Yipee! Consumers should know that they can buy their own caskets rather than the overpriced tin boxes funeral directors sell.

oldebayer: I have always wanted a Greek urn.


/waits patiently to see if the set-up pays off

'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by Keats


Thou still unravished bride of quietness!
Thou foster-child of silence and slow time

etc.

It's just capitalism. You'll get over it.

oldebayer:

/Knows you were really dying to ask, "What's a Grecian urn?"

I have honestly never heard that joke before in my life.

:(

Gotta say, some of these are pretty nice. (pops)

They start at $999. That is still way overpriced. I bought the cheapest one (metal, lined) from a factory for $360. Shipping was about another $75.

All they're selling is empty pianos.

Still way, way too expensive. Ike was buried in an $80 Government Issue pine casket, about $450 now.

Even that much seems excessive to me. Dump me naked into a hole in the ground, no embalming or whatnot, and no concrete crypt or shiat like that. I'm dead, I don't care.

\Also, feel free to do it in the woods somewhere under cover of night to avoid the cost of a plot.

cptjeff: Still way, way too expensive. Ike was buried in an $80 Government Issue pine casket, about $450 now.

Even that much seems excessive to me. Dump me naked into a hole in the ground, no embalming or whatnot, and no concrete crypt or shiat like that. I'm dead, I don't care.

\Also, feel free to do it in the woods somewhere under cover of night to avoid the cost of a plot.

Unfortunately same states have laws about that. One thing I like about Judaism is the belief of burying you simply and quickly. In the ground within 48 hours, no embalming, no fancy clothes, and a pine box.

Apik0r0s: Is there any American small business these Chicom enabling whores are not out to destroy?

And if you people think their prices will remain low once they have eliminated the competition, think again.

The Waltons should be burned alive in the streets.

Thing is, their prices aren't terribly low now. By keeping an eye on weekly ads, buying stuff when it's on sale, and taking advantage of double coupons, I spend less money shopping at Kroger than I would if I shopped at Wal-Mart. And there is a noticeable difference between the sort of people Kroger employs and the sort of people Wal-Mart employs.

But yes, the Waltons should be burned alive in the streets.