Buying Used Snap On tools: Tips and recent scores that don't come up often.
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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2022
- When buying Used Snap On tools online, whether FB Marketplace, Craigslist, etc. here are some tips to consider. And here are a few of my recent scores that don't come up often.
One of the reasons we buy quality tools is they hold their value. Not that we should buy to resell, but making jumps to the next best thing is easier if you can get most of your money back on your previous choices. What do you think?
Where I used to live, there were these local tool swap meets 4 times a year... got loads of very good stuff there.
But once computers, Google eBay & Craigs List got going, prices shot up... and selection tanked. It's sad...
I love used USA-made tools and Snap-on. USA Punches/chisels are $1 each at every estate/garage sale I go to. Snap-on Punches/chisels.....no! Snap-on ratchet used...yes!
the most annoying thing to hear when selling is "what's the lowest you'd take" I'm not bidding against myself, give me an offer OR they give a lowball number and say "cash today right now"
Very informative from a tool veteran, thanks!
thanks for another great video Doc
I have a Mac punch and chisel set like that but bigger. It also has a brass punch. Those are really nice to have around. I hate a pile of punch and chisels rolling around in a drawer. I just checked their site and they don't have this any more. It's over 40 years old.
Hello again Doc
Thank you for another Great Video 👍 That's great advice 😀 Again thank you
I normally buy snap on new. But I did get a very slightly used 1/2 locking flex head long ratchet(30”) long for 200.00.
Wow thank you for leaving literally all the details out of the video that would've otherwise was the point of the video like idk... Prices...
Pro tip for anyone else. Mayhew pro/150 chisels and punches are lifetime warranty. Made from s-2 and hard to beat!
I've been buying used tools for a long time but also buy new so I have no warranty problems
Great video 👍
Hello everyone! Great video,thanks Doc! This one comes in specially handy for me right now. I'm from the other side of the pond and I'm going to spend 6 months for training in San Francisco. I wanted to ask you/the fellas in the comment section,which networks you use to find tool deals? I'm gonna be looking for old tools,new tools...things that are difficult to come by in my hometown. So If any of you guys have any suggestions on where to get my stash of tools to bring back home,I would really appreciate it! :D
just don't go to Oakland, best place to get mugged, robbed, beat up, stabbed or shot in California. 😙👌
flea markets in SF were nice 15 or 20 years ago, not sure i'd go there now, too many tweakers and street 💩ters.
I've had the best luck with FB marketplace, after searching several times for something it will curate your feed to show specific items. I'd been looking for months to find a top box for a Matco "pro-formance series" (made in the early 2000s) box since I'd bought a 56" bottom at a crazy good price. I opened FB one evening and here was my same box top and bottom, I talked with the owner and he agreed to sell just the top since he wasn't having any luck selling them together, now I have a perfect matching box for a rock bottom price. It just takes persistence, some luck, and some algorithm to get what you're looking for.
Maybe a little off topic, but in these parts a lot of bigger stuff has been turning up in the 'local' sources... tool boxes of every make, nice vises, anvils and you name it. They're always priced sky high, but the sellers are usually desperate. Keep an eye out, set up 'saved searches' on everything your interested in. You have nothing to lose!
Good points. For some, a panic selling sets in when there are external pressures forcing the sale. I feel bad for those desperate to sell, but liquid assets are liquid. Tools are a step or two away from liquid. Although I have been curious what would happen if I dumped a toolbag of Snap on tools on the bank teller's lap saying I would like to deposit these.
@@lastbesttoolhe would probably say ouch, you have a lot of tools!
Got a “heavily used” 😜 Snap-On box yesterday for the scorching price of $0
Are you going to make a video on your channel
@@luckymeziere3675 Editing today!
Pawnshops pawnshops pawnshops! That's the best place I've found to get good buys on name brand tools. Besides it's kinda fun on a Saturday to go see what a guy can scrounge up.
Pawn shops are loaded up with the top 3 tool brands here in Florida, and they negotiate/trade. I've got some great deals
Those ratchet wrenches are the best I've ever used. Don't own any, borrowed a few times. I would trade my blackhawk straight non reversible set and some cash for them any day!
I was thinking about buying snap on ratchets, wrenches, sockets and screw drivers used.
I know snap on has a lifetime warranty but I heard it's only for the original purchasers and that you have to show proof of purchase as well. How would I warranty the snap on tools I buy used if Im not the original buyer that bought it brand new?
Awesome video and thanks for the information.
Oddly, it seems mostly up to the discretion of the local dealer. If you have a good relationship with the dealer, and buy off the truck, I've found the dealers to be awesome. But I've also heard horror stories on both sides like where someone buys old SO tools on eBay and wants new replacements. And also SO dealers that drag their feet even on tools bought by that customer off that truck.
I’m waiting on a rebuild kit for a 3/8 ratchet I bought on the website, no receipt or proof of purchase required.
Have you gotten the new wera tools yet?
Not yet.
@@lastbesttool looking forward to seeing them, if and when you do buddy! Thanks
My question is if you buy used snap on and a dyi user how do you warranty tools?
