Why Funerals Are So Expensive In The U.S.
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- In the past decade, dying has become an increasingly expensive thing to do. More and more families are choosing cremation or simply scaling down on memorial services for their loved ones. Both of which bring in less revenue for funeral businesses that tend to rely on extravagant services and expensive caskets and burials. So with traditional funeral rituals becoming more obsolete, increasingly expensive and entrenched in criticism, what does this mean for the death-care industry?
Covid-19 has killed more than 500,000 Americans in the span of a year - pushing morgues, mortuaries and funeral homes to their limits as they try to react to surging demand.
In the past decade, dying has become an increasingly expensive thing to do. In 2019, the median cost of a traditional adult funeral with viewing, burial and vault was $9,130 compared with $8,508 five years before. In tough times, more and more families are choosing cremation or simply scaling down on memorial services for their loved ones. Both of which bring in less revenue for funeral businesses that tend to rely on extravagant services and expensive caskets and burials.
Silicon Valley is seeing a surge in start-ups specializing in end-of-life care, and major investors are backing them up. According to data from Crunchbase, over the past three years, venture and seed backers have put capital into at least 26 companies offering products and services around death and bereavement.
Amid Covid and changing consumer preferences, the death-care industry has faced a lot of challenges. But much like the increase in fatalities, investigations and lawsuits continue to mount for funeral homes across the country. So with traditional funeral rituals becoming more obsolete, increasingly expensive and entrenched in criticism, what does this mean for the death-care industry?
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How Death Is Changing In The U.S.
Not just dying, getting sick while getting old costs too damn high!
Save enough while you were young and working. Don't spend it all.
@@pavelimani i don't think that even works in the USA...you can't save enough for a corrupted system that is US health care. A hospital visit you easily net you a millions in debt.
*I Never Bought a GRAVE!!! I NEVER will ! Why ShouLd I ??? Do wut you Want w. my Body!!!* I'm 73.
Get healthcare in Mexico or South America
Not to mention if you get sick middle-aged and lose every damn thing
Living: extremely expensive
Dying: also extremely expensive
Me: .
In capitalism, everything is business and designed to create more business.... U are billed whether alive or dead, either way its money
Me: Living is still Expensive! Now what should I do???
@@mugumyapaultheafricannomad9488 This is why them selfish Americans need to stop treating everything like a business all about them, especially the way we are supposed to govern or care for people. I would revile in horror if the greediest of wealthy elites knew how to live forever, so the next generation could never do things differently or better from the way they did it. They think they are so powerful, they will never die and keep everything expensive forever.
@D Sullivan 🤣
I heard this the other day and I think it relates: “you spend your whole life gathering guests for your funeral.” This is actually true.
disagree
some people make their experiences as their goals in life, not their relationships with others
Son and I did not have a funeral for his father and I do not plan on having one either neither does my husband we all just want to be cremated and that's what we did to my son's dad for a little over $1,000 bought a boom bought a bang it doesn't have to be hard it can be as simple as that
I agree with T Anon to disagree. I do not see everybody close to me who outlives me as guests for my funeral, and they can choose not to come if they want. I know this to be true because...I learned in William Shatner's autobiography "Live Long and What I Learned Along the Way" that he makes experiences his goals in life like T Anon was talking about, which is why he never attends funerals of people who died before him, including Leonard Nimoy. December 2, 2021, 1:10pm
@Matthew F good point. I’ve also heard it said that “we create our obituaries throughout our lives.”
Depends on how old you are. Really old people have outlived their “ guests “ 😂😂
"I pay a doctor when I'm born and preacher when I'm buried. That's why cash is needed for my kids to inherit."
-Nasir Jones
Pretty dumb to pay a doctor for birth
No one pays a doctor when they're born.
But, ppl do prepay for their own funerals.
Why weddings are so expensive in America. Why having a baby is so expensive in America. Why college is so expensive in America. Why food is so expensive in America. Why healthcare is so expensive in America. Living in America is expensive.
You can blame that on the Republicans that have ran this country into the ground
I couldn't afford a wedding I couldn't afford college I can't afford a funeral so I'll donate my body to science I had a baby but I couldn't afford that either but I was smart enough to not have anymore.
@@reginafisher9919 fact or just your opinion? Democrats have and are destroying this country. And founders of the KKK too.
1. Cheap wedding in someone's backyard with potluck dinner. 2. Get a midwife. 3. Community college or trade school, *please* study something useful that will get you a job 4. Buy food staples in bulk and learn to cook 5. Lose some weight, stop smoking, wear your seat belt
@@truthmarshal6627 Fact or just your opinion?
funeral business will never die
Except with strange aeons...
Land Lord genetic engineering, tools such as crspr, may pretty much cure natural death. If that happens and we die only from accidents and murders, lifespan will be like in the Bible, 800 years or so. Search and you can find discussions.
@@jakemoseley1811 you may be right, but it will be crowded place then :-)
Anything can switch. It's just getting peoples idea to change
The funeral and mortuary businesses will die to an end, after Jesus Christ comes to Planet Earth and bring Great God's children home to live forever in heaven and in the new Earth.
