How To Save Money When Shopping For Headstones

If you are in need of a headstone for a loved one, you might be worried about cost. If you want to make sure that you are going to be able to find a quality headstone without going deep into debt to buy it, you will want to make use of the following tips.  

Shop Online

Do not make the mistake of assuming that your only option is to shop locally at a monument company. You can find many online stores that sell headstones that will work perfectly for the grave that you are trying to mark. The best part of shopping online for headstones is that you are able to easily comparison-shop among different stones and companies in order to make sure that you are getting the perfect headstone for the best possible price. Once you find the perfect headstone, you can pay online and they can ship it directly to the burial site so that it can be placed on the grave.

Shop For Slabs Of Stone That You Can Have Engraved

Instead of shopping through a traditional headstone company, you can shop for chunks or slabs of granite or other materials and those can be used as headstones. Many stone companies will have leftover pieces that they may be willing to sell to the public at a discounted price because the pieces are too small for them to use for any job. Then, all you have to do is find someone that can engrave the stone with the name, dates of birth and death, and anything else you would want on it. Just make sure that you are getting permission from the cemetery so you can use a unique stone as the grave marker. The reason this is important is because some cemeteries have very strict rules about the measurements of the stones that are allowed to be used as headstones. 

Look For Discounted Headstones

Call around to your local headstone companies to see if they have any discounted stones for sale. These might have been stones that were a special order by a customer who never came back to finish paying for it. Therefore, the company simply wants to get it sold so it is out of their way and they are not missing out on all of the money. There may also be some headstones that have a small chip in the corner of the stone. If it is not a very large chip, you may find that it is barely noticeable but it is enough to give a discount over it.

With those few tips in mind, you should have little trouble finding a headstone that fits your budget.  

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