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Originally Posted by cracher
Edit: @kunk - no alternatives as in no competition in the funeral home market? or no alternative but to have a giant service with platters of quartered sandwhiches?
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No alternative as in you can't nail together your own plywood box and bury relatives in the back yard. If you/the desceased/surviving family want the traditional funeral and burial, it's not like you can say "Oh, no that $20k is much too steep, I think we'll just go with the DIY option".
Yes, there's things that can be cut out (as you pointed out the egg salad sandwiches and large service), but even a small service with no frills has a large price tag, and I think that price tag is set with little influence from what the market will bear.