Snap On services DIYers the same as pros. While they don’t come to your house, you can meet them somewhere and do business.
Sucks when a full set by Tekton has a better warranty, higher tooth count and overall a stronger reversable spanner set at a fraction of the price. Taiwan is making the American made market burn.
Is it worth it to purchase used snap on tools since the warranty doesn't transfer person to person
If your dealer is halfway decent at all he will still honor the warranty, even if you aren’t the original purchaser,
My Snap-on dealer is horrible at ordering tools or Having them in stock. I trust Ebay more than my Snap-on dealer.
That is tool bad about your SO dealer. My current one is magical. The one I had for years retired, and I met this one at a bar. Noticed his SO hat and SO jacket. Asked him. Got a business card. And the rest is history.
What I would do is what he's talking about and would go on ebay and search snap on lot, filter high price first. And would hit every pawn shop. I found so many I had a rule that I can only buy if it's ofcorse a great price but also in new if not almost new condition.
I would buy almost new looking snap on tools for the same price if not less then new craftsman tools
Congratulations
First, be prepared for a bunch of guys on FB and Craigslist that got divorced from reality a long time ago and price stuff like it's straight off the truck and won't take a penny less even when it's been on there for months. Second, having a good Snap-on guy is good except mine is yet another flake who shows up once in a while, prices used electric ratchets with no warranty close to what you can buy a Milwaukee for with a 5 year warranty, and takes forever to get stuff when you order it (like months). Now, I have gotten a ton of good tools from FB but it was generally just being in the right place at the right time.
So you didn't say how much you paid for the ratchets??
It was a package deal that just got better as pieces were added. However, I figure in the end it was about $40 each.
@@lastbesttool nice!!
You know what it's not that I cannot afford snap-on tools it's just there's no need for me to buy a $300 ratchet when I can just buy a $49 icon ratchet from harbor freight harbor freight icon and even Quinn tools are almost identical to snap-on
No they aren’t almost identical
Icon is almost identical to Craftsman and Kobalt
Talk actual price you paid
👍👍
Good to see you here. Where have you been?
Yeah, I'm never going to pay Snap-on retail, so I'm never going to support the local Snap-on truck... so, that means the Snap-On warranty doesn't exist for me. So, I ignore used Snap-On.
My BIL was a Snap On dealer in the day... his franchise agreement stated he was to honor the any & all warranty claims. If it happens in the real world, thats a crap shoot. Incidentally, they've been pretty good lately about doing warranty replacements through their website... but again... YMMV.
@@rwbishop Snap-On corporate has no obligation to accept a warranty claim from anyone except the original owner; "This warranty only extends to the original Customer and cannot be transferred or assigned." So no, dealers are NOT required to warranty old Snap-On tools I've bought used from a yard sale. And I can tell you first hand, they WON'T.
@Avern Vrey I used to think garage sale hunting for snap-on was a good deal and i'd happily buy them and take them home. Imagine my surprise when I tried to warranty some of them. "Did you buy this from me?"
@@avernvrey7422 Find yourself a better dealer the Day that snap on and mac tool refuses to warranty their tools is when you happily tell them i will take my business elsewhere.
@@waterloo123100 I don't do any business with them. I just want to warranty snap on items. No problem with HF, Gearwrench, ect. But a tool truck, forget it, unless you buy direct from the current owner of the truck, they have no incentive to warranty. Snap-On corporate has an express policy that they will only warranty the original owner. See a used snap on tool... leave it alone... or trash it when it breaks.
Alright, those deals are great and all. But I'm more interested in that Deep Sea on your wrist.
wow 100.00 thats a steal.
I payed 280 off the truck for that same set of punches/chisels
The trick to this is to stay out of debt. Buy tools with cash a little at a time. Keep cash in your pocket and be ready when guys quit or get fired.
Also Pawn shops typically price double what they’d take. That’s a rough guide
Good points. I've talked with a pawn shop owner who said his general rule is to look up the item on eBay's completed auctions listing to see if the tool is selling, and if there is anything special about it. Then he offers a quarter of retail expecting to sell it for half retail, but marks it up to three-fourths retail.
@@lastbesttool
So many pawn shops are picked through and just have a bunch of junk. But my son and I troll a few regularly and pick up some smoking deals.
Got the 1/4” snapon general service kit the one with sae and metric deep and shallow and a ratchet and extensions. It had a couple blue point SAE deeps, and one craftsman 8mm shallow, and the case was trashed. $110
youre lucky, my local snap on dealer is an a-whole, the stuff i got from ebay/facebook couldnt be warrantied because the tools i got wasn't perchased from him (my local SO guy)
No wonder Snap on is a failing company as of late
Thats garbage, I bought a ratchet off a buddy and took it to a random snap on truck I saw on the side of the road and he honored the warranty.
Buyer Beware... Snap-On's warranty is a limited lifetime warranty that is offered to the ORIGINAL PURCHASER ONLY!!!
If you have a Snap-On dealer that you buy from, he/she will most likely take care of you if you buy a used tool and break it. But if you don't have a dealer, don't be surprised if you have trouble getting a broken tool replaced.