Choosing a Casket

A very helpful video created by the Matthews International Casket Division to educate the general public about the different types of caskets available.

[@bkm6175]

I told my family to find the cheapest caskets available. Caskets are like a wedding dress viewed for for a few hours than never seen again.

[@sfbluestar]

Casket you use for eternity. And wedding dress you can wear many times.

[@r.4259]

sfbluestar dude you’re fucking dead. You wont use it

[@vincent3588]

@@sfbluestar you won’t be alive to appreciate it. Only the worms

[@djwaters9300]

I must be in a really gloomy strange mood to be watching this . Wow I'm moving on to something more cheerful .😃😎

[@pogs6655]

I remember my grandpa he always kept my alcoholic mother away when she was drunk and would yell at any drinkers that came to our house but in June he passed on to a greater world above I remember crying when they close his casket know that’s the last time I’ll ever see his face again.

[@smokingrammy828]

Used to work at matthews, never look at a casket the same after starting there. Proud of what I did, my father was in a york. My mother will be in a york.

[@scottperkins4528]

Just give me a ziplock bag

[@j.whiteoak6408]

"Money, money, money ... It's a rich man's world!" .... ABBA

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

The weight from the soil can crush coffins lime a tin can. Concrete 'vaults' (If you really get one & are not cheated, sometimes this happens) fail eventually too. You can have a green funeral where they put you in a wicker basket. The basket is bio degradable where as a super expensive metal- wood whatever coffin doesn't. Your loved ones, family, friends could dig your grave or for a little more the company will do it & put you in a park setting type place.

[@BillDerBerg]

GhostCity Shelton the cemeteries in California usually have the concrete vaults already buried in the ground before the cemetery is landscaped this is especially true with cemeteries that stack graves one on top of the other. The bodies are interred with the first person who is deceased buried on the bottom.

[@toyotacorolla2395]

I just want to say rest in peace to my best friend Miss you bro I wish I could talk to him on his final on earth 2018

[@frlouiegoad4087]

Care nothing for the body: Where the soul resides is the only important thing.

[@jakyewoodley2188]

Exactly

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

Fr Louie Goad. "And everyone said, AMEN!"

[@BillDerBerg]

Dominic that's why Catholics aren't Christian just saying

[@j.whiteoak6408]

@grumpy old fart Haa haaa haaaa! And muslims!

[@NightwolfGamezzz13]

There is no such soul once we die that it we are simply insignificant animals

[@Lucy-er3se]

This really is the pinnacle of my depression lmao why am I here

[@axlemarley3082]

Dude fucking same

[@metalfan6962]

Same. We’re just thinking of laying in one

[@DonkeKongChick]

What does it matter what gauge the steel is if you have to purchase an outer box to be lowered into the grave?

[@philgiwertz9667]

I USE THIS VIDEO AT MY PARLOR, VERY HELPFUL..

[@sfbluestar]

Wouldn't wood casket rot away in N years?? Seems to me stone casket is the way to go for eternity. But no one seems to offer stone coffin?

[@Adrian-695]

I love her voice and the music

[@Wingzerodd]

All I need is a cereal box and that's it

[@SM-xr9rs]

Saw one in Walmart

[@scottdammann3603]

White and silver handling size 5_1 and im picking my own caskets bronze hand all white

[@lancehol]

None of this crap matters. You're still going to rot and all the bells and whistles are not going to change that fact. In fact you buy all this sealing airtight stuff you're going to rot in your own juices because it slows down the process and makes it even uglier. The only one in the end left smiling is the guy who sold it with a big ass markup.

[@raulantunez4228]

If they want to spend thousands of dollars, let them do it.

[@NightwolfGamezzz13]

@@raulantunez4228 fr at that point I’m dead it doesn’t matter to me

[@codywilkinson8344]

Can you make more videos like this please??

[@BillDerBerg]

Has anyone notably a guitar collector or enthusiast requested a casket in a cherry or tobacco sunburst finish like a Gibson Les Paul or a blonde, butterscotch, salmon pink, shell, cream or Antigua finish such as on Fender Stratocaster or Telecaster?

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

John J. Sanchez. I just saw a guitar shaped casket in a video before this one. 👻

[@Titanicyork]

I work At the wood casket plant

[@gailjackson-chapman7085]

My family knows that I love purple and that’s what I want to be buried a purple casket

[@kohlguy8656]

WoW !

[@sassoyphil588]

Hi! Can I use this video for my school presentation?

[@SM-xr9rs]

No Ms, you are not allowed to do so.

