A Delivery Charge

fmdog44 said:
I bought one 8' X 4' X 1/2" piece of sheet rock from Home Depot today. I thought, "why not have it delivered?" So I looked at the price.....$45 to deliver one 4 X 8 X 1/2 in. piece. The store is about one half mile from my home. I will pick it up later.
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It’s 75 dollar for delivery in my area from either Home Depot or Lowe’s
 

fmdog44 said:
I bought one 8' X 4' X 1/2" piece of sheet rock from Home Depot today. I thought, "why not have it delivered?" So I looked at the price.....$45 to deliver one 4 X 8 X 1/2 in. piece. The store is about one half mile from my home. I will pick it up later.
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Delivery companies charge by weight and dimension, not by value of the goods being delivered. Meaning that if a consignment isn't worth much but takes up a good deal of space, the equation between price and delivery charge looks to be somewhat exaggerated. I hope that this explains why an item measuring eight by four cost forty-five bucks to deliver.
 
I know the feeling. Yesterday, I ordered flowers from a florist in my hometown for a niece. She's overwhelmed with teaching, etc. and I thought I'd send her ROSES. Well, the roses were going to be $120+ for a dozen and another $15 for delivery. I said, "YOU can keep them!" Called elsewhere. My husband buys 16 roses (why 16, I have no idea... that's how they are sold at Sam's) and pays $12.99 plus tax.
 
horseless carriage said:
Delivery companies charge by weight and dimension, not by value of the goods being delivered. Meaning that if a consignment isn't worth much but takes up a good deal of space, the equation between price and delivery charge looks to be somewhat exaggerated. I hope that this explains why an item measuring eight by four cost forty-five bucks to deliver.
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With these two, Lowe’s and Home Depot, size doesn’t matter 😂, it’s their standard charge
 
Dropped into a local Home Depot yesterday to check lumber prices. A 2"X4"X8' was priced at $8.20 Canadian. With sales tax that comes to $9.18 for one miserable piece of lumber. However, we have a booming house construction going on. With free money from the government, houses, decks and garages are being built like crazy. Put a house on the market and there are sometimes 28 bids for this one house, over the asking prices. This just can't go on.
 
Sometimes it pays to have goods delivered by taxi, seriously. It depends on weight and dimension again, but cab companies charge by distance and if that's not too far a phone call for a quote might just surprise you.
 
horseless carriage said:
Delivery companies charge by weight and dimension, not by value of the goods being delivered. Meaning that if a consignment isn't worth much but takes up a good deal of space, the equation between price and delivery charge looks to be somewhat exaggerated. I hope that this explains why an item measuring eight by four cost forty-five bucks to deliver.
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Just did a little quick math on this...

Working with 10 deliveries per day at $45 each, total comes to $450 (per day)
$450 per day X 7 = $3150 (per month)
$3150 per month X 12 = $37,800 per year

Nothing business-like regarding that IMO.
 
PamfromTx said:
I know the feeling. Yesterday, I ordered flowers from a florist in my hometown for a niece. She's overwhelmed with teaching, etc. and I thought I'd send her ROSES. Well, the roses were going to be $120+ for a dozen and another $15 for delivery. I said, "YOU can keep them!" Called elsewhere. My husband buys 16 roses (why 16, I have no idea... that's how they are sold at Sam's) and pays $12.99 plus tax.
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Ha! A few weeks ago I walked into the "Great Canadian Shoe Store & ended up paying $168 for a pair of house slippers. When I got back to my car, I thought, "man, this is crazy." Onces I paid $450 for a used car and I'm not going to pay $168 for house slippers. I took them back and feel better for it. People just have to say NO to stupid pricing!
 
Packerjohn said:
Dropped into a local Home Depot yesterday to check lumber prices. A 2"X4"X8' was priced at $8.20 Canadian. With sales tax that comes to $9.18 for one miserable piece of lumber. However, we have a booming house construction going on. With free money from the government, houses, decks and garages are being built like crazy. Put a house on the market and there are sometimes 28 bids for this one house, over the asking prices. This just can't go on.
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Same here, cost of lumber high, houses sell like hot cakes. One house in our neighborhood, a 1950’s needs updating=money pit, was put on sale for 330,000. In four days they announced final and best offer. 🤦🏻‍♀️ The basement is unfinished and only 8 feet high.

I am so tempted to sell this house, but I would have to pay taxes on the money cause enough time has not passed according to what I read, between when we sold the last one and this one. Besides, he’d just buy another house and we can barely afford this one.
 
Packerjohn said:
Ha! A few weeks ago I walked into the "Great Canadian Shoe Store & ended up paying $168 for a pair of house slippers. When I got back to my car, I thought, "man, this is crazy." Onces I paid $450 for a used car and I'm not going to pay $168 for house slippers. I took them back and feel better for it. People just have to say NO to stupid pricing!
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Were the slippers gold plated? House slippers here are 10 to 20 dollars.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Same here, cost of lumber high, houses sell like hot cakes. One house in our neighborhood, a 1950’s needs updating=money pit, was put on sale for 330,000. In four days they announced final and best offer. 🤦🏻‍♀️ The basement is unfinished and only 8 feet high.

I am so tempted to sell this house, but I would have to pay taxes on the money cause enough time has not passed according to what I read, between when we sold the last one and this one. Besides, he’d just buy another house and we can barely afford this one.
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The basement is only 8' high?

I'm no builder but it's my understanding that most basements are only 8' high.

That's what ours is.
 
Aunt Marg said:
The basement is only 8' high?

I'm no builder but it's my understanding that most basements are only 8' high.

That's what ours is.
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It’s unfinished. It has to be higher than 8’ to finish it as 8’ is the minimum for ceiling height. A 1950 basement was actually a cellar and not intended to be finished, but I am not a basement or cellar expert. 😂
 
Aunt Marg said:
Just did a little quick math on this...

Working with 10 deliveries per day at $45 each, total comes to $450 (per day)
$450 per day X 7 = $3150 (per month)
$3150 per month X 12 = $37,800 per year

Nothing business-like regarding that IMO.
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On the contrary Marg. The company quoted the price up front, the customer can take it, leave it or arrange their own transport. What is devious is when a product is advertised well below the competition, then the buyer finds the sting in the tail such as a compulsory delivery charge.
 
Packerjohn said:
Ha! A few weeks ago I walked into the "Great Canadian Shoe Store & ended up paying $168 for a pair of house slippers. When I got back to my car, I thought, "man, this is crazy." Onces I paid $450 for a used car and I'm not going to pay $168 for house slippers. I took them back and feel better for it. People just have to say NO to stupid pricing!
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Stupid pricing? How about a perfume that has no scent and costs £72? https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/14120016/davina-mccall-luxury-perfume-with-no-scent/
 
Jules said:
You could order some flowers for your niece and let her know that they’re there to be picked up by her.
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Yes, but I wanted to surprise her while she was in her classroom. Teaching is alot of work and it has been difficult teaching in the classroom plus children who are taught, virtually. Then suddenly they do a shutdown when a child or teacher gets Covid.
 
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Packerjohn said:
Dropped into a local Home Depot yesterday to check lumber prices. A 2"X4"X8' was priced at $8.20 Canadian. With sales tax that comes to $9.18 for one miserable piece of lumber. However, we have a booming house construction going on. With free money from the government, houses, decks and garages are being built like crazy. Put a house on the market and there are sometimes 28 bids for this one house, over the asking prices. This just can't go on.
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Husband bought 5 sheets of 3/8ths plywood and 7 - 2 x 2’s costing $309. 😱 He brought it home in our own trailer. Prices in building supplies like lumber are very high.
 


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