[ElDiabloJoe]

Please keep in mind, if you are looking for POLYWOOD, it is a brand - not a generic of plastic lumber. Polywood and TREX are the same thing, owned and produced by the same firm.

Look for the little "Polywood" metal tag on the furniture if you are in any doubt. I do not believe Home Depot or Lowe's sells Polywood. Costco sometimes sells a two-chaise with side table set that is Polywood.

Polywood is of exceptional quality, with high end stainless steel assembly hardware and top notch UV inhibitors. I can't speak to other peoples' experiences, but we have had 7 pieces of polywood in bright red on the dock of the lake house for five intense and humid Tennessee summers and covered in snow in winter without a morsel of fading of that beautiful red color.

Like all solid American companies, the few times I have contacted customer service (wrong piece sent in one box, and a seam tear on a deep-seat 5-inch Sunbrella seat cushion) have been handled quickly, wholly, and without any cost or headache on my part.

I understand the OP wanted to finds purveyor locally so as to attain it same or next day, but for what it is worth, I always prefer to buy directly from the company selling me any product. In this case, polywood (dot com) website. This way if I have an issue, I am dealing directly with the manufacturer who has a vested interest in resolving it, not some third-party who has taken their cut and could care less. Additionally, the third-party does not have the resources or authority to make things right if there is an issue. Some companies figure once they sell to a third-party reseller, you are not their customer - the patio furniture store is their customer.

Caveat emptor, as they say.

This is not Wal-Mart junk, but of course it doesn't come at Wal-Mart prices.