# Issue with not being told about potential obit costs by funeral home

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issue-with-not-being-told-about-potential-obit-costs-by-funeral-home/926149>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 21, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issue-with-not-being-told-about-potential-obit-costs-by-funeral-home/926149 "2020-11-21T16:53:13Z")\
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**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:** [November 23, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issue-with-not-being-told-about-potential-obit-costs-by-funeral-home/926149/21 "2020-11-23T19:27:24Z")

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An average obituary in the New York Times runs $200-500 and you won’t get much space for that (the cost is over $50 a line).

On the other hand, Times’ marriage notices are free, assuming your nuptials pass a competitive test for limited spaces. Sometimes they’ll even send a reporter to the wedding.\*

\*I assume competitive advantages accrue to couples with society credentials and/or some form of notoriety, rather than the bridge-and-tunnel crowd. 😃

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