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    BuryOrBurn is all about the options, costs and planning of the funeral you want not the one you can afford. The blog is full of info and rants against the multi-billion dollar funeral homes industry and our funeral guide will save you $1000's and ensure that any funeral goes smoothly. 

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Facebook allows memorial pages

by Scott on November 6, 2009
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Facebook has taken note of users’ connections to deceased loved ones, and last month the social-networking giant changed its policy to allow family members to “memorialize” accounts, or set profiles to have increased privacy measures while still allowing users to express grief and memories.
Susan Dumais, sociology professor, said Facebook is a modern and more public [...]

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Christmas Funeral

by Scott on October 15, 2009
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A British man says when it comes time for him to die he wants his funeral to have a Christmas theme, complete with elf coffin-bearers and a holiday message.
Andy Park of Melksham, who is a healthy 44-year-old, says when he dies he wants funeral attendees to enjoy themselves as best they can and is planning [...]

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Digging Deep For Your Funeral

by Scott on October 14, 2009
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We all know that funerals cost an arm and a leg and Granddad’s funeral is not the time to be haggling with the undertaker, so we maybe just accept what we have to for fear of looking stingy, but that’s the way it has to be isn’t it?  We have to have a funeral director [...]

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How to Read a Funeral Home Price List

by Scott on September 10, 2009
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Mind-bogglingly enough I’ve actually found some practical and worthwhile advise from the Funeral Consumers Alliance website. Usually the industries mouthpiece it seems that someone actually posted a piece that might save you some money. Take a look but make sure you download our ebook as well.
http://www.funerals.org/frequently-asked-questions/funeral-arrangements/47-how-to-read-a-general-price-list

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Don’t Fall For The Funeral Home “Package” Price

by Scott on July 11, 2009
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The funeral home typically will charge you the $2500 + Casket ($4500) to arrive at the average $7000 service. What they do is inflate the services to $5000 (add $2500) and if you buy the casket from the funeral home they give you a $2500 discount from $4500 to $2000 on the casket. The end [...]

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