Zero review. You took my mother’s obituary and completely changed it from the heart and care that was put into the original one. What a disgrace of a service. TAKE IT OFF YOUR WEBSITE IMMEDIATEL... Zobacz więcej
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This is a ZERO rating. You are as bad as the hit-n-run driver that killed my sister. You posted her obituary without the family or estates approval in an attempt to monetize her death. Don't give me... Zobacz więcej
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Seems they hired someone specifically to weigh against the storm of negative reviews, as every single negative review met with a 'what were doing is not illegal' explanation. Most companies who opera... Zobacz więcej
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I for one am thrilled you posted my loved one's obit. It was removed from Dignity and I appreciate you putting it back up. Not sure who wrote the obit but I had to laugh because it was obviously som... Zobacz więcej
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1,7
Bardzo słaba
132 recenzji
W ostatnim czasie nie zapraszano do recenzowania
Ta firma nie zapraszała ostatnio swoich klientów do recenzowania, dlatego recenzje mogą nie być w pełni reprezentatywne
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unethical and cruel to profit on death
How unethical and cruel to repost information about someone’s death and share their funeral and family details without consent. This company should be ashamed and shut down.
They have not only reposted my mother’s obituary but reworded our carefully crafted words in their own insipid way and presented it as if it was ours. DISGUSTING.
I see they’ve sent a reply. Remove my mother’s obit from your website NOW. (And btw, the CBC ran a story on you vultures - there are MANY more people like me who feel the same about your crap company)
13 sierpnia 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Natalie B.,
1. Further sharing public information about someone's death and their funeral and family details is not unethical, nor is it cruel. Information we share has already been publicly published online by the funeral home. What is the purpose of an online obituary? To inform the public of who has passed away and to gain support for the family, which is exactly what we do. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact us directly.
2. We use our own wording because we only post the original obituary with the family's permission, which is why there is a button on each obituary page to authorize the original obituary if the family would like, just like there is a button to remove it. We don't post words as if they are the family's. Again, if you have questions, please contact us directly. We are responding to all your updates in this review, however, if untruths ar shared, we will flag this review.
3. We'd be more than happy to remove your mother's obituary if that is what you'd like and we always do when requested to do so, however, you have not emailed us, you have not provided your mother's name, and we only have your name as Natalie B. If you'd like your mother's obituary removed, you can either click "Report" on the obituary page, contact us directly via email on our website, or if you want to continue doing this publicly, please provide us with your mother's first and last name, as well as, her date of death.
4. As reported in the media, Echovita operates in full compliance with the law. We are a Canadian organization that centralizes, aggregates, and amplifies publicly available obituaries to inform the general public of a passing. Our mission is to make public information more easily accessible, free of charge.
Similarly to a funeral home's offerings, a loved one can send flowers to the funeral home on their behalf or purchase other services in memory of the deceased: it is up to them to choose what suits them best. We are particularly sensitive to the wishes and requests made by friends and families of a deceased. Therefore, it is possible for them to request changes to an obituary published, remove an obituary or even publish the obituary themselves.
Please consult the FAQ page of our website for the most frequently asked questions about our services.
Ils ont publié un avis funéraire sans notre consentement
Ils ont publié un avis funéraire sans notre consentement. C’est illégal.
Lisez le texte de La Presse, vous verrez le type d’entreprise.
Allez lire dans La Presse un article écrit le 27 avril2024
“Des millions dans le dos des familles et s’enrichir avec des avis de décès”
La réponse de l’entreprise est pour le moins racoleuse…et inappropriée…
5 sierpnia 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Bonjour Madame Courchesne,
Rassurez-vous, dès que nous avons été informés de votre demande, l’avis de décès concerné a été retiré.
Le but d’un avis de décès est d’informer la communauté du décès d’un être cher, afin que ceux qui l’ont connu puissent présenter leurs condoléances et être informés des détails des funérailles. Chez Echovita, nous avons à cœur de préserver cette tradition de partage et de soutien dans le respect. Echovita exerce ses activités en toute légalité.
