09-14-2009, 09:28 AM
I wanted to buy 4 glazed doors but the pattern I wanted was not available anywhere in Hawaii. I could have had them specially made but the cost was prohibitive.
Lowes in Kona told me if I could find the doors on the mainland and paid for delivery to their warehouse in CA they would ship them to Kona for me (with their regular shipment at no cost to me). The supplier on the mainland sold the doors to Lowes at wholesale price and I paid Lowes the retail price, plus shipping on the mainland which was not that much. So Lowes only made the normal markup for the doors.
Lowes told me they would charge $300 to ship anything from Kona to Hilo. (They used to charge $100, according to our builder). I did have to go and get the doors myself, but I got what I wanted for a reasonable price and the shipping from the mainland to Hawaii was free.
It took a bit of organising as Lowes staff are not easy to deal with on the phone and hard to get a hold of but I don't think Home Depot would have offered me this service.
Lowes in Kona told me if I could find the doors on the mainland and paid for delivery to their warehouse in CA they would ship them to Kona for me (with their regular shipment at no cost to me). The supplier on the mainland sold the doors to Lowes at wholesale price and I paid Lowes the retail price, plus shipping on the mainland which was not that much. So Lowes only made the normal markup for the doors.
Lowes told me they would charge $300 to ship anything from Kona to Hilo. (They used to charge $100, according to our builder). I did have to go and get the doors myself, but I got what I wanted for a reasonable price and the shipping from the mainland to Hawaii was free.
It took a bit of organising as Lowes staff are not easy to deal with on the phone and hard to get a hold of but I don't think Home Depot would have offered me this service.