Welcome to ABC Caskets Factory in Los Angeles, your local source for caskets and money saving funeral information. You are aware of the gasoline and sub-prime mortgage crises but do you know that there is also a funeral crises? Cemetery and mortuary prices are increasing dramatically. The L.A. Times featured ABC Caskets Factory in its front page article, "Thinking outside the box".
Click here to read the story about how we help families reduce funeral expenses.
Contact us first before going to a mortuary or buying cemetery property. We'll help you find good deals and avoid deceptive tactics. If possible, call us before a death occurs so that you have time to plan without pressure. Here are two basic rules regarding funerals: 1. Aside from cemetery property, do not purchase funeral items in advance. 2. Plan in advance, by giving us a call, so you'll know what to do in case of a death.
We encourage families to come to our factory so that they may personally select the casket they want for their loved one. Casket prices start from $356 for a cloth-covered solid wood casket. We supply free local ground delivery to mortuaries within 30 miles of our factory located 4 miles East of Downtown Los Angeles..
Today, many mortuaries sell overpriced funeral packages. As part of the package, a casket with an inflated price is offered with a large "discount." Most families are fooled into thinking that the casket with the "discount" makes the package a wise choice, but the other items in the package are sometimes inflated by thousands of dollars. A lot of cemetery property is also overpriced. Call us first to learn how to avoid overpaying.
ABC Caskets Factory is the only casket maker in Los Angeles open to the public. The mortuary or casket store is a middleman. They don't make the caskets they sell. When you buy direct from our factory, you avoid the middleman and get a quality solid wood or metal casket at a low price. ABC Caskets Factory, family owned and operated in Los Angeles since 1933, has the experience and knowledge to help you cut funeral costs.
In planning a funeral, many families make costly mistakes because they have little or no experience in this area. Just to give you an idea of how easy it is to make a mistake and how quickly it occurs, the first mistake may happen the moment you call the funeral home to pick up the body. Did you just select the closest funeral home without comparing prices? When planning a funeral, contact us as soon as you can so we may help you.
A funeral can be a huge financial burden. Planning requires making many choices quickly. Time pressure and anxiety often results in paying too much. Funeral homes are aware of your plight and many will take advantage. Since the funeral home usually helps you make your decisions, this may lead to excessive funeral expenses. Looking out for your best interest is the way we do business. Simply call us so that we may assist you.
The casket makes up only about 1/3 the total cost of the funeral. We review with you the other 2/3 of funeral costs and make suggestions for ways to save. We take great pride in helping families cut funeral expenses. We teach you how to shop for the funeral items that you have not yet purchased. Unlike many salespeople in the funeral industry, we don't work on commission. Our goal is to help you in your time of need save as much money as possible.
All of our wood caskets are made from solid pine, poplar, redwood, maple or mahogany (green caskets). We do not use cardboard, particleboard or veneers to cut costs. We believe that the families we serve appreciate solid wood caskets made with old-world craftsmanship. In addition to our regular line of solid wood caskets, we make special caskets for the Asian, Buddhist, Catholic, Hispanic, Hmong, Jewish, and Russian Molokan communities among others. We also make cremation, metal, child, oversize, and inexpensive cloth covered solid wood caskets.
If you don't find something you like in our own product line, we can also provide
Batesville, York and Astral caskets at low prices.