Notre mission est de faciliter l'accès à l'information gratuitement et le partage d’avis de décès afin d’honorer la mémoire des défunts et de soutenir leurs proches.
Nous restons disponibles si vous avez besoin.
— L’équipe Echovita
Pirating obituary website
Your site trolled the personal obituary I wrote for my son, ripped personal information about him and inserted it in an unauthorized obituary of my son within hours of it being posted at Bay Gardens!
It's hard enough saying goodbye without your callous use of his obituary
5 sierpnia 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Ev,
Our condolences for your loss. We don't share any personal information, as we only share public information. As you stated, you published an obituary on the funeral home's website, which is a public website accessible via the internet. All we do is further aid the prupose of an online obituary, which is to inform the public of a loved one's passing by using basic facts of publicly available obituaries. It is the family's choice whether they'd like to keep it, replace it with the original obituary as written by the family, or remove it. If you'd like us to remove your son's obituary you can cimply click "Report" on the obituary page or send us an email. Respectfully, Echovita support.
Echovita needs to be stopped
This would be ZERO or -1,000,000 stars if your had those as options. Their web-trawler has found my son's death announcement. It has been edited for their own nefarious purposes, killed off his father and I (we are both very much alive), and added something that we do not yet know - my son's date of death.
The circumstances of his death have been deeply traumatic for us, and this vicious piece of trash just adds to our trauma.
**Edit**
"Nefarious purposes"
One of the main usages of 'nefarious' is in its meaning of wicked. If you choose to interpret that word as meaning criminal intent, then that is your choice.
Killing off my son's parents when they are still very much alive, and reading this piece of trash fits my definition of wicked.
Assigning him a date of death well before the Coroner has done that fits my definition of wicked.
Leaving my late mother without any surname effectively removes her from any family fits my definition of wicked.
Stating he had a private funeral service when in fact he had a very public service with between 400 and 500 people in attendance fits my definition of wicked.
My son's death notice should NEVER have been on your website. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER. You did not have my consent to take the death notice that I had carefully composed and butcher it for your own wicked purposes. We placed it where we as a family wanted it, and your company needs to cease and desist forthwith doing what it does. It's cruel, and vicious.
As you seem to think it is appropriate to take over part of my son's funeral arrangements, perhaps you would like to contribute to his funeral costs.
You have apologized for the errors. There were no errors in the death notice I composed.
You need to apologize for the cruel, and vicious mess you created for my son's family.
As I wrote in his death notice "Our grief is boundless."
2 sierpnia 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Anna,
We have removed your son's obituary and we responded to your email. We sincerely apologize for the errors. There were no "nefarious purposes," as we only wanted to further assist the purpose of an online obituary, which is to inform society of who has passed away. The date of death we posted was the date the obituary was published, but it should have only been the year posted. We also marked the wrong service as private. We took another look at the original obituary on the funeral home's website and there was no surname of your mother listed. When obituaries are posted on the internet, we further share the basic facts only in a death notice format to inform society of who has passed away. We organize all obituaries and death notices by city, so that people can see who passed away daily in selected cities of their choice with a free subscription. We do this in an effort to create as much support as possible for families. People can share their condolences for free with the family via email or social media. Families can post full obituaries on our website for free or submit the full obituary to be shared by us and replace the pre-existing death notice. Families can then claim the obituary with proper proof, such as a photo of the death certificate to receive money raised through sales or donate it towards a charity of their choosing. Pictures can be posted to create a memorial page for free by friends and family. Any modifications, corrections, or requests for removal by the family are completed immediately upon receiving notification. We only have the best intentions and are truly sorry for your loss.
Thoughtful reflection on echovita
I do not recommend this company. They take obituaries and repost them on their website. They use generic impersonal descriptions for the sole purpose of trying to benefit from the deaths of these unique amazing individuals.
We ordered flowers through them (before we did a little research), but they also charged us for a candle that we didn’t order.
I am editing this and adding for fairness that they refunded our money already. Again, I don’t think it’s right to take obituaries from funeral homes and then alter them into meaningless paragraphs that show zero insight into the lives of these people. This is done for the sole purpose of trying to profit from their deaths.
