Wal-Mart starts selling caskets, urns online

AP ^ | 10/28/09 | EMILY FREDRIX

[TigerLikesRooster]

Wal-Mart starts selling caskets, urns online

By EMILY FREDRIX, AP Retail Writer

Wed Oct 28, 4:03 pm ET

MILWAUKEE – The world's largest retailer wants to keep its customers even after they die.

Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut many funeral homes, long the major seller of caskets.

The move follows a similar one by discount rival Costco, which also sells caskets on its site.

Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Ark., quietly put up about 15 caskets and dozens of urns on its Web site last week. Prices range from $999 for models like "Dad Remembered" and "Mom Remembered" steel caskets to the mid-level $1,699 "Executive Privilege." All are less than $2,000, except for the Sienna Bronze Casket, which sells for $3,199.

[TigerLikesRooster]

UPS delivery guys may hate to deliver caskets door to door.:-)

[Notasoccermom]

Satisfaction guranteed or your money back?

[Dr. Ursus]

Harry Reid-Why didn’t we think of that!

[synbad600]

Do they have a lay-away plan?

[gunnyg]

Wait a minute!

Do they come fully assembled?

[NautiNurse]

Good for WalMart. Competition for funeral supplies is long overdue.

[Pablo64]

So, is this taking the “Self Checkout” lane too far?? ;-)

[pointsal]

I am waiting for the dual-use model: gun locker/casket.

[synbad600]

Good question. It took me 8 hours to put my desk together.

(Where's Hank Hill when you need him?)

[governsleastgovernsbest]

How much does a Grecian earn?

[NautiNurse]

Walmart.com is allowing people to pay for the caskets over a period of 12 months for no interest.

[Willie Green]

I’d rather be buried in a cardboard box in my backyard next to my cat...

[thethirddegree]

More preparations for Obamacare?

[Mercat]

OK, this was the best post on this thread!

[synbad600]

For an extra $15 they’ll throw in a burial outfit.

[cripplecreek]

In many states its illegal to buy or sell a casket without the proper licensing of a funeral director.

Yep they got lobbyists too.

[Pablo64]

Thank you, and I’ve only just started my first cup of coffee for the day.

[gunnyg]

I’ve always wondered why someone hasn’t come up with a convertible bed/casket that can be used for years b4 you go, and then just folds up/out/in to send one on his way.

[synbad600]

Yeah, but how do I know when to start the first of the 12 months?

[SIDENET]

I bet that these caskets are made in China.

You know what that means:

LEAD PAINT.

That crap will kill ya.