In the spirit of Halloween here’s one from the “Is there a roll back on that?” file. Love them or hate them Wal-Mart is the home of the rollback and the king of discount merchandise. And is now in sales agreements with Star Legacy Funeral Network. Wal-Mart is proud to announce that you can now purchase products that will outlast you. Give a warm welcome to Wal-Mart coffins and Urns and I am not just talking about Halloween decorations and coffee.
Now you can spend your eternal slumber in a Wal-Mart coffin. I want you to say that phrase a couple of times and see how it sounds. So now you can, thanks to marketing genius, purchase caskets and urns from America’s largest retailer at the fair price of $895 to $2,899 and they are saying that sales are better than either company expected. Now I am all for the free market, but come on really? So now I can shop for discount Cds and movies and pickup a beautiful new coffin or urn as one of those all too familiar impulse buys.
This trend is not only a Wal-Mart idea. Wal-Mart is merely following in the footsteps of other retail outlet stores such as the bulk warehouse store we all know and love – Costco. I had to chuckle when I found out that Costco sold coffins as well, the first thought in my mind when I heard that was, “could I buy them individually or would I have to buy a 4 pack as it is a bulk store after all.” Anyway, Wal-Marts does carry some pretty nice looking caskets as well as a nice selection of human and pet Urns. Here are a couple of examples of the coffins they offer:

So next time you are in the market for an eternal resting place think Wal-Mart.









