Would you buy a coffin online ?

escortg3

What_a_rip_off wrote: »

Actually £160 isn't to bad, I'd go with that, but where is the valeu in the remaining 2-3k charge ? I just don't get it.

In my opinion and from personal observation, there are no better people to deal with a funeral than your own family. You know how your family members deal with grief, does a stranger ?

We had one FD who was totally cringe worthy, and I really wanted to slap him. Yes he may have known best how to arrange a funeral but as for dealing with the living he didn't have a clue.

As a whole I don't think this is a thread to say that FD's should be replaced or removed. They do offer a service for which most will go for in the end.

But you havent said what somebody would do with a a dead body.

Most funeral directors from experience when i got quotes do a cheapy. I think it was called a basic funeral including coffin £1500.

What_a_rip_off

Personally speaking I would have them in the coffin I had purchased in my spare room.

escortg3

What_a_rip_off wrote: »

Personally speaking I would have them in the coffin I had purchased in my spare room.

Not for me but everyone to their own. Gives me the shivers. What if they started leaking. No thanks

What_a_rip_off

escortg3 wrote: »

Not for me but everyone to their own. Gives me the shivers. What if they started leaking. No thanks

When you start caring for your aged family members a few bodily fluids is the least of your problems... ha ha...

What_a_rip_off

Quite like this as a design concept. Anything recycled is good in my eyes, well as long as it doesn't take more energy to produce than a new item :-)

http://www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk/2011/06/all-hands-to-the-pulp/

rev229

WHen on holidays in Somerset a few years ago we where stopped at some traffic lights, we were in a MPV, I was amazed that the car stopped next to me, a volvo estate had a coffin in the back:eek:. Thank god no-one popped out of it!!!

What_a_rip_off

rev229 wrote: »

WHen on holidays in Somerset a few years ago we where stopped at some traffic lights, we were in a MPV, I was amazed that the car stopped next to me, a volvo estate had a coffin in the back:eek:. Thank god no-one popped out of it!!!

I think we would all be shocked to see a coffin in any form of transport other than a hearse, but only because that's what we've been bought up to believe is the right thing to do.

I'd be happy to go in the back of a transit on the back of a transporter, in a live stock box... which ever cost me / my family the least amount of cash !

Nice story though...

klever1

I'm normally one that sits back and reads forums rarely do I register or even comment.

Having just spent the best part of an hour reading this I felt compelled to register and comment.

Many FD's in my eyes are like ther industries out there be it mechanics, builders or other, you will always find a rogue who is willing to take advantage of a situation to line their own pockets.

You read many horror stories about costs associated with funerals, more often than not this will tend to be in areas where the FD has little to no competition and therefore they feel they can charge what they feel they can get away with.

However saying that I do feel that change is in the air, only in as much as the advent of the internet has made it easy for people to research and question costs. To that end I feel that (and not only in the FD industry) many are now transparent with their costs - this can only be a good thing.

I welcome competition to any closed industry such as the Funeral Industry and look forward to the day I can stroll into Asda or Tesco to choose my own coffin.

So yes I would buy a coffin online !

What_a_rip_off

klever1 wrote: »

I'm normally one that sits back and reads forums rarely do I register or even comment.

Having just spent the best part of an hour reading this I felt compelled to register and comment.

Many FD's in my eyes are like ther industries out there be it mechanics, builders or other, you will always find a rogue who is willing to take advantage of a situation to line their own pockets.

You read many horror stories about costs associated with funerals, more often than not this will tend to be in areas where the FD has little to no competition and therefore they feel they can charge what they feel they can get away with.

However saying that I do feel that change is in the air, only in as much as the advent of the internet has made it easy for people to research and question costs. To that end I feel that (and not only in the FD industry) many are now transparent with their costs - this can only be a good thing.

I welcome competition to any closed industry such as the Funeral Industry and look forward to the day I can stroll into Asda or Tesco to choose my own coffin.

So yes I would buy a coffin online !

Some one who sees sense ;-) Welcome aboard.

klever1

What_a_rip_off wrote: »

Some one who sees sense ;-) Welcome aboard.

One thing I would say is that I would like to see a coffin that does not look like a coffin ! Something a bit more interesting and fun and a lot less looking like it's associated with death !