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Copper pipe fitting price rant

_big_
_big_ Member Posts: 18
in Plumbing

Purchased two 1 inch, sweat/FNPT copper fittings at Home Depot for $15.26 each last night.

At $4.14/pound for copper, the raw copper cost is a little less than a dollar. I'm sure the forming of these fitting is highly automated. Throw in another $0.50 for manufacturing.

I just don't see the 10x markup. I think somebody is exploiting the "well known" story that copper prices are high.

I found some on Amazon. Five for $29.50. $5 a piece is reasonable price. Of course, I don't have need for 5 of them.

Any suggestions for a source of low volume copper fittings at reasonable prices?

Comments

  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 5,301

    supply and demand not a lot of people sweating copper anymore

  • LRCCBJ
    LRCCBJ Member Posts: 400
    edited December 13

    Why do you shop at HD for any plumbing parts?

    https://www.supplyhouse.com/Elkhart-30160-1-Copper-x-Female-Adapter

    Waher
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,957

    try a hardware store, might be better. i seem to remember home depot's pricing on commodity copper fittings was insane when i put my boiler in in 2019.

    LRCCBJWaher
  • GroundUp
    GroundUp Member Posts: 2,124
    edited December 13

    You're welcome to cast your own fittings if the prices are too high. Pretty much any of the online suppliers would sell just 2 fittings at a much lower price than HD, but you were already there. It's not exploitation when you're willingly paying for convenience.

    GGrossLRCCBJSuperTech
  • GGross
    GGross Member Posts: 1,295

    Please by all means manufacture a less expensive fitting and sell it to all of us, I'm sure you will find a way to be very profitable with no profit margin, and I am sure you will be able to keep these on your shelf in each town for our needs 1 at a time, it's also really lucky that it costs no money to keep a store open for our shopping enjoyment.

    GroundUpethicalpaulSuperTech
  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 5,301

    Look at the price of Pro Press Fittings!

  • GSpear
    GSpear Member Posts: 2

    my local ACE Hardware sells this fitting for $9.59. The variable pricing at big boxes make some things really expensive.

    Intplm.
  • LRCCBJ
    LRCCBJ Member Posts: 400
    edited December 14

    I spoke with Edward Decker tonight and he's still ROTF over that sale…………..

  • CLamb
    CLamb Member Posts: 326

    I find the local GPS has better prices than Home Depot on this sort of thing.

  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,415

    domestic black ells are more $$ than copper. Import black is about the same as copper. At SupplyHouse.com

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    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
  • STEAM DOCTOR
    STEAM DOCTOR Member Posts: 2,212

    For what it's worth, Supplyhouse prices we're always the same or lower than local supply houses. Not anymore. Some things yes and some things not. McDonald Miller prices are insane. And not in a good way. They are still the best game in town, but they have dropped off considerably since covid. In terms of prices, in terms of delivery time and stock......

    ethicalpaul

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