I am single, no kids, no relatives. My will is made. When I die, the government can pick up this tab. Thanks, Uncle Sam. 👍
Lol!!! You are too funny, when I die I want to become a tree.
edmaluf, tell us, what makes you think they will? And what will that consist of? You, in a cardboard box, in an unmarked human landfill. Perhaps that' best .Me, I'll get the Larry Fishburne burial in Apocalypse Now, same deal, under a raggedy American flag, on a raggedy but sunny hillside in Southeast Asia, with maybe a GI bronze marker. That's my plan.
They'll print the money to pay for it.
edmaluf
Do you owe anybody money
Uncle sam doesn't wanna pay out .......
But, I already know.....
You don't care.
The state will cremate the person and put them in a communal plot of the cemetery of the states choosing. If no family,friends are left for the deceased that's how it's handled.
For years, I have found myself pondering the engineering feasibility of how to bury myself without any help or trace.
Dig a pit beforehand. Lie in there when you are dying. Unfortunately you still need someone to cover your pit.
LOL!
Dig a quicksand pit somewhere discrete but close enough so you can make your way over there when you feel it coming
You can just go to deep forest and nobody will found you for decades
Look for a bunch of hungry hyenas..and go play with them..
Funnerals and graveyards are a business that, ironically, never dies
iHola! Bandit. you felt great writing this. ja ja ja ja
Un-ironically*
Yeah everybody is dieing to get in there.
When given a choice, I realized majority of the people do not want to provide you with the price up front. Regardless of the profession, if they have a chance to hustle you, they will hustle you. Ever been to a doctor / dentist office? The Vet? Never prices shown up front.
Do you know who wanted to fix that? Trump 😕
It’s not right, there should be better free market competition with prices provided up front. we have to ask for estimates when using those services.
@@EstrelSidus .... I'm sorry what? At no point was that ever a concern for him. Remember building a wall and having Mexico pay for it. No he was 100% in favor of people getting squeezed for profit
@@demonking-zm3rs You should be sorry. Youve clearly never paid attention and for that you and countless others will continue to suffer 🤷♂️
That’s why I don’t pay medical bills.
As someone who has attended over 1200 Military Services (I spent the last 4 years of my contract to do Funeral Honors for my state) I have seen lavish services as well as services where it was three people: The Director, My co worker, and myself. I can 100% say: “The dead only know one thing; It’s better to be alive.”
That is your PERSONAL opinion dude and that of your co-workers. Fist of all, HOW would you know? Have you ever BEEN dead? As for ME, I believe in God. And in so doing, I also believe in the resurrection of the dead (eventually). If one is to believe the lessons taught to us by God and Jesus Christ, the next life will be a MUCH better one. I take a LOT of comfort in that because, quite frankly, THIS life has not been an easy one for me. Not by a LONG shot!
@@retroguy9494 My quote was from a Military Movie. Spare me the Jesus talk bud.
@@WeShallC Just the quote? Or you never attended 1200 military services? And as far as Jesus goes, I am entitled to my opinion, same as you!
@@WeShallC Full Metal Jacket?
But, they're with Jesus. They actually have it better.
Living is hard and expensive I want to die
American funeral business : 🤑
I agree this is totally messed up but traditional funerals honestly just take up space they are useless
Cremation is the best way to go out. Let those worms eat nothing 😊
Cremation will be the option for me. I ain't spending squat on my funeral. Why would I care? I'll be dead.
suicide thoughts are invented from funeral companies to sell more funerals
Everything from birth, marriage, sickness, death etc. is a business..
I rather be cremated rather than be buried and just have a memorial.
Just give me a natural burial, I don't need to have my body pumped full of chemicals and plastics and be put into the ground. Give me a basket and put me somewhere in the woods and in happy
@@A_Casual_NPC In Islam we just wrap the body in a cloth and bury it
akalyne hydrolysis
@@A_Casual_NPC that's what i want too and plant a tree over me.
Cremation for me and no burial.
You guys are making good reports I always watch
Even in death, you still have to manage your debt that ends up going to your family. Only in America.
Funerals are expensive in all first world countries try again
Most places actually
Well, I'm a bachelor so I won't HAVE any family. In fact, I really don't even have any friends so most likely it will be my attorney who will have to handle my estate and the arrangements. So I'm not worrying at all about the debt! LOL
damn that hits hard
@@Rommie26 in Saudi Arabia is free
Oh no, the poor funeral monopoly. My heart really goes out to them...NOT 🤣🤣🤣
I don't think you understood the video at all.
*I Never Bought a GRAVE!!! I NEVER will ! WHY ShouLd I ??? Do wut you Want w. my Body!!!* I'm 73.
Lol, I don't give a flying flip what happens to the current funeral system. It's gone from mom and pops to fronts for big corporations. That is what I understand about myself, thank you very much🤣
We'll still have to deal with death, whether it's 2k, 10k, or 20k. Itll still financially cripple a lot of us. Theirs Monopolies and possible scams to try to guess your way out of. I just want to be put in a hole in the ground or fed to the pigs, lol
@JUJULIAN
For those who want to see you
See you do what.
