by bintangkecil on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 | Business, News, Weird

The world’s largest retailer wants to keep its customers even after they die.

Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut many funeral homes, long the major seller of caskets. Wal-Mart quietly put up about 15 caskets and dozens of urns on its Web site last week.

Beginning at $999 for lower-end models, all 27 caskets in the Wal-Mart online inventory cost less than $2,000, except the “Sienna Bronze Casket,” which sells for $3,199. The caskets come from Star Legacy Funeral Network, Inc., of McHenry, Ill., and ship within 48 hours.

Star Legacy Funeral Network, Inc. sells the same caskets for about the same price – some less – on its site, along with many others.

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