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http://www.funerals.org/alert/index.htm

MUST READ
An Except from the SCI Sales Counselor’s Reference Guide: NOT INTENDED TO BE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC!
SCI is the largest owner/operator of funeral homes in the United States. Judge for yourself whether their main corporate focus is on funerals, or your money.
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http://www.funerals.org/alert/sciprene.htm

Funeral Consumers Alliance Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Funeral Conglomerates and Largest Casketmaker for Antitrust Violations
South Burlington, VT. - Funeral Consumers Alliance, Inc. (FCA), on behalf of its roughly 400,000 members and a nationwide class of consumers, has filed a lawsuit in federal court in California seeking to stop the country’s three largest funeral homes [...]

(from AdAge.com)
NEW YORK - In last Sunday’s edition of the Dallas Morning News, a full-page ad for Budget Caskets [...]

EXPOSED on Good Morning Texas
Dollars & $ense Advice from Benjamin Dover
Monday, March 9, 1998
Funeral/Cemetery Horror Story Factoids
a-Did you know that in some cemeteries you don’t ever really “buy a plot of land”?… but you’re simply buying the rights to have them buried in that cemetery. Make sure that you’re getting an actual [...]