Frequently Asked Questions
Usually not. The funeral home package is a tactic meant to confuse the consumer and give the mortuary more latitude to offer you a favorable figure in one area, the casket, while inflating figures in other funeral items, primarily the funeral service fee and in some cases the cemetery plot.
Usually, a large discount is offered on the casket. The customer then fails to see that the other funeral items in the package are greatly over priced. An extreme example of how misleading a casket discount can be was a mortuary ad several years ago which offered a free casket if you purchase their “affordable” funeral package. To tell if the package is overpriced, you must compare the total cost of the funeral home package with the total cost of funeral expenses purchased from other suppliers separately.
Examples of some of these costs are: funeral home service fee, cemetery plot, flowers, vault, and grave marker. When you buy these items separately from other suppliers you can save 50% or more.
ABC Caskets Factory helps our customers avoid the funeral package trap. At ABC Caskets Factory we help our customers save not only on the casket but on other major funeral items not yet purchased. Our knowledge of the funeral industry allows us quickly educate our customers so they can make informed decisions, save time, and in many cases thousands of dollars.
In short though, Funeral Home “Package Deals” are not designed to save you money.
In a package deal, the mortuary offers a “discounted” casket along with other items and services. The mortuary stresses the “discount” on the casket but doesn’t tell you about the higher prices of other services. The higher pricing of the rest of the package is often several thousand dollars more than the “discount” offered on the casket. People get so focused on the casket “discount,” they get the package “deal” and end up severly overpaying for the funeral service.
We invite you to visit the ABC Caskets Factory and see how our caskets are manufactured. We will show you the quality of the materials and workmanship that goes into making our caskets. We’ll take you through our showroom that showcases wood, cloth covered, and metal caskets.
We have more caskets in our showroom than most funeral homes or retail casket stores and our prices are among the lowest in the United States. If possible, we recommend that our customers bring other relatives or friends with them. You need someone who is objective and will not be swayed by emotion to overspend.
We focus on manufacturing caskets that families like and at the same time make sure that they don’t select something beyond their budget. We have beautiful caskets in all price ranges so a family will not be embarrassed because they can’t afford a decent looking casket. We stress quality throughout our entire product line.
When a customer comes to ABC Caskets Factory, we not only help by providing the casket, we also supply information about how to save on other major funeral costs.
To maximize savings the following components must be selected carefully: Funeral Home, Cemetery Plot, Vault, Marker, & Flowers. Not all of these items apply in every case.
We try to determine which items the family still needs. It is not unusual to save thousands of dollars overall. You save by buying the casket from us. You also save by using the valuable resources we provide to you at no additonal cost.
Since we manufacturer caskets, we can make custom sizes. In addition, we let families know the least expensive alternatives and what other complications may have to be faced. It is important that measurements be made correctly by the funeral home personnel and that the caskets be of the proper design to avoid unnecessary problems and costs. An irregular size is one of the areas of our business where over 70 years of experience in making caskets is helpful to the customer.
The majority of our business is in Los Angeles and Orange County. In this local area, the casket is delivered in one of our specially equipped trucks and taken to the desired local mortuary. For further distances we make special arrangements with reputable companies who specialize in transporting caskets by ground or air.
Absolutely. The Federal Trade Commission has legally barred mortuaries from refusing to accept a casket from a family that opts to purchase the casket from an outside source.
The Federal Trade Commission does not allow extra fees. However, discounts are often times given if a casket is purchased as part of a funeral home package.
In many cases families are better off if they avoid funeral home packages and shop for the best prices for the funeral home service, cemetery plot, vault, marker & flowers separately. We provide our customers with this valuable information as part of our service.
ABC Casket Factory offers free ground delivery to local mortuaries within 30 miles of our factory.
ABC Caskets Factory has been serving all religions and ethnic groups in Southern California since 1933. Our caskets reflect the customs and styles preferred by wonderful people from all over the world.
- QUALITY CASKETS MADE TO YOUR FAMILY’S SPECIFICATIONS
Asian, Buddhist, Catholic, Hispanic, Hmong, Islamic, Jewish, Molokan, Mormon, Protestant, child, cloth-covered, cremation, metal, oversize, solid woods, Dracula and Old West. Our wood caskets and coffins are made of solid wood (they are not cardboard, particleboard or veneer).
Funeral Home “Package Deals” are not designed to save you money.
In a package deal, the mortuary offers a “discounted” casket along with other items and services. The mortuary stresses the “discount” on the casket but doesn’t tell you about the higher prices of other services. The higher pricing of the rest of the package is often several thousand dollars more than the “discount” offered on the casket. People get so focused on the casket “discount,” they get the package “deal” and end up severly overpaying for the funeral service.
- BUY FROM ABC CASKETS FACTORY & RECEIVE FREE REFERRALS TO SAVE ON OTHER FUNERAL COSTS
- FACTORY DIRECT SAVINGS
Buy a casket directly from our factory and save by avoiding the typical funeral home markup. We are the only casket factory in Los Angeles open to the public, and our caskets are of the highest quality and still at affordable pricing. - FREE LOCAL DELIVERY
Delivery is free within 30 miles of the Los Angeles 90063 zip code. - We let customers know where to buy other items such as cemetery property, mortuary services, flowers, grave markers and vaults at low prices from reliable vendors. We’ve done the comparison shopping for you.
- MOST IMPORTANTLY we really care about the families who we meet and we try to do the best we can by them in terms of product, price, and service. That is often unfortunately not the case in the funeral industry.
There’s more to saving on a funeral than buying a low priced casket.
Many funeral homes charge a large fee for not buying the casket directly from them in their package “deal.” They call this extra fee a “loss of a discount.” It makes people lose savings they thought they could make by purchasing an inexpensive casket from another source. We can refer our customers to funeral homes who do not do this.
Most casket retailers aren’t familiar with local mortuaries, cemeteries, and other funeral resources. They only care about a quick sale of a casket. We help customers find all parts of a funeral at lower prices whenever possible. Saving on more aspects of funerals, you get greater total savings than from just buying a low priced casket without further advice.
Most people lack the time and knowledge to reduce funeral costs.
Most cemeteries and mortuaries sell over-priced funeral products and services. When a death occurs at home or at a rest home, you must find a mortuary immediately. At that time, people are emotionally upset, unable to think clearly, and lacking time to comparison shop for the many components of a funeral. Picking the cemetery and/or mortuary closest to your home, that you’ve heard advertised, or that you have used before can result in overpaying by thousands.
