Convenience The loss of a loved one is among life’s most stressful experiences. Shopping for a casket can be one of life’s most inconvenient, difficult, and uncertain experiences. Selecting a casket at your community funeral home with the assistance of your funeral director is a service designed to provide maximum convenience with minimal difficulty and absolutely no pressure.Your complete satisfaction is guaranteed with regard to choice and price. Choice Choice is of value when there is an understanding of what the individual differences are among the choices being offered. There are many significant differences in casket types and your funeral director can explain them to you.This knowledge can empower you to select the type of casket which is most appropriate for you. In addition, your funeral director can offer you an extensive selection of casket choices in terms of material types (metal or wood), design style, interior fabric, exterior finish, along with highly personalized detailing. Personalization A casket can take on an added dimension of meaning for a family, their friends, and the community when a family decides to add a special personal touch to it.Your funeral director can assist you in coordinating meaningful ideas and sentiments into visual images and script which are then embroidered into the casket interior. In addition, special artistically designed casket exterior ornamentation symbols can be placed on the corners of select caskets.The exterior top of the casket can also be personalized with imagery and scripting all adding up to a unique, unforgettable and highly personalized casket. Legality The primary legal issue surrounding a casket is - Who is liable if the casket fails and either personal physical injury occurs or personal mental pain and suffering occurs? If the casket is purchased from your funeral director the liability issue(s) are completely covered by the casket manufacturer who holds an umbrella liability policy. If the casket is purchased elsewhere, the funeral director has no assurance of the integrity of the casket and normally requires the family to sign a “Family Assumption of Product Liability and Hold Harmless Release Requirement” which transfers the liability to the family. In most cases, caskets purchased anywhere other than a licensed funeral home are not warranted and therefore, the family becomes solely liable if a failure occurs.
	Price Everything has a price and caskets are no exception. The question is, since caskets are purchased exceptionally infrequently by families and most families have a limited knowledge of caskets, how does a family insure they are receiving quality and value for the price they are asked to pay for a casket? The highest quality and best value caskets are available at your community funeral home. The reason for this is licensed funeral homes are required by the Federal Trade Commission to disclose manufacturers’ names, model reference numbers, casket identification types, along with pricing and warranty information on all caskets which are offered to you.As a consumer, you are assured of highly reputable brand name caskets produced by the industry’s leading manufacturers.You are also assured of exceptional value because funeral service pricing is based primarily on the professional services being rendered. Available merchandise such as caskets, stationery, religious articles,keepsakes, outer burial containers, etc. represent consideration items provided for convenience and completion. Delivery Timely delivery and quality inspection of the casket you have selected is critical to insuring there are no delays in the arrangement times you have planned or would like to plan. Caskets selected at your community funeral home are completely guaranteed to be delivered well in advance of your service arrangements, (usually the same day), insuring a delay free experience. However, caskets purchased elsewhere typically have a minimum 2 day delivery policy. This may mean, in certain cases, ideal service arrangement times cannot be met and will be delayed.