[@scotcarr3390]

Believe it or not, but I'd like one as a piece of functional furniture. Figure out how to turn a kitted up one to use as a bar or bed for my bad back & I'm interested!...😍

[@alcoholdroopy]

Are you a vampire

[@user-ss7zt1nt6r]

Scot Carr I would sleep in them!

[@j3in725]

Scot Carr the make great beer fridges too

[@jimwalsh8706]

Scot Carr well if your wanting a casket in the house that's great but put it in storage unless as some one. Else said in the commentary below your a vampire and need it now .but youd have pre need set up

[@learningtoyoutube9033]

I was thinking the same thing. I want one to sleep in and dream.

[@zz4314]

I like the music

[@amtraktraveler9118]

It’s crazy that funeral expenses are on the rise. I am 46 I’ll bet by the time I croak it will be 40,000 dollars!

[@CocoChanelle-1]

Cremation and green options are available.

[@toyman9642]

Expensive casket? Burial vault? It doesn't matter. The body WILL eventually decompose. It's inevitable. The body is "just a shell" that moves us around. The head of anatomy at a university medical school gives a short lecture to first year medical students before they start anatomical dissection. His words sum it up perfectly. He says, "think as the body, the GIFT, you are receiving, as a house where the owner has moved out." Good analogy. The REAL person is whatever you want to call it...energy, spirit, soul, etc.

[@amtraktraveler9118]

I hear bodies embalmed could last 20 to 30 years since the wake! My uncle was funeral assistant.

[@fitzgeraldhanover3842]

Money is not important, if you have it to spend. What is important is what the living will remember. Now, the idea of protecting the loved one from the elements....rain, frost, he at, etc. This determines the type of casket one will purchase.. ..cooper and bronze being the best protection.

[@fitzgeraldhanover3842]

Frankly, I think money should be spent on the cemetary location, especially if you want to visit on holidays.

[@fitzgeraldhanover3842]

Copper a bronze caskets are nice inside vault. The vault will provide extra protection from elements, such as humidity. Some parts of the U.S.A. are prone to flooding. Vaults may be required by the cemeteries.

[@freddiereagan6705]

Wow

[@jonasdavies1806]

Can we have order online? Are they refundable if not used?

[@SM-xr9rs]

Anytime

[@lucyleigh7483]

so nice

[@ricog8209]

Omg. The lady at 4:55 looks like an apparition. 😱

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

Rico g. None of them look that great. Spooky if you ask me.😨👻

[@ricog8209]

GhostCity Shelton I was talking about the lady at 4:45. She looks creepy and really pale.

[@princenyameba7897]

Please where are you located

[@henryfreeman7748]

One word taxidermy 😀

[@AmericanPride1234]

When I die just pop me in the damn oven. And call it good. 5-22-18

[@philadelphiapennsylvania3088]

2018? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@smoothlikebutter3439]

Caskets are very nice but I don’t want to be locked in there The family keeps the Key 🔐

[@johnrondeau1180]

Or go to a wood shop and talk to then. I would rather be cremated then spend thousands of dollars just to go in the ground. That's me. It's a money thing.

[@kohlguy8656]

I`ll do the same as you !

[@BillDerBerg]

Not all cemeteries will allow a homemade casket not in California especially due to EPA regulations

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

John J. Sanchez. Wot?! A wooden coffin would bio degrade where as they think metal coffins are better for the land?! It's all a big money making thing!!! Billions are spent each year on this!

[@chrisfordthatrandomperson459]

But when u die money wont matter

[@henryfreeman7748]

@@ghostcityshelton9378 kinda stupid when you really think about it huh?😳

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

POWERFUL MY FAMILY KNOWS THAT I LOVE PURPLE AND THAT'S WHAT I WHAT TO BE BURIED A PURPLE CASKET 🌟🌍❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME BEAUTIFUL ✨,

[@nero1747]

love that for you daphne rodriguez

[@stixpixie]

someone please tell me why this was on my suggested list.

[@petterjaniversen8181]

I settle for a paper bag.

[@austinbarten7475]

Liquid cremation is a lot cheaper and more eco-friendly in case anybody did not know that

[@levert.gomellewis.8306]

Forshee pious

[@austinbarten7475]

What is sad choice to make

[@Reesy2002]

Please Barry me in a pine box. I'm dead. I don't care. Please realize a viewing and funeral is for the family/friends of the deceased NOT the deceased. It's so they can say their goodbyes! I said goodbye when I died!

[@rthelionheart]

There is only one absolute certain thing in life, we are all going to die one day. Not thinking about it won't change that fact, the day is coming whether we like it or not.