@@Sarah239A My gosh! I did not know there were big corporations for funerals. Unless these people know a secret to living forever, they can not make their profits last forever. Maybe their trick is to die with the most money so they can pay for their own funeral.
"When I'm dead, just throw me in the trash!" - Danny DeVito
Me too!
Lol 😂 have some self respect for your body it’s not trash plus it’s probably illegal.
How much funeral directors with embalmer license get pay today since their prices are going up. What I got paid was not enough for
What I paid for my college fees.
@@franciscotorres468 idk but I know where I work I have to list beneficiaries. Even if it’s my own parents if I died tomorrow, my money would pay for my own funeral and some. Basically if you’re single and alone put your folks down and the money you have will pay for your own funeral. Sad but that’s how it is.
@@charliedallachie3539 I can't even do THAT. I'm single and all alone with no true friends. My family is all gone for the most part and my father was declared incompetent because of his dementia. But between insurance and my money, I have enough to bury me. I already have the grave and the stone in my families plot. I rather delight in going to doctors or the hospital when they want someone to contact "in case of emergency." I usually put N/A. Sometimes they argue with me and say you HAVE to put SOMEONE. I look at them and say "how bout YOU?" I then tell them NEVER assume just because you are self centered and live your life without concern for others that everyone has someone in their life they can turn to because MANY do not!
The question is.... Why the hell is everything so expensive in the USA? Greed!!!!! Enough is enough.
Politicians.
Dig a hole in my garden, throw my body in, and throw some flower seeds on top.
my idea too.
@@Thisguyyyy-c8v You're not allowed
to lie around dead in the environment outside of cemeteries, as far as I know.
@@Thisguyyyy-c8v "environmental" who cares about the environment? you're DEAD! if you're concerned about pollution go talk to China and India, the #1 and #2 worlds worst polluters. For the size of the U.S. economy and our population, we are EXTREMLEY eco-friendly.
@@Thisguyyyy-c8v In MY state its illegal to bury on your own property. You have to apply for certification as a cemetery. If I am correct, that means you can't sell your house! LOL! At least not without some pretty strict restrictions.
@@Thisguyyyy-c8v "Return back to the earth to be recycled?" I don't know where YOU came from dude....but with ME I came out of my mothers womb after being nurtured in it for 9 months. I didn't come out of the earth!
Decomposition never changes. Unless they bury you at Chernobyl I suppose.
Hello bro.
My only complaint about USA is the cost of medical service and funeral service ☹️
Then don't die
The only? That I-S the USA!
How about student debt? 🙄
I'm not sure why they make easy things so complicated and difficult. This make them look dumb.
@@ledyanafitriana367 I’d say compared to hospital bills and dying, student debt is a lot easier to avoid and/or manage.
In the US, EVERYTHING is so expensive. That’s why so many retirees go retire in other countries.
That makes sense
The Philippines for me !
I sure hope people will move away from pumping the dead full of terrible chemicals and burying them in lead lined coffins.
Chemicals in that casket too.
With all the crap in the food we eat, we are just like a hot dog, just wrapped in a box in the ground.
@Jesper Monsted: Over a relatively short period of time, as little as a few days, lead can bleed off into the surrounding area and contaminate that environment. What you are suggesting is extremely irresponsible. And hopefully illegal throughout the entire United States.
I actually hope that you are trolling.
A very close family members funeral only allowed 2 people to speak and we were all rushed out to the burial. Absolutely ridiculous and cruel
Many people, even those of means, are opting for an immediate cremation, which may only cost a few hundred dollars, then a memorial service a few weeks afterwards. Why pay upwards of $20K for a funeral? Save that money and give it to your family.
A good fried died 5 years ago, and did just that: a quick cremation, the urn given to his wife, who spread the ashes in his favorite walking park near his home (check local and state laws), and then they had a meal/service, presided over by their local reverend. They had a 10-minute service, a few drinks, and some fond remembrances of him. Simple.
I wanted proof that I existed and to be close to other deceased relatives.
Here's a question: Where are they putting all the dead people? I'm 65 and I have NEVER seen a new cemetery NEVER being built. Have you? Are they stacking the bodies, removing them?
No sir. My youngest brother died almost 2 years ago. My family and I went to the funeral home ( owned and operated by a black family) and we were allowed to see his body on display the day before the funeral. They didn’t “stack” his body some place the day of the funeral. We had open casket during the viewing and I even went to the funeral home the morning of the funeral to give one of the directors a pair of shoes to put on my brothers feet. Also stayed at the grave site to watch his casket get lowered into the ground and to make sure that the workers didn’t open up the casket and take jewellery off my brother.
All anyone wants is dignity and remembrance of their loved ones. Upsells are unfortunate, and it's a business that should be simple. Great presentation that points out what we all have to think about someday.
More people need to start having life insurance policies. Most people don’t see it as necessary. But then a family member dies, and now everyone has to scrape of cash to cover the funeral cost, in a short period of time.