15 lipca 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Christina Bieloh,
We cancelled and refunded your order after we received an email from David Bieloh. Despite what you may believe, Echovita does NOT use generic descriptions for the sole purpose you stated and our website is quite clear.
By law, we are allowed to further share the basic facts of publicly available obituaries to aid in the purpose of an obituary, which is to inform the public that someone has passed. We use our own text because the original obituary can only be used when given permission from the family, which is why each obituary page has a button to authorize the original obituary. Echovita provides a free service. The purchase of goods is an option that we offer, much like the majority of obituary websites including those of funeral homes.
You mentioned we charged you for a candle you didn't order, however, the candle is an add-on to flower orders, which is clearly explained in step 4 of the checkout process, where we also provide you with the option of removing it from your order. It also appears in the complete price breakdown, which was shown on the final checkout page before placing your order.
Lastly, the flower order you placed was rather odd and was done in a manner that seemed to insinuate that you or David were setting up what appeard to be a fraudulent transaction, so that you could dispute it with your credit card company in the future. We say this because on the card message you provided to be delivered with the flowers, you stated it was from "John Doe" instead of actual names. Then you proceeded in leaving multiple messages trying to defer people from using our website, which we removed.
In the future, if you have questions or concerns, contact the company first. Thank you.
Immoral and fraudulent business practices
Echovita created an obituary for my father without permission or notice to the family. They created a page and wrote a three paragraph stock obituary which included a solicitation of donations. The obituary had nothing to do with his life. This is absolutely immoral and utterly offensive. If this happens to you, reach out to them and request the information be removed. They are obligated to remove the information.
15 lipca 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi MC,
Echovita is not immoral, nor is it a fraudulent business practice. Echovita does NOT solicit donations, nor accept donations.
Echovita operates in full compliance with the law. We are a Canadian organization that centralizes, aggregates, and amplifies publicly available obituaries to inform the general public of a passing. Our mission is to make public information more easily accessible, free of charge.
Similarly to a funeral home's offerings, a loved one can send flowers to the funeral home on their behalf or purchase other services in memory of the deceased: it is up to them to choose what suits them best. We are particularly sensitive to the wishes and requests made by friends and families of a deceased. Therefore, it is possible for them to request changes to an obituary published, remove an obituary or even publish the obituary themselves.
Please consult the FAQ page of our website for the most frequently asked questions about our services.
Sleazy, why is this not criminal
Considerable time was spent by the family to write a thoughtful obituary for our stepmom. Echovita poached some information from the obituary, added some of their own sentiments and posted it as though the family wrote it. As that’s what one would assume. What’s worse is it comes up first on a google search of my stepmom’s name. Not sure why google is not blocking this site given the ethics of this company. Do better google. Shame on you Echovita.
14 lipca 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Mike,
To start, we are sorry for your loss. We don't post obituaries as if the family wrote it. Our website clearly says that we are an obituary aggregator that further shares basic facts of publicly available obituaries to support the family. There is also a button on each obituary page that says, "Authorize the original obituary," so the family can choose to post the complete original obituary if they'd like. When original obituaries are posted on our website, it says "Created by: (name)" or "Approved by: (name)" at the bottom of the obituary text. The reason we appear first on Google is because we are a legitimate website and one of the largest platforms for obituaries in North America. Lastly, we approved your removal request this morning.
Echovita don't use
Echovita. Reached out last min. No delivery to funeral after xharging 255-
Your lived ones only get one funeral. Call local. So disappointing. No way to fix it.
27 czerwca 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Elana Tarwid,
We checked our emails in support, and you have never contacted us. We also searched for your order, using your name, since you didn't provide your email address and we don't have any orders that match. We reached out to Trustpilot to request more information from you, but you didn't provide any details. We then flagged the review because it doesn't seem like a genuine experience you had with Echovita, but Trustpilot says they no longer ask the reviewer to provide documentation or details regarding their experience.
