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Got a bunch of new craftsman tools!! Im pretty excited about it. I have been needing some SAE wrenches for my toolbox (since i had none), and thought the rethreading kit would come in handy since ive been using my tap and die kit so much lately. Pretty excited to use the new ratchet, since ive been using the raised panels for the last 10 years.

Rethreading kit
Metric full polish stubbies
Standard full polish stubbies
Pro adjustable wrench
3/8 locking extension
thin profile 1/2 ratchet
pro reviersible ratcheting standard wrenches
metric ignition wrenches
feeler guage
5 pro screwdrivers
1/4 drive handle?

I need a bigger toolbox!!!
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That is an amazing deal. You got some of their best stuff there. It looks like over 500 retail on that. The rethreading kit alone is 75.

How could anyone sell this stuff for such a low price. Hot?
 
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The rethreading kit was 40 in the store, i checked yesterday.

There are companies that recieve all of the Sears rejected items. Such as things that are delivered to your home, but you reject it and send it back because maybe the box looks beat up. Everything inside is perfect though. Its basically sears garbage, you can buy these things for pennies on the dollar.
Some of the tools are mismatched and missing though. The 7/16 wrench is missing from the ratcheting kit, and there are two 5/16 in the stubby kit. So i need to go to the store and pick those up individually. No problem though, i saved so much doing it this way .
 
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WOW! Great deal you got there!I have been meaning to take a trip to the Sears discount centre we have near by to see if they sell tools there,maybe returns for some of the reasons you mentioned above
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These wrenches all say Made in USA on them, even the tiny ones!

Its really surprising how Sears just sells these mass quantities of tools for extremely low prices, instead of simply repackaging them and selling them for full price at the store.
I picked up a 25 gallon Cman Pro aircompressor, and a nice generator too. Saved hundreds on those. The boxes looked like they survived a war, but the stuff inside was perfectly fine.
 
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arkangel06 said:
Nice score!


Make sure you dont get stuck with chi **** at the store.
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I am only curious and I see you knocking china made stuff all of the time and it seems like you are a snap-on dealer so I have to ask, do you not sell the Snap On battery packed flash lights, batteries, charger or the little drill that is great for interior disassemble/reassemble? All of those items that I have, clearly are marked "Made in China"..

maybe that is also why both of my flashlights turn on and right back off, even after the local snappy man "fixing them".

To the OP, great score on the tools for the price. I wish our local flea markets had stuff like this, but I live in Amish Land, so I wont find good deals like that on new tools.
 
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scarrylarry said:
I have been meaning to take a trip to the Sears discount centre we have near by to see if they sell tools there,maybe returns for some of the reasons you mentioned above
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There is a Sear outlet in Kansas City that I went to once. They had basically no Craftsman tools. They had some no-name junk, but they did have a good price on a huge Craftsman toolbox.

The outlet I went to was mostly appliances, mattresses and electronics.
 
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bchee said:
If that's the master set with 48 pieces, I think it's $70 at Sears.
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The box says 40 piece metric standard Master Thread Restorer Kit.

says 49.99 on the craftsman website, no way it was ever 70 bucks. I saw it for 40 in the store the other day.
 
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HomeBrewA4 said:
I am only curious and I see you knocking china made stuff all of the time and it seems like you are a snap-on dealer so I have to ask, do you not sell the Snap On battery packed flash lights, batteries, charger or the little drill that is great for interior disassemble/reassemble? All of those items that I have, clearly are marked "Made in China"..

maybe that is also why both of my flashlights turn on and right back off, even after the local snappy man "fixing them".

To the OP, great score on the tools for the price. I wish our local flea markets had stuff like this, but I live in Amish Land, so I wont find good deals like that on new tools.
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Nope Im not a snap on dealer.
 
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You got a fantastic deal,the price of that 1/2 thin profile ratchet alone goes for about $40.00 dollars,not including sales tax. I think you get a huge vacuum cleaner **** award!

Sometimes I try and not think about where the tools come from, especially when I go into a particular neighborhood.
 
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