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10 Important Facts on Funerals PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 04:35
  1. Funeral homes are not at all the same; there are four distinctly different types of funeral service providers, some of them even use commissioned sales people.
  2. Funeral homes do not cost the same: there are distinct differences in costs between the four types of providers.
  3. Levels of care and support provided by these different types of providers can also vary significantly.
  4. Because levels of care and value can vary greatly, it is important to know which type of service provider you are calling.
  5. Not all Memorial Societies still protect the public.
  6. All types of service providers will make funeral arrangements in a family's home rather than a funeral home.
  7. Funeral providers without accessible facilities (alternatives) are not less expensive on average than family owned funeral homes.
  8. Funeral providers without accessible facilities are also not able to provide families some of the most important basic elements of service.
  9. Arrangements made with funeral homes located in cemeteries are not usually less expensive or necessarily even more convenient.
  10. 'Tied-selling' between funeral homes and cemeteries has been ranked as a number one problem facing grieving families.