Any collection value for USA Craftsman socket set made by SDB

[qqzj]

88-Piece Craftsman Standard (SAE) & Metric Polished Chrome Mechanics Tool Set $70 + Free Store Pickup

Lowe's has 88-Piece Craftsman Standard (SAE) & Metric Polished Chrome Mechanics Tool Set w/ Hard Case (CMMT45018) for $69.98. Free store pickup is available where stock permits. Thanks to c ...

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I am thinking whether I should just buy one and let it sit in my garage forever. However, reading the link from slickdeals, someone, actually a couple of them, mentioned that there is a good chance the socket set I buy will have some defects. Is this true? Has anyone bought it and examined the tools?

However, collection is not about perfect tools, right? It is more about the rarity and limited supply. This can be said both ways. That makes the potential defects less relevant. However, it also means that a very high percentage of the tools bought are by tool collectors, not by real users, which will depress its future value.

Has anyone experience this before? Maybe for other brands of tools?

 

[Robinson1]

Craftsman USA for whatever reason holds its value. Will the SBD tools continue this trend? It’s too early to know. I will say it will never be cheaper than it is now. But even if it gains 3x value in 10 years. It’s only worth $180. Is it worth storing for 10 years to triple your money? Maybe, maybe not. That’s a question you have to answer for yourself.

I will say I was in my local Lowes yesterday and they had at least 20 of these sets and I didn’t buy one.

 

[Robinson1]

To further answer your question.

eBay is your best outlet to get maximum profit while flipping tools. Snap on, Craftsman USA and vintage woodworking tools only go up in value. However they’ve got to be lightly used tools in excellent shape. The difference in a $5 tool and a $50 tool might be a detail so small an average user wouldn’t notice.


Several years back Porter Cable circular saws model 324 and 423 were bringing crazy money on eBay. And these are no where near vintage or rare. When they were in production Lowes stocked and sold them in every store. The catch is these were the last models made by Porter Cable before the SBD buyout. They were great saws. I bought several from pawn shops and flea markets to flip. A used model in good condition was bringing $300 on average. The kicker is no one except the sellers who were flipping them and the handful of buyers who were seeking them out knew this. To everyone else it was just a saw. Haven’t looked at them lately but know the last one I listed sat for months with a BIN price of $155. That’s been several years ago.

Market for everything you just got to find the buyer

 

[5ubtle]

I don't think that there is really an answer to this question. Its kind of like "Why does qqzj ask so many inane questions?" I mean, I guess there could actually be an answer, but how could one of us guess it?

 

[MarcSeattle]

There is plenty of vintage Craftsman around. Why not buy some of that vs the poor quality new stuff? If I put myself into the point of view of looking at tools 10 or 20 years from now, I would much rather have the vintage quality tools rather than the low quality stuff from right before they went out of business.

I have quite a bit of old Craftsman. Whaddya think, sell it now while people are nostalgic for quality Craftsman, or wait ten years?