I finally found an 8mm wrench more expensive than Snap-on

[Wamsutta]

A Snap-on 8mm wrench listed on eBay.

 

[Pinne]

ToolMD is one of those accounts I always see trying to sell stuff for more than retail. This one is more expensive than the wrench alone + Snap-on's shipping charge for orders under $250 would be...so I can't figure that one out.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

Check out the prices non-sparking wrenches (or anything), made of copper beryllium alloy.

 

[Toold_up]

There are lots of brand new Snap-on tools listed on ebay that are more expensive than shop.snapon.com .

 

[M.Jay]

What concerns me more than the listed ebay price is the fact that four are already sold. Guess some people have way to much money to burn.

 

[Retired dozer fixer]

They must have been smoking the same bad **** the seller was

 

[moemc]

There are strange subset of people who somehow concluded that since eBay was originally an auction platform, that it is the best place to get deals. Thus it doesn't occur to them to look elsewhere. A lot of people do not know how large the internet actually is. I see it alot with instagram users. It seems like the majority of my instagram customers are not even aware of the rest of the internet. What is a web site? If it isnt a phone app it must not exist.

 

[PCustoms]

I finally found an 8mm wrench more expensive than Snap-on​

Then posts Snap-On

 

[KnurledNut]

Then posts Snap-On

Before I clicked, I fully expected this to be about a VIM wrench.

 

[Gmonkee]

Before I clicked, I fully expected this to be about a VIM wrench.

I was thinking Wurth.
I personally have seen those at obscene prices.

 

[M.Jay]

A lot of people do not know how large the internet actually is. I see it alot with instagram users. It seems like the majority of my instagram customers are not even aware of the rest of the internet. What is a web site? If it isnt a phone app it must not exist.

True. Had this with a co-worker not long ago. Was telling him about something work related and since he was sitting at his pc I told him to go to a specific online vendor. He then proceeded to open Google so I told him to just type the address directly in the browser. The guy was irritated and probably thinks now I'm some kind of hacker.

I was thinking Wurth.

I really don't get the recent hype about Würth. Sure their tools are nice, but nothing to write home about it.

 

[Gmonkee]

Wurth wrenches are a step above in using them. The material does not spread in an open end and the fit is more precise to hardware. Which makes them bad for gummed up bolts.

The rest of the line is rebrand from Facom, other euro brands that is good stuff but cheaper in other brands.
I made an exception for the wrenches. The sockets kinda ****, the rest can be found cheaper.

 

[nicks78camaro]

Some people probably don't know they can order direct and/or it's more convenient to order from ebay for them. They pay the price to do it for sure.

 

[Union Delegate]

Somebody's gotta post some of those non-sparking tools to make that Snap-on 8 milly look cheap. Something a little more exotic lol

 

[Lassen Forge]

Welcome to my (former) world... You hopefully don't forget tools at the jobsite, or worse, drop a couple into a waste 55 gallon drum of DeathylMetylEthylDiFursureandall...

AMPCO Nonsparking Tool Kit: 17 Total Pcs, Tool Bucket​

Item 4RU47
Mfr. Model M-51
Web Price
$1,700.72/ each




And that is cheap...



AMPCO Nonsparking Tool Kit: 28 Total Pcs, Tool Case
Item 49UG87
Compare
Web Price
$5,694.22/ each
QuantityQty

Yes, I've seen that happen, and nope, you if you're lucky you just get canned without having to pay for it...

 

[Jure]

Wurth wrenches are a step above in using them. The material dose not spread in an open end and the fit is more precise to hardware. Which makes them bad for gummed up bolts.

The rest of the line is rebrand from Facom, other euro brands that is good stuff but cheaper in.oyher brands.
I made an exception for the wrenches. The sockets kinda ****, the rest can be ground cheaper.

Wurth wrenches are taiwan made,last thing that wurth sold and was rebranded facom was back in 2001 and it was a 1/4 drive ratchet. Wurth wrenches...i think of lobster claw and peeling chrome.

 

[hailwood1965]

Money laundering

 

[Union Delegate]

Welcome to my (former) world... You hopefully don't forget tools at the jobsite, or worse, drop a couple into a waste 55 gallon drum of DeathylMetylEthylDiFursureandall...

AMPCO Nonsparking Tool Kit: 17 Total Pcs, Tool Bucket​

Item 4RU47
Mfr. Model M-51
Web Price
$1,700.72/ each




And that is cheap...



AMPCO Nonsparking Tool Kit: 28 Total Pcs, Tool Case
Item 49UG87
Compare
Web Price
$5,694.22/ each
QuantityQty

Yes, I've seen that happen, and nope, you if you're lucky you just get canned without having to pay for it...

Guess you can't fish those out with a magnet lol. Makes me wonder what other crazy tools are out there that most guys never heard of

 

[Gmonkee]

Wurth wrenches are taiwan made,last thing that wurth sold and was rebranded facom was back in 2001 and it was a 1/4 drive ratchet. Wurth wrenches...i think of lobster claw and peeling chrome.

