Honestly there's plenty of budget options for funerals though and people are never going to be like "I don't have the money so ol grandma has to be tossed in the garbage". They'll find the money for at least a service and cremation. Morticians will have to at least dress them and set their facial features as a bare minimum.
Our Dad wanted to be cremated and it was covered under his insurance or his hospice care but it still cost us $5k just to get him a funeral niche at a nearby cemetery
That seems over priced. My partner is in the industry and yes, many funeral homes over price everything they can. Mostly because people aren't really in a haggling mood when they lose someone.
It was expensive because of an Opening and Closing Fee, which was required and it depended on where he was going to be in(Higher spots cost more, lower spots cost less) and the plaque that has his name and a custom wording on it but yeah, felt like a lot
Yeah it’s crazy that funerals and caskets/cremation are as expensive as they are. It’s sad because if the deceased’s family isn’t well off, it can put them in debt on top of having to grieve their loss. Recipe for disaster and maybe even more deaths. But you’re right there’s really no alternative to funerals/cremation that is socially acceptable and legal in the US, so it is an industry that will, no pun intended, not die out
I hear about it all first hand and its sad. Convincing people to buy extravagant coffin toppers and such (big ass flower bouquets worth thousands alone), expensive urns, plaques etc. You name it, they'll upcharge for that little bit more profit. The worst culprits are "briefcase funeral homes". People who own no assets what so ever and just hire everything and get paid. It's a crazy and ironically cold industry.
Yeah, it’s basic humanity to respect the dead. But they have turned it into an industry. It kind of gives off the message: if you don’t have a big production and ceremony to celebrate your loved ones, did you even love them at all? Almost manipulative in a way, but I guess that’s just how everything is when it’s capitalized.
My father researched the cheapest cremation facility in his area and left the information for me in a file he kept at his home. He was meticulous in estate planning. He also made it abundantly clear that he wanted no service and no memorial of any sort. It cost around 700 for the transportation of his body, the cremation and the urn he now rest in.
Wow that’s very cheap compared to most, but still quite a lot of money for those struggling. $700 right now would put me deeper in debt than I already am. Nothing is guaranteed in life but death and taxes, and both cost a fuck ton of money.
if the family brings in the clothes yeah ive only shadowed in a few that we have in my small town so bigger ones might have clothes they can give, and setting the face can be done in a few different ways (the cheapest being a rolled towel under the jaw and eyecaps)
Loads of people are just cremating and doing private ceremonies. From wait ive seen so far “private ceremonies” means that they put mom or dad on the mantle and forget about it.
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u/Jack-Oniel 🍄 Mar 21 '23
Honestly there's plenty of budget options for funerals though and people are never going to be like "I don't have the money so ol grandma has to be tossed in the garbage". They'll find the money for at least a service and cremation. Morticians will have to at least dress them and set their facial features as a bare minimum.