Just throw them in the backyard
If not for my job I wouldn't have life insurance. No insurance company would cover me or my wife based on health conditions.
@@EricRedbear Same here! I’m only able to get a secondary policy through my union. The carrier doesn’t require any medical exam, as long as you’re a union member in good standing.
I know exactly what you’re talking about. My youngest brother died two years ago and because it was untimely and because he had no life insurance, me and my family had to start a go fund me page and constantly ask people we know to donate for a two to three week period because we didn’t have the money up front to pay a funeral home. We raised enough money but the way we went about it i didnt agree with because I told my siblings and mother on a conference call that we should cremate him. They rejected my idea and opted for a traditional funeral we could barely afford.
Both my mom and dad, told me not to spend a dime on them, they wanted to be cremated. In each case when the pallor’s called me and gave me a outrages price of thousands, I told them have the state take care of it, you get the hang up. And they get around 800.00 to be cremated, they work on you emotions….
Where is this world going too!! Cost living, cost of food, cost of buying a home, cost of medicine, and now cost of dying is going up! Dear God wtf is going on!!
I want the pine box option. Many cemeteries require a vault for burial, so there's no need to spend thousands of dollars on a coffin that will be put inside the vault. An inexpensive pine box will work fine.
Cremation is way less expensive. No land, no anything except the cremation + urn and maybe not even an urn. Could be some other cheap options.
A death in San Mateo County California - standard
1. a burial lot - 50k for ocean view
2. funeral - 26k for coffin, burial and service
3. results - fight amongst siblings for share of expenses
so, prepare for your own funeral when you are healthy , both physical and mental
if can't afford a burial, arrange for cremation. it would be irresponsible to die without an instruction.
Ocean view…hilarious
Kinda funny: I watch CNBC videos all the time. This one came out on the first anniversary of my mom’s passing from ALS. We were very well-treated by everyone through the process but it is an expensive thing.
this is eerie isn't it.
Damn
You’ve all heard of high costs of living. Get ready for the sequel: high costs of dying
Can’t live, can’t die.
No love just left to cry
Just dont die its as simple as that
No just donate your body to science for free
Thats why you get life insurance. Even a really cheap one can save your family the burden of the funeral expenses. I don't want my family to rely on a gofundme to bury me they are already grieving after my death why should they suffer more. Im 31, I have had a life insurance policy since i was 23. Always provided by the company at 1x my annual compensation, but i always have opted for the extra $100,000 for less than $5 a month. Anything more than 100k then i would need an examination to be approved.
Or you can donate your body to science for free which is what my sister and I have decided to do also my husband we don't want to leave a burden for anyone
Maaannn me and my family hadda start a go fund me for my youngest brother because he had no life insurance or so savings. And to top that off, i JUST got finished paying more than 3k for a damn grave marker for my brother smh.
It's really is sad, how when we die we can't even rest & peace. just imagine 15 and having to worry about this..........
Hello. How are you doing?
From the cradle to the grave, life is just about money, money, money!!!!
literally nothing else
it's sickening what this does to grieving families figuring out how to bury a loved one and credit cards are typically not accepted only debit/cash. God bless everyone affected by this 🙏
Well if they only take cash I guess I'll be buried above ground like in a ditch.
Living is expensive in US
And so is dying
Funerals are expensive in all first world countries try again
@@Rommie26 in Saudi Arabia is free
That's it I'm not dying.
😂
You won't have say in it that's because we are mortal
Good luck
“Why funerals are so expensive in the U.S.?” - Because very few have a friend that will roll with you in the middle of the night and bring his own shovel.
The US: _"Oh, you lost a loved one? Ok. Here's $100k on hospital bills. Also, that casket costs more than your house."_
If your house cost less than $5k, you need help.
You know you can buy your caskets online, at Walmart, Costco, and reputable makers. 💰💰💰 a lot less than a funeral home.
Just buried my ex-husband for a little over $1,000 cremation is cheap we had no funeral service
@@apdavisdavis2396 actually there is not a need for a casket if you get cremated it's a little over $1,000
@@reginafisher9919I understand, my lovely niece buried her father as he wished to be cremated.
It was $500 for the cremation.
Now this is the part that took me by surprise😱 this is a family plot. To open the grave this is what they ⚡charge⚡ $500.↔ ouch❗
They took a post hole digger and went into the ground 3 ft.
That was it. I must say that's a rip-off. I place my brother into the ground & WE covered him back up❗
I just want to be buried in a shallow grave under a tree and let the Earth take me back
Some states permit that
That's fine for say 1 person, but as a whole you would need to manage the place where people are buried to prevent like infections, unintended opening of the dig site etc. And you can't really do shallow burials for a lot of people after a time the place with stink badly.
Ummm but it takes forever to decompose and you’d stuck real bad
@Cole S check out cryogenic stories. Many of the frozen have been abandoned in their pods when their companies went under, many found in old warehouses, not plugged in, rotted etc. Been big investigations.
@@Blitznstitch2 depends on what weather u are exposed to in the open, air, heat, wind, animals, snow speed things along quite quickly.
