On July 3rd 2008, Newsweek did an article creating a funeral cost stir. The picture of the biodegradable casket gives you a look at future funeral cost. Joshua Slocum of the Funeral Consumers Alliance also did a great Job handling comments after the article appeared. Slocum is a true Funeral Futurist. The article is Called "A Serious Undertaking." and is about future funeral cost.
Quoting from the Newsweek Article:
"the annual conference of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, a watchdog group for the death-care industry that advocates simple, personalized and environmentally sound alternatives to the typical American burial."
Joshua Slocum is exactly correct when the article quotes him:
"I want people to be shocked," Slocum says, "that in some states, the body belongs to the mortuary by state law. And once a funeral director has got a body in the door, it's over.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/144482
As stated I have often stated ....Once the Funeral Director puts your loved one on the mortuary cot, The funeral cost clock starts running.
The article talks about getting your casket on the internet. This is often mentioned in this blog.According to a recent Funeral Cost ( Newsweek and the FCA) article Caskets can be obtained for 1/2 off from an alternate source or on the internet..
Quoting the article:
"The funeral-home defendants are charging about double for caskets that are identical to what you can get elsewhere," says Gordon Schnell, an attorney representing the class-action defendants. "You can buy caskets privately, on the Internet, at Costco—we want to get the word out that consumers have options."
Funeral home defendants described here are: the major Funeral Home Corporations and the major casket corporation.These are the major funeral corporations in America.
Unfortunately family funeral homes also employ this tactic Some Funeral Home leaders mentioned on this blog do this Just to be clear half off is an estimate and does not apply to all areas of the country
Paying less for a funeral and Caskets promotes the broad prosperity and better future for all.
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