Everybody Coffins

by on August 29, 2006 at 5:58 am in Economics | Permalink

Caterina reports:

Everybody Coffins produces coffins that are easy to assemble without tools, IKEA-style, and ship flat easily. They’ve built them for emergencies, but I think they will probably see another big market from people who want economical coffins, unlike those gilt mahogany extravaganzas that funeral homes try to push upon the bereaved.

Don’t think the lower-middle class is being denied the benefits of economic growth.

If you prefer a more modern look, here are coffins designed to look like sleek cocoon-like pods, made out of soy and jute.  They decompose in fifteen years.

A Tykhyy August 29, 2006 at 10:03 am

Ick.

Ted August 29, 2006 at 12:25 pm

As per the requirements of Jewish religious law, my grandfather was buried in a coffin even less ornate than the Everybody Coffin.

Jake August 30, 2006 at 12:36 am

I understand the economical compromise that these coffins provide but where can we put a value on the cost of burial. I agree with the Azer post in which it is a matter of economic growth and depends solely on the familys choice of burial and their compromise with prices.

speedwell September 2, 2006 at 6:31 pm

When I die, I want my heirs to have my possessions. I earned the money I intend to leave to them. it’s effectively a tax on me to force my heirs to buy, out of the money I leave them, a coffin one penny more expensive than necessary.

In fact, I have already told them I want them to dispose of me in the cheapest clean, halfway respectful manner they can think of.

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