People bruised by their experiences of the businessmen and professionals engaged in the death business say It's a RIP Off! Coffins give funeral directors a hefty mark-up-well over 100 per cent. Police officers at coroners' courts have been convicted of taking bribes for giving work to certain funeral directors. Children are being buried in the equivalent of paupers' graves at the instruction of the DHSS; and other child graves are being grassed over without the parents' permission. At a time of grief, many people find insensitivity and exploitation are additional wounds.