Monday, May 11, 2009

Will a cemetary 'cart' be a lucrative business venture?

I've been to plenty of funerals lately and I've come up with an idea...I'd like to purchase a cart (much like a hot dog cart) and offer items such as flowers, potted plants, american flags, sympathy cards, water and other funeral related items to mourners to purchase as they grieve. They can then take these items and leave them at the final resting places! Because it will be a cart, I could wheel it all around the cemetary to the different funerals. I believe there is a HUGE market demographic with this venture...

Will a cemetary 'cart' be a lucrative business venture?
I hate to rain on your parade but I don't think that there is any market for your services. Furthermore, most cemeteries are private property and you'd have a rough time getting permission to operate such a cart. Think of it this way: If such a market existed wouldn't the private cemetery ALREADY have a little kiosk selling these items on the way in? Finally, there is the crassness factor. How are you going to do this? Drive your little cart up to the just stopped parade of funeral cars with bells dinging and a Requiem Mass blaring over the loud speaker?





Most people going to funerals wish they were somewhere else and stopping to buy a trinket for the recently departed will not add to their pleasure.





Your idea is creative but at the same time it will be a loser.


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