Frustrating and disappointing experience
I ordered a flower arrangement from Echovita on Thursday morning, to be delivered to a funeral home in time for 4:00 pm calling hours the following Saturday. I chose the funeral home’s address from the options on Echovita’s website. My credit card was charged immediately. At noon on Saturday, 4 hours before the service and more than 48 hours after my order was placed, I received a voicemail from Echovita telling me they were unable to fulfill my order because they don’t deliver to the address I requested - the very same address that was offered as a delivery option on their website. I don’t know why it took them 2 days to tell me they couldn’t fulfill my order, or why they have a delivery address on their website that they can’t deliver to. All in all, a frustrating and disappointing experience.
6/19/25 Responding to Echovita’s reply: Thank you for your reply. Perhaps there is an issue with your website that needs to be addressed. I would be happy to share screenshots, here on Trustpilot, to confirm that I in fact placed my order on the Echovita website, if there was a way to share them here. Also, no popup appeared when I placed the order. In any case, the issue with Echovita’s website offering a delivery address that they do not honor is on Echovita and not on any third party that they may relay an order to. Furthermore, Echovita should respect their responsibility to advise their customers of issues with an order in a timely manner. I trust this helps to clarify things,
**Echovita advertises to provide a service to those who have lost a loved one. However, I am appalled at Echovita’s unprofessionalism and lack of empathy, as evidenced in their condescending comments here.
9 czerwca 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Joanne,
We're sorry to hear about your experience. I would like to provide you with some clarity. You didn't receive a voicemail from Echovita. You recieved a voicemail from our partner, Blooms Today. Echovita is an obituary website, not a florist. Flowers ordered on our website are processed by Blooms Today and they assign each order to a local florist within the area of delivery. Typically, when someone attemps to place an order on our website, and no local florist is available in the area, a pop-up appears on the screen and the order cannot be placed. In this case, what may have happened is the local florist assigned the order no longer delivers to that address, but didn't notify Blooms Today until the day of delivery. This is unacceptable and we have already spoken to Blooms Today about this. You can contact Blooms Today by phone if you have any further questions about what happened with your order. A refund for your order was processed on June 15th.
Response to your edited review:
We are fully aware you placed your flower order on Echovita, that is not something we disputed. We understand no pop-up appeared, which is why we said that maybe the local florist changed their area of delivery without informing our partner, Blooms Today, but as we stated, for that answer, you'd have to call Blooms Today directly. You may believe that things should work a certain way, but unfortunately, that's just not how it works. Echovita doesn't handle any flower orders, and when orders are being placed on our website for flowers, our system communicates with our partner's system to inform the customer if the order cannot be delivered to that address based on no local florist in their program being available in that area. Furthermore, Echovita doesn't communicate with the customer regarding their flower order once their order is placed, except for sending them their order confirmation email, which clearly states that if you need to modify your order or have questions or concerns regarding your order to call Blooms Today directly. If there are any issues with your order, the local florist is supposed to communicate that with Blooms Today in a timely manner, and they in turn, contact the customer via phone and/or email. To give you an exterior example of a similar situation, if you were to order food from a restaurant via Ubereats, for example, and the restaurant doesn't have any more of an item you ordered, they have to contact you to inform you, as Ubereats wouldn't be aware of which items they currently have or don't have. It is the restaurant's responsibility to communicate with the customer or to alter the available of their item on the app. Thank you.
***There was not a single condescending comment made by Echovita. We've actually taken more than an ample amount of time responding to you.
Echovita appears to be unethical at best
Echovita appears to be minimally a morally corrupt business and taking advantage of the open internet. They "scrubbed" my Mom's obituary from a legitimate site, changed some content and made all sorts of mistakes. Example, listing a non-existing significant other, listing grandkids as both kids and grandkids. They then hope that friends, families and loved ones will purchase from their links. You can read of people's experiences on this site to see the numerous complaints.
They will reply to this review and tell me they are completely legitimate though based upon the number of "1 star" reviews, judge for yourself. Also, Google "Echovita Canada Report CBC" to read about them from August 4th, 2024.