You can buy a casket from an outside source. You can also do better with funeral homes outside major metro areas. Life ins. will cover most burial costs, so it's not a bad idea to have it.
8:13 You seriously think that the deceased can tell that Casket B is better than Casket A?
Donating the body to science is free
No, but you and your family can
My mom says spend the money on something meaningful don’t spend it on an extravagant funeral,
It's crazy how few people seem to know about natural burials. It's literally the oldest, simplest, environmentally friendly, and most cost effective way to lay the deceased to rest.
True. But in most places, it's illegal. Leaving you no other option.
I love the idea. Here in Texas it’s not an option.
can't you contaminate water supplies ? I'd rather rely on some type of professional service and who wants to buy a new home that has several human dead bodies buried in the back yard.
@@supertenor561 Nope. Natural burials are actually much safer. This video summarizes the differences nicely.
ruclips.net/video/o2dvXWX3Sdw/видео.html
@@jediknight38 It's only illegal so others can profit. Let that sink in for a minute.
Funeral homes need to be held accountable for lying about plot payments. A couple decades ago my grandfather was setting where he and my grandmother would be buried and went to ask about an open plot we own and it took him going and getting a pole to show that there was some random person buried there in our plot.
Good for him! That's a smart man! I hope he had that body exhumed or at least got the authorities involved. In MY state that is illegal. As long as you have the deed to show the plot is yours. Which, for MY family plot, I do!
That's not the responsibility of the funeral home, that would be the cemetery. And to be honest, the bulk of the funeral cost comes from the cemetery side of the arrangement.
Seriously how do you know if you're even being buried? For all you know they can just throw you in the incinerator and call it a day
@@retroguy9494 in
@@medillashippings8588 Yes, IN. As referring to the place I currently am.
I have read about families un Northern California whose loved ones have chosen to die at home. They are buried without caskets in backyards. Wonderful memorial services can be performed for free!
How is that legal? You can't even bury a horse in some farming communities!
Weddings, funerals, and constantly getting sick are very costly. These days, so is every thing else.
Fortunately for me, I rarely get sick. My wedding was overseas which is way much cheaper, and I ain't dead yet... but when I get there eventually, just throw me in the furnace. Much cheaper option than rotting in a box.
Just bury me in a forest or something, throw a growing tree up top, and call a day.
How about in a hefty bag in a landfill that will one day be capped and a nice apartment or office building can be on top of you?
Lol. some creative ideas then by chance be unburied by construction crew and have them trip out as if it some special burial site lol.
That should be the idea of life. The earth gives life to us. And when we die, it is our duty to give back.
@@cable30 That was exactly my point dude!
@@AgentAO7 The earth does not GIVE life to us. The earth SUSTAINS life. Big difference there bruh.
It costs less to phone a crematoreum than to call a funeral home.
Have a memorial service in a rented building, or, like in Northern California, you can have a "Celebration of Life" (of the deceased person's life) at a later date. A common way to do this is via a potluck type get together in a park.
Often the month of the Celebration of Life is set for when the weather will be nice.
not everyone wants to be burned to a crisp, I certainly don't.
As a funeral director I suggest this to families quite a bit. We aren't all dishonest and money hungry as this video suggests.
You can't just call the crematory, most only work directly through a funeral home, but you can ask them anyways
I'm from India. Most Christian homes here keep the body in a morgue, then bring it home few hours before the funeral. There is no such thing as a funeral home etc. 4 years ago my mom's funeral expenses were $200 only. USA has a very elaborate style of funerals.
Everything show off
USA is a scam for all the poor people; _;
In 1967 I became a funeral director and
Embalmer and was paid $70.00 per week.
I work seven days week for the $70.00. I didn't get paid for night duties. I quit working in the funeral business because it pay enough for my education.
Assuming you are now retired, what did you end UP doing after your education and how much did THAT pay you when you first started in that profession? And what did it pay you when you retired as opposed to what you WOULD have been making as a funeral director?
Interesting how this got posted today. A family friend's nephew just got buried the day of this upload. Gone too soon but not by Covid.
What is so interesting about THAT? He's not the ONLY one to die in the world the day this got posted I'm sure!
@@retroguy9494 IDK every single person in the world that died. I'm not God. It is PERSONAL My comment wasn't saying that they posted the video because a friend of mine died. Nor is it saying that I'm upset about the upload date being on the same day of the burial. My point is that it's interesting because of the coincidence. Stop blowing things out of proportion.
@@niyoleosorry for your lost, I’m sure they’re doing better up there, and sorry for that person they seem selfish and stuck up or somethings going on with them
Eat less.. Work more.. Live long life.. Without health issues
I'm trying to work less Thats what's killing me
Crazy when people found out there was money to be made by the funeral business, people came to running on how can we get the most of this dying persons money!
i studied marketing for fun. one thing that stood out is the “experts advice”
when i went to get an eye check, the lady behind the cashier said that the DOCTOR didn’t even recommend but said for me to BUY the product because it’ll be good not that NEED IT.
