I surrounded by dumbassery?
Must have been a really big guy
Who is Miss Handling?
Related to Lady Mondegreen?
LOLOL...you made my evening! You win!
But it has a good return policy and gigantic warehouses of products. Those are products fulfilled and shipped by Amazon. I’m sure you’ve seen their enormous wharehouses where things are shipped from.
If you return a product, it is supposed to be inspected, found in good shape, and put back on the shelf and then to be sold as “used.” Returned products may go to Amazon or may go to the other distributor companies. I’ve found that their acceptance of returned products can be slapdash. I received a cordless vacuum that was clearly used. I called them and they immediately sent out a brand new one...and let me keep the old one, to boot.
But I sure can’t imagine that urns are returnable.
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