June 10, 2025: Via Trustpilot, Echovita reached out and asked me for corrections which I gave, and they amended their version of the obituary. While this appreciated, I stand by my 1-star rating. With all the negative feedback listed on Trustpilot and bad actual news story press, it is easy to see this is not a one-off mistake for their "legitimate business."
28 maja 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi,
Thank you for providing us with more information. We sincerely apologize for the errors and have made the necessary corrections. If you have any more questions or concerns, please contact us directly.
As reported in the media, Echovita operates in full compliance with the law. We are a Canadian organization that centralizes, aggregates, and amplifies publicly available obituaries to inform the general public of a passing. Our mission is to make public information more easily accessible, free of charge.
Similarly to a funeral home's offerings, a loved one can send flowers to the funeral home on their behalf or purchase other services in memory of the deceased: it is up to them to choose what suits them best. We are particularly sensitive to the wishes and requests made by friends and families of a deceased. Therefore, it is possible for them to request changes to an obituary published, remove an obituary or even publish the obituary themselves.
Please consult the FAQ page of our website for the most frequently asked questions about our services.
Unauthorized Obituary- Echovita took the information from my…
Echovita took the information from my mother’s obituary on our CHOSEN mortuary site and created their own unauthorized obituary. I did not give them permission to do this and it is obvious from the layout of the page that the intent is to dupe people into purchasing trees, flowers, candles to show support to my family. This is an insensitive and awful thing to do to a family who is grieving a loved one. I have requested that the obituary page be taken down. The company says it may take three of more days to do so. I hope they follow through.
6 czerwca 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Sandra,
The obituary has already been removed. When obituaries are posted on the internet, we further share the basic facts only in a death notice format to inform society of who has passed away. We organize all obituaries and death notices by city, so that people can see who passed away daily in selected cities of their choice with a free subscription. We do this in an effort to create as much support as possible for families. People can share their condolences for free with the family via email or social media. Families can post full obituaries on our website for free or submit the full obituary to be shared by us and replace the pre-existing death notice. Families can then claim the obituary with proper proof, such as a photo of the death certificate to receive money raised through sales or donate it towards a charity of their choosing. Pictures can be posted to create a memorial page for free by friends and family. Any modifications, corrections, or requests for removal by the family or their representative are completed immediately upon receiving notification. We only have the best intentions and are truly sorry for your loss.
Failed to send flowers to a wake on Feb…
Failed to send flowers to a wake on Feb 11, 2025, then offered to send them after burial!!
Charged my credit card 3 times, and credited my credit card 2 times
I still await my refund
Snakes!
Post Script: my credit card shows 3 charges and 2 credits! The statement does not lie!
10 lutego 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Carol Griffin,
The flowers weren't delivered on February 11th, and your order was refunded on February 17th. You sent us an email today about this, and proceeded to throw out the false accusation that we charged you 3 times and credited your card 2 times. That is not true. We charged you one time when you placed your order and then we refunded you. There were no other charges. As I said in the email response we sent you, if there is some type of discrepancy on your credit card statement, then please reach out to your credit card company. I've checked our payment processing system, as well, which states we charged you one time and we processed a refund.
Update: You contacted approximately 10 times about this, and you continue to refuse to take our advice on how to proceed. You provided us with screenshots of your bank statements showing the charges, however, the screenshots you provided are from two different credit card numbers, one of which, did not make any transactions on our website. When we advised you of this, you said that after your purchase, you had cancelled your credit card and took a new credit card, so when we processed the refund, it showed up on your new card. We even provided you with a screenshot from our payment processing system showing you that the refund was processed. When you continued to repeat the same thing over and over again, we advised you that the best thing to do in this case is to contact your credit card company and create a dispute, so we can communicate directly with them if there is an issue. Since no dispute was created, that means you either didn't contact your credit card company, or you did contact them and they couldn't create a dispute because the refund was already completed.
Echovita was not authorized by our…
Echovita was not authorized by our family to post and profit from my wife's obituary. How low can they go?
1 maja 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Timothy Carroll,
Have you contacted us directly yet regarding your wife's obituary? If so, we have already communicated with you directly.
