Inappropriate?

I don't look at them either. Except today when they were mentioned. 

Living in a part of the country where the surfing culture is all as I do, almost every imaginable unnecessary possession or gift you can think of is or soon will be available in the shape of, or with an image of, a VW camper van -  keyrings, teapots, trays, calendars, towels, toys, toilet lids, and garden ornaments are the more obvious and commonplace ones.

So it's a bit surprising I have yet to see coffins in that shape. We lie in them alive and so why not for eternity?  After all if you sign 'em up when they're young....

The OP was tongue in cheek in case any one missed that.  The magazine is hardly worth looking at and some of the flyers are more interesting.

As for funeral, my will is that my body is carted off to the crematorium, ashes scattered with no eulogy, no service or any one crying over me.  Just quick and simple as by that time you are just a lump of dead rotting meat!  LOL!.

Ah, but Surfer, you can get divi points with the Coop, so not all bad news!

Don't use the Coop, our friends are in the process of taking them to court after they gave away Her late Mothers ashes to be scattered by someone else. This is despite keeping them informed of the plan's and arrangements the family had for a scattering from a RNLI boat off shore at Her favorite beach as per her wishes.

The Coop have dealt with the situation very badly so far Hence taking them to court.

Me, a black bag on bin day will do for me 

I doubt they'll get the ashes back.......

Actually, I thought it was the crematorium that gave you back the ashes?

A mate of mine works at a crem and they are meticulously careful about people getting the correct ashes and who wants what doing with them.

They can't get the ashes back as they have been scattered. They do know where they were scattered and have visited the site but that is of little consolation 

The ashes AFAIK were returned by the Crematorium to the funeral directors. It is the Coop who have made the unreversible mistake but are unwilling to make a reasonable refund and a contribution to a bench or something else as a marmoreal.   

It's not about the money for our friend and her family, it's the "Opp's Sorry attitude" they have taken on the situation. If they are forced to pay any compensation it will be passed on to a charity that care for the elderly.  The bad press they may get if the incident is reported locally won't do them any favors either.

A very sad situation at a time when this sort of thing is the last thing you need 

As you say Milo, a poor attitude at such a sad time. You would think they would be more sensitive, in that line of work. Hope your friend gets some sort of solution that is reasonably acceptable.