12:15 At 1:08, the price was $9135 for a funeral in 2019.
In Saudi Arabia is free
After seeing the video I am appreciating the Islamic rules more. Number one rule is the dead should be buried as soon as possible which removes embalming and other costs from the equation. Number two is there should not be any casket, body must be shrouded by a white piece of cloth and nothing else for burial. This further reduces the cost. No funeral home is required, a little prayer is done in mosques for the deceased and doesn't cost anything, Overall burial is less costly and business opportunities are kept at minimum.
“In the past decade dying has become a increasingly expensive thing to do” well shi there goes my plans for the weekend 😩
Surprisingly, I see no comments about Direct Cremation. I organized this for both of my parents (who lived over seas) and plan to arrange it for myself.
One flat fee of less than $1,000. The body is collected from the hospital or place of death, cremated, and the ashed mailed to you. You don't need to get involved in the disposal side of it, and can set up a separate memorial where and when you want.
Your parents live over seas? How do they keep their abode out of the water?
We are talking about the cost of American funeral not overseas! Naturally it would be cheaper!
@@victorynowall Not sure how to parse that comment. Do you mean "Naturally it would be cheaper overseas"? Or "Naturally it would be cheaper in the US"?
Sorry I didn't make it more clear. Yes, overseas funeral costs are way much cheaper than in America! .By the way which Country were you referring to when mentioned that you cremated your parents OVERSEAS. Usually it's cheap when it's done in the Asian countries. @@stainlesssteellemming3885
Average guy : You won't let me live, you won't let me die .
Modern economies: Yes.
Greed is the only reason it cost so much they just taking advantage of someone's misfortune. But that's our society today
"you wont let me live, you wont let me die"
They are thieves and profiteers.
I was a customs officer in commercial customs for 20 years. One day I had to clear a truck full of coffins which was going to the seller in Canada, the American funeral home or distributor was returning those he didn't want to buy.
When I saw the true price of a casket my jaw dropped, it was in the 90's and the unit price was around $1000 and under.
Subsequently I decided to change my field of work for pension funds and I dealt with surviving spouses' pensions and funeral expenses.
In Canada when a person works, an amount is deducted for his pension fund and entitles his family to receive an amount of $2500 for funeral expenses. So it was my job and just by reading the bills, I can say that a funeral home knows how to play on the feelings of the bereaved. There is nothing too good for your deceased.
U know u live in a capitalist society when u can’t even die in peace. Soon, even prayers will become expensive. 2 mins prayers will cost you $1000 bucks . Use your free trial while you can.
An honest funeral home (yes, they exist) will get its revenue and profit from its base service charge. The issue is, this makes it appear unappealing as you see a base charge of $4,000 to $5,000 before you even choose a casket. The difference tho is that while it is high upfront, there should be fewer hidden fees, meaning less worry about how high the bill will go.
As a student in the funeral industry, one who has worked in funeral homes and seen the worse of the worse. I'd like to part with you a few words of wisdom.
These are things that the majority of funeral homes will do and some things that any honest professional will tell you as well as things to look out for and avoid.
1) Don't wait till you or your family member has died to speak to a funeral director.
A rather common mistake that I see people do because of busy lives is they never take time to discuss wishes and plan out services before the person is dead. I personally have a letter in my files labeled for when I die, I update it frequently. Funeral homes will pre-plan a service even if the person isn't terminally ill, and a reputable funeral home won't charge you til it's time for the services to be done as a lot can change between now and then. This is advantageous as it allows you to shop for a better value without feeling rushed.
2) You can use your own items.
Funeral Homes by law HAVE to accept stuff like caskets, Urns, Memorial Foldes, etc... from a family, additionally, they are to do this without charging a fee. If you really want to get cheap but have a decent service you can shop for a casket and purchase one for less than the funeral homes ask. Ironically, Walmart has a selection of decent caskets, but be wary, not all suppliers have the same quality and I have seen way too many instances of caskets and urns falling apart due to shoddy workmanship.
Additionally, you can use your own venues and equipment too, with the right permitting you can have your loved one buried in your back yard, additionally, nothing stops you from using your own cars, your own property for the funerals, etc. Also to this day, you can establish a family cemetery in the U.S, you'll be subject to similar laws as public ones but you can still do it.
3) Keep an eye out for these warning signs when talking to funeral homes.
If a funeral home or director does any of these things, go elsewhere:
- They don't provide you a GPL (General Price Listing) upon request.
- They don't allow you to watch the removal process or allow you to participate if you ask.
- They offer funeral "Packages" that are not customizable.
- They try to have you fill out any non-disclosure forms before arranging a service. This can catch you out but you shouldn't sign anything that prevents you from speaking against them.
- They try to charge you for a pre-arrangement and don't guarantee they will keep the arrangement after a certain period.
These things are just a few ways I have seen people get manipulated.
4) Know where to spend your money.
A major thing I see that catches people off guard and raises costs is the purchase of items that are either redundant or often just are never used as intended. A few things I see that really can be avoided are:
- A sealing casket AND a sealing vault
- Flower Pots on headstones
- Large and ornate flowers
- Normal urns for scattering ashes
- Normal urns for ground burial
There are more but their rather specific so I won't mention them.
