Wellington
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http://cbs5.com/news/local/2004/08/17/Costco_Test_Markets_Coffins.html
I can just imagine someone walking out with like a valuepack of 6 coffins, family value.
Costco is test-marketing coffins at two stores in Chicago. The caskets are basic steel and cost $800, but local customers had trouble taking it seriously.
"I don't think caskets and barbecued chicken are a really good mix," one said.
At Fouche's Funeral Home in Oakland, mortician Rosa Montgomery said she had concerns -- not about losing business but mixing death and discount.
"It takes away from dignity we are trying to provide," Montgomery said. "We are commercializing."
I can just imagine someone walking out with like a valuepack of 6 coffins, family value.