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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
So many of them are shameless when it comes to manipulating the grief of the family to make a buck.
I remember the crap they tried to push on me when I was getting my dads stuff dealt with before he died.
Between the expensive urns, the upsell for the cremation box instead of a plywood one. Memorial benches and whatnot, then the pressure to have an expensive service and wake at their facility.
I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff, too.
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Yeah, I could see some people feeling pressure, especially if you have a high-pressure salesperson. The lady that worked with us for my dad was super chill and zero pressure.
I don't understand people who buy the expensive coffins. For my dad, we went with a cardboard box for the cremation and their cheapest little PVC box for the ashes (we were just spreading them, anyway).
For service, we went outside somewhere nice where he grew up with his friends and family, spread the ashes and then went for dinner.
IDK, funerals and end-of-life costs only cost as much as you want to spend. You can definitely do it cheap. Luckily, I haven't been in the position of feeling pressure to spend more, but I think I'd be teflon on that, anyway. Just don't see the value in an expensive coffin or fancy urn. I would
never display the ashes of a passed loved one in my home. That's weird AF.