Apex Shed Company Seasonal Promotions, and Notices

Unfortunately, Due to the crazy lumber market, we have no choice but to implement a surcharge once again.

 

Current Lumber Surcharge = 14%

As of 2/7/2022

 

NOTE:  PLEASE READ THIS!

 

 

Unfortunately we are still dealing with an extremely volatile lumber market. In the past 3 weeks lumber prices have doubled.  We had eliminated the surcharge for a few months and had hoped that lumber prices had settled down.  However, as we have closely watched the lumber futures market it looks like we haven't seen the end of increasing lumber prices.  We are hopeful that lumber prices won't elevate to the same levels we had last spring and summer when our lumber surcharge was as high as 25% but we just can't be sure.  Please be assured that we do not like having to charge this any more than our customers like having to pay it.  However, it is vital that we remain profitable during these challenging times.  Below is our previous explanations of our lumber surcharge from last year.  However, it is really unclear what exactly is driving the current volatility in lumber prices.  We will do our best to minimize how much this volatility effects our prices and rather than implementing a permanent price increase we have chosen to add a temporary surcharge instead which will be adjusted as needed.

 

Please read the following notice for an explanation of this charge.

 

Why a surcharge?

Due to the huge increase in lumber demand and material shortages nationwide, lumber prices have more than doubled and almost tripled on some items in the last 10 months.  Many of our other materials have had large price increases as well.  Much of this is because of the huge increase in homeowners doing home projects.  However, on top of this, most lumber mills were shut down or running on skeleton crews for almost 3 months due to the pandemic.  These two issues combined have caused an unprecedented increase in material costs.   In addition to this, demand for sheds is higher than it has ever been and our operation costs have increased as a result of having to hire more personnel to keep up with the demand.

 

How are we handling this?

We have done everything we can to keep our prices competitive and fair and we strive to give you the best product for the money.  However the steady climb in material costs has forced us to implement a temporary surcharge on all sheds.  Even with this small surcharge we are still not reclaiming the profits we are losing during this unique and challenging time.  However we hope to offset some of the losses in order to maintain short and long term profitability.  This surcharge is a percentage figured on the base price of your shed.  We are only charging this surcharge on the base price of the shed and not on accessories or upgrades.   This surcharge is subject to change as material prices increase or decrease.  We will review this situation every week and determine whether we will need to raise or lower this surcharge.  We sincerely apologize for this and hope that our customers understand the unique and challenging circumstances that have forced us to make this decision.

 

What does "temporary" mean?

We hope that this huge increase in material costs is a temporary phenomenon caused by the ongoing pandemic that will correct itself as things get back to "normal".  Lumber prices do typically fluctuate some on a regular basis and we are aware of this.  However, this increase has been far greater than the typical normal fluctuations that we usually see each year.  We anticipated that lumber prices would begin to drop around the first of the year but we were wrong.  Lumber prices have continued to rise and  we really do not know when or if things will get back to "normal".