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

11 points by hendler 18y ago

alecst 18y ago
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.
- yan 18y ago
  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.
- bprater 18y ago
  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.
  - alecst 18y ago
    "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.
- nx 18y ago
  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.
- tlb 18y ago
  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.
  - Brushfire 18y ago
    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.
tptacek 18y ago
The security incidents you can imagine with this service are mind-bogglingly awesome. Don't let 4chan find out about it.
matt1 18y ago
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.
Cooldude 18y ago
I don't get it, when do you pay? The question is will the website die before you die?
villageidiot 18y ago
Similar to LastPost.com http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=494475 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=494475 Also: Youvebeenleftbehind.com (Christian site) http://www.youvebeenleftbehind.com/services.html http://www.youvebeenleftbehind.com/services.html
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rksprst 18y ago
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?
theklub 18y ago
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.
rksprst 18y ago
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 http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS).
jonursenbach 18y ago
Or you know... you could just write a fucking will. What a joke.
- booky 18y ago
  will you write something to your first love in a will?
baroova 18y ago
would rather leave them the $39 in stead of spending it on this.
mannicken 18y ago
God, I so feel like hacking into it and playing a huge prank joke on Fool's Day.
keltecp11 18y ago
What happens if you and the person you leave the codes with die together?
Eliezer 18y ago
The things people do with their money instead of signing up for cryonics.

11 points by hendler 18y ago

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.

yan 18y ago
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.
bprater 18y ago
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.
- alecst 18y ago
  "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.
nx 18y ago
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.
tlb 18y ago
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.
- Brushfire 18y ago
  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.

tptacek 18y ago

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

matt1 18y ago

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.

Cooldude 18y ago

I don't get it, when do you pay? The question is will the website die before you die?

villageidiot 18y ago

Similar to LastPost.com http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=494475 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=494475 Also: Youvebeenleftbehind.com (Christian site) http://www.youvebeenleftbehind.com/services.html http://www.youvebeenleftbehind.com/services.html

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rksprst 18y ago

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?

theklub 18y ago

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.

rksprst 18y ago

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 http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS).

jonursenbach 18y ago

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

booky 18y ago
will you write something to your first love in a will?

baroova 18y ago

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

mannicken 18y ago

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

keltecp11 18y ago

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

Eliezer 18y ago

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