Snap On Tools for sale near me-ALL SOLD!

[OR VietVet]

I got all the tools out of the 3 boxes and in totes and to my house. Going back in morning for boxes. Then gonna clean up tools and put back in boxes. I updated the thread.

 

[OR VietVet]

82 year old senior gentleman who offered them for $7K (which was a good deal), then said his bottom line was $5K. And then you lowball him at $4K. Well arent you a peach. In my neck of the woods that would be called senior abuse... SMH

By the way, with me being 72 years old, where is the line drawn about senior abuse? Also, with the age of the tools and the abundance of SAE tools, $7k was not a good deal. Just because it says Snap On, on the tool, does not mean the price stays high for resale. You have to consider the market, too.

 

[OR VietVet]

1st is a better pic of the 76 piece Snap On Tap & Die set and then a pic of the 3 boxes set at my home, then the first model number is the bottom box, then the next is the side box model number and then the harder to read one is the model number for the top box.

 

[OR VietVet]

I now have all 8 tool totes emptied and all tools arranged in the drawers. Cleaned the boxes and cleaned/lubed the drawer glides.

 

[OR VietVet]

I have been pricing some of the tools. SLF80-1/2" drive flex head 25" long- New $265.00. TQFR100A-3/8" drive flex head split-beam torque wrench, 20 ft. lbs. to 100 ft. lbs.-New $438.

TDTDM500AMaster Tap & Die set SAE and Metric-76 piece-like new. Was $450 new and selling now for $320 used. The TDTDM500B-Master Tap & Die set-80 piece, sells for $725.

 

[homesick]

You're gonna be lounging under palm trees and sipping umbrella drinks in no time.

joe

 

[mikeseay]

He is in his 80's and has a hard time getting around now. He has them stored in the end of a 40' shipping container and he cannot even open the two swinging doors any more. He was a former shop owner in the area and still has his ASE Master Tech metal plaque attached on the underside of the top box lid so it shows when the box is open for business.

I have made him an offer and waiting to hear from him. I would be swapping in his Snap On tools for any of mine that are not Snap On and keeping what Snap On tools he has for some I do not have. I would then be selling the rest and boxes and hope to at least break even.

Looks like a nice deal to me, especially for you, but a decent deal for him. Having been a snap on dealer & a Mac tool dealer and owning a Goodyear dealership, I’ve been around automotive tools all my life. The tool business is a great business but it has ruined the resale market when you retire from using them. Most mechanics in garages or dealerships don’t have the cash to pay anything near what a set of tools like that are worth. Especially when the tool dealers will sell to you for weekly payments especially young beginning mechanics. And if you need more than the dealer can handle on his own Snap on has credit for bigger purchases. I have a ton of tools now but at 77 I don’t use them much.
Like I said it looks like a good deal for you and he probably needs the money even at a big loss to him. Garage ownership doesn’t have a great retirement system and most owners aren’t great investors. Help a poor boy out if you can, you’ll feel good about your purchase.

 

[OR VietVet]

Looks like a nice deal to me, especially for you, but a decent deal for him. Having been a snap on dealer & a Mac tool dealer and owning a Goodyear dealership, I’ve been around automotive tools all my life. The tool business is a great business but it has ruined the resale market when you retire from using them. Most mechanics in garages or dealerships don’t have the cash to pay anything near what a set of tools like that are worth. Especially when the tool dealers will sell to you for weekly payments especially young beginning mechanics. And if you need more than the dealer can handle on his own Snap on has credit for bigger purchases. I have a ton of tools now but at 77 I don’t use them much.
Like I said it looks like a good deal for you and he probably needs the money even at a big loss to him. Garage ownership doesn’t have a great retirement system and most owners aren’t great investors. Help a poor boy out if you can, you’ll feel good about your purchase.

My shop owner friend has first dibs on the stuff and his kid wants a tool box. There is also some pieces I want for my tools at home and frankly, there is some tolls I have now that I am just not using, in my driveway. I don't do heavy work here. No engine swaps, transmission swaps, no clutches unless is a rear wheel drive non transverse engine. I am picky, at 72, on what I will do.

I ALMOST did Snap On and Mac Tools sales/trucks but never looked forward to tracking down dead beats.

The old guy/seller, is doing ok, except for his health. He is trying to get rid of a few things so his wife will not have to deal with it, when he passes.

PLUS, what some people seem to not understand, sometimes, is that SAE wrenches and sockets do not sell like they used to. PLUS, what I have to sell, has to be needed by someone-with money, to sell it.

 

[petethepug]

The man knows his tools. Once you a hinkering for something you’re familiar with and enjoy, you don’t have as much time to worry about health issues.

I’m at 60 soon. The day I meet the grim reaper I’ll probably end up inviting him to cars and coffee at the donut shop. He’ll probably move on to somebody else and I’ll be none the wiser with a cool new car buddy for another 50 years.

 

[OR VietVet]

Getting crowded around my garage.....