Bob Walczyk owns and operates two funeral businesses in Green Bay, Wis. The Proko-Wall Funeral Home and Crematory is exclusively for humans, while Forever Friends caters to the deceased of the four-legged variety. But only one of his services attracts hagglers.
“When people come to the funeral home and I tell them how much it is to cremate their grandfather, it’s never cheap enough for them,” says Walczyk. “They’ll say, ‘How much? You’ve got to be kidding me!’ But when the exact same family brings their dog next door, they don’t even ask about money. They just tell me what they want and they take out their checkbook.”
