Consumer Alert!

Beware of Crony Companies

The bottom line: Cronyism in crime scene cleanup means that consumers pay thousands more than they need to pay.

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Are you being well served by your local government when death scene cleaning is needed?

Are you paying exceedingly high prices for a business owner's connection to government employees?

Some cities, county coroners, county medical examiners, and county administrators refer the public to death scene cleaners.

If one or more cleaning companies are not referred by these local governments, then your local government is creating a quasi-monopoly. Your local govenment is also thwarting competition and the public good.

The referring employee may receive money for handing you the telephone numbers that you received. Or, it may be that the referring employee has a friend or relative that owns the companies that you were referred to call for cleaning help. Possibly, the referring employee owns part or all of the companies that you were referred to for cleaning. Catching this type of cronyism is quite hard, especially when local governments would rather ignore crony employees than create a firewall between them and you.

There are a number of ways that cronyism occurs in local governments. If you suspect that you are being victimized by cronyism, then shop around.

Crony companies cannot survive in an open and free market. Why should they receive government welfare at your expense?

Cronyism is unethical and thwarts free enterprise. (return to My Fees are Fixed

Eddie Evans

Crime Scene Cleanup

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