Wal-Mart wants to urn your business

I say order one and let West Coast Customs trick it out (Are the kids still using that phrase?). Keep it in the garage until it's time to, you know, go. Then go out in style.

And it's a good thing you can order them online. I don't think a casket is fittin' in the basket at the store. The poor cashier could hurt her back just ringing it up. Those guys in Bentonville are thoughtful that way.

I have always hated the way funeral homes overcharge for caskets and other items, due to the nature of the product, the mental state of those making the purchase, and the timing, in many cases.
Maybe this will force them to engage in reasonable markups.
I have no problem with making a profit, but many are gouging, to say the least.

I know a man who bought a caskette several years ago and had refrigeration coils and insulation installed...for parties, he filled it with beer and ice. The cooler occupied a prominent spot in his game room. First timers were stunned to walk into a party and see the trappings for a wake.

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Originally posted by gracies old man:
I have always hated the way funeral homes overcharge for caskets and other items, due to the nature of the product, the mental state of those making the purchase, and the timing, in many cases.
Maybe this will force them to engage in reasonable markups.
I have no problem with making a profit, but many are gouging, to say the least.

I feel pretty much the same. Competition is a good thing. Just weird I guess to think of Wal-Mart selling caskets, but then it's only an online item.

I bet they come from China!

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Originally posted by unclegus:
I bet they come from China!

that would make them perfect for Buddhist!

Does anything in Wal-Mart not come from China? I guess my kids will have to go to China to get a job.

You'd have to hope the casket doesn't fall apart by the time it gets to you if it's manufactured in China, then shipped to the warehouse and on to the funeral home of choice.

Forget the caskets, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwU-ftZfc04 and if there is any ashes left spread them on the machines in Tunica.

All I know is if Heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I just don't want to go.

I wonder what the chances of getting lead poisoning if you get buried in one of those things made from china.

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Originally posted by Schnauzer1:
I wonder what the chances of getting lead poisoning if you get buried in one of those things made from china.

And could you sue posthumously for such a thing? Or could someone sue on behalf of your estate? I'm sure they could.

I'm getting way too much enjoyment out of this thread. Sick.

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Originally posted by dark dreamer:

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Originally posted by gracies old man:
I have always hated the way funeral homes overcharge for caskets and other items, due to the nature of the product, the mental state of those making the purchase, and the timing, in many cases.
Maybe this will force them to engage in reasonable markups.
I have no problem with making a profit, but many are gouging, to say the least.

I feel pretty much the same. Competition is a good thing. Just weird I guess to think of Wal-Mart selling caskets, but then it's only an online item.

Wonder if you can get it delivered 'site to store'? Imagine walking out the front with a casket on a set of rollers ;o)

I think I`ll wait until they have a sidewalk sale..Or maybe go to Sam`s and search the bent and dent isle.

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Originally posted by Schnauzer1:
I wonder what the chances of getting lead poisoning if you get buried in one of those things made from china.

The good news here is the lead will shield you from radiation, Radon gas and termites.

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Originally posted by geddon97:
I think I`ll wait until they have a sidewalk sale..Or maybe go to Sam`s and search the bent and dent isle.

Good ideas, ged. We all want to save where we can these days, but I wouldn't take the savings idea so far as to buy a used one...for many, many reasons.

I'm going for the "Chock Full O' Nuts" coffee can idea for my final resting place. However, a trip to Everest or K2 is not necessary.

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Originally posted by SHELDIVR:
I know a man who bought a caskette several years ago and had refrigeration coils and insulation installed...for parties, he filled it with beer and ice. The cooler occupied a prominent spot in his game room. First timers were stunned to walk into a party and see the trappings for a wake.

i remember a concert at the outdoor venue on the state line, just off hiway 101......beer was sold out of a casket packed with ice........ oh, and a thousand one-dollar bills were dropped from a helicopter.......talk about a wild scene!

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Originally posted by geddon97:
I think I`ll wait until they have a sidewalk sale..Or maybe go to Sam`s and search the bent and dent isle.

I like the sidewalk sale idea.