Also, there are things you can utilize to your benefit.
- Rental caskets are a good alternative for those who don't want to buy a casket for viewing when the body is to be cremated. This is also good for burials too if the burial is to be held privately at a separate time.
- Instead of ordering flowers that get thrown away after the service or don't get donated. Use items that represent the deceased, or if you want foliage, get a plant that can be put in a garden later or donate the flowers after the service, seems dark but retirement homes love to use those arrangements.
- Don't buy the ornate headstones for individuals, get a family section, make a nice marker for the whole section and use less ornate and less expensive headstones for each member.
- If you aren't particularly religious, a graveside service is a cheaper alternative to renting a church.
- The cheapest option for you will differ, where possible like California, Green Burial is actually cheaper than cremation, and Direct Cremation where cremation is cheap is the often cheapest and simplest option. Direct burial also exists too.
- For funeral homes that offer a flower car, it's an expense that can be avoided as it does nothing that normal pickup cant do and serves no actual purpose more than driving flowers to the graveside.
- If you cannot afford a pastor, you can officiate a service yourself in most places, laws may vary tho.
- Unless you really want to use them, sealing burial vaults and caskets do little to nothing in the preservation and over time lose that seal and their pest-preventative abilities. It's best to opt out of those if you want and when you can.
I hope this information is useful to you.
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R.I.P. the concept of "Rest in peace".
Everything in US are very expensive, many people are homeless...
Money, money and more money. What a lovely world we live in.
Everything cost way way way to much in a America compared to the rest of the world. You’ll literally have a better quality of life in Canada.
Hope everyone is safe 🙏
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whats the point of having a fancy expensive casket if its going underground anyway
Today, even death brings a label attached to it, "Made in China".
Half of Americans are obese. That's not made in China, that's all you.
@@TomNook. He's talking about covid
He’s talking about caskets made in China
@@erikat9337 must be doing good in India right now
Funeral homes deserve to be put out of business. It says a lot when you can have a golden retriever cremated or buried for a tiny fraction of what it costs for a human. The fees charged for human death are outrageous and have little basis in actual costs. It’s an industry that preys on grief and people at their most vulnerable. For example you can buy exquisite elaborate large furniture for far less than a typical simple casket. It’s a predatory industry that needs to change. It only hurts people and families further to drain their bank accounts when they’ve already suffered the loss of a loved one. it’s unethical.
Strange. Why is cremation not a thing in US? Much cheaper and environmentally viable I guess.
@Moon Goddess Really? That's weird.. Especially when the US is not a crowded place..
Thank You for all this information. I have made requests for my body and how I want to be laid to rest and now I can pass this information on to the ones I want to handle me. Thank you again
Turning your family into dimonds will definitly make for some awkward conversations...
Him: I´m sorry honey. I sold the dimond.
Her: YOU DID What?! How could you sell my Dad?!
Him: Sorry...We really needed the money. I did fetch a good price though.
Famous Rapper: Yeah man! This ones my grandma, the bigger ones my grandpa and the one next to it is my dad. Oh and the empty space next to it is going to be for my mum.
Fan: What about the ones on necklace?
Rapper: Oh those are from deceased fans. I agreed to take them as thats what they wanted apparently. Also who´d refuse a free dimond am I right?
1: Did you make sure thats its not a blood dimond when you bought it?
2: Oh yeah. I´ve got a certificate an all! It´s actually old uncle Jonny from down the street.
1: You mean the one who used to work at the hotdog stand? When did he die?
2: Oh you didn´t know? He was found dead a few years ago. The fast food had taken a toll on his body
1: And how did you get to it?
2: Oh. His son needed money and I offered him 80$ so yeah...
Lmfao, I can picture it already
LOL!
Personally I find the idea morbid, disgusting and quite disrespectful. How could ANYONE wear their deceased parent, grandparent, child or spouse like a necklace or ring? YECH!
@@retroguy9494 I am not too much of a fan of it myself. I'd get it if maybe a husband might want to keep something of his wife close but that's it. To be honest the idea is great. I bet they are making good money from those people but I also really hope that they don't try to force any upselling onto their customers.
In the end it's all about the image you have in your head. Companies make lots of industrial diamonds for tools everyday using normal carbon. They take the ashes of the deceased, extract the carbon and turn it into a diamond. It's just carbon really... We are the ones making the connection to our loved ones but we couldn't even be sure that the diamond was actually made by them. Heck they could give you any diamond and people wouldn't notice.
@@einfachnurleo7099 As a remembrance, years ago people would keep locks of hair of their loved ones in some kind of charm or brooch or frame. Personally, I believe in the resurrection so I must go in the ground so that one day my soul will be reunited with my body. God said "you are dust and unto dust you shall return." He never said you are dust and unto diamonds or industrial tools you shall return!
It's a business that will 100% never go out of business
Even death has become a for-profit business, the harsh reality of the modern financial system.
what do you suppose is a better solution? do you think funeral directors and embalmers do it for fun? do they not deserve to charge a fee for their hard work?
