Wal-Mart Sells Caskets Online Starting At $999

by bintangkecil on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 | Business, News, Weird | No Comments

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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Wal-Mart gets into Funeral business by selling Cheap Caskets

by wildcherry on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 | Business, News | No Comments

Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut many funeral homes, long the major seller of caskets.


The move follows a similar one by discount rival Costco, which also sells caskets on its site.


Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Ark., quietly put up about 15 caskets and dozens of urns on its Web site last week.

Prices range from $999 for models like “Dad Remembered” and “Mom Remembered” steel caskets to the mid-level $1,699 “Executive Privilege.” All are less than $2,000, except for the Sienna Bronze Casket, which sells for $3,199.

Caskets ship within 48 hours. Federal law requires funeral homes to accept third-party caskets.

The caskets come from Star Legacy Funeral Network, Inc., a company based in McHenry, Ill., that sells the same caskets for about the same price – some less – on its site, along with many others.

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