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ajchien · 05-04-2012, 01:21 AM

Is there any difference between ordering off of cripe's website vs. their cripe eBay site?

I first found them on eBay, Didn't know they had a separate website until recently.

retDAC · 05-04-2012, 07:22 AM

I don't think so. If you want something advertised only on their website and something else advertised only on ebay and you want to make only one order, you'd better call them. Guess how I know?

powertrip · 05-04-2012, 07:23 AM

Since they "updated" their website it is horrible. Impossible to search. If you can stand that and are able to find what you want go ahead and use it. I believe shipping is the same either way.

warmpancakes · 05-04-2012, 07:28 AM

ebay was cheaper for me I ordered a set of wrenches and it was 5.00 cheaper on ebay and I got ebay bucks

**Fedwrench** · 05-04-2012, 07:38 AM

Yes. The selection may be different. There are often items listed on ebay that don't show up on the piece of crap website they have and vice versa. I find things from ebay get shipped faster than ordering from their piece of crap website.
You can't use coupon code RDKBS for 5% off your order (excluding shipping) on Ebay on though.
On a different issue though, I feel Cripe is raising their prices and their deals aren't as good as they were especially when you add shipping.

trboxman · 05-04-2012, 01:34 PM

ebay. Their website sucks bilge water.

stratman977 · 05-04-2012, 07:15 PM

I noticed the prices going up as well. Their ship time has gotten really slow as of the past month or two. I ordered a big load over the weekend and then on monday I ordered one small thing. They shipped the monday order same day. I sent them an email asking if they missed my weekend order cause I have had them do that before and I got a snippy response back saying they are on a 3 to 5 day backlog. Apparently they have two warehouses now and orders that don't all come from the same one take forever.

They ship larger orders in some sort of flat rate ups box most of my big orders from ebay come in the same size box and when I ask for combined shipping quote its always 17.50. On the website the have some formula for weight and size. If you are going to order a ton of small items I'd use ebay cause their website will rack up the shipping charges.

05-04-2012, 07:22 AM	#2
retDAC Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: near Huntsville, Ala. Posts: 317	Re: Cripe distributing, website or eBay? I don't think so. If you want something advertised only on their website and something else advertised only on ebay and you want to make only one order, you'd better call them. Guess how I know? __________________ Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Best of Luck in Your Honorable Endeavors! Dave McDaniel

05-04-2012, 07:23 AM	#3
powertrip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 604	Re: Cripe distributing, website or eBay? Since they "updated" their website it is horrible. Impossible to search. If you can stand that and are able to find what you want go ahead and use it. I believe shipping is the same either way.

05-04-2012, 07:28 AM	#4
warmpancakes Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Brighton Michigan Posts: 4,845	Re: Cripe distributing, website or eBay? ebay was cheaper for me I ordered a set of wrenches and it was 5.00 cheaper on ebay and I got ebay bucks __________________ Autism is not a crime. "If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold.......you gotta know the password, "Roll, tide, roll!" Bear Bryant The road to 15 starts 9/1/12 The road to 15 ends 1/7/13 15 has been done 16 starts 8/1/13 Note: This post may contain misspellings, grammatical errors, disorganized sentence structure, or may entirely lack a coherent theme. These elements are natural to the process of writing, and will only add to the overall beauty of the post. Last edited by warmpancakes; 05-04-2012 at 07:33 AM.

05-04-2012, 07:38 AM	#5
Fedwrench Alliance Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Valley of the sun Posts: 6,676	Re: Cripe distributing, website or eBay? Yes. The selection may be different. There are often items listed on ebay that don't show up on the piece of crap website they have and vice versa. I find things from ebay get shipped faster than ordering from their piece of crap website. You can't use coupon code RDKBS for 5% off your order (excluding shipping) on Ebay on though. On a different issue though, I feel Cripe is raising their prices and their deals aren't as good as they were especially when you add shipping. __________________ It's not the tools in the toolbox, it's the mechanic who knows how to use them that matters.

05-04-2012, 01:34 PM	#6
trboxman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: North Bend, WA Posts: 651	Re: Cripe distributing, website or eBay? ebay. Their website sucks bilge water. __________________ The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. - Herbert Spencer

05-04-2012, 07:15 PM	#7
stratman977 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Belle Vernon, PA Posts: 251	Re: Cripe distributing, website or eBay? I noticed the prices going up as well. Their ship time has gotten really slow as of the past month or two. I ordered a big load over the weekend and then on monday I ordered one small thing. They shipped the monday order same day. I sent them an email asking if they missed my weekend order cause I have had them do that before and I got a snippy response back saying they are on a 3 to 5 day backlog. Apparently they have two warehouses now and orders that don't all come from the same one take forever. They ship larger orders in some sort of flat rate ups box most of my big orders from ebay come in the same size box and when I ask for combined shipping quote its always 17.50. On the website the have some formula for weight and size. If you are going to order a ton of small items I'd use ebay cause their website will rack up the shipping charges.

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