If you purchase a Spartan Cremation and/or Vault Bed (thousands have been sold and serviced since 1979), you will have the use of a luxurious, expensive ceremonial casket (valued at over $4000) for the visitation and funeral service, with cremation to follow. All of the above is offered without the necessity of having to purchase the traditional, expensive casket or pay the additional cost required by most cemeteries for an outer burial vault container when below-ground burial is requested. You will save thousands of dollars!