[@VapeyTheGamer]

I want to buy a casket so I can trap my friends if I’m playing with them

[@margaritoyucupisio4132]

Its hard to choose a casket

[@cleopatra1311]

Especially a little one

[@ErnestJay88]

not really, the dead one wouldn't wake up and protest

[@Lilibunny]

I just saw this Video and your comment. Yes it is. Very! And I think we think about the same thing. A Coffin is choosen quickly. But the fact having to choose one is hard!

[@rebeccaann5364]

Yes it is especially cause of the price. I planned 2 funerals and it's very expensive.

[@juliantheteen8159]

Why was this posted

[@conniepine8642]

Back in the old old days they buried you same day or next . In a wooden box no fancy features no frills .just box and lid . Why not still do that ? Your not in there anyway .your soul is either in heaven or the other place :-(

[@BillDerBerg]

Environmental regulation plus the whole criminal investigations thing requires a dead body to be examined and its cause of death noted and concluded to be of a natural cause or homicide or suicide... that can take days or weeks...

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

Connie Pine. You're eighter in heaven or hell or stuck here on earth.

[@BillDerBerg]

GhostCity Shelton you obviously don't read a Christian Bible. No man has ascended into Heaven. The dead know nothing. Let the dead bury the dead. These prove that once you die you're dead and until the day of judgement where the Bible says the dead will rise from their graves you will still be dead.

[@henryfreeman7748]

What's the other place? will I like the food? And the ladies. If so send me a limo

[@andrewburton-fullick7652]

Having seen a vlog on you tube on the making of a casket all caskets are made of th same wood pine , they are then varnished and polished to look like more expensive woods so whoever made this video are lying through their teeth. they just want to con everyone when somebody wants a casket for a loved one. the only people to get high end caskets are the funeral homes for their employees.

[@gevorgxachatryan4418]

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[@judedimatteo471]

I told my kida just throq me too the wind these funeral services and caskets are too expense i cant afford any of these expenses

[@coreybrown257]

how bout they throw you to the wind now lol

[@carribeangirl9542]

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[@bluesdirt5889]

Been to a dozen funerals and never said damn that's a really nice casket , what a waste .

[@rupert281]

Dont waste alot of your money cuz embalming fluid only perserves the body for around a month then your body breaks down and decomposes so i dont see the point of spending thousands on a box and burying their body with gold and silver and all that cuz ya cant take it with ya

[@genosho5574]

Metal Caskets are a hazard (except If they are used in a crypt). In Germany, we are not allowed to offer our clients metal casket for this reason. Caskets should decay alongside the occupant. Anything else is modern littering.

[@dallyc8366]

And they’re as pricey as a car lol

[@rebeccaann5364]

Dally B Yes they are. In the casket room I saw one for $8000 at my local funeral home in my town. That was the most expensive one in the room . And It didn't look that pretty either .

[@dallyc8366]

rebecca chavez my nana went over the expenses to die. First you have to buy a spot in the wall or the ground, my nana bought 2. One for her and one for a family member for just incase. That ran her about 7,000. Then whatever casket she picks out. Then 1,000 to open the casket, then another 1,000 to close it. Then you have to pay to move it to wherever you’ll be placed. She also said you have to pay to open the wall vault and pay to close it. Basically..it’s incredibly expensive to die 🤧🤨

[@rebeccaann5364]

Dally B yes it's rediculous how much funerals cost. We had our plots purchased years ago but yes u have to pay for them to be opened. I do agree it's like the price of a car after everything is said and done. Sometimes I feel like ur grieving and they know that and talk u into spending alot of money.

[@dallyc8366]

rebecca chavez I just want to be cremated. Tbh I think cemeteries are nice but they also take up a lot of space. Eventually in so many years a lot of graves will be unvisited.

[@StevenvanIris]

American caskets are polluting heavily. In EU these would never be allowed.

[@deanbrandt2748]

Just flush my ashes down the toilet.

[@wendylucas9628]

Dean Brandt Ive told my children put me in a payless shoe box for all i care! 🚫$🚫

[@bobnagel6449]

Dean Brandt My cousin used his dead mom's ashes on the sidewalk after it snowed. If it had been anyone else's ashes I'd have thought it was disrespectful.

[@Rockierambo1]

How can you value a casket? It goes in the ground and overtime rusts, and corrodes. I will be cremated.

[@SM-xr9rs]

Hello depressed ppl…. Most of you got such a bad depression pushing you to the darker side of your life😮‍💨🐷 No worries we all in the same pool

[@Christian_Girl120]

Just put me in a plastic bag and bury me at sea. Problem solved.

[@jimmyjuliusofficial4420]

This is not my portion in Jesus name

[@georges4562]

All rip offs at some level

[@georges4562]

Rip offs

[@richardlincourt2519]

What a waste