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It's funny because it sounds like modern marketing and thinking, like you said. I didn't expect Sears to mislead the buyer like that back in the day. Hell, as a naive young guy buying that set back then i would have assumed I was buying 9 metric sockets, not 8.

Hey that's deceiving! The socket box says it's a 9 piece set but it's only 8 sockets. I guess the tray is a "piece". That's funny.

Last day of estate sale, sifted through the remainder of a guy's basement workshop. Package of 30 gallon heavy duty paper bags (not shown), roll of galvanized utility wire, cheesecloth (for straining liquids), Castrol Super Clean (full gal. jug), Mapp gas (full), American Camper brand multi tool...

Was there anything inside them?

From what I can read on his tool it looks like it has the factory name, city, state, and Patent Pending on it. Mine doesn't have any of that on it, just the Mossberg logo, so I'm guessing all that was left off later versions of that tool. I admit I'm just guessing that.

His says for Ford reverse and brake pedals, mine doesn't mention Ford. I suspect his example is older.

Estate sale. 2 electric charcoal starters, Oregon wood grenade for splitting logs, partial multipack of D batteries (already in flashlights). I've never seen a sizable garage and a basement workshop so completely cleaned out for an estate sale. I'm thinking relatives came before the sale and...

I suspect that's why the horn was missing on my Jeep when I bought it! "That'll teach him!" 😆

From the looks of that last picture you were probably suffering from sensory overload when you were there today. If you go back tomorrow you'll probably either find some more overlooked goodies or you'll change your mind about items you previously passed over. Been there, done that.

3 house block sale. Henley thermal shirt and (not shown) snow shovel (winter is coming), and Ahead sign (inexpensive garage art). Chicago Pneumatic air tool, Williams puller (GR-246), Channelock 748 end nipper pliers, Vermont American and Black & Decker rotary saw blades (made in US and United...

That's great, great idea. I've seen boxed up unused bed frames on the curb on trash day, I assume when they had a new mattress delivered they just reused the old bed frame and chucked out the new one. That metal could go towards a new project too. Thanks for the inspiration!

Yard sale, late morning. Siphon-All unused in box, Exide remote fixture sealed beam lamp, Bell outdoor outlet cover, Ax handle saver, safety glasses, small screwdriver marked Raub Supply Co. on one side of handle and Wiremold on the other, Yankee No. 90 small screwdriver(pat. Oct 15 1912)...

If you take out the 2 drawers in the bottom row of that parts cabinet and use them to plug the two empty drawer spaces above you can use that empty bottom space for larger items like small boxes of screws or small tools and supplies. That's what I've done.

Yeah, that penetrant can is neat to look at and since it's full I can try it and see if it works.

Probably, but I do enjoy playing with it.

Family run estate sale. One of the family members told me after the deceased retired he went out and bought a lot of Craftsman electric hand tools for woodworking but then got sick and eventually died without using them so they were all new and unused. There were at least a couple dozen closed...

I did find that third one at the same sale but it was thickly sprayed an ugly metallic blue and filled with caulk cartridges with a high price label. The one I bought was buried in the corner of a storage shelf that no one else bothered digging into well into the sale. No one but me, of course. 👍

Estate sale. Steelmaster single drawer storage unit, Milwaukee Magnum drill (my first Milwaukee tool), CRC 3-36 gallon can half full, fish fertilizer, Mapp gas, large flat plastic storage container, Craftsman T20 torx driver, made in USA awl, 2 used Hyde brass nonsparking scrapers made in Spain...

The spring pin tool for brakes is sometimes included on one of the handle ends of the long brake tool for removing and installing long brake springs on drum brakes. And my wife also hates the smell of Kroil and PB Blaster. I try to convince her that since it frequently works well that's the...