In the United States two manufacturers control 85% of casket production, with the average casket costing more than $2,000, sold exclusively to funeral homes. Titan Caskets is looking to disrupt the industry by selling its products more cheaply, directly to consumers. Correspondent Luke Burbank looks at how thousands are now finding their loved ones’ final resting places on the internet. (This story was originally broadcast April 16, 2023.)
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Walmart has them also delivered for less than 1000….try to get that in your house….
THEY'RE MAKING A KILLING!!!!
Costco sells them online😂
Do they have the old fashion wood toe pincher coffins?
It's about time that cremation is " popular". A casket in the ground takes up real estate. Thousands of homes could be built where, for the most part, forgotten bodies rot.
Me before watching the video: Oh, I wonder what Caitlin from Ask a Mortician would think of this.
Me during the video: Never mind!
If a 25 cubic feet fridge cost $1500, then it’s reasonable to charge $1000 for the same box without the compressor, evaporator, and the tubes.
An extremely important part of this story was left out.. The majority of funeral homes in America are owned by three companies.. That's right.. they may have the old family name on them but they are owned by a huge conglomerate … not by the family you may think owns it.. Thus funerals are price fixed everyday in almost 100% of all funerals in America.. Look it up.. these are facts.
I say we should all go the Soylent Green way. Recycling at it's best.
Still too much money for a box destined for the worms. That's why so many are opting for cremation. In Greece you die and are buried the next day. No embalming. A cheap particle board casket. Total cost for the funeral and burial: about $1k. We buried both my wife's parents like this, one in '06, the other in '21. (I actually dug my mother in law's grave. I have to admit, that was kind of fun.)
I'm not having it delivered to my house!!!!
My Grandmother made and paid for her funeral in 1973 when my Grandpa died. She died in 2003. Man did she make a good decision! 30 years of mark ups that she didn't get charged for!
why do people still waste money on funerals, caskets and grave stones? nobody wants to go to funerals nor visit cemeteries.
There is an organic solution for burial now..long story short, the body is transformed into mulch that can be spread over a chosen area or divided amongst the remaining family for individual ceremonies.
Just like a typical woman of these times; speak with that "puker" voice. You know, the one that makes it sound like you're puking when you talk? Yea, THAT one. Just listen to her.
My Mom recently passed, and per her request was cremated. She told me a few years ago what kind of urn she wanted for burial alongside Dad who passed a few years ago. I found an urn matching her description on Amazon for $110. It was delivered speedily to me, I took it to the funeral home, and they gladly put her ashes into it for me. They said that only occasionally does a customer bring in their own urn, and they were impressed with the quality of mine (for the record, I was too). They said that they had a similar urn that they sell for $2000.
I want mine colored exactly like a can of Coke A Cola 😃👍🏻
You (or your heirs, technically) can save a ton by prearranging your final disposition. It also relieves your heirs of the burden of trying to guess what you would have wanted. Plots, niches and various fees can always be financed at 0% interest. If I'm unlucky enough to pass before payments are complete I'll be eligible for forgiveness of a big chunk or perhaps all of the outstanding debt.
People are just dying to buy these caskets…
I don't go to cemeteries because everyone there gives me the cold shoulder.
If you buy a casket from a funeral home you're going to get stiffed on the price.
When I'm gone, burn me up and throw me in the trash. Such a scam.
If one donates ones body to a medical school, one can totally skip the funeral expenses. And the family can grieve or celebrate life as they see fit.
TBH, I wouldn’t want my family to buy a fancy ornate casket for my body. A wooden box would suffice but I’m sure they’ll cremate me. I don’t really care.
Imagine living your whole life perpetuating a fake unproven fairytale that there's Life After Life on Earth called Heaven? I can't imagine what better things I could have done with my time on Earth then perpetuating the belief in a magical Sky fairy
Buried in a fancy box saves the body from what?
You pop out when you get to your heaven?
You've delayed being bug food. Terrific.
College for your grandchildren is less important.
The best laugh we had when my grandpa died was the funeral director trying to guilt us into buying a fancy casket with the line “Don’t you think that’s what he would have wanted?” We laughed right out of his office. My grandpa would have laughed in his face himself.
Amazon sells caskets. Where do you think the funeral homes are buying their caskets from???? Then they quadruple the price…. THIEVES!