Do you have to buy a coffin from an undertaker? No you don't. Undertakers are beginning to realise that a great many people want to buy this last gift for someone who has died themselves, not through a third-party.You can source your own coffin from for example a local willowcoffin maker like ourselves,you will get the coffin for a fair price and it will be made by a local craftsperson and you will be supporting a local business