LS Tractor Owner
Super Member
- Joined
- May 1, 2017
- Messages
- 7,323
- Location
- Edgewood, NM
- Tractor
- LS XG3025 TLB, Previously MT125 TLB, Craftsman GTS6500
It does pay to shop around.... I needed about 750 metal roofing screws. I went to TSC and they only had one box of 100 for $9.99......
So I then went to the local lumber/hardware store..... they had "bulk" bags of 250 each bag. I grabbed 3 bags and went to the register..... $168.00 +tax !! Needless to say, I left them there.
Looked up the same screws on Home Depots site... $13.99/ per 100.
Then called a metal roofing center.... $8.00 per 100. I went there the next day when I was in town going right past them.
BIG difference in price bet suppliers.
I'm glad I finished building our house 2 months before all this price gouging started!
My advice.... shop around for what you know you will need, order the materials at the best price you can find. I think lumber prices will continue to fall (at least a bit), but other materials are not in the same "commodity" type of price structure.
So I then went to the local lumber/hardware store..... they had "bulk" bags of 250 each bag. I grabbed 3 bags and went to the register..... $168.00 +tax !! Needless to say, I left them there.
Looked up the same screws on Home Depots site... $13.99/ per 100.
Then called a metal roofing center.... $8.00 per 100. I went there the next day when I was in town going right past them.
BIG difference in price bet suppliers.
I'm glad I finished building our house 2 months before all this price gouging started!
My advice.... shop around for what you know you will need, order the materials at the best price you can find. I think lumber prices will continue to fall (at least a bit), but other materials are not in the same "commodity" type of price structure.