Archive for the 'Consumer Tips' Category

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

CONSUMER ALERT

Friday, August 25th, 2006

The latest Funeral Industry Consumer Alerts are listed on this watchdog site. Please note that clicking the link below will cause a new window to open.

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

HEIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Don’t squander the money your relatives leave behind
The Wall Street Journal

It’s the last parental handout you’ll ever get. Make the most of it.
A new study has found that few baby boomers have inherited a significant sum, and even fewer reckon there’s money coming their way. Still, if you’re among the lucky minority, an inheritance could [...]