# Best after-Xmas sale EVER!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-after-xmas-sale-ever/708162 "2014-12-25T17:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-after-xmas-sale-ever/708162/1 "2014-12-25T17:13:13Z")
A couple of cemeteries in our area have an unbelievably tempting offer. From the ad in today’s paper: “Private Estates/Cremation EstatesBurial Gardens “CLEARANCE” SALE! PLEASE CALL FOR YOUR PRIVATE TOUR!” “In addition any family that DOES NOT currently own burial property will receive “COMPLIMENTARY” “Burial Certificate”\*\* Valued up to $1,500. 10% OFF All burial merchandise! Vaults, markers, monuments, benches, memorial trees” \*\*Does not include endowment care, processing fees, or perpetual care fee I would go, except there are probably already long lines of people loading up their pickups with vaults, monuments, memorial trees etc. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-after-xmas-sale-ever/708162/2 "2014-12-25T17:15:31Z")
Are there discounts if I bring my own shovel? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-after-xmas-sale-ever/708162/3 "2014-12-25T17:39:40Z")
Some people are just dying to get a bargain. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-after-xmas-sale-ever/708162/4 "2014-12-25T17:52:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Are there discounts if I bring my own shovel? …don’t some people complain when you start shoveling dirt in their face? Then again, that’s why they make [these](http://bit.ly/1B9dTN1). Sure, its $15 extra… but what price would you put on your piece of mind? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-after-xmas-sale-ever/708162/5 "2014-12-25T18:09:18Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > \*\*…don’t some people complain when you start shoveling dirt in their face? > \*\* > > Then again, that’s why they make [these](http://bit.ly/1B9dTN1). > > Sure, its $15 extra… but what price would you put on your piece of mind? 😛 Shovels are a multi-function tool. Peace of mind. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-after-xmas-sale-ever/708162/6 "2014-12-25T22:00:53Z")
This sounds like a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor. I can dig it. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-after-xmas-sale-ever/708162/7 "2014-12-26T01:13:30Z")
What ground-breaking marketing!