Can't believe I won this...

[PowderKeg]

Apparently these things have really been dropping in "value" lately - they have to be since a cheapskate like me actually won one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/260857267238?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Even so, it still ranks among the most expensive ratchets I've bought for the obsess.... er, collection.

Took awhile (a loooooong while) but I finally got one! (Well, I'll have one once it's delivered).

 

[premierplayer]

Congratulations, good on you!

 

[north]

Congrats on your new ratchet. Maybe I'm not in the loop but that is a price I didn't expect to see. Good for you then.

 

[Shipfittin]

That's awesome, congrat's on your purchase!

I now the feeling, I'm a cheapskate myself on things like this.

 

[wornoutoldman]

I would have sniped you

 

[PowderKeg]

I would have sniped you

That's the only way to bid - one shot, one kill

 

[ihredo4]

You ****. lol. I bought one in 99 or so at an auction. Was in a box lot of misc. tools for $29 or so. Sadly on the top next to the direction selector it has a big grinder mark. Makes it a great user though. Best ratchet ever for spark plugs. You can't overtighten a plug with these.

 

[jwitt]

Good score! I was using mine yesterday, just for the hell of it.

Jim

 

[930dreamer]

Congrats, that's one strange ratchet.

 

[CHRIS LUCKYMAN]

Congratulations?

 

[Joe B.]

Wow, those used to go for $200+. I guess that everyone that wants one has one. Now they will all be cheap!

 

[bgott]

Congratulations! You can bag a good one off of ebay occationally, you have to check it religiously and be prepared to get outbid a lot!

 

[Plombob]

Well, you ****! I guess Joe B. has is right.

 

[johnnybentwrench]

Well Played

 

[MrSnicks]

Not everyone got the memo that the prices are coming down.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Craftsman-S...181?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a9eaad85

Patrick

 

[BigAl62]

Congratulations on a good buy! (even though I still think those look like and old car window crank, but that's just me so pay me no heed!)

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

Actually that's pretty cool ratchet. Nice score!!

 

[PowderKeg]

Not everyone got the memo that the prices are coming down.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Craftsman-S...181?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a9eaad85

Patrick

That one's been listed a few times before with a reserve that was never reached. There was at least one about 3 weeks ago that hit $100, but most of the others (the ones' I've seen anyway) over the last few months have been hovering around the $60-70 range. That's why I was surprised I'd actually won it at $41 - figured it had at least another $20 to go, which would've been well above my (cheap-@*s) limit.

It's been my (not-so) humble opinion that these speed-ratchets have been way over-rated rarity-wise despite only being offered for a few years - I've typically found at least couple listed at any particular time, and (until recently) they usually pulled high bids around the $100 mark or higher. Like an earlier post said, the deep pockets have likely satisfied their needs, so now the prices are dropping, at least for now...

It's a neat little ratchet that'll keep my Herbrand speed-ratchet company.