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how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices, and blame it on the cost of living...
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They are subject to all the costs that the rest of us are. For example, taxes, materials, wages/labor, and so on. As the cost of living goes up, everything follows...sooner or later! It may seem funny, or an oxymoron, but the costs of death also increases.
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I know there is a lot of maintenance in keeping a cemetery looking good. Equipment and labor cost increase no matter what business you're in.
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how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices, and blame it on the cost of living...
Because the cost of living is more for the people who work there who want raises to do their jobs. Every job from grave digging, to mowing the cemetery, to em-bombing (yeah it is probably spelled wrong), to use of the funeral home, to everything else. Every one wants more money. But everyone is too stupid to see that when you pay burger flippers $15 an hour the cost of absolutely everything else will increase.
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how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices, and blame it on the cost of living...
How is it cost of living when its based on dying?
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My parents picked out their plots and paid for them along with their vaults. My father died in 1985 and we went through the normal process of all the other expenses that it entails. A week after we buried him my mother called me and told me she wanted to go ahead an plan her funeral and pay for everything and wanted me to go with her, which I did. She picked out her casket, flowers for the casket and everything else that goes along with it. The contract stated no price increases. She died in 2013. All we had to do was call the funeral home. Everything was arranged and there were no additional charges. In fact we got a refund. She decided a couple of years before she passed that she wanted to be cremated and that lower the charges. We know it would have been a lot more expensive if we paid for it at the time of her death. What she did was a wonderful gift to all of us and I have always be grateful.
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Whoosh, right over everyone's head...
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My parents picked out their plots and paid for them along with their vaults. My father died in 1985 and we went through the normal process of all the other expenses that it entails. A week after we buried him my mother called me and told me she wanted to go ahead an plan her funeral and pay for everything and wanted me to go with her, which I did. She picked out her casket, flowers for the casket and everything else that goes along with it. The contract stated no price increases. She died in 2013. All we had to do was call the funeral home. Everything was arranged and there were no additional charges. In fact we got a refund. She decided a couple of years before she passed that she wanted to be cremated and that lower the charges. We know it would have been a lot more expensive if we paid for it at the time of her death. What she did was a wonderful gift to all of us and I have always be grateful.
A life ins policy helps too.
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They are a business just like other businesses. What is so hard about that?
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The cost of living raises the price of everything.
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Whoosh, right over everyone's head...
It is not over any one's head. Why can't we have a conversation that does not turn in to insults. If you read the comments the 2nd one acknowledges it is a joke. Past that people are just talking.
Besides that Cemetery's do not raise Funeral prices. That is two completely different things.
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Whoosh, right over everyone's head...
It is not over any one's head. Why can't we have a conversation that does not turn in to insults. If you read the comments the 2nd one acknowledges it is a joke. Past that people are just talking.
Besides that Cemetery's do not raise Funeral prices. That is two completely different things.
It wasn't meant to be an insult. I was just commenting about how no one seemed to appreciate the joke. ::)
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Whoosh, right over everyone's head...
It is not over any one's head. Why can't we have a conversation that does not turn in to insults. If you read the comments the 2nd one acknowledges it is a joke. Past that people are just talking.
Besides that Cemetery's do not raise Funeral prices. That is two completely different things.
It wasn't meant to be an insult. I was just commenting about how no one seemed to appreciate the joke. ::)
Oh sorry. I knew it was a joke or figured it was. Somebody else pointed that out. But at the same time I have heard people say that being serious and how it should not cost more but everything is costing more. Heck at the rate we are going we will soon be charged a tax to breathe.
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The cost off living rising a lot faster then pay checks are. What is so sad is the grocery and other businesses have already been jacking up the prices on every thing because of the 5% tariff that Trump is talking about with Mexico. Hasn't been done yet and they are already using the excuse o raise prices. I went into the *bleep* store here and bought some raseberry pie filling last Monday and it was $3.99 a can. Had a request to make another cobbler with more and went back in Wed. to buy a couple more cans and the price was up to $5.49 a can. In 2 days. I ask about it and they used the excuse of the tariff. Needless tosay I will buy frozen berries to make it from now on.
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I thought it was pretty funny. But some of the comments here have been very astute. Everything goes up and up cost wise.
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The cost off living rising a lot faster then pay checks are. What is so sad is the grocery and other businesses have already been jacking up the prices on every thing because of the 5% tariff that Trump is talking about with Mexico. Hasn't been done yet and they are already using the excuse o raise prices. I went into the *bleep* store here and bought some raseberry pie filling last Monday and it was $3.99 a can. Had a request to make another cobbler with more and went back in Wed. to buy a couple more cans and the price was up to $5.49 a can. In 2 days. I ask about it and they used the excuse of the tariff. Needless tosay I will buy frozen berries to make it from now on.
The 5% Tariff has nothing to do with it. And it has not even taken effect yet. The grocery stores are raising prices because employees are demanding higher wages. It is not like the majority of our food comes from Mexico. I am not understanding how people can be so stupid that they think this is a bad thing. They charge us a whole lot more in Tariffs than we ever thought about charging them. Maybe we need to charge them whatever they charge us. Sounds fair to me.
Walmart's prices have increased steadily for quite some time. It started when they raised the starting wage to $10 an hour and going to $11 in 90 days. And our store has cut even full time employees to 10 hours a week.
The random employee you talked to is an idiot. Look at the label and see where the product is made and where it came from. Did it ship from Mexico? I doubt it.
