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Has anyone used a cabinet dealer/kitchen designer out of state?

giantauthenticfan

last month

Has anyone decided it would be more financially beneficial to order their cabinets from an out of state cabinet dealer?

I live (born and raised) in the most expensive area in the country now (thanks to Facebook) and my budget is much lower than the tech salaries around me unfortunately. Can anyone recommend a cabinet dealer out of California that would be willing to work with a client remotely to order cabinets?

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JAN MOYER

last month

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Ikea, and a good local KD who has an excellent installer. Or move to Texas with what's his face. ........oh yeah. Elon.

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JuneKnow
last month
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Regional shipping limitations and dealer territory licenses will usually prohibit that. A dealer with a Las Vegas zip code will kick out an error code at the order entry for someone needing cabinets in FL. Now that LV dealer can have them shipped to LV, and drop shipped to FL. But there goes spending more money than any any savings you might have gotten.

Really, you’re not going to get a huge variation in pricing from any national brand that’s equipped to sell nationwide. Only junk RTA type ones do the ship all over creation and pay Manpower to put 979 boxes in your garage.

Designing online is a whole different thing. Thats more than possible. Many KD’s do remote designing. Then you take that design and find your cabinet supplier. If you’re going to try something like Conestoga or Barker, you definitely need someone who knows what they are doing.
latifolia
last month
If budget is important, have you considered IKEA? They can often help with design and installation. Quality is good and price is right.

Part of the value of a local dealer is having him around to advise, recommend tradesmen and supervise things. You lose all that with someone out of state.

You could still hire a CKD by the hour.
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You probably have a 9%++ sales tax too. Out of state vendors might be forced to charge you your city rate, so there might not be savings there either.
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Thank you! (Jan, Mr. Billionaire can take his Tesla...and keep driving, up, straight to the Moon if he wants, lol)

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