- Q.Do you shop prices with
different suppliers or do you use one supplier for
every job?
A. "We stick with one supplier
for most materials, but we go to specialty
suppliers for things like windows, doors, siding,
and cabinets."
— Howard Ferree
"We use one lumberyard for every job. As a good
client, we get taken care of — they make
sure we get good lumber, not just the top ten
boards off the lift."
— Glenn Farrell
"We ask the two lumberyards in our town to fax
us price sheets once a month to help with our
estimating. We don’t shop them, however,
and we never play one supplier off against the
other."
— Bill Medina
"I used to price shop, but now my time is too
valuable. I buy 90% of all my material from one
local lumberyard, not a national chain. I have a
relationship with them that is perpetual and
professional. I can’t get that at a chain
store."
— Steve Klitsch
"If the supplier is also quoting one of our
competitors, we’ll shop suppliers. If
I’m exclusive with them, however, I tell
them so and go with their prices, sink or
swim."
— Mike Weiss