Funeral homes are a struggling business these days. Which might be a bit baffling – considering how people have to die even in a recession. The problem is that people have then living longer lately. Certainly, every person is going to die one day. But since life expectancies have shot up all of a sudden, there's a temporary scarcity in business. In any other business, this kind of a situation would create a price wa. That's not how funeral directors run their business though.
People don't really cut down on what they spend on the funeral of a loved one. And funeral directors are the last people to tell them that they should do this. The average funeral these days costs about $7000. And that's a healthy 25% from 10 years ago. What funeral homes do to make up for the loss of business is to flout the laws that say that they have to provide a full price list with itemized everything upfront.
They hope this way that they can somehow suck you into opting for some of their pricey options by accident. The best thing to do to head this off would be to shop around. Even if it might be difficult do so given the constraints of the circumstances you find yourself in.
People don't really cut down on what they spend on the funeral of a loved one. And funeral directors are the last people to tell them that they should do this. The average funeral these days costs about $7000. And that's a healthy 25% from 10 years ago. What funeral homes do to make up for the loss of business is to flout the laws that say that they have to provide a full price list with itemized everything upfront.
They hope this way that they can somehow suck you into opting for some of their pricey options by accident. The best thing to do to head this off would be to shop around. Even if it might be difficult do so given the constraints of the circumstances you find yourself in.