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I think I have found a new market...

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Stephenedwardgraphic

New Member
I have been getting a lot of weird requests lately...

1. Someone wanted a decal for a coffin. Wanted to know how long it would stick... said they didn't want to take any chances of it falling off...(What? Does it really matter?)

2. Got an order from another customer. Wants a banner to put in a casket that say's "gone boating"....

Apparently I have found a new market for our biz. My wife hates talking about death -- so she won't even deal with these people and leaves me to do it...

ugh...
 
Christian @ 2CT Media

Christian @ 2CT Media

Active Member
Some people decorate their final resting spaces years in advance which probably prompted the durability question.

I think it would be pretty cool to do. Everyone deserves to go out in style.
 
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Stephenedwardgraphic

New Member
I'm pretty sure the early Egyptians were the first sign makers....they had hieroglyphics and did the first wraps (mummy's)

sorry that was my attempt at humor....
 
WildWestDesigns

WildWestDesigns

Active Member
I've actually had a couple of parlors around here asking about embroidery on the fabric before they put it in the casket.

They make a tidy profit on the upsale that much I do know.

Not my favorite topic of conversation either. We all end up in the ground sooner or later and there for a long time, don't much care about talking about it much more then that personally.
 
vid

vid

New Member
Stephenedwardgraphic said:
I have been getting a lot of weird requests lately...

1. Someone wanted a decal for a coffin. Wanted to know how long it would stick... said they didn't want to take any chances of it falling off...(What? Does it really matter?)
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...I'd probably offer a lifetime warranty.

[video=youtube_share;ivb-YmgJ-Zw]http://youtu.be/ivb-YmgJ-Zw[/video]



Actually, there are party planners that may use the box as a prop at different types of events or celebrations - like Halloween for example. If that's the case, there may be a reason to go so far as to clear coat the piece for longevity. Then too, there are some that probably wouldn't be shy about displaying a piece like that in their home --- until such a time as it could be put into full time service. (Personally, I'd pass on that.)
 
Fred Weiss

Fred Weiss

Merchant Member
It's a growth business. I've heard it said that there are more people alive today than the total that have died since the dawn of man.
 
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Stephenedwardgraphic

New Member
no this was for a legit dead guy...no props...

They wanted "Return to Sender" put on the casket....

Maybe they wanted to make sure the decal didn't fall off and the "package" didn't get lost....
 
James Burke

James Burke

Being a grandpa is more fun than working
We do stone engraving and deal with death with just about every customer. And having lost my father just over a year ago, it's become something I've gotten very comfortable with. Sometimes a chance encounter can turn into a mini grief counseling session, and it's very therapeutic for the both of us.

As for business, we've seen an uptick of interest in natural stone (boulder) memorials.

A good many of the stones come from the farm, and I hear a lot of "grandpa moved that stone to the fence row when he was a kid..."stories.

In keeping with good taste, I will not post a link to our photo gallery here, but please PM me if you're interested in seeing what can be done with just a plain old field stone.


JB
 
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CanuckSigns

Active Member
WildWestDesigns said:
I've actually had a couple of parlors around here asking about embroidery on the fabric before they put it in the casket.

They make a tidy profit on the upsale that much I do know.
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We engrave brass plates for a few local funeral homes with the persons name and dates, these go on the urns. We raised the price a few years ago from $15 to $19, one of the funeral homes started complaining about the "huge" price increase blah, blah, blah.

A few months later, a lady came in to get a plate for her husband's urn, the service had been at this funeral home and in the stress, she forgot to order the plate from the funeral home. when we gave her the bill for $19, she was very suprised, she told us the funeral home charges $225 for the plate!
 
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we do crosses for the local funeral home, not sure what religion it is but some times it is normal text and other times we have to use bodonif& to create some of the letters.

We have also done life size digital print and cut corplast of the person for their wake, I think one client said it was the Irish that stood the casket up in the corner open and since the daughter would not do that the dad had a cut out of himself done so he could be propped up.
to each their own
 
phototec

phototec

New Member
Fred Weiss said:
It's a growth business. I've heard it said that there are more people alive today than the total that have died since the dawn of man.
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I find that hard to believe - no one really knows for how long or how many people have been on earth since the dawn of man, their have been many, many wars, killings, plaques, alien abductions and natural deaths through the years and I would bet the numbers of souls that have died far exceed those on the planet today!
 
jtinker

jtinker

Owner
We had a guy come in and order LED digital signage for the coffins for when they are getting carried up and down the place. Only one in a couple years but I guess theres a market for it?
 
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