Meh, of all I tried they are the best. I didn't feel a need to move up from them at all.
Most everything I could buy in Mexico in those years was Taiwan made. So that came off the "no" list in my choices.
The fit on fasteners clinched the deal.

 

[gleman]

Guess you can't fish those out with a magnet lol. Makes me wonder what other crazy tools are out there that most guys never heard of

I can't remember who made them,maybe Ampco, but I had a kit of tools for tuning klystrons. Those had mind-bending prices.

Hydraulic torque wrenches were quite pricey in the 80's.

 

[Jure]

Meh, of all I tried they are the best. I didn't feel a need to move up from them at all.
Most everything I could buy in Mexico in those years was Taiwan made. So that came off the "no" list in my choices.
The fit on fasteners clinched the deal.

Toptul is taiwan as well,but wrenches and sockets are much better than wurth. Cant even compare the prices. For the past 10 years im using wurth wrenches at work and i hate that claw shaped open end.

 

[ecotec]

Welcome to my (former) world... You hopefully don't forget tools at the jobsite, or worse, drop a couple into a waste 55 gallon drum of DeathylMetylEthylDiFursureandall...

AMPCO Nonsparking Tool Kit: 17 Total Pcs, Tool Bucket​

Item 4RU47
Mfr. Model M-51
Web Price
$1,700.72/ each




And that is cheap...



AMPCO Nonsparking Tool Kit: 28 Total Pcs, Tool Case
Item 49UG87
Compare
Web Price
$5,694.22/ each
QuantityQty

Yes, I've seen that happen, and nope, you if you're lucky you just get canned without having to pay for it...

I can see firing someone, even if it is really just a warning to the remaining employees not to do the same thing… but I don’t see how they could make an employee pay for a lost tool. If I break or lose a tool, my employer cannot charge me for it.

 

[stonesfan68]

Money laundering

No, I don't think so in this case. It is only $70.

There are strange subset of people who somehow concluded that since eBay was originally an auction platform, that it is the best place to get deals. Thus it doesn't occur to them to look elsewhere. A lot of people do not know how large the internet actually is. I see it alot with instagram users. It seems like the majority of my instagram customers are not even aware of the rest of the internet. What is a web site? If it isnt a phone app it must not exist.

I agree with this. Some people believe eBay is always the cheapest option. It is so easy to click and ship the item to your door that they don't search anywhere else.

 

[i84x]

There are strange subset of people who somehow concluded that since eBay was originally an auction platform, that it is the best place to get deals. Thus it doesn't occur to them to look elsewhere. A lot of people do not know how large the internet actually is. I see it alot with instagram users. It seems like the majority of my instagram customers are not even aware of the rest of the internet. What is a web site? If it isnt a phone app it must not exist.

To be honest i would rather pay more on eBay than a site I've never used before purely so i don't have to make another account and because eBay is pretty buyer friendly with returns and protecting against scams.

 

[Lassen Forge]

I can see firing someone, even if it is really just a warning to the remaining employees not to do the same thing… but I don’t see how they could make an employee pay for a lost tool. If I break or lose a tool, my employer cannot charge me for it.

Otherwise - you get issued one (or draw one from the toolroom) and if it breaks or deforms or something you turn it in, and it gets replaced. If you DO drop one into a settling pit of ugh, or a barrel of Difursurandall, you fill out the paperwork and get it signed off. You don't work on them or try to fix them (Beryllium is in its own right a hazmat), there's (IIRC) only one place in Ohio that makes them, because the fumes and dust and filings and grindings are pretty dangerous...

So... NORMALLY it's not done, and to actually do it is a long process, but we have done it - guy threw a bucket of tools off a bridge platform to show "how you can't make him work", as he was transferring to a different division. kind of as a blatant farewell f*** you... It took a LOT of paperwork, and he could have done it in a way to get away with it... (Oops, the bucket fell off the platform), but he was stupid to make a big old drama scene out of it in front of everyone.

 

[rust in the eye]

I can see firing someone, even if it is really just a warning to the remaining employees not to do the same thing… but I don’t see how they could make an employee pay for a lost tool. If I break or lose a tool, my employer cannot charge me for it.

Not legally anyway but it happens and they'll sometimes get away with it.

 

[Gmonkee]

In one shop I worked with a guy that could lose four wrenches a day from every kit but his own. He kept that at his house.

His weakness was 8 and 10mm wrenches.
I learned to pick up and close my kit quickly when he was near. And to watch where he worked all day so I could follow him picking up strays. The boss blew a gasket every missing tool and it became a daily event at close.
But at least my tools were not among the lost as much.
The boss knew his brother was day drinking at the time but wouldn't address that, just made everyone miserable for the chaos it caused.
I ended up quitting for endless stress of working with alcoholics that had habits that irritated each other to death.

 

[Toold_up]

Why no tethered tools if they are so expensive or frequently lost?