Online isn’t it. Especially during Covid when everything is backordered. Your local supplier, through your builder is the best choice. That way there is an installation warranty and a local point of contact to deal with. If you purchase, you are the person to handle all the correct selections of associated parts, logistics of delivery, check in, and storage. With you handling the warranty problems too, with a paid trade visit if it has to happen. Your “savings” cost you a great deal of time, responsibility assumption, even money in the end. All for peanuts.

You can browse on Build.com

I've been ordering from Build.com and delivery for most items has been under a week - two weeks tops.

I believe build.com is still owned by Fergusons.

When I priced the same models for bathroom fixtures (faucets, sinks, toilets, etc.) I found that Fergusons and Somerville (both local) were the essentially the same price as HD and Lowes (where I usually had to order and wait quite a while), and the same as the lowest price I found on Amazon or Wayfair. There was sometimes a difference in delivery charges and services for large items (I bought a cast iron shower pan and wanted it carried to the 2nd floor), but prices were usually only a few dollars difference.

When you look for prices on the internet and find a good deal, be sure you are buying exactly the same product. Sometimes they will come with/without accessories, maybe with a different finish that is not as popular, or there is some other factor that makes the one you found a little cheaper.

Bruce

I just finished picking all that stuff out for our new home build, except sinks and a couple of faucets left. But for faucets and showers I only go with the companies that have the lifetime guarantees because Moen has had to replace my kitchen faucets twice each due to the very hard water in my current home. So Moen, Delta or Kohler, and not their big-box lines - we are choosing between their higher quality lines. Picked out what I wanted, got the model number, and then googled. Sometimes Faucet.com (part of Build.com - aka Ferguson) sometimes Amazon, sometimes Lowes.com (with my military discount), or Edmonson Supply. Shipping times were also a factor because we were behind schedule so we’d pay a little bit more but it would ship faster.

For the tub, I went to my local Ferguson showroom so I could sit in it, but my dream tub would not work in our installation, so I ordered an MTI tub sight unseen, but carefully checking the water depth and lumbar angles against that of my dream tub. The prices are fixed, so I simply ordered directly from the showroom rep who had been helping me on several visits.

As Bruce stated above, you have to check and double check and for the fixtures, you really have to study the product before you click. I wanted my shower to be able to control both temp and volume, and needed a diverter for a handheld. So for each of the big 3 companies I had to learn what they called the lines with those features, and then you need a certain valve that goes with it, and in the end, Faucet.com had the best price for the full valve + trim packages, and far easier than tracking down all the parts and pieces.

Good luck!