[Ditto]

I've seen solid copper, solid bronze, $8000.

That would be really cheep now.

I remember 40 years ago paying $900 for a relatively simple steel casket for a family who lost a child I knew who had nothing left to spend after all the hospital bills they had to deal with.

I could not even "afford" it then, but I did it anyway.

The 'mark-up' on caskets is incredible and in most states, the funeral home owners have lobbied the government to give them a near monopoly.

[nascarnation]

I know Costco is a bad word on FR, but they are a low cost source also.

http://www.costco.com/The-Mother-Casket-by-Universal-Standard-Shipping.product.11008302.html