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Wal-Mart starts selling coffins online
Published Sunday, Nov 1 2009, 05:16 GMT | By Catriona Wightman
Rex Features
The US supermarket offers 14 different coffins at cheaper prices than many funeral homes, Sky News reports.
The 'Dad Remembered' steel coffin costs $895 (£541), while the 'Sienna Bronze' option is priced at $2,899 (£1,754).
The caskets are delivered within 48 hours and the website also offers consumers a range of urns.
However, Pat Lynch, president-elect of the National Funeral Home Directors Association, claimed that the prices aren't much cheaper than those at funeral homes.
He added that customers would miss the personal touch of a funeral director if they ordered coffins online.
"There's no question in my mind as a funeral director for more than 40 years that the most critical element is the human contact," he said.
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