http://www.phaneuf.net/blog/new-hampshires-publically-owned-funeral-homes Honoring Loss, Celebrating Life Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:51:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.phaneuf.net/blog/new-hampshires-publically-owned-funeral-homes/comment-page-1#comment-2489 buddy Fri, 28 May 2010 19:01:42 +0000 http://www.phaneuf.net/blog/?p=51#comment-2489 Sorry for not responding to this post earlier. As you seem knowledgable of the funeral industy, you must know that SCI asked high quality independent funeral homes throughtout the US to be part of their Dignity offering in the earlier days so that they could serve families nationwide. As a family-owned funeral home serving the community for over 100 years, we welcomed the opportunity to provide these services, even those referred to us by SCI. And while SCI has specific pricing that their publically-owned funeral homes had to follow, all independent Digifity alliliates had the right to price their service in accordance to their own pricing, irrespective of what SCI charged. In fact, our funeral and cremation packages bear no resemblance to what SCI offered - in price or in content. But saying all of this, I understand your point of view and appreciate your thoughtful comments. Sorry for not responding to this post earlier. As you seem knowledgable of the funeral industy, you must know that SCI asked high quality independent funeral homes throughtout the US to be part of their Dignity offering in the earlier days so that they could serve families nationwide. As a family-owned funeral home serving the community for over 100 years, we welcomed the opportunity to provide these services, even those referred to us by SCI. And while SCI has specific pricing that their publically-owned funeral homes had to follow, all independent Digifity alliliates had the right to price their service in accordance to their own pricing, irrespective of what SCI charged. In fact, our funeral and cremation packages bear no resemblance to what SCI offered – in price or in content. But saying all of this, I understand your point of view and appreciate your thoughtful comments.

]]> http://www.phaneuf.net/blog/new-hampshires-publically-owned-funeral-homes/comment-page-1#comment-1673 John Jones Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:29:55 +0000 http://www.phaneuf.net/blog/?p=51#comment-1673 The nice thing about a competitve marketplace is that everyone is free to engage in their own business model ... and while the consumer is ultimately the final word in their selection of a funeral or cremation service provider, your observations about Service Corporation offer an unusually critical view for an individual whose firm had been a Dignity Memorial Provider (national brand for Service Corporation) for several years and whose pricing model and Affinity marketing program finds its roots in the Service Corporation garden. I believe there is an old saying about throwing stones and living in glass houses that might be appropriate to consider. The nice thing about a competitve marketplace is that everyone is free to engage in their own business model … and while the consumer is ultimately the final word in their selection of a funeral or cremation service provider, your observations about Service Corporation offer an unusually critical view for an individual whose firm had been a Dignity Memorial Provider (national brand for Service Corporation) for several years and whose pricing model and Affinity marketing program finds its roots in the Service Corporation garden. I believe there is an old saying about throwing stones and living in glass houses that might be appropriate to consider.

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