Cutrate Costco Caskets; Concern, Consumers?

Published on August 18, 2004 By Gideon MacLeish In Misc

OK, folks...again with the disclaimer I'm NOT making this up. If anyone is, blame Reuters.

Throw out that extra large case of Squid chow, folks. Now, the folks at Costco are bringing you value to continue on BEYOND this life.

Issaquah, Washington based Costco, who made its name in the warehouse pricing market, announced on Tuesday that two Chicago area stores will begin marketing 6 different models of steel caskets made by Michigan based Universal Casket Company. No word on how long they intend to continue this promotion.

Gives a new meaning to "dying to get a bargain".

signing off,

Gideon MacLeish

Comments

Spc Nobody Special

on Aug 18, 2004

Calamitous catasphrophe, could charismatic cost control, condition customers completely?

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 18, 2004

lol...ya out-alliterated me again

on Aug 18, 2004

Gives a new meaning to "dying to get a bargain".

Lol that cracked me up! Very funny!

Hmm interesting. If I was dying and wanted a casket (I don't, I would want to be burnt to ashes) I would be dying to get a deal on caskets.

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 18, 2004

(I don't, I would want to be burnt to ashes)

yeah, steel caskets are notoriously hard to burn in crematories...lol

Spc Nobody Special

on Aug 18, 2004

My favorite was a Ripley's story about a monk who had himself dipped in wax to preserve the body when he died, then spent the next 200 years as a candleholder in the cathedral....If I gotta go, why not be useful?

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 18, 2004

There once was a monk who aspired
For his corpse to hold a candle's fire,
I'll give you the facts,
They dipped him in wax
When the church burned down, he was a fryer (friar).

I'm learning, obi wan nobody

Spc Nobody Special

on Aug 18, 2004

A priest dipped in wax with a wick,
Made a candle remarkably thick,
'Til one hot summers day,
When he melted away,
And the smell made the bishop quite sick

Your powers are weak old man.....kudos on the pun though.

Spc Nobody Special

on Aug 18, 2004

and yes, i know what i could have rhymed it with.....

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 18, 2004

Your powers are weak old man.....kudos on the pun though.

I am but a padawan...lol

Texas Wahine

on Aug 18, 2004

Gideon: Great post.

You find some interesting stuff, man.

SPC Nobody Special:

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 19, 2004

Gideon: Great post. You find some interesting stuff, man.

Thanks, Texas...I try to educate and inform (and find that, indeed, truth is FAR stranger than fiction sometimes).

Lord Shitzu

on Aug 19, 2004

One of the guys I worked with showed me this story in the paper yesterday.

I got images of people lugging a month's supply of Gatorade around in a casket on wheels instead of a shopping cart, conveniently getting all their stuff home and planning for the future...

I would like to be buried at sea, though I don't know how viable that is these days, especially for someone outside the Navy or some such.

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 19, 2004

shitzu,

I'm sure it could be accomplished somehow. You might have to have your embalming be somehow "environmentally sensitive", though.

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