Reply With QuoteAgree it’s wrong to do.
Believe though, that a cremation box need only be inexpensive.
AT RESTif this was common practice then it's pretty disgusting behavior. When dad died and mum had to choose a coffin for him the undertaker tried to presuade her to get the model X which was one of the more expensive models. She said it was going to get burnt so would be a waste. The undertaker then changed his tune and said she made a wise decision.
The article below if it was common practice then what you only rent the expensive ones ?
Family devastated after grandmother's top-of-the-range coffin swapped for pine box - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Agree it’s wrong to do.
Believe though, that a cremation box need only be inexpensive.
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I attend a funeral about two years as a representative of the RSL and was talking to one of the funeral staff who was a casual employee and this subject I raised by saying that some people had more money than scene in relation to the very expensive coffin that had been purchased only to be burnt The reply was they place them in a cardboard box and and resell the coffin. and thats how they can give you a really good price on a very good coffin for your beloved relative that has passed away .
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SupporterI must admit that I did not think that the coffin was burnt - there was a tv show some time back and it had the bodies transferred to a cardboard box that was burnt - it didn't say what happens to the "real coffin".
When my uncle died over 10 years ago - we had the option of buying an eco friendly cardboard coffin but its cost was the same as a base timber coffin so went with that.
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I saw that story at lunchtime and thought was just a typical Courier-Mail beatup.
I thought it was pretty standard practice to display the body in a flash coffin, often already in a cardboard box inside the coffin, and then just lift the cardboard box out for cremation.
Bit pointless burning a beautiful coffin when it can be reused. I'll be dead, so I won't care if I go up in a cloud of cardboard or wood smoke.
I agree the family should have been told that was what would happen. It should be stated in the funeral agreement.
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