Wal-Mart Sells Coffins…

  •  October 30, 2009

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Don’t look for them on the shelves of your local Wal-Mart store, but Walmart.com is now selling caskets and urns at bargain prices online.
The Associated Press reports that Wal-Mart quietly added these items to its huge online selection last week. And it noted that Costco has been selling caskets and urns online as well. Who knew?
This is great news, we think, because the exorbitant prices charged by funeral homes have been one of our pet peeves for decades. Funeral homes are required by law to accept a casket you buy elsewhere — and can’t charge you extra if you do.

I agree that burial costs are too high and generally come at a time when people’s emotions are raw and they could be vulnerable to making poor decisions.
So, will this give liberals more or less reason to hate Wal-Mart?
Cross Posted at Proof Positive

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  • sayanything-2

    SO what? They are under cutting the massively overpriced scumbags in the funeral industry. Thats what. High time the thieves and liars in the funeral industry got the living sh$t kicked out of them.

  • sayanything-8606

    Give anyone an idea for Christmas gifts?

  • sayanything-43

    I’m been just dying to get one of those.

  • sayanything-8606

    Actually they are in the For the Home Dept.

  • sayanything-1321

    Wal Mart is edging toward monopoiizing everything we need.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Personally, I think this is pretty cool.

    If anyone has had the unfortunate duty of burying a friend or relative recently you know that the prices for caskets are obscene. I don’t know what sort of mark ups exist in the funeral industry, but my admittedly non-expert opinion is that they’re well over 100%.

    Let’s hope Wal-Mart can eat into that. Far too survivors are saddled with exorbitant funeral and burial fees.

  • sayanything-2361

    “Really? Got proof of that?”

    Walmart support of federal health care. Walmart knows all the other companies can’t afford it so will squeeze them out. Just good business for Walmart, obviously they want to continue to grow.

  • james4012

    This is cool and funny at the same time, although there is nothing wrong in selling things like that.

  • http://Array robert108

    Costco also sells coffins. So what?

  • sayanything-3444

    Liberals will just claim that they're cheap Chinese made coffins, putting hard-working Americans out of a job. I'm kidding … sort of.

  • MarkSD

    Funny! I mentioned this to my wife last night, and she said she wouldn't be caught dead in a Wal-Mart coffin!

  • sayanything-1858

    What category would they be under on the website? I'm guessing it's not likely to be "outdoor living?"

  • sayanything-7805

    Well I always said 'if walmart sold cars and coffins I wouldn't have to shop anywhere else.' guess i'm halfway there!

  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

    Rooster, you don't have your picture here do you?

    http://www.peopleofwalmart.com

  • sayanything-8606

    You can afford to keep one around the house now.

  • sayanything-453

    SigFan

    Liberals will just claim that they're cheap Chinese made coffins, putting hard-working Americans out of a job. I'm kidding … sort of.

    Here we go again! Wal-Mart is selling cheap Chinese made coffins, putting hard-working Americans out of a job. I am not kidding…….sort of.

  • sayanything-2

    You do know that our burial rituals smack of pagan idolatry, right? The body is supposed to return to the earth, not be preserved forever. Pine box and a hot fire. Or just skip the box, straight to fire.

  • sayanything-2

    Really? Got proof of that?

  • sayanything-2

    Yep, playing by the rules. How dare they!

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