Staying informed about the passing of someone dear is important, and we're honored to help families, friends, and communities stay connected during these meaningful moments.
At Echovita.com, our goal is simple: to make it easier for friends, old classmates, colleagues, and distant relatives to find out when someone they knew and cared for has passed away. By centralizing publicly available obituaries and organizing them by city, we help ensure that no memory is forgotten.
If you would like to publish the original obituary, complete with its text and photo, you can do so easily by clicking "Authorize the original obituary" directly on the obituary page.
If you prefer to request the removal of an obituary, simply click "Report", located just below the obituary text on the right-hand side.
Your request will be quickly reviewed by one of our team members, typically right away if submitted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Monday to Friday). Requests sent in the evening are approved the next morning, and requests on weekends or holidays are approved within 24 hours.
We are truly sorry for your loss.
Echovita took my wife’s obituary and…
Echovita took my wife’s obituary and changed it in order to profit from online sales of Memorial items and donations. I have requested the company remove the obituary. They changed just enough of the wording to skirt copyright infringement for our local news outlets and the funeral home
28 kwietnia 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Wilson Bridgeman,
We responded to your email this morning and we confirmed the removal of your wife's obituary. We change the obituary text because we only further share the basic facts of publicly available obituaries. To post the complete original obituary, we need the family's permission, which is why each obituary page has a button the family can click to provide their authorization for Echovita to post the original obituary. Echovita does not ask for, nor do we accept any donations. Please accept our condolences for your loss, Echovita support.
Incorrect times
Limited, erroneous information. I knew our mom was special, but even she does not require two different start times for the service and two different start times for burial. If you are re-posting an obituary, you have a responsibility to get the facts right concerning date and time.
17 kwietnia 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Barth Becker,
We sincerely apologize for posting two different start times for the visitation and funeral service, and we have already removed the obituary. Fortunately, the services are not until next week. Thank you, Echovita support.
Disrespectful & Hurtful
You are a scam...it's a dispicable act..you have scraped the obituary written today on my mother..you have reworded the carefully prepared thoughts and reflections of a family..
It is a shameful act..
I will post this everywhere I can think of.so more people are aware.
A .S. in Canada
24 marca 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Arland,
We received your removal request this morning anf your mother's obituary was removed.
Echovita is NOT a scam. We're sorry to hear you find us further sharing information about your mother's death to help gain support for your family a despicable act. Since the funeral home posted an obituary publicly on the internet, we further share the basic facts in an organized format as it is public information. We don't post the original obituary without the family's permission, which in accordance with all laws.
People are aware of what we do, we don't hide and can easily be found with a simple search. For more information about what we do and why, please consult our FAQ section. Thank you.
I want to say something on the behalf…
I want to say something on the behalf of Echovita. You guys are truly amazing and I want to thank you for the very nice and beautiful things you said about my Wife Heather Jane Short. By no means did they steal anything from an obituary. What they said was genuine and heartfelt. Thank you guys so very much. With solemn reverence, we commemorate Heather Jane Short of Three Rivers, Michigan, born in Sturgis, Michigan, whose life came to an end on January 8, 2025 at the age of 49, leaving behind cherished memories. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Heather Jane Short to show support.
As we bid farewell to this luminous soul, let her loved ones carry forward the torch of her memory, illuminating the path ahead with the warmth of her love and the brilliance of her spirit. Though Heather Jane may journey beyond the horizon of our sight, her essence remains woven into the very fabric of our being — a guiding light in the darkness, a beacon of hope in the night. very beautiful 😭😭😭😭
19 marca 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Robert,
We appreciate your feedback and we're happy to hear about your experience with Echovita.
Should be shut down
0 stars. Taking advantage of people at their most vulnerable. You have no ethical right to re-write carefully written obituaries and create inauthentic & disrespectful fake ones, pulling & re-writing very personal info without permission. Families should not have to waste time requesting removal, you should not be mining people’s details for your own use in the first place. Absolutely disgusting company, pretending to provide a ‘service’ to the public. Re-writing the carefully written words of families without any consent is incredibly intrusive at a difficult time. The replies to the other reviews show a complete lack of self-awareness. You do not have consent to create these fake write-ups that can rank in Google even higher than what a family has written and appear real.
