Don’t Engage
With a Funeral Home
Until you have gone through this page carefully!
Did you know that coffins and caskets are MARKED UP heavily in funeral homes?
Solution: You could save THOUSANDS alone by purchasing a coffin / casket yourself from a 3rd party independent retailer.
For our recommended coffin/casket retailers who wholesales direct to the public.
Don’t Engage
With a Funeral Home
Until you have gone through this page carefully!
Did you know that coffins and caskets are MARKED UP heavily in funeral homes?
Solution: You could save THOUSANDS alone by purchasing a coffin / casket yourself from a 3rd party independent retailer.
For our recommended coffin/casket retailers who wholesales direct to the public.
Did you know that the BULK of MOST funeral bills are on UNNESSARY items?
Solution: Make sure to request a detailed itemised list of the services and items in the funeral quote and be wary of certain services or items that you may not need.
Hint: there are many!
To download our FREE cheat sheet to learn what is necessary and what is not.
Did you know that YOUR funeral service is totally personal, and that you can have it any way you want it to be?
Solution: You can have it as simple as you want or as elaborate as you want.
Most often, families are coerced by funeral directors to do the STANDARD funeral. The STANDARD funeral may not be NEEDED or is it SUITABLE for you and this is where the savings lie. In FACT the STANDARD funeral was designed to maximise the revenue of funeral homes and not your requirements..
To see how you can create a custom funeral that suits you and within budget!
Did you know that the BULK of MOST funeral bills are on UNNESSARY items?
Solution: Make sure to request a detailed itemised list of the services and items in the funeral quote and be wary of certain services or items that you may not need.
Hint: there are many!
To download our FREE cheat sheet to learn what is necessary and what is not.
Did you know that YOUR funeral service is totally personal, and that you can have it any way you want it to be?
Solution: You can have it as simple as you want or as elaborate as you want.
Most often, families are coerced by funeral directors to do the STANDARD funeral. The STANDARD funeral may not be NEEDED or is it SUITABLE for you and this is where the savings lie. In FACT the STANDARD funeral was designed to maximise the revenue of funeral homes and not your requirements..
To see how you can create a custom funeral that suits you and within budget!
Don’t Engage
With a Funeral Home
Until you have gone through this page carefully!
Did you know that coffins and caskets are MARKED UP heavily in funeral homes?
Solution: You could save THOUSANDS alone by purchasing a coffin / casket yourself from a 3rd party independent retailer.
For our recommended coffin/casket retailers who wholesales direct to the public.
Did you know that the BULK of MOST funeral bills are on UNNESSARY items?
Solution: Make sure to request a detailed itemised list of the services and items in the funeral quote and be wary of certain services or items that you may not need.
To download our FREE cheat sheet to learn what is necessary and what is not.
Hint: there are many!
Did you know that YOUR funeral service is totally personal, and that you can have it any way you want it to be?
Solution: You can have it as simple as you want or as elaborate as you want.
Most often, families are coerced by funeral directors to do the STANDARD funeral. The STANDARD funeral may not be NEEDED or is it SUITABLE for you and this is where the savings lie. In FACT the STANDARD funeral was designed to maximise the revenue of funeral homes and not your requirements..
To see how you can create a custom funeral that suits you and within budget!
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News & Media Publications
Funeral Homes Exposed
Here are some recent stories and documentaries about the funeral industry on recent news and media publications. Please note we do not OWN the rights to these videos. The videos are linked here solely as education for our viewers. If you do own the rights to these videos and would like us to take these news video down please email us.
Newspaper & Prints
News Publication & Press
Cash-Strapped Australians
Save Big $ On Funeral Costs!
Single Broke Mother, Faces Funeral Directors Alone.
Many Australian each year are UNEXPECTEDLY hit with sky-high exorbitant funeral fees to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars
Are we getting ripped off by the funeral industry?
Mary-Jane, a mother of two whose husband had passed away, was hit with a funeral bill of $11,500. A bill that she could not afford.
Mary-Jane is not the only one who has ended up in this situation. According to recent statistics, Australians pay an average of $10,000 for burial service and $6,000 for a cremation service.
A report by market researcher IBIS World claims the nation’s funeral and cremation industry raked in excess of $120 million profit in the year 2017-2018. During that time, 785 Victorians had to be buried with assistance from the government, as the families could not afford the funeral costs.
A Victorian funeral director states that a premium full-service funeral he arranged
back in 1989 cost just $990, whereas the same funeral today in 2019 would cost over $14,000.
The IBIS World report highlights that out of the total of the funeral services and 50 percent for the coffin or casket.
Australian Funeral DIrectors Association president Bernadine Brierty recommends Australians to negotiate with funeral directors if they want to save on funeral costs.
It is important to be educated on what you have control of when preparing for a funeral, and you will be able to save thousands.
