Archive for the 'Consumer Tips' Category

Funeral home planning for caskets and services at Bluebonnet and other Ft. Worth funeral homes.

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

I never cease to be amazed at the depths some funeral homes sink to to sell their services. Last week, after a couple of families came into my store and told me some stories about what they were being told about what we sell I decided to find out for myself. My wife and one [...]

FUNERALS, ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF BANKRUPTCY

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

A leading Dallas bankruptcy attorney came to see me last week about a family member and during our conversation she stated that one of the to reasons folks need her service is they are very native about funeral homes. They don’t do any kind of research before they call a funeral home. The biggest reason [...]

TISSUE DONATION

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

The idea of tissue donation is a great thing. It can help so many folks that need help, but it seems greed is the bottom line for the industry. As soon as someone passes away in a hospital the family is contacted by a repesentave of a harvesting company. This happens so fast you might [...]

VIEWING CASKETS ON THE WEB

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Hardly a day goes by that someone asks about viewing our caskets on our webpage. We don’t post caskets here for a couple of reasons. We are a warehouse store and caskets come and go pretty fast because of out low prices and daily in-store specials. Funeral homes will tell you they beat our prices [...]

Watchdog Sleeps

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Spring 2006
The Federal Trade Commission Goes Easy on the Funeral Industry
The article below is a PDF
http://www.funerals.org/alert/watchdogsleeps.pdf