Many of these details were decided on by my cabinet supplier who was tasked with coming up with both a visually appealing, useful and cost effective layout.

In the case of a gas station, we would look at how much gas was purchased and verify the claimed delivery numbers with the supplier. 

Not sure how they compare to Lowe’s but as others have mentioned I would check your regional suppliers.

I don't pay until after the job is done unless I have a great deal of trust in the contractor however I'll usually offer to pay for materials with the money going directly to the supplier.

Can anyone recommend a similar supplier that delivers or has a warehouse on the south side of Houston closer to Friendswood? 

There is a big contract supplier that guarantees it will be acceptable in every state.

They will usually send it to a place like 84 Lumber or lumber supplier who does it for them.

So there's an additional business incentive for the furniture suppliers.

It was shipped through a third party, so I did a little (and I mean minimal) digging and found out who the actual supplier was.The supplier sells direct for $17.95.Now, I could go on every seller/product page, seeking out sellers just to go off on a rant about how terrible amazon sellers are, how they are scammers advertising products they don't actually own for exorbitant prices, then once they get an order, buying direct and shipping themselves keeping $80 or whatever as profit. 

And yes they do have promotions they send out to card members, I think it is a good idea if you use them as a main supplier.