Pricing on Tall Fillers

[PaulW]

I’m ready to order another set of cabinets for a bathroom, but I can’t figure out why a ¾” x 4.5” x 96” is $396.55. I’m using it on it’s face (so the 4.5” dimension is visible, I will cut it down to size, about 2” wide.

If the toe skin is 90” and it’s 176.55 and the base cabinet filler is $121.55, how could something that is just an extension of the piece plywood be more than 3X expensive? The only additional cost is the plywood, they have to go through all the same processes.

Let me know if there is a cheaper way to do this. I have extra items in the order also that is not in the snippet below.

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[ChadBarker]

It is a baked in oversize charge. Anytime we have to ship a package that is over about 94″ long, we are charged a $275 fee because the pallet or package cannot fit sideways into the back of a standard semi truck trailer. This fee has drastically increased over the last few years.

[PaulW]

So if you are going to buy 4 of these pieces, it still would be the same unit price for all of them? I have a $6K order in the que for just a few cabinets and am thinking of how I can make the trim parts myself and match your finish. I hate to complain, but I have purchased a whole house of cabinets from Barker over the past two years. I understand your point but what I don’t understand is “free shipping” over $5K, I’m actually paying for a portion of shipping with that one trim piece. I do appreciate your reply.

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[ChadBarker]

There is really no such thing as free shipping as the cost of shipping is baked into the price of the order. Pricing of the filler is accurate.

• This reply was modified 12 months ago by ChadBarker.

[ChadBarker]

In addition, tall oversized items are the most prone to be damaged in transit. Damage requires a remake be shipped which another oversized charge is added by the freight company. Pricing of the filler at that height reflect that risk.

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