Most people are not smart enough to grasp if min wage goes to $15 an hour (which has been a huge argument on several forums) that it will cripple our country. Your pay check may be bigger but you will pay more for everything your purchase because the people who own the companies are not going to just make less money. They will give the people what they want. They will pay their employees more money. AND... they will raise their prices and pass that raise on to the consumer. It isn't rocket science.
The people who suffer the most are senior citizens who do not get a raise. And then the people who are working min wage jobs. Yes your min wage may be $15 an hour but your hours will be cut. Our local Walmart has cut full time employees down to around 10 hours a week. (According to the employees in the store, even lower management - who are upset because they don't have anybody to work).
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how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices, and blame it on the cost of living...
How is it cost of living when its based on dying?
Exactly! Thank you! :D
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Yes. Thank you.
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like mentioned the price of everything is going up.
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That so sad, you lose a love one, & you also lose you savings. Everything goes up every year, it never ends until you die!
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That so sad, you lose a love one, & you also lose you savings. Everything goes up every year, it never ends until you die!
You should not lose your savings. I don't know about any where else but where I live more and more people are just having a grave side service. They are skipping the $15,000 plus funeral. Suicide seems to be on the rise and there have been several in the area over the past couple years and they do not do anything. No obit in the paper - nothing. The person is buried and that is the end. I guess the family may do something personally. But it really cuts down on the expense.
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...and you won't. Everything continues to rise and not paychecks. It is the way of the world.
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'Cause people are just dying to give them business... I am going the cheap way - cremation. We have cemetery plots but I just can't see paying $7,000 - $10,000 for a funeral! Which are usually just an excuse for a family reunion. If they can't make an effort to see me before I die, I don't want them crying over a casket!
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There is no place for them...
because "available land is so scarce".
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There is no place for them...
because "available land is so scarce".
No place for who? There is tons of available cemetery plots in my town and all those around me. I don't know of any that are full. They have a mausoleum in one of the big cemetery in town. I have an uncle that is buried in that. I think that is what it is called. Basically like a big filing cabinet with drawers that pull out. I don't know about any where else but there have been a few in my county that have had loved ones buried on their own property. I guess that is fine if you aren't planning on selling. I know the one woman had her husband buried in the back yard and she sold the property. SO the new owner has a person buried in their back yard. I would not like that too much. I guess you could remove the head stone if you wanted to and were the new property owner.
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I almost missed the joke until I read through the comments. Lol.
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REally Good Question ??? ??? ???
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"No place for them"...I meant: The dead and the dying.
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Prices go up on absolutely everything. A lot of it has to do with the cost of gas. Trucking and shipping stuff.
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I think its inflation cost of the dollar, and that's why the price went up.
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Dying ain't free.
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how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices, and blame it on the cost of living...
Is that supposed to be a kind of pun? ("cost of living" for the "dead"?)
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Oh my gosh that is insane - what could have gone up or even gone up that much? The guy that does the landscaping maintenance? The guys that dig the graves? I think it is greed personally. And greed never changes. The sales staff probably wants a big raise - who knows? I don't understand either.
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Why make a fuss about stores raising prices or employees loosing hours, that's the way the world is, you gotta live to survive, make due with what you have, some companies are going out of business cause of higher taxes put on shipping, maybe one day it will get better.
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how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices, and blame it on the cost of living...
That is because people are greedy. Nothing else matters.
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I totally agree. I always feel like they take advantage of people at their low point.
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This one made me think. I didn't necessarily recognize it as a joke but it definitely has a punchline. :heart:
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how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices, and blame it on the cost of living...
Yes. :)
Is that supposed to be a kind of pun? ("cost of living" for the "dead"?)
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I took it as a joke.
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My parents picked out their plots and paid for them along with their vaults. My father died in 1985 and we went through the normal process of all the other expenses that it entails. A week after we buried him my mother called me and told me she wanted to go ahead an plan her funeral and pay for everything and wanted me to go with her, which I did. She picked out her casket, flowers for the casket and everything else that goes along with it. The contract stated no price increases. She died in 2013. All we had to do was call the funeral home. Everything was arranged and there were no additional charges. In fact we got a refund. She decided a couple of years before she passed that she wanted to be cremated and that lower the charges. We know it would have been a lot more expensive if we paid for it at the time of her death. What she did was a wonderful gift to all of us and I have always be grateful.
My mom did the same thing. I just had to pick ouyt the vessel for her. She went through the life insurance company and paid $16 a month for the funeral home and burial expenses. I got a refund back because it was paid ahead. Since then (2000) I was bugging hubby to get it done too. He refused. So this year I finally went ahead and had the funeral director, who knows my hubby very well because my hubby used t owork for a casket company and deliver to him, so hubby was "caught" having to do this. Our expenses are around $4000 each, mine less because of cremation, his more becaue of casket and burial. Includes everything. Too bad he still doesn't work from the company...he could've gotten a discount (seriously!).
Sadly, the newspaper has gotten greedy and no longer allows free obituaries. It cost $250 for a short one. That's nasty. I can just imagine those that have large families and has a long esteemed history which takes up 2-3 columns. A paragraph is free. Wow! Can they spare it? It disgusts me.
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That does seem ironic. The question could be used by a comedian. Have you thought about that line of work. I have for myself but I think I would be the only one that got my jokes.
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I know, everything goes up every year....... sometimes, every month! Cat food, cat litter, toilet paper, microwaveable food, rice, Ice cream, soda pop...........Sad even the dead has to pay uncle same!