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2021 International Building Code

CodeWarrior

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Some of the 2021 International Codes are available now. But not the IBC.
ICC will sell copies right now as a "pre-order" and the fine print says the books will be available in October. So ok, other publishers offer pre-orders but they usually give an exact release date. Not sometime in "October."

I added 10 copies to the cart for a cost of $1560, no discount code or no member price. What was surprising is that ICC adds shipping fees even for that dollar amount. It comes to $62.40 for their basic shipping, & arriving when is not clear.

This was amazing in that ICC will take your money now with a vague ship date and still charge for shipping. Further, even a fairly large order of $1560 doesn't help nudge ICC to offer free shipping.

Here is the crazy part. For overnight shipping, the cost rises to $347.72! Wow! So if you place a order with no firm shipping date, ICC will "overnight" them to you for a 22 % surcharge. Plus tax.

Having Amazon Prime makes sense for this. Or maybe ICC members get free shipping?
 
As a member, I would pay $1170.00 plus $46.80 std shipping. $114.99 for 2-day FedEx and $300.16 for overnight
 
TheCommish is right! I can always get a better deal for our building department by calling. Btw, no I do not automatically get any discounts! Lol!
 
I doubt that you would get free shipping but it's been my experience that ICC staff can bundle orders depending on what your needs are and save at least a little money.
 
Why would ICC need to offer any kind of a deal? They do not need to entice people to buy from them. They have a monopoly. It's not like you can just go buy your ICC code books elsewhere.

I don't offer contractors volume discount in permit fees.
 
Lots of companies bundle products for a little bit of savings. The only time I have received a small discount is with large orders when we update our codes every three years.
 
jpranch said:
Lots of companies bundle products for a little bit of savings. The only time I have received a small discount is with large orders when we update our codes every three years.
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It's fine if ICC wants to offer a discount, doesn't matter to me at all. I was just surprised at the belief that there should be a discount.
 
Update: ICC Now states the IBC will be out in soft cover in early November, while loose leaf and PDF will come forth in late October.

ICC recently dismissed a number of employees after placing them on furlough for months. We will see if they can actually provide overnight shipping with smaller staff.
 
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CodeWarrior,

In my "very limited" experience, ICC may be following the paths of other companies
by reducing their operating costs and furloughing some staff...…..Typically, they [ could ]
contract out those services much cheaper than retaining employees...…..The costs of
shipping & handling would be included in the contract with the publisher of the Codes
& Standards, and just like Amazon, ...shipped right from the publisher themselves.
E-mailing is a very cost effective way to transfer documents...…..It is part of the new
working environment of the whole world [ i.e. - constant costs reduction through
technology ].

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