The Oghman Priest in the House of Knowledge will take the money, the body, and say "It is Done", without actually casting the raise dead spell.
As I recall this was a very frequent issue in old EFU as well, and any other time that an NPC cleric with Raise Dead was available.
Could we just make Candles of Life the standard product of paying 1500gp for NPC raises?
Lag is the issue, probably.