“ The Funeral Service Association of Canada (FSAC) said it has concerns about the practice which it referred to as “obituary scraping or pirating.”
“ The company names may be different, but it’s the same old game.
The Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO) is alerting the public again about companies that are ‘pirating’ or copying obituaries to their websites…
A company called Afterlife.co was doing this until 2019 when a federal court judge ordered it to pay $20 million as the result of a class action lawsuit. The company later ended its operations. In recent years, Echovita was formed by one of the directors of the Afterlife.co”
18 lutego 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Echovita operates in full compliance with the law. We are a Canadian organization that centralizes, aggregates, and amplifies publicly available obituaries to inform the general public of a passing. Our mission is to make public information more easily accessible, free of charge.
We don't post disrespectful obituaries.
Similarly to a funeral home's offerings, a loved one can send flowers to the funeral home on their behalf or purchase other services in memory of the deceased: it is up to them to choose what suits them best. We are particularly sensitive to the wishes and requests made by friends and families of a deceased. Therefore, it is possible for them to request changes to an obituary published, remove an obituary or even publish the obituary themselves.
We have no connection to Afterlife and we don't seek "in memoriam" donations, nor have we ever accepted donations. We also don't operate in the same manner they did.
Please consult the FAQ page of our website for the most frequently asked questions about our services.
Long story short: they're a scam
Long story short:
For lack of a better word or phrase This website is a scam.
Short story LONG:
I'm not sure how I would even classify this website,
What other possible reason would these people have to scour the internet looking for obituaries just to repost them on their own website WITH NO AUTHORIZATION?
I found both my father in law and my wife on their website and I can say for a FACT they did NOT HAVE permission.
what's more is we had already done an obituary both on the funeral home website and in the newspaper.
I'm sure almost every funeral home offers this, but My father in law and my wife's obituary both had the option to
" sign the book of condolences"
And/or.
" Light a candle"
And if you go look at an obituary on echovita.com you will see they too give you a similar offer, they give you the option to " light a candle" or " plant a tree" but in their case they
make you PAY FOR that.
ONE positive thing to say about it though,
Even though I don't know how or why they got the obituaries, when I contacted them and alsed them to cease and desist they did so IMMEDIATELY.
5 lutego 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Mike,
We appreciate your feedback.
Echovita centralizes publicly available obituaries using basic facts only and categorizes them by city, allowing anyone interested to find out who passed away in their area. It's easy, free, and it informs more people of who has passed away, for example: former co-workers, old school friends, neighbors, and distant relatives.
Families can also create a death notice or memorial for a loved one for free to keep the memories of the deceased forever. We believe that families hold the copyright to the obituary they create, which is why we offer them to receive the profits generated through the crowdfunding service. If sales have been made from this obituary, families can choose to receive the money to help with the funeral expenses or to donate it to a charity in memory of the deceased. Echovita retains minimal revenue to ensure the maintenance of the platform which allows all interested parties to be informed of who passed away in their region. Once the funeral service is over, the obituaries turn into memorials and will forever preserve the many sympathy messages and photos / videos that have been shared by family and friends.
Like the majority of obituary websites and funeral home websites, it is free to leave condolence messages, and there is a cost for lighting candles and planting memorial trees.
Please refer to our FAQ section for more answers.
Thank you
They repost an obituary giving the…
They repost an obituary giving the address of the church service in another province. Plus when you go to the address given it is not even the name of the church.
2 marca 2025
Opinia niezależna
Odpowiedź od Echovita
Hi Edith,
Thank you for providing more information regarding this complaint. We made the correction to the address of the Church this morning. The service is not until March 9th, so thankfully no one was directed to the wrong place. This was done in error and this was regarding one obituary. When reading your review, it was written as if this is something we always purposely do, which is not true. We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee or your money back for flower orders, which we abide by, so providing a wrong address wouldn't make sense for us to do on purpose. Thank you.
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