Buying items online has become the norm in most parts of our modern lives. What many people may be surprised to find out is that caskets and coffins can be purchased online as well and are often more affordable than other options. While you still may want to both browse and or purchase from a funeral home directly, if you want to buy from a third party online retailer you will need to take the following into account.
The world of funerals and funeral homes may be distant and mysterious to many people until they are required to plan a funeral for a friend or a loved one. This usually leads to having to quickly learn concepts and terms that are not used in common day speech, such as internment and Alkaline hydrolysis. This is why we created this guide to terms regarding coffins and caskets, the difference of which is generally the shape, even though the two terms are generally interchangeable today.
When working with a funeral home, especially if this is your first time and is unfamiliar with the process, it is important and helpful to know your rights as a consumer. In the past, there wasn’t much transparency in the funeral industry. The Federal Trade Commission’s Funeral Rule changed that. The FTC Funeral Rule is a comprehensive protection mechanism for you as the consumer. It gives you more rights and obligates funeral homes to make pricing clearer and more straightforward for you before you have to commit.
Buying a casket can be overwhelming. Not only is it something you’ve probably never done before, but it can be expensive, you have to make a quick decision, and hardest of all, you’ve likely just lost someone close to you.