No dude....the harsh reality of GREEDY and dishonest AMMORAL human beings!
This is the kind of video that you watch at 2am when you should be sleeping
Short answer: Because this is American and profiting off people grief is an easy business.
I also believe making money off the dead is off limits. The people that do this have no morals and no values absolutely no moral compass
The video makes it sound like the price of burial going up $700 in 7 years was a lot.....$8500 to $9200, in 7 years, seriously, thats a SMALL amount, considering this is the last you will ever spend on this person!!!!
You can donate your body to science for free
A small amount? Speak for yourself. I don't even have that amount of money in my savings account.
why do you reply to a commnet from 9 months ago???Maybe you need to budget better.....Im trying to spend tons of money on europe trips that may/may not go...UGH!!!! thats MY stress...trying to get to that 70 country count is getting to be a harder task than i thought....seems like i have been stuck at 55 forever!!!!
I would've liked to have heard more from the family that was charged after a pre-paid funeral. If my family is charged anything, I'm coming back to haunt somebody!
A pre arranged funeral won't have any additonal costs on the mortuary side, all those services are guaranteed. Mortuaries do include third party costs in a pre paid funeral, and those charges are not guaranteed, as a funeral home doesn't control the cost of what the health department will charge for a copy of the death certificate, or any honorarium incurred from a church or clergy. We also have to charge the current tax for the cost of any merchandise, and some families actually choose to add more to the arrangement at the time of passing. So yes, there could be additional fees, but minimal. A lot of times we do end up refunding the family as there is growth in the policy that is funding the arrangement as well. Sadly videos such as this only highlight the few bad seeds in the industry.
“Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.”
Prearranged Funeral or Cremations are available so families don't make decisions at the moment of death. It is available just as life insurance and vehicle insurance are available. With the accessible monthly payments of 12, 36, 60, or even 120 months, it is easier to make the right choice for you or your loved one. If you choose to wait for the death to occur, select a family-owned funeral provider for lower price and personal care
My will:
1) Biodegradable coffin. It's gonna be a closed casket funeral.
2) Instead of a hearse, just use my old pickup truck or equivalent. I lived in the working class, I'll die working class too.
3) Lower me into the ground while playing "Star Duster". At least I'll know people are gonna cry.
4) Plant a tree over my body and use it as a headstone. Let it consume me to become a tree.
You can donate your body to science for free
100 k in cigarettes over years to get 10 ft under faster --> ok
9k for a honourable memorial --> expensive
Cremation in Tacoma, WA for about $650 for a 300lbs body.
I have my wife on a diet. She is down to 150 pounds...lol
Thats actually dirt cheap!
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Even Sean Hannity slipped up and asked why drugs cost so much more here than in other countries.
The anwer to that is VERY simple! GREED. Big pharma is a bunch of greedy corporate hacks who pump millions into political campaigns so no laws are passed regulating the cost of medicine to the consumer and BINGO! Its like a little child being let loose in a toy store on Christmas morning!
Cremation is the way to go. Cheap and eco-friendly.
but it's against most peoples religion
@@Ari-lu5ve releasing carbon from the burning of human fuels is not eco-friendly.
or have a natural burial
Cremation in a vase then burry it underground..
Cremation is not eco-friendly. Fuel used to burn, toxic waste up the smokestack.
No mention of how much it costs to maintain a staff, benefits for them, insurance, property school tax etc…….
It's a lack of pre-planning that's expensive.
100%
Please don’t buy a casket online. Most of the time they don’t meet requirements. Can’t be returned, and just add cost.
The fact that there are people who want to profit off of a dead person is sad
I mean they are rendering you products and services. How you expect them to pay their staffs? Their operating costs? Their inventories? Etc? Even burning dead self still requires these and other associated costs.
If you don't like it, get it WRITTEN in your will, get them prepaid if needed and etc.
@@rickytorres9089 I’m aware of this but the idea is sad. You really pay a lot more in the US
@@merrymaurader2521 I got ya but as discussed in the video it's far from the only option(s). You could even opt to donate your body to science and pay $0 assuming it's makes the cuts. Thankfully it's not as "bad" as being an organ donor (for instance age will NEVER be the deciding factor for example).
It’s expensive anywhere and everywhere. I’ve studied funerals for a few years just as a hobby. I’ve noticed very very close people (family friends I’ve known since I was young) are choosing Direct Cremation (the cheapest funeral option). Half of the reason is they couldn’t care less what we do with their bodies, but the other half is because of price. If you don’t have any fear of cremation and you want something simple and cheap, then go with direct cremation or even direct burial if you prefer that.
It’s expensive because it created a business. Greedy people are everywhere. They prey on a person’s devastation as an opportunity. However, the cost of the wealth they accumulate is paid with their soul. Your eternity is not worth earthly wealth!
Be smart, be safe, and be kind! 🙏❤️
It's funny that they're using figures from 2019 because prices now are SO MUCH HIGHER. I'm looking at $12000 for just the funeral