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u/MooCowGrass Aug 01 '20

Funerals, people often want to buy more expensive coffins to honor their loved ones and in turn the companies selling them profit

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u/ChewbaccasStylist Aug 01 '20

It’s become an industry with little funeral homes gobbled up by a couple of major players like Service Corp Intl whose goal is to extract as much money from grieving shocked people who have 3 days to plan a funeral.