Wal-Mart starts selling coffins, page 1

Wal-Mart starts selling coffins

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The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, now plans to hold on to customers even after they die - by selling coffins.

Prices range from a "Mom" or "Dad Remembered" steel coffin for $895 (£540), to a bronze model at $2,899.

The retailer is allowing customers to plan ahead by paying for the caskets over 12 months for no interest. They can be dispatched within 48 hours.

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An innocent sales initiative or a sign of the times?

It would be interesting to know when they formulated this plan - and what their research revealed in terms of potential 'demand'. (Can you imagine the projected sales for a lethal pandemic scenario?)

Maybe we should look at this less cynically? It might, after all, prove a real help to those who find themselves strapped for cash - a potentially vast market in the current economic climate.


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Im going for cremation so the finiest and I do mean finiest cardboard box money can buy.

BTW Costco has been selling them for years now

www.costco.com...|20595&lang=en-US&whse=BC&topnav=

you can get them with standard or expidited shipping

Originally posted by pause4thought


An innocent sales initiative or a sign of the times?

It would be interesting to know when they formulated this plan - and what their research revealed in terms of potential 'demand'. (Can you imagine the projected sales for a lethal pandemic scenario?)

Maybe we should look at this less cynically? It might, after all, prove a real help to those who find themselves strapped for cash - a potentially vast market in the current economic climate.


news.bbc.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)

Or foreshadowing of things to come? who owns Walmart anyway? some Illuminati mason scum who knows whats up?..perhaps? "the jews"?, gw shrub et al? I honestly don't know... Or a govt excuse to stock pile coffins in every neighborhood? obama can take over businesses now..

On the heels of obamas govt-flu emergency, a giant corporate douche like Walmart expects there will be a demand for (made in China) Mc coffins.. this strikes me as a bad thing.

1st a declared "emergency"..then Walmart makes coffins widely available.. nah, me thinks these trends, nefarious or not, don't lead to the rainbow.

reply to post by Major Discrepancy

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The Undertaker thinks the Major need to look at his Veterans Burial benefits package. The Major's great Uncle Sam will pay for a burial plot, headstone, and the opening and closing of the grave. Uncle Sam will also send a couple of Sgts. to present your loved one a U.S. Flag. that's about it unless the Major gets KIA.

On topic, As a Funeral Director our mark-up is 2-3 times the cost of the casket, so I can see the need for families to have other alternatives. If you look at any merchandise in any store your going to see at least mark up of 100 %, it's called key stoning and it's the nature of retail.

Funeral Homes are are required by law to accept any third party casket that a family brings with them. It's a matter of convenience for the family. Not once has anyone brought a casket purchased from a third party. On more than a few occasions families have built their own casket. Not a problem with us either.

[edit on 30-10-2009 by The Undertaker]

Given that some walmarts now have a medical Clinic....

Wal-Mart plans 2,000 retail clinics

Maybe they will eventually offer autopsy and embalming services too.

Originally posted by pause4thought


An innocent sales initiative or a sign of the times?

It would be interesting to know when they formulated this plan - and what their research revealed in terms of potential 'demand'. (Can you imagine the projected sales for a lethal pandemic scenario?)

Maybe we should look at this less cynically? It might, after all, prove a real help to those who find themselves strapped for cash - a potentially vast market in the current economic climate.


news.bbc.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)

Who knows? Maybe even though they are a huge entity, they can never be allowed to divulge an upcoming pandemic scenario on account of TPTB and maybe as an understood kickback, they are only allowed to profit from it? This is at least a sign of the times though. When will Wally World have an auto sales/lease dept?

reply to post by pause4thought

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Why does everyone bash on Wal Mart for making peoples lives easier?

YES - Wal Mart gets rich off of it, so frecking what?



Does your employer get pissed off at you for selling more product so that *YOU* make a bigger Christmas bonus?

Does he say "you shouldnt be concerned about your bonus, you should be concerned about making ME happy"

No.

He makes more money, you make more money.

Wal Mart makes our lives easier, they make more money.

The "Death Industry" already charges so much for everything that it's ridiculous.

Do you know that you have to have a licensed tombstone creator to erect a tombstone for your loved one? You cannot do it yourself, no matter how artsy you are?

Thats the problem we ran into when my Grandfather died. My mother creates stone sculptures for a living, wanted to craft her own tombstone, the guy said no.

We had to buy from a list of places.

Cheapest one available was $1200 and it was TTTINNNYYYY


You go Wal-Mart!

I love seeing things like this.

Maybe they will eventually offer autopsy and embalming services too.

at least it'd be cheaper and wouldn't put families out on their asses when a loved one dies.

[edit on 31-10-2009 by Snarf]

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