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$ 3000
May 2006
Phoenix, AZ
Package deal for funeral needs  more... close row

Description of service

It was part of a package deal including embalming, casket, cremation, an urn, and a burial plot arranged in Michigan. It didn't include air fare from Phoenix to Detroit, and the cost of the church viewing and services at $1500 was refunded. The price stated above is the cost after the refund was issued.


Review of Service

My mother died almost two years ago, and we went about . The whole thing was rather stupid and seemed designed to beat up on emotionally fragile people to guilt them into giving up more money. It made me angry, but it appears to be illegal to bury a dead body without going through a state-licensed burial service.

In any case, the pastor presiding over the church ceremony was annoying, using the service to pander for new parishioners, and was self-important and condescending when told his behavior was substandard. We had to browbeat the funeral home into refunding the cost of the church. Even so considering the process involves boxing a body up and setting it on fire, then boxing up the ashes and putting them in the ground, it's still an extraordinarily expensive proposition, but that is typical for the industry.

Even ignoring the whole death of a family member, it was an unpleasant experience.


Tips

Get someone with an objective perspective, someone who wasn't close to the deceased, to go with you if you're the "bereaved" and are looking for burial services because the objective friend will be less likely to fall for the "doesn't your dead friend deserve heavily-marked-up flowers, over-priced funeral services, or the super-deluxe casket with extra-springy springs?" nonsense.


$ 5000
Mar 2008
Klamath Falls Or
Funeral home services and advice  more... close row
$ 11000
Mar 2008
Hollywood Hills, CA
Weekday funerals more affordable  more... close row
$ 4500
May 2008
Pine Bluff, AR
Everything included except obituary, plot, headstone, and clergy  more... close row
$ 9300
Feb 2008
Plainview, New York
Make funeral preparations in advance  more... close row
$ 7125
Jan 2008
Eden Prairi, MN
Very helpful staff at funeral home  more... close row
$ 1900
Aug 2006
Gadsen, AL
Creamation and memorial service  more... close row
$ 0
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$ 6150
Jan 2008
Athens ohio
Full service viewing and funeral  more... close row
$ 6500
Feb 2008
Southbridge MA
Funeral home had curt attitude  more... close row
$ 9800
Feb 2008
Plainview, Long Island, NY
Wake, Catholic funeral, and burial costs  more... close row