# Walmart... wow, really?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [October 30, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530 "2009-10-30T14:10:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/1 "2009-10-30T14:10:01Z")
> **Wal-Mart starts selling coffins**
> ```
> The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, now plans to hold on to customers even after they die - by selling coffins.
>
> Prices range from a "Mom" or "Dad Remembered" steel coffin for $895 (£540), to a bronze model at $2,899.
>
> ```
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> The retailer is allowing customers to plan ahead by paying for the caskets over 12 months for no interest. They can be dispatched within 48 hours.
> Catering for cradle-to-grave needs, Wal-Mart already sells everything from baby wear to engagement rings.
> A spokesman for the supermarket giant, Ravi Jariwala, said the new coffin range was “a limited beta test to understand customer response”.
> The retailer is offering caskets at prices that undercut many funeral homes, say correspondents.
> But an industry spokesman said it was not unduly concerned about Wal-Mart’s move, because he said the firm could not offer bereaved families the human touch.
> Pat Lynch, of the National Funeral Home Directors Association, told AP news agency: “There’s no question in my mind as a funeral director for nearly 40 years that the most critical element is the human contact.”
The real kicker is that this article **is not from “The Onion”**
> **[BBC NEWS | Business | Wal-Mart starts selling coffins](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8333198.stm)**
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> Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, now plans to keep customers even after they die - by selling them coffins.
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### Author:  [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/2 "2009-10-30T14:27:13Z")
Saw this on another forum earlier. You can go to their website and search for them.
Just wait until you can buy chinese cars that will be stocked next to the auto section, lmao.
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/3 "2009-10-30T15:57:31Z")
1 stop shop
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### Author:  [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/4 "2009-10-30T16:40:33Z")
“For that family member you never really liked.”
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/5 "2009-10-30T16:59:35Z")
Costco has been doing this for a long time…
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/6 "2009-10-30T19:27:29Z")
Why is it a big deal, I know guys that will sell you a coffin ranges from $400 to $4000.
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### Author:  [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/7 "2009-10-30T19:48:54Z")
Probably made by child slaves in Bangladesh.
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/8 "2009-10-31T05:19:51Z")
> [@LZ](#):
>
> Costco has been doing this for a long time…
beat me to it
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### Author:  [@BallJar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BallJar)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/9 "2009-11-01T16:22:08Z")
> **[People Of Walmart - Funny Pictures of People Shopping at Walmart](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/)**
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> Funny Pictures of People Shopping at Walmart
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### Author:  [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/10 "2009-11-01T16:30:14Z")
> [@BallJar](#):
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> [http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/)
[http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75857](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75857)
good try.
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### Author:  [@BallJar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BallJar)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/walmart-wow-really/75530/11 "2009-11-01T17:28:22Z")
> [@travisn](#):
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> [http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75857](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75857)
>
> good try.
Silly me, I did not see that “search-the-forum-for-repeat-reference-so-I-can-make-condescending-remark” button. I see it now. thx