Reply To: At what age should someone purchase a burial plot?

I do know that you will pay a premium if you wait until you actually need it. Shortly after marrying I joined a Chevra Kadisha, United Community down on the lower Eastside, I never needed their services and paid the annual dues, $20.00 per year. This is suppose to cover burial expenses plus a plot for me my wife and my dependents. My parents recently died. My father paid $1,000.0 for each plot in Bais Shemesh over 20 years ago. It cost me $10,000 to bury him in Eretz Yisroel not including the plot. I known there are Chevra Kadisha & others that have plots and who don’t need them and I am looking to buy The problem is that I have heard horror stories of people buying plots and finding out when they need them someone is already buried there.