Can You Lock In Your Cabinet Door Quote At Cutting Edge?
Updated November 27, 2024
Learn how Cutting Edge’s 30-day cabinet door quote guarantee locks in pricing, helping you provide accurate estimates and secure orders.
With the volatile market causing rapid price fluctuations, quoting your customer’s kitchen cabinet doors may seem risky. What if the price changes between when you quote and order the cabinet doors? You can’t risk your reputation by having to renegotiate orders at the last minute.
At Cutting Edge, we understand that you and your customer need an idea of how much the kitchen cabinet doors will cost. Therefore, we created what we call a cabinet door quote guarantee. While market fluctuations can affect pricing with little to no notice, we can lock in pricing on most products for a specific time range.
In this article, you will learn about:
What Is a Cabinet Door Quote Guarantee?
Quote guarantees lock-in pricing on a quote for a specific amount of time, in our case 30 days. Cabinet door quote guarantees let you quote a kitchen renovation several weeks before you place the order. You can use a quote guarantee as an incentive to have an order confirmed sooner.
How to Get a 30-Day Quote Guarantee From Cutting Edge
To get a quote guarantee, you must first submit your quote. Your quote does not have guaranteed pricing until it is in our system.
Once your quote is in our system, you can ask our team to ensure the quote is guaranteed. Either fill out a quote guarantee confirmation request or email the order entry team at orders@cuttingedgeinc.ca.
Or, you can ask yourself these two questions:
- Does my quote have any custom products?
- Does my quote have any special order materials?
If you answer both of these questions with a NO, we guarantee your quote for 30 days. If you answer either of these questions with a YES, your quote is not guaranteed.
Once you have determined if your quote is eligible for a quote guarantee, you should keep a copy of the original quote on file. Quotes in our system automatically update with new pricing as needed; you cannot rely on the system to hold the price.
When you are ready to place your order, notify our team that you want to proceed with the guaranteed quote and send in your copy of the original quote along with the order information. Our team will ensure that we match the guaranteed pricing on your order.
Cutting Edge Offers Quote Guarantees for Most Cabinet Door Styles
Currently, our team can offer quote guarantees for most of our kitchen cabinet doors. We keep enough lumber in stock to limit the immediate effect of price increases. In addition, we can often work with our suppliers to get guaranteed pricing for the raw materials we need for your kitchen cabinet doors.
The key to offering cabinet door quote guarantees is minimizing potential price increases; the best way for us to achieve that is to keep the material in stock. However, there is no way to stock every material our customers might order; thus, there are still times when quote guarantees are not available.
Quote Guarantees Are Not Available for Some Products
Some products do not have the option of a quote guarantee. Usually, this is because the raw materials we need for that product are custom, special-order, or frequently change price. These include custom products or products that require special order materials
Custom Products
Cutting Edge can not guarantee pricing for custom products like range hoods, butcher blocks and other custom requests. Custom products tend to need custom materials that we do not stock. For example, butcher blocks need thick lumber – about 1.75” thick compared to the 1” thick lumber we keep in stock for kitchen cabinet doors.
When we do not stock the material, the cost may change without notice.
Special-Order Materials
By definition, special-order materials are not stock items; therefore, quote guarantees are not available.
In addition, special-order materials often change prices due to high demand and low availability.
Some examples of special-order materials are rare wood types (like Rustic Red Oak or Teak), ⅝” or ¾” sheet goods in low-demand wood types (like Pine or Knotty Hickory), or any other material that we do not keep in stock.
Pros and Cons of a Cabinet Door Quote Guarantee
It’s time for a deeper dive into cabinet door quote guarantees! Let’s look at the pros and cons.
Pros of Quote Guarantees
Cabinet door quote guarantees have some major benefits.
- They allow you to lock in your pricing 30 days before placing your order.
- You can use quote guarantees as an incentive to have your customers place orders before a certain date.
- They remove the risk of unexpected price increases.
Cons of Quote Guarantees
Unfortunately, there are also drawbacks to cabinet door quote guarantees.
- You must select a door style and submit a door list before requesting a quote guarantee.
- Quote guarantees only last for 30 days.
- If the door style or wood species changes, your quote guarantee is no longer applicable.
Learn How to Submit Your Quote Online to Lock In the Pricing
Understanding the ins and outs of quote guarantees is essential for cabinet makers and contractors who want to protect their profits and provide reliable pricing to their clients. When you began reading, you were looking for clarity on how quote guarantees work and why they matter.
Now, you have a solid understanding of the benefits, potential drawbacks, and key steps to ensure your quotes are eligible for a guarantee. You’ve taken an important step toward offering your customers greater confidence in your pricing while safeguarding your business from market fluctuations.
Your next step is simple: lock in your pricing by submitting your quote online with Cutting Edge. As your trusted partner, we make the process seamless so you can focus on what you do best – delivering quality craftsmanship. Learn how to submit a quote online to save yourself time and stress.