A typical funeral would consist of viewing service, flowers, coffin or casket, hearse and music. Many of these items can be sourced elsewhere, and that is where the savings can be found.
The flowers used in a funeral service for example, cost $450 on average, but can also be bought for roughly $150 from the florist.
Viewing services can even be arranged at a local church or chapel for free.
Coffins and caskets, when purchased from a funeral home, can cost anywhere from $1,500 for a basic coffin to $8,000 for a wooden casket. Customers can save up to 50% or more on their coffin costs if they were to purchase it from independent retailers such a Coffin World, who sells coffins and caskets direct to the public.
A flat lid coffin costing $1,495 or more in funeral homes can be bought for $895 at Coffin World.
Similar, a basic casket starting from $4,000 in funeral homes could be purchased from $2,000 from Coffin World.
There are Australians that have told us they “have saved thousands” after choosing to buy a coffin or casket from Coffin World, as opposed to purchasing from a funeral homes.
Luckily for us, Coffin World has opened up their business in Victoria and has been helping Australians save money since 2012. They ship their products all over Australia, and for Victorian residents can provide same day or next day delivery.
News & Media Publications
Funeral Homes Exposed
Here are some recent stories and documentaries about the funeral industry on recent news and media publications. Please note we do not OWN the rights to these videos. The videos are linked here solely as education for our viewers. If you do own the rights to these videos and would like us to take these news video down please email us.
Newspaper & Prints
News Publication & Press
Cash-Strapped Australians
Save Big $ On Funeral Costs!
Cash-Strapped Australians
Save Big $ On Funeral Costs!
Single Broke Mother, Faces Funeral Directors Alone.
Many Australian each year are UNEXPECTEDLY hit with sky-high exorbitant funeral fees to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars
Are we getting ripped off by the funeral industry?
Mary-Jane, a mother of two whose husband had passed away, was hit with a funeral bill of $11,500. A bill that she could not afford.
Mary-Jane is not the only one who has ended up in this situation. According to recent statistics, Australians pay an average of $10,000 for burial service and $6,000 for a cremation service.
A report by market researcher IBIS World claims the nation’s funeral and cremation industry raked in excess of $120 million profit in the year 2017-2018. During that time, 785 Victorians had to be buried with assistance from the government, as the families could not afford the funeral costs.
A Victorian funeral director states that a premium full-service funeral he arranged
back in 1989 cost just $990, whereas the same funeral today in 2019 would cost over $14,000.
The IBIS World report highlights that out of the total of the funeral services and 50 percent for the coffin or casket.
Australian Funeral DIrectors Association president Bernadine Brierty recommends Australians to negotiate with funeral directors if they want to save on funeral costs.
It is important to be educated on what you have control of when preparing for a funeral, and you will be able to save thousands.
A typical funeral would consist of viewing service, flowers, coffin or casket, hearse and music. Many of these items can be sourced elsewhere, and that is where the savings can be found.
The flowers used in a funeral service for example, cost $450 on average, but can also be bought for roughly $150 from the florist.
Viewing services can even be arranged at a local church or chapel for free.
Coffins and caskets, when purchased from a funeral home, can cost anywhere from $1,500 for a basic coffin to $8,000 for a wooden casket. Customers can save up to 50% or more on their coffin costs if they were to purchase it from independent retailers such a Coffin World, who sells coffins and caskets direct to the public.
A flat lid coffin costing $1,495 or more in funeral homes can be bought for $895 at Coffin World.
Similar, a basic casket starting from $4,000 in funeral homes could be purchased from $2,000 from Coffin World.
There are Australians that have told us they “have saved thousands” after choosing to buy a coffin or casket from Coffin World, as opposed to purchasing from a funeral homes.
Luckily for us, Coffin World has opened up their business in Victoria and has been helping Australians save money since 2012. They ship their products all over Australia, and for Victorian residents can provide same day or next day delivery.
Videos & Documentaries
After Death: Behind the scenes of Australia’s funeral industry | Four Corners
ABC News In-depth
264K subscribers
Funeral home markups and upselling: Hidden camera (CBC Marketplace)
CBC News
2.03M subscribers
Funeral home sales tactics: Hidden camera investigation (Marketplace)
CBC News
2.03M subscribers
Valley crematory caught with
bodies in vans
ABC15 Arizona
212K subscribers
State of Michigan long-aware of horrific complaints at Flint funeral home
WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7
335K subscribers
Videos & Documentaries
After Death: Behind the scenes of Australia’s funeral industry |
Four Corners
ABC News In-depth
264K subscribers
Funeral home markups and upselling: Hidden camera
(CBC Marketplace)
CBC News
2.03M subscribers
Funeral home sales tactics: Hidden camera investigation (Marketplace)
CBC News
2.03M subscribers
Valley crematory caught with
bodies in vans
ABC15 Arizona
212K subscribers
State of Michigan long-aware of horrific complaints at Flint funeral home
WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7
335K subscribers